Streaming21, the world's leader in
broadcast-quality streaming solutions, and
Zentek Technology Singapore Pte Ltd ("Zentek"), the world's leader in digital communications, will
showcase its real-world successes of residential iTV (Interactive TV) &
KOD (Karaoke On Demand) services at BroadcastAsia 2006 (June 20-23) in
Singapore.
This exciting live-demo with intelligent "personalization" &
"interactive" features will illustrate how telcos and broadband service
providers can explore new revenue streams by offering differentiated &
compelling home entertainment services to attract more subscribers. The
KOD live demo is also a warm-up activity for a commercial service launch
of a leading broadband service provider in Singapore.
Kazuo Yoshimura, Managing Director of Zentek, Singapore said, "As the
digital home entertainment market continues to accelerate, Karaoke On
Demand will be a key competitive differentiator for Asian operators to
motivate more subscribers and drive more revenues. Streaming21 has
proven its ability to deploy advanced iTV projects for many major Tier 1
Telcos and broadband service providers worldwide. We are looking forward
to working with Streaming21 to create more growing phenomena of IPTV
services together."
"We are excited to be working with Zentek to deliver rich, interactive
applications to carriers in the burgeoning IPTV market. Our partnership
creates significant synergy through the perfect combination of
Streaming21's award-winning IPTV solutions and Zentek's integrated
technologies & global channels; thus, we are well poised to meet
customers' growing demands for the global IPTV business expansions,"
said Dr. Joe Lin, President and CEO of Streaming21.
The interactive KOD system, combining Streaming21's powerful iTV
platform with Zentek's strong integration capabilities and
fully-integrated Celrun STB, is ready to be shipped to worldwide in Q3
2006 through Zentek's global offices in Singapore, Japan and US. The iTV
platform is extensible which allows accommodating multiple iTV
applications with customizable capabilities such as Game On Demand,
online singing contest, online voting, online quiz contest, interactive
advertising and convenient on-line payment, etc.
The Karaoke On Demand solution is able to accommodate abundant karaoke
music titles with carrier-class stability. Intuitive EPG, unique
interactive features, convenient on-line payment and powerful service
management system offer immediate adoption of new home entertainment
services. More interactivity features & services can be easily
integrated into iTV platform such as online karaoke contests, on-line
voting and many more. Karaoke is an extremely popular form of
entertainment in Asia. The joint efforts of Streaming21 and Zentek
realize a dream of delivering Asia's most popular entertainment directly
to the living rooms. KOD has now become one of the hottest home
entertainments in Asia.
Come visit us in Hall 8 at Booth # 8M2-01 (Zentek's booth) at Singapore
Expo in Singapore on June 20-23 and see our exciting iTV solutions with
compelling Karaoke-on-Demand live demo. For more event information,
please visit www.broadcast-asia.com.