Eagle Broadband, Inc. and GlobeCast announced that Home Town Cable has selected the companies' IPTVComplete™ video solution to deliver advanced video and entertainment services over Home Town Cable's state-of-the-art, fiber-to-the-user broadband network to residents and businesses in western Ohio.
Home Town Cable plans to use Eagle/GlobeCast's IPTVComplete video solution as part of a triple-play offering of voice, video, and data services to more than 5,000 residents and businesses in Ohio. Home Town Cable's video entertainment bundle will include a full range of basic, premium and high definition programming, video-on-demand and pay-per-view services that will be delivered over their state-of-the-art fiber broadband network. The comprehensive IPTVComplete video solution allows Home Town Cable to reduce the complexity and challenges associated with designing and building a robust video infrastructure, securing content and launching and operating a high-quality video service while significantly reducing the up-front capital requirements.
Home Town Cable will receive a customized bundle of video technology and services tailored to meet their specific needs, including design and installation of a fully featured video head-end that will be provided and operated by Eagle Broadband, satellite distribution of a fully encrypted video stream ready for distribution over Home Town Cable's last-mile fiber network, along with 24/7 network monitoring and customer service.
IPTVComplete provides a unique combination of video content, headend infrastructure, satellite distribution and set-top boxes to offer a more profitable services deployment model. The solution reduces the time, effort and costs for new and incumbent broadband providers looking to offer high-quality entertainment services over their fiber or DSL broadband networks. Eagle Broadband's video content, expertise delivering video services and IP set-top boxes, along with GlobeCast's superior satellite distribution capabilities, provide everything Home Town Cable needs to deliver a robust bundle of IPTV and interactive entertainment services to their subscribers.