Strategy & Technology IBC 2010 Preview
10-14 September 2010, Amsterdam
Stand No: 1.A21 and Connected World Stand IP601
S&T will be showcasing a number of new products at IBC, and will also be exhibiting in the "IBC Connected World" area.
S&T Player and Mediator – An MHEG application for Video on Demand services including catch-up TV, with flexible back-office integration using S&T’s Mediator server. S&T Player and Mediator offer a configurable and customizable solution for MHEG Interaction Channel and CI+ platforms, supporting browsing and navigation of on-demand content as well as playback control.
RedKey™2 – The latest version of S&T’s MHEG-5 middleware engine offers a modular architecture and supports all of the current international profiles of the MHEG interactive TV standard, including those implemented in the UK Freeview / Freeview HD / Freesat, Ireland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, South Africa and Australia. RedKey™2 also fully supports the MHEG Interaction Channel to enable hybrid broadcast/broadband receivers for video on demand and catch-up TV services.
TSBroadcaster 2 – The second generation of S&T’s DSM-CC Object Carousel product for DVB (MHEG-5 and MHP), OCAP/tru2way and ETV platforms provides a new and enhanced user interface plus improved performance. The OCAP/tru2way version now includes support for Common Download and Out Of Band (OOB) playout as well as transport stream and GigE IP outputs.
TSMonitor – A product for automatic monitoring of both subtitles/closed captions as well as MHEG and ETV interactive applications. Scripted test-cases are run using virtual receivers running on a rack-mounted server, with alarms generated when exceptions or errors are detected.
MHEG Guide - A complete platform EPG including PVR integration for both PayTV and ‘Freeview’ operators based on MHEG-5 middleware. The EPG offers channel branding with logos as well as support for advertising and sponsorship banners.
MHEG Presenter - A general purpose publishing solution for MHEG-5 middleware allowing interactive applications to be created without development of MHEG code.
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About S&T
Strategy & Technology (S&T) is an international software and services company with offices in the UK, USA and Hong Kong. It has been developing and implementing technology based on public standards in digital TV since 1996 and has recently been awarded the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise for International Trade.
S&T is the leading independent company in the broadcast industry that supports the MHEG interactive TV standard worldwide. The company provides interactive applications for electronic programme guides (EPGs), catch-up TV/video-on-demand (VoD), information services (digital teletext), as well hybrid broadcast/broadband TV connected TV solutions including MHEG Interaction Channel (MHEG-IC) and CI Plus (CI+) platforms. It also provides its RedKey™ 2 MHEG engine to manufacturers for use in receivers compliant with MHEG profiles such as those for UK Freeview HD (D-Book), Freesat, Freeview Australia, Freeview New Zealand, Hong Kong and CI Plus.
The company’s headend solutions offer DSM-CC carousel generation and playout for MHEG, OCAP/tru2way, ETV and MHP middleware standards as well as automated monitoring of interactive applications and subtitles.
Company Details:
Head Office:
Strategy & Technology
5th Floor
44 Featherstone Street
London EC1Y 8RN
UK
UK contact: Colin Prior, Director of International Sales
Tel: +44 20 7183 1500
Fax: +44 20 7100 6670
Email: colin.prior@s-and-t.com
Web: www.s-and-t.com
S&T media contact: Jennie Evans,Manor Marketing
Tel: +44 (0)1635 44991
Email: jennie@manormarketing.tv