Singapore’s RICO to show case an HD IPTV solution for vessels and cruise ships by Hong Kong based IP solutions provider BNS at the Asia Pacific Maritime trade show held this week at Singapore Expo.

The BNS showcase is based on the company’s Multi Dwelling Unit IPTV solution, which is a carrier-grade IPTV solution that can be deployed without stringent requirements and costs usually attached to Telco IPTV services.

RICO’s demonstration of BNS’s solution will showcase system features that are specifically tailored to the MDU/Hospitality market, including HD broadcast channels, VOD services, Personal Messaging, Interactive Room Service and TV games.

NXP Semiconductor's low-cost STB solution, STB222 has been selected by ChangHong to deliver AVS-compliant IP STB platform to manufacturers and Pay TV operators in Asia. ChangHong provides the AVS decoder technology to enable high-quality video over IP networks to deliver a better viewing experience for consumers through the enjoyment of services such as video-on-demand, recording and pausing live TV, and enhanced interactive services.

A flexible, advanced platform targeting IP, Digital TV and hybrid set-top boxes, the STB222 supports advanced video standards, including MPEG-4AVC, H264, VC-1 and MPEG-2. The optional HDMI support also enables standard-definition content to be up-scaled to 1080p. As OEMs and operators seek to cater to a variety of broadcast standards and global markets, the STB222’s dual channel support allows you to easily create hybrid IP STB solutions, combining the IP channel with terrestrial, satellite or cable DVB reception.

HP enhanced network platform helps telecom operators provide services to millions of customers. HP Service Delivery Platform 2.0 enables operators to offer their customers greater access to convergent, multimedia and “Web 2.0” services on their mobile devices. The platform also addresses the need for operators to increase revenue from convergent services while simultaneously reducing the cost and risk of creating such services.

HP SDP 2.0 incorporates software technologies for governance, management and quality that help service providers take full advantage of the platform’s service-oriented architecture. This approach creates a unified resource layer through which multiple services communicate with underlying wireless or wired networks, third-party applications and innovative combinations of web services known as Web 2.0 mash-ups.

Rim Semiconductor has entered into an agreement to evaluate the next generation Cupria IPSL solution in the service network of Monroe Telephone of Monroe, Oregon. Rim Semi’s Cupria IPSL solution allows service providers to effectively increase the bandwidth and extend existing copper plant beyond current technologies. Cupria adheres to the framework established by the IPSL SIG, is optimized for today’s Internet Protocol-based networks and is ideal for high bandwidth, high quality-driven applications such as Internet protocol television over existing copper networks.

Pixelmetrix announces the launch of its IP110 at TelcoTV Conference & Expo 2007 in Atlanta, Georgia. IP110 presents a comprehensive solution suite for detailed MPEG over IP analysis to its award-winning DVStation-210 and DVStation-Remote product family.

A unique feature of the IP110 solution is the support for End-point, Tap mode and IP forwarding. The IP forwarding allows the channeling of the selected transport stream to any remote location over the IP network for confidence monitoring. The Tap mode and End-point modes provide users the flexibility to place the monitoring station in between two locations, to sniff and pass through complete traffic to the destination or place it at the end of a point-to-point link. The Interface also supports a full implementation of the IGMPv3 protocol to Join/Leave multicast IP traffic along with source address specification.

IMAKE is pleased to announce it has partnered with systems integrators Electronic Data Systems and Tech Mahindra to deliver a highly scalable IPTV solution based on IMAKE's OpenVision product suite with Sun Microsystems' newly released Sun Streaming server. EDS and Tech Mahindra will bring advanced service management and delivery expertise to the partnership and enable accelerated time to market for deploying an IPTV solution.

IMAKE's solution is the most scalable and open providing EDS and Tech Mahindra the ability to immediately roll out next generation IPTV solutions around the world. IMAKE's solution suite for IPTV is being installed at Tech Mahindra's lab in Pune, India, and at EDS's lab in Plano, TX. IMAKE's open systems design, innovative workflows and Offer Management, targeted advertising, and the ability to easily scale to millions of customers are key factors supporting the solution.

Streaming21 announces its award-winning IP broadcasting solution, Media Relay Server 2.0, which provides a full suite of functionality for broadcasting reliable live TV channels and live events to televisions over public Internet with broadcast video quality in standard and high definitions. The new solution is an excellent alternative to satellite delivery of live video - it helps broadcasters to save huge cost on video transmission by using IP networks.

Unlike traditional IPTV or cable TV services which rely on expensive managed networks and only serve a limited geographic area, Streaming21 Media Relay Server enables reliable real-time video delivery to televisions through open networks and accepts subscribers from any ISP. Also, in contrast to popular live video channels over the Internet that user often see on the PC, Streaming21's solution can deliver high-quality, full-motion video playback to TV over the Internet. This unique technology not only ensures stable streaming delivery over unmanaged networks but also allows delivering live channels to televisions over non-multicast networks.

Hong Kong-based IPTV content and technology provider BNS has expanded its portfolio of IP-based technology services for telcos with tailor-made solutions for Internet TV, Mobile TV, IPTV for Multi Dwelling Units (MDU-IPTV) and the Enterprise A/V market.

The addition of new solutions to BNS’s original end-to-end carrier grade IPTV technology solution makes IPTV and other broadband services more accessible and affordable for small to medium sized service providers, broadcast studios and campus network operators.

The new IP-based line up of services is completed by Content 360, a one stop shop service which provides content strategy, products and solutions across all media platforms.

TANDBERG Television unveils its next generation solution for switched digital video. The TANDBERG OpenStream Switched Digital Video Solution leapfrogs existing SDV technology providing a massively scalable fully redundant system with seamless failover to ensure the delivery of critical video channels. The OpenStream SDV solution allows cable operators to easily provide, control and manage switched multi-rate (2-20Mbs) digital television video services through an open platform, allowing operators to significantly reduce integration issues and deployment costs. The TANDBERG OpenStream SDV Solution will have its public debut at NCTA’s The Cable Show ’07 (Las Vegas – 7-9th May – booth # 452).

Leveraging the success of the TANDBERG OpenStream Digital Services Platform which serves more than 15 million digital VOD subscribers, the OpenStream SDV Solution allows operators to deploy new services with existing network resources, significantly reducing the cost of providing consumers with a broad choice of desirable programming in multiple formats. Cable operators can mix MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC set-top boxes in the same network using TANDBERG Television switched technology.

Intel Corporation and TANDBERG Television have a collaborated to bridge the gap between the PC and TV with a new broadband television programming solution that provides entertainment programmers with an easy way to develop and deploy broadcast-quality content over the Internet to Intel technology-based devices and PCs, such as those based on the Intel Core 2 Duo processor.

Verismo Networks has announced the availability of its ViPTV platform, an end-to-end broadcasting system. The new service looks to be a competitor to solutions such as NewLion's iPTV service. Verismo Networks will supply a set-top box (no pricing as of yet) to consumers who can then download content to it over their standard broadband connection or stream video content from websites like Google, YouTube, and Yahoo.

The ViPTV service is completing its beta testing, and Verismo Networks is currently looking for content providers interested in creating IPTV channels via the service. Providers can offer their content for monthly subscriptions and pay per view by the end of March 2007.

Entone announced that its Hydra IP video gateway is integrated with Latens' conditional access security system and Minerva's iTVManager middleware platform. This collaborative effort will enable service operators a more efficient and enhanced IPTV solution that can be quickly and easily deployed.

Entone's Hydra IP video gateway enables service operators to distribute video signals throughout the home using existing coax cabling.

Using NeuLion's iPTV platform, Hawaii IPTV will deliver a variety of Hawaii programming, in real-time and on-demand, directly to subscription and pay-for-view consumers anywhere in the world. Hawaii IPTV streams live to television providing a better service than slower download methods. The goal of the Hawaii IPTV service is to deliver the Hawaii experience to Native Hawaiians and Hawaii expatriates living away from Hawaii.

France-based Iwedia, a provider of embedded software for digital television, and UK-based Ocean Blue Software, developer of software solutions for the digital home, announced the certification by the UK Digital Television Group (DTG) of their MHEG-5 V1.06 solution.

The solution is the result of the integration of Iwedia’s Comedia DVB middleware and Ocean Blue’s Voyager MHEG-5 and DSM-CC software. Targeted at set-top boxes and integrated digital television manufacturers, the solution is available in conjunction with a wide range of chipsets.

CodeBaby, a global leader in interactive virtual agent solutions, and Accedo Broadband, a leading aggregator of TV-centric interactive applications, today announced a partner agreement that will see Accedo Broadband marketing CodeBaby's on-device Interactive Customer Care solution to IPTV operators globally.