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Press ReleaseSentivision KK Licences Espial Escape For IPTV DeploymentFebruary 15, 2005
February 15, 2005 Ottawa, Ontario Espial today announced Sentivision KK has licensed Espial Escape and Espial Espresso for the Sentivision IP STB set-top box. Sentivision chose Espial’s browser framework and UI SDK for their maturity and reliability in rendering the latest Internet content. Espial is the leading provider of set top box software and applications for IPTV. Sentivision KK is using Espial products in their IP STB set-top-box targeting the Hospitality and IPTV markets. Research led Sentivision to Espial as the leader in application and UI software for these markets, with leading edge-hospitality deployments with OnCommand and LodgeNet, and IPTV deployments with Belgacom and Siemens. Espial software enables HTML-based services and applications such asVideo On Demand and portal services such as news, games and chat that will drive revenue and reduce churn for telco operators. Pre-integration with popular middleware and Video on Demand (VOD) servers ensured Sentivision that Espial provided a low risk solution capable of getting them to market quickly. “In the past, Sentivision had entertained the possibility of using an open source browser,” said Mr.Yoichi Akase CEO of Sentivision. “Our experience was that open source browsers are risky and simply do not live up to the quality standards and performance of Espial Escape. Couple this with easy localization and customization and Espial software delivers exceptional value to telcos from Shanghai through to Moscow.” Designing for present market opportunities was only part of the Sentivision vision. Espial Escape’s modular framework ensures that operators can swap out new applications and services on their IP STB set-top box in response to market requirements thereby future-proofing the design. The browser framework is portable– from the development environment to the set-top box, across the line of set-top boxes offered by Sentivision. “Sentivision KK has become known in the industry for quality products that offer the highest level of functionality within reasonable BOM costs ” says Neal Schaffer, Regional VP AsiaPacific for Espial. “Espial Escape browser and the Espresso UI development kit are showcased best in designs requiring flexibility. The software rises to the challenge of delivering quality results, within low cost BOM constraints” About EspialEspial is the leading provider of rapidly customizable software for set-top boxes and mobile handsets. Espial applications and enabling technologies include User Interface Design Tools, Application Management and Design Frameworks, and applications such as Video On Demand, Electronic Program Guides, Content Portals, and Web browsing. Espial advances the exchange of media between CE devices, across convergent home, wireless and automotive networks. Espial software eases time to market and BOM considerations with highly performant applications and tools that can be easily integrated with popular platforms and middleware. The company is the recipient of the Deloitte and Touche 'Fast 50' top companies in Canada, two years running. Espial software is deployed and accredited for more than 100 consumer designs such as Motorola, Siemens, Sumitomo Electric Networks, Thomson, Philips, LodgeNet, OnCommand, S-Net Systems, and i3Micro Technologies. About Sentivision KK Sentivision K.K. is an innovative provider of cutting-edge media technologies and products for the digital entertainment market. Sentivision products include digital video appliances, set-top boxes, video codecs, video content streaming and downloading systems, Digital Rights Management systems for securing copyrighted content and more. Sentivision is committed to providing its customers with solutions enabling secure and reliable video transmission over low and medium bandwidth IP-based networks, such as DSL lines. Based in Tokyo, Japan, the company has its R&D facilities in Warsaw, Poland. For more information contact Sentivision at T 2-4, 2-2-43, Higashishinagawa, Shinagawa-ku Tokyo 140-0002 Japan, Voice: +81-3-5783-4931. Fax: +81-3-5783-4932. E-mail: info@sentivision.com. Web: http://sentivision.com/ For more information contact: Yvonne Robinson |
