Click on the screen below to watch a demonstration of Alticast's Cloud UI by Alticast Director of Product Management, Susan Crouse. For additional information, visit our website here.
Monday, September 29, 2014
Cloud UI
Click on the screen below to watch a demonstration of Alticast's Cloud UI by Alticast Director of Product Management, Susan Crouse. For additional information, visit our website here.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Alticast at SCTE
If you happen to be at Cable-Tec Expo this week, make sure to stop by the Alticast pedestal in the BTR Diamond Technology Review pavilion to see a demonstration of our 4 diamond awarded HDMI Media Express.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Alticast’s HDMI Media Express “Set-Top Box on a Stick” Recognized in Prestigious Diamond Technology Reviews
Alticast’s Latest TV Everywhere Solution Recognized for Innovation in
Coveted Product Review Program
Coveted Product Review Program
Alticast, a global partner for the delivery of media
entertainment, today announced that its HDMI Media Express has received an
exceptional “4 Diamond” rating in the Broadband Technology Report’s 2014
Diamond Technology Reviews, a highly regarded product review program that
recognizes the best products and solutions for the cable television industry.
Alticast’s HDMI Media Express works in conjunction with a
home gateway or cloud-based IP content to enable operators to securely deliver
live and on-demand programing to the large screen. The small footprint of the device provides a
TV Everywhere experience with its download-and-go and plug-and-play capability.
The Alticast software integration on HDMI Media Express leverages both the
Reference Design Kit (RDK), the popular pre-integrated software bundle endorsed
by leading cable operators, and Alticast’s HTML5 TV Ready User Agent application
framework. This framework allows seamless
operation of HTML5 and Android applications, allowing operators to deliver a
multi-functional and multi-screen entertainment solution.
“Operators are continually looking to expand their
multiscreen capabilities and the Diamonds judges recognize the potential of
Alticast’s HDMI Media Express to help MSOs offer new and irresistible viewing
experiences,” said Tim Hermes, Publisher and Founder, Broadband Technology
Report.
About Broadband Technology Report
Broadband Technology
Report (BTR), celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2014, is the cable and
telecom industry’s premier source for product and technology news, and is the
most successful and fastest growing online outlet for product information and
deployments; reviews and rankings; technology expertise; and buyer/seller
facilitation. BTR’s portfolio includes online, print and video assets, all
designed to help network operators build, upgrade and maintain high performance
communications networks. BTR, backed by more than 70 years of combined industry
experience, delivers its email, online, print and video production services to
more than 18,500 subscribers. If you are interested in subscribing, consult http://www.btreport.net/subscribe.html.
About the Diamond Technology Review program
The BTR Diamond
Technology Reviews (“the Diamonds”) is a renowned industry program – now in its
9th year – that was developed to recognize some of the top products and
solutions available to the cable industry as determined by a stellar panel of
cable telecommunications engineering experts. Engineering executives from
Bright House, Buckeye, Comcast, Boyer Broadband, Suddenlink, and Time Warner
Cable were among the third-party judges for the 2014 Diamonds. Every year, BTR
invites vendors to submit written information about products/solutions that
have been released or upgraded since the previous year’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo
(October 2013). Criteria used in the Diamonds rankings include, first and
foremost, unique technology or application thereof, innovation, ease of use,
efficiency, reliability and contribution to profitability.
Monday, September 8, 2014
Alticast and Strategy & Technology Demonstrate Interactive TV Applications for ATSC 2.0 at IBC 2014
Companies Leverage ATSC 2.0 to Enable Broadcasters to Deliver new
Interactive TV
and Advertising Applications
Alticast, a global partner for the delivery of media
entertainment, and Strategy & Technology (S&T), an independent
developer of interactive TV technologies, will demonstrate to attendees of IBC
2014 how the companies combined technologies enable broadcasters to deliver ATSC
2.0 applications by overlaying graphics onto their video content. This combined tool set
and complete framework brings together TV and web technologies to give
broadcasters the means to deliver a new generation of iTV services and advanced
advertising applications. The demonstration will take place at S&T’s
IBC booth (Hall 1, Booth B22), September
12– 16, at the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Congress Centre.
This joint demonstration takes advantage of the
triggers provided in ATSC 2.0 that enable broadcasters to synchronize
applications with programming content. The demonstration includes an Alticast enabled
set-top box (STB) running the company’s TV Ready User Agent (TVRUA), which provides
a robust browser and application life cycle control for managing applications.
S&T’s tools insert ATSC 2.0 triggers into recorded and live content,
and Alticast has integrated the ability to recognize these triggers
and facilitate the launch of web-based HTML5 applications. These applications can be delivered from web
servers to the screen providing a broadcast solution for interactive TV.
S&T’s new OnScreen Publisher and the
Alticast TVPlay application store can be used by application developers to create,
manage, monitor and release applications for broadcaster use. These web-based applications can provide
interaction to the viewer, and collect input response so results can be
aggregated and reported back to the broadcaster. Reality TV voting, campaign
polling and advertising call-to-actions are examples of the types of
interactive applications broadcasters could deploy. Tablet and mobile interactions can also be designed
as part of the application.
“The new iTV capabilities of ATSC 2.0 are huge for
broadcasters who are eager to offer a more interactive TV experience for
viewers and advertisers, said John Carlucci, CTO of Alticast U.S. “Together with our partner S&T, we are
showing broadcasters how our joint solution enables them to take advantage of
ATSC 2.0 to deliver a range of interactive TV and advertising applications.”
“We are delighted to be working with Alticast to
bring this demonstration to IBC. The use of OnScreen Publisher and our trigger
insertion toolsets has enabled us to provide a compelling demonstration of the
interactivity that ATSC 2.0 makes available to broadcasters,” said Adrian
Fowkes, Engineering Director at Strategy & Technology.
About Strategy & Technology
Strategy &
Technology (S&T) is an independent software company providing development
and deployment of interactive multi-screen systems using standardized
technologies such as DSM-CC, MHEG-5, HbbTV, HTML 5 and CI Plus. S&T
solutions include carousel generation and playout, middleware engines, and
interactive multi-screen applications for TVs, tablets, smartphones, PCs, games
consoles and digital media players. S&T operates internationally with
offices in London (UK), Boulder (Colorado, USA) and Hong Kong. For more
information on S&T, please go to www.s-and-t.com.
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