Monsoon HAVASoft Allows Major PC and TV Tuner OEM's to Extend Full Featured
Video Streaming, Time- and Place-Shifting Technology to PC Users
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Monsoon Multimedia, an innovative
digital video solutions provider, announced today HAVASoft, a full featured
wireless video streaming, place- and time-shifting application that
supercharges TV-tuner card enabled PCs. Using HAVASoft, customers can
stream video to multiple PCs throughout the home or view and control live
home TV from anywhere in the world on a broadband-connected PC, Windows
Mobile phone or handheld computer.
Monsoon HAVASoft allows connected PCs to operate with TiVo-like
functionality. Customers can pause, fast forward, rewind and record live TV
to a PC hard disk and burn the recorded content to DVD for archiving
purposes. In addition, HAVASoft can employ WiFi to serve as a wireless
network TV tuner for Media Center PCs within the home allowing customers to
share a TV Tuner card between several Media Center PCs and enjoy the full
functionality of their Media Center XP or Vista PC without the need of
additional hardware tuners.
Users can now leverage the power of TV tuner enabled PCs while
eliminating the clutter of wires and multiple set-top boxes. HAVASoft
offers a portable and convenient video streaming, place- and time-shifting
solution that is TV Set Free.
"We developed HAVASoft for our OEM partners to bundle with their
products to add place-shifting and video streaming capabilities to further
enhance their TV solutions for new customers and extend these features to
customers who already own TV tuner enabled PCs," said Colin Stiles, EVP of
Marketing and Sales at Monsoon Multimedia. "Consumers can now enjoy TV
content whenever and wherever they happen to be through their PC without
the need for an actual television or additional devices."
Combined with TV-tuner enabled PCs, Monsoon's breakthrough time- and
place-shifting technology offers households a viable alternative to the
traditional TV set. Users can enjoy television and video content on their
laptops as a portable, hi-resolution alternative that brings together all
of the features of a television and the power of a PC.
HAVASoft Features
-- Stream Live TV to multiple PCs within the home (Multicast)
-- Supports Windows Vista
-- Functions as a wireless networked TV Tuner for Microsoft Media Center
PCs on home network
-- Connects to any TV source including Cable, Satellite, DVD, TiVo or a
Camcorder
-- Enables TiVo-like functionality on the PC. Users can record, store,
pause, rewind and fast forward stored video
-- Schedule and record programs for later viewing
-- Allows archival of recorded material to DVD
-- Streams video directly to PCs in a home network in MPEG-2
-- Streams MPEG-2 format over the home network, MPEG-4 format over the
Internet
-- Supports Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0 cell phones and PDAs
Licensing and Availability
Monsoon's HAVASoft licensing arrangements will be available in early 2008.
About Monsoon Multimedia
Monsoon Multimedia provides advanced, standards based multimedia
products and technologies for the PC and Consumer Electronics industries.
Monsoon licenses highly optimized multimedia solutions comprising
applications, drivers, frameworks, middleware and reference designs. Our
customers and partners are semiconductor companies, PC manufacturers,
software suppliers and consumer electronics companies. Founded by the
founders of Dazzle and Emuzed, the company is headquartered in Noida, India
with offices in California and Russia. For more information, please visit
http://www.monsoonmultimedia.com.
Media Contact:
Anders Steele
FortyThree, Inc.
831.239.0960
anders@fortythreepr.com
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