Cabot Communications becomes first middleware vendor to successfully complete SmarDTV CI+ interoperability testing
Tuesday, 19th May 2009
Cabot Communications, a founder IMPALA Promoter member, has announced that it has successfully completed interoperability testing between its CI+ software solution and the SmarDTV CI+ reference module, becoming the first middleware vendor known to do so.
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MHEG-5 is one of the core technologies embedded in all our TV sets sold in the European region. Our motivation for supporting IMPALA is to see the expansion of broadcast support for MHEG-5 in Europe and beyond. The UK market has proven MHEG stability of operation, and suitability for not only digital teletext delivery, but also for multi-screen video selection of hidden services. Its efficiency in launch speed also makes it ideally placed as an instant display at channel zapping for broadcaster controlled splash-screen, as used for radio screensavers, and non-running service captions.
Mark Londero,
General Manager of
Technical Planning Sony TV Operations Europe