Strategy & Technology (S&T) NAB 2010 Preview Document

Booth No: N4016

Strategy & Technology is a specialist company in the field of digital interactive TV, focused on the provision of technology solutions using public standards. S&T supplies DSMCC object carousel systems for MHEG-5, MHP, OCAP/Tru2way and ETV standards. In the MHEG-5 market, S&T is unique in providing complete end-to-end solutions including RedKey™ MHEG receiver middleware, Video on Demand, EPG, publishing and games applications as well as carousel playout systems.

NEW FOR NAB 2010:

S&T Player – An MHEG application for Video on Demand services including catch-up TV, with flexible back-office integration using the new Mediator product. S&T Player offers a configurable and customizable application for browsing and navigation of content as well as playback control for hybrid broadcast broadband platforms.

ALSO ON DISPLAY:

S&T will be showing a comprehensive, affordable range of products and solutions for interactive TV and Electronic Program Guides (EPG) to meet the needs of operators and broadcasters worldwide. These include:

* 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 supports the Interaction Channel IP connectivity 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 EPG - 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.