Alcatel rolls out telco TV software.(On demand: where content meets technology: VOD * HDTV * DVR * ITV * HSI)
Multichannel News, February, 2005 by Stump, Matt
Alcatel has released the next generation of its Open Media Client software, a middleware solution for Internet-protocol TV rollouts among telcos worldwide.
Long known as a traditional hardware supplier for telcos, Alcatel has ventured into the software space over the past few years, gobbling up companies in order to develop software that complements its infrastructure and access hardware products.
"[The software] enables and manages applications. It's a content management and content distribution solution," said Steve West, marketing director in the fixed solutions division at Alcatel. "It's an open media client, meant to simplify operator interaction with set-top boxes," he said. "This gives telcos more choices and shorter deployment times."...
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