New Video Solution and Services Enable Immersive, Engaging
Subscriber Viewing Experience
Transforming the viewing experience worldwide, Espial today announced
that Tele Columbus has licensed Espial's G4 STB Client and MSP
solutions, as well as selected Espial to integrate their next generation
IP video platform. Totaling over 2.8M subscribers with their recent
acquisition of Primacom, Tele Columbus AG is one of the largest German
cable network operators. Tele Columbus is currently preparing a new
video service and interactive TV platform, with a first launch expected
towards the end of the year 2015.
As part of their growth strategy, Tele Columbus is implementing an
advanced video infrastructure - including innovations such as a
Reference Design Kit (RDK) based set-top, advanced back-office systems
and CDNs – to drive a new wave of interactive video services including
time-shift TV, multiscreen, HbbTV and OTT video services. The Espial G4
STB Client will provide an immersive, world-class viewing experience for
Tele Columbus subscribers. It will blend advanced TV functionality,
including linear and on-demand content, with OTT video into a single,
consistent experience. Espial will also act as the Master Systems
Integrator for Tele Columbus' next generation IP video platform.
Tele Columbus has also chosen the Espial Media Services Platform (MSP),
which is a field proven, cloud-based video service delivery system that
allows operators to provision, manage and deliver next generation Pay TV
services including Live TV, on-demand TV, Time Shift TV, Interactive and
multiscreen TV applications. MSP is an open, flexible, multi-network
platform that enables IPTV, OTT and hybrid TV services to any connected
device, in the home or on the go.
“In collaboration with Espial, we are creating a market-leading IP video
service which will surprise and delight our expanding base of
subscribers and push Tele Columbus towards the top of the market,” said
Ronny Verhelst, CEO, Tele Columbus. “The Espial G4 STB Client, Espial
Media Service Platform and the Espial Experience professional services
team were selected based on their industry leading software and
expertise in RDK and user experience. We are determined to be among the
most innovative European network operators."
“Tele Columbus is a visionary force among European network operators,
and we are honored to be selected for their next generation platform,”
said Jaison Dolvane, CEO, Espial. “The Espial G4 and MSP solutions lead
the market in delivering a world-class UX and are highly scalable. They
will support our partner Tele Columbus' growth strategy and provide them
with a flexible, open UX platform which can be customized for regional
and demographic based market segments.”
More information about Espial solutions and services is available at www.espial.com.
About Espial (espial.com)
With
Espial, video service providers create responsive and engaging
subscriber viewing experiences incorporating intuitive content discovery
and instinctive navigation. Service providers achieve ‘Web-speed’
innovation with Espial’s flexible, open software leveraging RDK and
HTML5 technologies. This provides competitive advantage through an
immersive and personalized user experience, seamlessly blending advanced
TV services with OTT content. With customers spanning six continents,
Espial is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, has R&D centers in Silicon
Valley, Montreal, and the UK, and sales/support offices in the U.S.,
Europe and Asia.
About Tele Columbus (telecolumbus.com)
The
SDAX listed Tele Columbus Group is one of Germany's largest cable
network operators. Via its origins - individual regional cable network
operators that were merged into Tele Columbus - the company dates back
to 1972. About 2.8 million connected households in Germany use Tele
Columbus' TV signals and, increasingly, digital broadcast packages,
Internet and voice connections provided via high-performance broadband
cable. As a national provider with a regional focus and a partner of the
housing industry, the Group is present throughout its core markets
Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia as well as in
numerous key regions in western Germany. In tune with current demand
trends, the company is upgrading its networks in a hybrid fibre-optic
infrastructure for superfast Internet connections of up to several
hundred megabits per second with the state-of-the-art Internet
transmission standard DOCSIS 3.0. The broadband cable caters to the
entire range of innovative media applications from analogous, digital
and high-definition TV to high-speed Internet and voice connections to
telemetry services, tenant portals and interactive services. Beyond
merely transmitting signals, Tele Columbus uses its own product platform
in order to actively increase the programme offering and to develop
additional services.
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