January 04, 2010 11:15 AM Eastern Time
InOutTV and Electra announce Interactive TV Platform Service availability for Spain
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InOutTV and Electra have entered into a long term partnership to offer broadcast and connected interactive television services to consumers in Spain over DVB-T (DTT).
“We are very pleased to be working with InOutTV in Spain and believe that the combination of Electra’s Trove and InOutTV’s SynchroGuide EPG services comprises a world beating mass market proposition for consumers in terms of performance, value and convenience.”
Nationwide service availability will commence from first quarter 2010 over InOutTV’s digital terrestrial TDT (DVB-T) network. Launch will commence on zapper and PVR STB silicon free-to-air and Premium TDT solutions, following shortly afterwards in digital TVs.
Electra’s patented technology Trove™ can be incorporated into virtually any mass market device - entry level set top boxes, digital television recorders and TVs - to provide a quality interactive experience. Supporting true colour, sound and games, Electra’s added-value offering will generate increased frequency and length of consumer visits, resulting in greater revenues. Services can be accessed with one button press, even from standby, and use less than one percent of the bandwidth compared to traditional MHP and MHEG-5 interactive TV services.
InOutTV, in line with its policy always to offer the highest quality and most user convenient products and services, will introduce a broad range of Trove™ services nationwide during 2010, which is Analogue Switch Off year in Spain, and expects total DVB-T receiver sales to exceed 10 million units.
Trove™ also supports broadband WiFi and Ethernet connectivity to enable an even greater range of services and features in mass, entry-level digital TV products. This combination of hybrid broadcast and IP technology offers viewers a more connected and integrated solution than separate broadcast and IP services, with new features including internet radio, social networking, instant messaging, music on demand, live voting and Over The Top (OTT) video services.
Says Electra’s Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder, Jonathan Drazin: “We are very pleased to be working with InOutTV in Spain and believe that the combination of Electra’s Trove and InOutTV’s SynchroGuide EPG services comprises a world beating mass market proposition for consumers in terms of performance, value and convenience.”
Says InOutTV’s Chief Executive Officer, Eudald Doménech: “Electra will combine perfectly with InOutTV services, and this will create the best experience for the end user, having high-end services and benefits even on the entry level products. Focusing on the great year we will face in Spain during 2010, and the upcoming analogue switch off, DVB-T will reach all the population and thanks to InOutTV´s platform will create new ways to watching and enjoy TV.”
About Electra Entertainment
Electra Entertainment is a UK-based media and technology company offering rich, branded interactive services to television viewers supported by a combination of pay-as-you-go, subscription and advertising revenues. Formed in 2003, Electra is run by some of the industry’s most seasoned veterans, including John Swingewood (Chairman), ex board director of BT and Sky; Jasper Smith (CEO and co-founder), ex-founder and CEO of PlayJam; and Jonathan Drazin (CTO and co-founder), ex CTO Europe for Gemstar-TVGuide International.
Electra will become a major player in the distribution of interactive media through leverage of its superior and patented distribution technology in the largest single mass market for TV products today: digital terrestrial television (DTT), starting with the UK and expanding across Western Europe. Initially incorporating its technology into volume products such as Freeview digital set top boxes (STBs), digital television recorders (DTRs) and integrated digital televisions (IDTVs), the transition to next generation IPTV-enabled products will be made over the next two to three years.
About InOutTV
InOutTV is Spain’s leading electronic programme guide (EPG) service provider. InOutTV was founded in April 2001 and has offices in Madrid and Barcelona with a team of over 70 people and expects to close 2009 with a turnover estimated to exceed 25 million Euro.
InOutTV has developed, operates and offers a full portfolio of services based on its EPG and audiovisual content CPG (Content Program Guide) and OTT services for online users. Services are available across a broad range of platforms including DTT receivers, IPTV, mobile and web appliances.
Since its formation, InOutTV has received several important national and international awards from the press, institutions and from within the television industry including: One Hundred Red Herring Europe (Red Herring USA), Most Innovative Company 2007 (Current Economic/Expansion) and Most Innovative Project FICOD 2007 (Ministry of Industry).
InOutTV has developed and operates a portfolio of interactive services based on an Electronic Program Guide and audiovisual Content Program Guide that serve more than 2 million DTT and IPTV STB homes, and more than 10 million web users in Spain. These will be further complemented by OTT (Over The Top) audio-video services during 2010.
Contacts
Diane Mckaye (Schmedia)
Electra Entertainment
tel: +44 7771 926726
email: [email protected]
or
Press Department (InOutTV)
tel: +34932240500
e-mail: [email protected]
Source: InOutTV and Electra announce Interactive TV Platform Service availability for Spain | Business Wire
InOutTV and Electra announce Interactive TV Platform Service availability for Spain
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--InOutTV and Electra have entered into a long term partnership to offer broadcast and connected interactive television services to consumers in Spain over DVB-T (DTT).
“We are very pleased to be working with InOutTV in Spain and believe that the combination of Electra’s Trove and InOutTV’s SynchroGuide EPG services comprises a world beating mass market proposition for consumers in terms of performance, value and convenience.”
Nationwide service availability will commence from first quarter 2010 over InOutTV’s digital terrestrial TDT (DVB-T) network. Launch will commence on zapper and PVR STB silicon free-to-air and Premium TDT solutions, following shortly afterwards in digital TVs.
Electra’s patented technology Trove™ can be incorporated into virtually any mass market device - entry level set top boxes, digital television recorders and TVs - to provide a quality interactive experience. Supporting true colour, sound and games, Electra’s added-value offering will generate increased frequency and length of consumer visits, resulting in greater revenues. Services can be accessed with one button press, even from standby, and use less than one percent of the bandwidth compared to traditional MHP and MHEG-5 interactive TV services.
InOutTV, in line with its policy always to offer the highest quality and most user convenient products and services, will introduce a broad range of Trove™ services nationwide during 2010, which is Analogue Switch Off year in Spain, and expects total DVB-T receiver sales to exceed 10 million units.
Trove™ also supports broadband WiFi and Ethernet connectivity to enable an even greater range of services and features in mass, entry-level digital TV products. This combination of hybrid broadcast and IP technology offers viewers a more connected and integrated solution than separate broadcast and IP services, with new features including internet radio, social networking, instant messaging, music on demand, live voting and Over The Top (OTT) video services.
Says Electra’s Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder, Jonathan Drazin: “We are very pleased to be working with InOutTV in Spain and believe that the combination of Electra’s Trove and InOutTV’s SynchroGuide EPG services comprises a world beating mass market proposition for consumers in terms of performance, value and convenience.”
Says InOutTV’s Chief Executive Officer, Eudald Doménech: “Electra will combine perfectly with InOutTV services, and this will create the best experience for the end user, having high-end services and benefits even on the entry level products. Focusing on the great year we will face in Spain during 2010, and the upcoming analogue switch off, DVB-T will reach all the population and thanks to InOutTV´s platform will create new ways to watching and enjoy TV.”
About Electra Entertainment
Electra Entertainment is a UK-based media and technology company offering rich, branded interactive services to television viewers supported by a combination of pay-as-you-go, subscription and advertising revenues. Formed in 2003, Electra is run by some of the industry’s most seasoned veterans, including John Swingewood (Chairman), ex board director of BT and Sky; Jasper Smith (CEO and co-founder), ex-founder and CEO of PlayJam; and Jonathan Drazin (CTO and co-founder), ex CTO Europe for Gemstar-TVGuide International.
Electra will become a major player in the distribution of interactive media through leverage of its superior and patented distribution technology in the largest single mass market for TV products today: digital terrestrial television (DTT), starting with the UK and expanding across Western Europe. Initially incorporating its technology into volume products such as Freeview digital set top boxes (STBs), digital television recorders (DTRs) and integrated digital televisions (IDTVs), the transition to next generation IPTV-enabled products will be made over the next two to three years.
About InOutTV
InOutTV is Spain’s leading electronic programme guide (EPG) service provider. InOutTV was founded in April 2001 and has offices in Madrid and Barcelona with a team of over 70 people and expects to close 2009 with a turnover estimated to exceed 25 million Euro.
InOutTV has developed, operates and offers a full portfolio of services based on its EPG and audiovisual content CPG (Content Program Guide) and OTT services for online users. Services are available across a broad range of platforms including DTT receivers, IPTV, mobile and web appliances.
Since its formation, InOutTV has received several important national and international awards from the press, institutions and from within the television industry including: One Hundred Red Herring Europe (Red Herring USA), Most Innovative Company 2007 (Current Economic/Expansion) and Most Innovative Project FICOD 2007 (Ministry of Industry).
InOutTV has developed and operates a portfolio of interactive services based on an Electronic Program Guide and audiovisual Content Program Guide that serve more than 2 million DTT and IPTV STB homes, and more than 10 million web users in Spain. These will be further complemented by OTT (Over The Top) audio-video services during 2010.
Contacts
Diane Mckaye (Schmedia)
Electra Entertainment
tel: +44 7771 926726
email: [email protected]
or
Press Department (InOutTV)
tel: +34932240500
e-mail: [email protected]
Source: InOutTV and Electra announce Interactive TV Platform Service availability for Spain | Business Wire
