Geneva, Switzerland – Vidiom Systems today announced that it is unveiling at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo® a turnkey, open-standard solution that can expedite migration to IP video for cable system operators.
Vidiom’s Open System Solution (VOSS™) is a pre-integrated platform built around the Vidiom Management Control Server, enabling operators to simply and cost-effectively create, install and maintain IP video solutions utilizing their existing cable or fiber infrastructures.
VOSS employs the open standard GEM-IPTV™ specification and the efficiencies of MPEG-4 to reclaim bandwidth and allows operators to deliver an expanded array of content and third-party applications – including gaming, navigation, information and social networking – to multiple devices in the home.
“While the benefits of delivering bundled services have been clear to Tier 2 and Tier 3 cable system operators, the complexity and expense of migrating to IP video were major obstacles until now,” said Jeansie Wiley, Senior Director for Vidiom Systems. “VOSS has been designed to accelerate the ability of operators to deliver the flexible, IP-based services and the expanded HD content that they need to succeed in today’s competitive environment.”
At the heart of each system, the Vidiom Management Control Server serves as a single point of control for device and service management, combining set-top box provisioning and management, service management and application delivery with interfaces to the operator’s existing Billing, Conditional Access, Digital Right Management (DRM), and Video on Demand (VoD) services.
VOSS includes Content Ingestion, Head End Management, Network Distribution, CPE and Applications.
The Vidiom Management Control Server support for GEM-IPTV specifications enables further differentiation of service offerings by allowing operators to deploy any standards-based CPE from any vendor, including set-top boxes and such advanced devices as multi-room DVRs, home gateways and other IP devices.
Vidiom Systems will be demonstrating VOSS in the Networked Home Pavilion at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo October 20-22 in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
About Vidiom
Vidiom is a leader in Cable System and IP (Internet Protocol) end-to-end solutions for digital TV operators.
Vidiom supplies medium to small size operators packaged digital video solutions that are cost-effective and simple to install, manage and operate. Vidiom uses internationally adopted open standards (MHP, GEM-IPTV, tru2way®), providing operators the flexibility to use a variety of external third–party solutions, including customer relations management, conditional access and billing systems, and set-top boxes and other CE devices.
Vidiom Systems Inc. was founded in 1997 in Boulder, Colorado as a software company focusing on the interactive television market. Vidiom was acquired by the ADB Group, one of the world’s leading providers of digital pay-TV solutions, in 2006 and in 2009 made the transformation to an end-end systems provider by integrating assets from Osmosys (a subsidiary of ADB Holdings) and acting as the prime integrator of hybrid systems on a worldwide basis. Vidiom Systems is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has regional offices in Poland, Taiwan and the U.S.A. Vidiom is a member of ADB Group; ADB Group (www.adbholdings.com) is publicly listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX:ADBN).
For further media information please contact: Michael Malcy, Tel: 303-474-8660, m.malcy@vidiom.com
