New User Interface, Start-Over TV, and Easy Customization with Web Services
Framework Highlight New Release
CHICAGO, GLOBALCOMM, June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Kasenna, The IPTV
Company(TM), today announced the release of LivingRoom 2.0 -- a new IPTV
middleware suite that updates Kasenna's PortalTV(TM) with an unrivaled
viewer experience along with features that make IPTV easier than ever to
deploy and manage. Kasenna's LivingRoom 2.0 provides a highly advanced and
efficient IPTV delivery and management solution in a deployment-ready
package and is the core component of Kasenna's PortalTV, the Telco
industry's only pre-integrated IPTV solution -- offering applications,
video streaming & network recording, element & content management, and
premium content. LivingRoom 2.0 includes software for the consumer STB -
the LivingRoom 2.0 Client - and for the backend service creation,
management and delivery - the LivingRoom 2.0 Application Server.
LivingRoom 2.0 STB CLIENT - New Look, New Services for Better TV
LivingRoom 2.0 features a newly designed user interface that enables
service providers to offer a superior television experience with new,
"sticky" TV services such as Start-Over TV (which allows users to jump to
the beginning of a program in progress without prior recording),
Network-based PVR, and an elegant program guide.
The LivingRoom 2.0 STB client can be used out-of-the-box on leading
MPEG-4 set-top boxes. In addition, it can be easily customized by the
service provider for a unique look and feel. The LivingRoom STB client is
built on web-services, standards-based technologies such as DHTML and CSS.
LivingRoom 2.0 will be available with a Macromedia Flash-based client as
well.
LivingRoom 2.0 APPLICATION SERVER - Slashing Deployment and Management
Costs
LivingRoom 2.0 Application Server slashes deployment, operations and
management costs while offering the latest IPTV service features:
-- Integration into EPG for Start-Over TV
-- Automated content ingest and management to minimize costs for moving
VOD content into the system
-- Automatic integration with leading content encryption systems
-- Easy channel packaging for regional channel maps
-- Extensive transaction tracking for understanding customer usage
-- A plug-in adapter framework for seamless billing system integration
-- Integration into existing subscriber management systems for simplified
control with minimal retraining
-- Extensive failover for uninterrupted VOD playout
-- Program blackout support and management
PortalTV 2.0 - Bringing it All Together in a Pre-integrated IPTV Solution
Kasenna PortalTV combines the company's streaming server, middleware,
management, client, and content offerings into the industry's only
end-to-end, pre-integrated IPTV solution. Consisting of Kasenna's
LivingRoom 2.0 IPTV middleware, MediaBase XMP video delivery platform,
vFusion video network management system, and ViewNow premium studio content
and content management, PortalTV is the fastest and most cost-effective
route to profitable IPTV services available in today's market.
"As the only company that offers IPTV infrastructure as well as
content, we have a unique perspective on what makes carrier-based video a
compelling proposition for service providers as well as consumers," said
Kumar Shah, CEO of Kasenna. "LivingRoom 2.0 demonstrates our vision by
allowing Telco's to deliver truly exciting IPTV services quickly and
easily, and with a rapid return on investment."
About Kasenna
Kasenna -- The IPTV Company(TM) -- is a leading provider of
video-on-demand (VOD) content and MPEG-4 ready IPTV applications for triple
play services over broadband networks. Kasenna PortalTV is a
fully-integrated IPTV solution that enables telecom service providers,
cable operators and others to generate additional revenue, increase profits
and raise customer satisfaction by delivering advanced television services.
Proven through dozens of global deployments, Kasenna's patented software
technology is built on open standards, allowing providers to easily
customize services and the viewer experience. Through its subsidiary
ViewNow, Kasenna offers the industry's only turnkey IPTV solution that
includes scalable IP video infrastructure, subscriber applications, and VOD
programming.
Kasenna is a privately-held company with headquarters in Sunnyvale,
California, and office locations worldwide. For more information, please
visit http://www.kasenna.com.
SOURCE Kasenna, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.kasenna.com/
CONTACT:
Heike J. Stabenow of Kasenna, Inc.,
+1-650-943-8813, or heike@kasenna.com
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