Integrated solution combines proven technologies for service providers
planning to launch IPTV and on-demand services
CHICAGO, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Globalcomm -- Broadbus Technologies,
Inc., the leading provider of technology solutions for Television on Demand
(TOD(R)), and NDS, the leading provider of technology solutions for digital
pay-TV, today announced that NDS has selected the Broadbus B-1(TM) Video
Server as the first on-demand video platform for the NDS Synamedia(TM)
Metro IPTV middleware. Synamedia Metro is an integrated IPTV middleware
solution that enables telecommunications providers and broadband operators
to quickly and easily offer the power of IPTV to their subscribers. The NDS
solution will incorporate the Broadbus B-1 Video Server, a 100%
solid-state, carrier-class solution for the delivery of IPTV and on-demand
video services.
"NDS developed Synamedia Metro to offer telecommunications providers a
turnkey IPTV solution, including security, middleware and electronic
program guide functions, that enables next generation experiences today,"
said Nigel Smith, vice president of the NDS Broadband Internet Group. "NDS
believe that Broadbus' open design, scalability and reliability are a good
fit for telco customers."
Synamedia Metro IPTV middleware allows IPTV operators to offer
attractive Electronic Program Guides (EPG), interactive TV applications
(iTV), Video on Demand (VOD), digital video recorder (DVR) or network DVR
capabilities and interactive games, in either standard (SD) or high
definition (HD), all of which are built using the NDS MediaHighway
middleware application development tools (MHDK). Synamedia Metro also
protects premium content and revenue streams through NDS VideoGuard, the
most widely deployed, robust and secure encryption technology for content
protection, revenue protection and rights management.
"We're very excited to be leveraging our extensive on-demand video
experience to deliver a powerful IPTV offering with NDS," said Tom Kennedy,
Sr. Director of Marketing at Broadbus. "By combining Broadbus'
carrier-class architecture with NDS's market-leading middleware and
security, service providers get a rock-solid foundation on which to build a
reliable and scalable IPTV infrastructure."
The Broadbus B-1 Video Server is the only 100% solid-state,
carrier-class solution for the delivery of on-demand video services. The
platform's compact, switch-based architecture completely eliminates the use
of mechanical hard drives for video streaming and ingest, instead
leveraging the intelligent management of massive amounts of random-access
memory. The result is unparalleled performance, reliability, scalability
for VOD and advanced on-demand services at less than one-tenth the
footprint and one-eighth the power requirements of traditional systems.
By integrating the Broadbus B-1 Video Server into a single solution,
the NDS Synamedia Metro architecture enables telco operators to deploy a
single integrated IPTV system and reduce the time-to-market for new
services. The solution is also standards-based, allowing telcos to choose
their system components according to their current infrastructure needs.
About Broadbus
Broadbus develops fully scalable, next-generation video on-demand
solutions designed to solve streaming scale, space, power consumption and
live ingest issues for communications service providers deploying advanced
video services such as VOD, IPTV, Time-Shifted TV, Network-Based DVRs
(nDVR), On-Demand Ad Insertion and ultimately, full-scale Television
On-Demand (TOD). Broadbus offers a migration path to the emerging TOD
environment, while fully exploiting existing upgraded broadband networks.
The company's revolutionary solid-state server architecture, based on the
intelligent configuration and management of massive amounts of dynamic
random-access memory (DRAM), eliminates the use of mechanical hard drives
for video streaming and ingest. The result is unparalleled performance,
reliability and scalability for VOD and advanced on-demand services and the
industry's lowest total cost of ownership.
Broadbus was selected by Red Herring for inclusion into its annual list
of Top 100 Private Companies, named for the second consecutive year to CED
Magazine's Broadband 50, awarded Product of the Year by the Massachusetts
Network Communication Council and listed as a finalist for Best Innovation
in two categories for the first annual On-Demandies(TM) awards hosted by
Digital Hollywood. For more information, please visit
http://www.broadbus.com.
About NDS
NDS Group plc (NASDAQ/ Euronext Brussels: NNDS), a New Corporation
company, is a leading supplier of open end-to-end digital pay-TV solutions
for the secure delivery of entertainment and information to television
set-top boxes and IP devices. See http://www.nds.com for more information
about NDS.
Broadbus(R), TOD(R) and B-1(TM) are trademarks of Broadbus Technologies,
Inc.
Media Contacts: For Broadbus: For NDS:
Jim Owens Margot Field
Broadbus NDS
(978) 266-7264 T: + 44 (0)20 8476 8158
jowens@broadbus.com M: + 44 (0)788 191 8158
Brian Baumley Kelly Fitzgerald
Cohn & Wolfe Breakaway Communications
(212) 798-9813 T: + 1 212 616 6006
brian_baumley@cohnwolfe.com M: + 1 917 731 5734
SOURCE Broadbus Technologies, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.broadbus.com
http://www.nds.com
CONTACT:
Jim Owens, of Broadbus, +1-978-266-7264,
jowens@broadbus.com; or Brian Baumley, of Cohn & Wolfe for
Broadbus, +1-212-798-9813, brian_baumley@cohnwolfe.com; or Margot
Field of NDS, T +44-(0)20-8476-8158, M +44-(0)78-8191-8158; or
Kelly Fitzgerald of Breakaway Communications for NDS, T
+1-212-616-6006, M +1-917-731-5734
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