EWAN 1 Inc. announced that an instant demonstration of the innovative new SecureKey, a miniature version of its set-top box which turns any computer into a TV, wherever the viewer may be on the planet, is now available by clicking on the link on the home page of its website, www.ewannetworks.com. As stated in a press release on June 11, it was revealed that PC Connection would be the first retailer to feature the device later this year.
"We are delighted that PC Connection believes in the viability of our breakthrough technology, and sees public acceptance, as we do," said Bruce Palmer, EWAN's President.
New subscribers and the media can see the EWAN SecureKey Enhanced Security Device (ESD) which, when plugged into a USB port, enables TV viewers to transform their desktop computer or laptop into a TV wherever they are in the world by accessing EWAN's IPTV programming, including their hometown local stations. Designed and developed by EWAN, ESD is a miniaturized version of its DMC set-top box, scheduled to be marketed later this year along with the EWAND. The EWAND, which resembles an enhanced remote control, communicates directly to the ESD.
The ESD provides EWAN subscribers end-to-end Global Internet television service, via the Internet, of multiple channels of "On Demand," unbundled, subscribers choice of content, delivered to subscribers' television screens via any DSL or broadband connection.
EWAN will have access to a multitude of local, network and premium channels of entertainment, news, sports, and every other category of content now being telecast by cable and satellite companies and all other competitors via its wholly-owned Clearview Communications, one of the U.S.'s original cable broadcasters. Subscribers will join a new, private, exclusive TV network at significantly lower cost of that which is now charged by cable or satellite providers.
Infonetics Research cites in its 2005 IPTV Equipment, Services, and Subscribers report that IPTV is set to skyrocket to 53.7 million subscribers, $44 billion in service revenue by 2009, and the number of IPTV subscribers in North America will increase 12,000% between 2004 and 2009.