Next-gen online TV Platform ‘redefines’ entertainment
Editor ©RapidTVNews | 26-10-2010
With its new VuNow Internet TV platform, Verismo Networks is claiming to be redefining TV entertainment, offering a way for service providers to expand their reach into new markets by leveraging the online platform to bring linear channels, internet videos, and social networking and personal media directly to the TV.
The aim of the platform is to provide a low cost of entry for MSOs, ISPs and telcos to enhance current services by offering linear channels, combined with best in class over the top (OTT) internet videos, Video-on-Demand (VOD), and live channels from around the world.
The key intended benefits of the new online TV infrastructure are that it enables expansion into with minimal investment; it brings new internet applications and services to current subscribers ad enables a low barrier to entry with differentiated features
To ally the fears of those who worry about content protection over the open Internet, the new platform also supports Digital Rights Management (DRM), Electronic Program Guides (EPG) and is capable of providing VoIP, internet access with a built-in broadband router, and whole-house DVR. It also allows social networking applications such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to be run on the TV.
Verismo regards its new platform as revolutionary, creating a huge opportunity for content providers to stream their content directly to the TV instead of the PC, enabling them to become a new breed of service providers.
"This is truly a game changer. We are offering a solution that enables service providers to quickly expand their reach globally, bringing them unprecedented revenue opportunities with minimal investment," insisted Dhaval Ajmera, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Verismo Networks.
