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  • Amino adds Firefox browser to IPTV offering

    Amino adds Firefox browser to IPTV offering

    MUMBAI: Amino, the UK-based IPTV software and consumer premises equipment provider, has announced that it will integrate the Firefox browser into its range of IPTV set-top boxes.

    Firefox, recently reported to be approaching a 13 per cent share of the Internet browser market on PCs, will be ported to Amino’s software stack and adapted to provide consumers with a clear television interface, wholly different from the web-user experience of the current software.

    It will also give Amino the ability to customize and optimize the browser for IPTV viewing. The Firefox browser will be available to Amino customers in Q3 2006, informs an official release.

    Amino CTO Paul Fellows says, “Amino has always been at the forefront of technological innovation in the IPTV sector and has used its engineering expertise to provide the most flexible and cost-effective product offering on the market.” He continued, “While Amino continues to support the leading IPTV user interface software from other suppliers, the Firefox browser will offer our customers a means of providing essential IPTV navigation at zero cost.”

    The Firefox web browser is developed by the Mozilla Foundation, a not-for-profit organization devoted to promoting choice and innovation on the Internet. Engineers and partner companies from around the world assisted in the development of Firefox through bug reporting, fixing and feedback, the release adds.

    “The company’s approach to IPTV design and engineering mirrors the use of the Linux operating system and our commitment to open source software in general. This additional IPTV browser option should achieve the same goals we are striving for in the Internet space; choice and flexibility for customers, in this case the IPTV service providers,” adds Fellows.

  • Amino, Espial to provide an innovative IPTV set-top box solution

    Amino, Espial to provide an innovative IPTV set-top box solution

    MUMBAI: Espial, a provider of client IPTV middleware and applications, and Amino, which is an IPTV software and consumer premises equipment provider, have partnered to provide innovative IPTV set-top box technology for Allin Interactive.

     

    This combined IPTV solution includes Espial Evo running on top of the underlying Amino’s IntAct IPTV software platform to provide a seamless operating system and middleware environment enabling a rich and highly responsive user experience.
     

    Allin Interactive, a player in application development and systems integration services for interactive media, has been developing ITV systems in a variety of industries for over 10 years for customers such as Carnival Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises, Costa Crociere, the Mayo Clinic and Royal Caribbean International.

     

    Allin will utilise the set top box technology from Amino and Espial in its second generation digital ITV platform. Allin will introduce this technology to the market at a March industry tradeshow, SeaTrade.
     

     

    With this unique combination of software from Espial and Amino, along with the Amino AmiNET110H set-top box, Allin can develop customized ITV solutions that can be easily developed and rapidly deployed. In 2005, more than 340-million dollars in revenue were transacted over Allin ITV Systems. To ensure continued success for Allin, Amino and Espial products can help to decrease time-to-market costs with low-cost set-top boxes with extremely responsive, rich user interfaces.

     

    “This new set-top box technology from Espial and Amino is a great contributor to the improvements we will introduce with our second generation digital ITV platform,” said Allin Interactive managing director Doug Tempero.

     

    “The Espial/Amino technology provides a performance and price mixture that we believe is unmatched in the industry. This has allowed us to develop innovative applications that will contribute to the exceptional viewer experience users of our second generation digital platform will realise, while also reducing our implementation time and offering the flexibility and cost effectiveness we need,” Tempero added.

     

    Espial Evo, using its IPTV middleware framework and unlike solutions based on Web browsers, delivers an exceptionally fast consumer experience by eliminating performance penalties such as progressive page loading and page flips. In addition to this unique client IPTV middleware framework, Espial Evo includes applications such as Electronic Program Guide, Video on Demand, Portal and Settings.

     

    “Having a comprehensive ITV solution that is compact, extensible and highly customizable allows Allin Interactive to lower costs and improve their ITV viewer’s experience. By integrating Espial Evo on the Amino software and set-top box, operators can easily build interactive and customised services that will attract viewers and increase revenues,” said Espial senior vice president operations Ella Mar.

     

    “The Espial Evo application framework and toolkit enables our customers to develop their own user interfaces very rapidly without the architectural limitations, large memory footprints and slow user response times that traditional browser-based routes have previously imposed. Espial Evo makes full use of the proven Amino “Intact” software platform, enabling customers with a first-class, complete, top-to-bottom solution for the IPTV set-top box which hits the sweet spot of cost, time to market, and performance,” said Amino chief technology officer Paul Fellows.

  • Amino, Espial to provide an innovative IPTV set-top box solution

    MUMBAI: Espial, a provider of client IPTV middleware and applications, and Amino, which is an IPTV software and consumer premises equipment provider, have partnered to provide innovative IPTV set-top box technology for Allin Interactive.
    This combined IPTV solution includes Espial Evo running on top of the underlying Amino’s IntAct IPTV software platform to provide a seamless operating system and middleware environment enabling a rich and highly responsive user experience.
    Allin Interactive, a player in application development and systems integration services for interactive media, has been developing ITV systems in a variety of industries for over 10 years for customers such as Carnival Cruise Line, Celebrity Cruises, Costa Crociere, the Mayo Clinic and Royal Caribbean International.
    Allin will utilise the set top box technology from Amino and Espial in its second generation digital ITV platform. Allin will introduce this technology to the market at a March industry tradeshow, SeaTrade.
    With this unique combination of software from Espial and Amino, along with the Amino AmiNET110H set-top box, Allin can develop customized ITV solutions that can be easily developed and rapidly deployed. In 2005, more than 340-million dollars in revenue were transacted over Allin ITV Systems. To ensure continued success for Allin, Amino and Espial products can help to decrease time-to-market costs with low-cost set-top boxes with extremely responsive, rich user interfaces.
    “This new set-top box technology from Espial and Amino is a great contributor to the improvements we will introduce with our second generation digital ITV platform,” said Allin Interactive managing director Doug Tempero.
    “The Espial/Amino technology provides a performance and price mixture that we believe is unmatched in the industry. This has allowed us to develop innovative applications that will contribute to the exceptional viewer experience users of our second generation digital platform will realise, while also reducing our implementation time and offering the flexibility and cost effectiveness we need,” Tempero added.
    Espial Evo, using its IPTV middleware framework and unlike solutions based on Web browsers, delivers an exceptionally fast consumer experience by eliminating performance penalties such as progressive page loading and page flips. In addition to this unique client IPTV middleware framework, Espial Evo includes applications such as Electronic Program Guide, Video on Demand, Portal and Settings.
    “Having a comprehensive ITV solution that is compact, extensible and highly customizable allows Allin Interactive to lower costs and improve their ITV viewer’s experience. By integrating Espial Evo on the Amino software and set-top box, operators can easily build interactive and customised services that will attract viewers and increase revenues,” said Espial senior vice president operations Ella Mar.
    “The Espial Evo application framework and toolkit enables our customers to develop their own user interfaces very rapidly without the architectural limitations, large memory footprints and slow user response times that traditional browser-based routes have previously imposed. Espial Evo makes full use of the proven Amino “Intact” software platform, enabling customers with a first-class, complete, top-to-bottom solution for the IPTV set-top box which hits the sweet spot of cost, time to market, and performance,” said Amino chief technology officer Paul Fellows.

  • UK’s Amino selected for first HD IPTV deployment in USA

    UK’s Amino selected for first HD IPTV deployment in USA

    MUMBAI: The UK-based specialist in products and technology for IPTV, triple-play, and in-home multimedia distribution Amino has announced that it has enabled leading independent telecommunications holding company SureWest Communications as it prepares to become the first US broadband service provider to offer high-definition (HD) television services over IP.

    Through its current beta testing phase, SureWest has already rolled out Amino’s AmiNET120 HD set-top box to a core group of subscribers in the Sacramento, California region. With the first high-definition IPTV roll-out of its kind in the USA, SureWest customers will be able to enjoy the same live sports, Hollywood Films, and other high-definition content with the added benefits of IPTV, states an official release.

    “Many cable companies have begun to deploy HD services in an effort to attract more subscribers,” commented SureWest’s vice president and chief technology officer Bill DeMuth,. “Therefore, time to market was a critical factor for us in selecting the AmiNET120, in addition to fundamental quality.”

    “The design of the set-top box was important to us,” explained DeMuth. “Customers appreciate modern-looking equipment that performs at high levels and doesn’t take up much space. The AmiNET120 is the smallest high-definition set-top box we evaluated offering advanced functionality and high-performance.”

    The SureWest fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) infrastructure in the Sacramento region supplies more than enough bandwidth to allow its standard-definition (SD) IPTV subscribers to receive full HD services, the release adds.