Strategic Alliances
We design, install and support solutions to enable our customers to meet their business aims.
Some of our strategic partners are key suppliers to us while others work with us on extensive joint developments or sales/marketing projects. All our partners are leaders in their areas of expertise and provide clear business benefits within the overall solution.
Our strategic partnerships deliver significant benefits to our customers:
- Validated end-to-end solutions
- Professional Services that can identify the best solution for you
- Access to a wide range of quality products through a single source
- Rapid response to customer enquiries through clearly defined business processes
- Fast customer support from a single point of contact
- Combined vision for future roadmaps
AcanetTVis the leading provider in Korea of application and system solutions for data broadcastingover satellite, cable, terrestrial, IP and DMB networks. They have developed their extensive experience and expertise in this field though delivering over50 systems including EPG, interactive TV voting/polling, T-commerce, weather,public emergency/disaster warning and TV portals. They provide a Korean iTVOCAP client, which is fully integrated with Tandberg`s Open Stream VOD solution.Their AmamusTM head-end system provides a complete solution for authoring, transmittingand verifying data broadcasting services for both service and programmeproviders.
Digeo, Inc. enables cable providers to become the focal point of the whole-home digital entertainment space by delivering a competitive advantage with Emmy® award-winning Moxi™ Media Center software and services, and the most powerful digital entertainment experience for cable subscribers. Leading edge software technologies, custom silicon innovation, and full OCAP support allow Digeo to continuously provide lucrative, cost-effective and content-rich media solutions to cable customers nationwide.
Everstream provides enterprise business software and engineering services for the world's largest cable operators, Interactive Television and media companies. Whether through our S4 product line or through contracted services, our focus is on enabling cross-platform operability between cable operators' on demand and iTV system technologies, their business back-office, and their media content partners.
GuideWorks, LLC., a joint venture of Comcast Corporation and Gemstar-TV Guide International, is a leading developer of interactive television guidance and navigation solutions. GuideWorks is dedicated to advancing state-of-the- art digital television navigation and creating the best consumer experience. GuideWorks is developing an open application environment to enable third-party developers to interface with its next generation of television navigation. GuideWorks is managed and majority owned by Comcast. Gemstar-TV Guide is the exclusive distributor of GuideWorks' products to other multichannel video providers.
ICTV is a leading provider of branded interactive content for interactive television. With its highly advanced HeadendWare platform, which supports most popular Web-based applications, ICTV can deliver interactive television solutions quickly and easily at the network level. And, because we understand the complexities of your business, we provide you professional services and support to ensure a flawless execution for your new programming strategy — from start to finish.
Pioneer Digital Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of interactive navigation software to the cable television industry. More than 7 million copies of its Passport™, Passport DCT™, and Passport Echo™ navigation and application suites are deployed nationwide to cable systems on a variety of digital cable set-top platforms, from basic standard definition digital set-tops to advanced high-definition digital video recorder set-tops. Today it is the only company with guides in both of the major headend platforms, compatible with virtually every deployed set-top box in North America.
Rentrak Corporation, based in Portland, Oregon, is the developer of the Essentials™ suite of web-based information management and business intelligence products used by clients in the media, entertainment, retail and manufacturing industries. Vertical market editions of Essentials™ applications are customizable to the needs of each licensee, allowing marketers to collect, manage, analyze and make critical business decisions based on detailed, real-time point-of-sale and supply chain data. The Essentials™ suite of services offers competitive advantages to executives by providing timely and actionable insight into their own company's performance in tandem with valuable perspective against aggregated industry- wide data.
ATecoM is one of the worlds-leading providers of DVB-compliant WANaccess devices and End-to-End Network Management Software. Committedto high-quality equipment, an excellent price-performance ratiois the key to our success.
Conax is a leading supplier of conditional access technology for digital-TV, IP-streaming, and security systems for interactive gaming and e-payment applications. Originated in 1986 as part of the R&D environment in Telenor, Norway's leading telecommunication company (NASDAQ: TELN), Conaxhas grown into a globally oriented player, with a solid base of international clients in around 30 countries.
DMDsecure, Digital Media Distribution Secure, is the leading independent software vendor of content protection and Digital Rights Management (DRM) server-side solutions to broadband, broadcast and mobile operators and service providers.DMD secure's products, DMDfusion, DMDlicenser, DMDpackager and DMDmobile protects digital content and manages rights creation, rights management, rights delivery and rights enforcement, enabling a wide range of content delivery applications such as VOD, content subscriptions, TVoIP, mobile entertainment, corporate communicationand live events.
Irdeto, part of multinational media group Naspers (NASDAQ: NPSN and JSE: NPN), is the proven expert in content security. Deployed by 200+ customers worldwide, Irdeto's technology secures its customers' revenue by protecting content from unauthorized access in Digital Video Broadcast, Mobile (both DVB and DMB) and broadband IPTV applications.
Latens is a privately held company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland,with the sole focus of designing next generation conditional access systems for digital cable and broadband networks. At the birth of digital television a chip, either in a smartcardor embedded in the set-top-box, was the most appropriate security solution. The Latens next generation conditional access (CA) technology approach has many advantages over existing CA systems, including; reduction in security costs by up to 50%, ensuring that an operator is much less likely to come under attack and increasing an operators business flexibility.
Nagravision Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company (SWX: KUD.VX), is the world's leading independent supplier of open conditional access systems, DRM and integrated on-demand solutions for content providers and digital TV operators over broadcast, broadband and mobile platforms. Its technologies are currently being used by more than 100 leading Pay-TV operators worldwide securing content delivered to over 77.5 million active smart cards and devices.
NDS is a leading supplier of open end-to-end digital pay-TV solutions for the secure delivery of entertainment and information totelevision set-top boxes and IP devices.NDS enables broadcasters, network operators, and content providers to profit from the deployment of digital TV technologies including innovative interactive applications as well as personal TV andsecure broadband solutions. Around the world, NDS VideoGuard conditional access systems secure service revenues of more than $12 billion, and are used by more than 34 million subscribers.
SecureMedia is the world’s most experienced provider of proven open platform content protection software for the delivery of video-on-demand, IPTV, multimedia, music and other digital content over broadband IP networks. Winner of the industry’s highest award; the 2008 IPTV World Series Award for best content protection, SecureMedia was the first company to introduce the Hollywood studios and leading broadcasters to the advantages of software-based content security systems. Today, SecureMedia enables “Entertainment Everywhere!™” by delivering innovative digital media content security solutions including the popular Encryptonite ONE™ System CA/DRM software suite, the eONE™ PC Media Player and comprehensive software developer kits. , Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, SecureMedia, a Cavalier Telephone and TV company, services its global customers with offices in San Francisco, London, Dubai, Beijing and Auckland aided by representatives in Moscow, Bucharest, Pretoria, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, Taipei and Melbourne.
Launched in 1999, Verimatrix is a leading provider of cutting edge, software-based IPTV security systems which include PKI, encryption and watermarking functions, tracking, and legal action management. With many satisfied customers spanning the globe, integrations with the leading players in the IPTV industry, and offices in San Diego, Boston, Korea, Japan, and England, Verimatrix is well-equipped to address your IPTV content protection needs.
Viaccess is a leading provider of conditional access systems for digital pay television and protection of IP content over broadband networks.
Offering the widest choice of set-top boxes in the industry, Viaccess enables the largest installed base of independent multi-channel TV providers (more than 60 worldwide), and supports smart card deployment for over 8 millions viewers.
Widevine supplies a comprehensive suite of conditional access and digital rights enforcement products to Telco, Cable, and Satellite Operators enabling the deployment of Interactive Television services such as Digital Broadcast, VOD and PVR. Widevine enables new revenue streams for Operators deploying video over their networks. Headquartered in Seattle, Widevine's products secure video services (VOD, broadcast channels, etc.) over cable, xDSL (Telco), and Fiber optic networks.
Ascent Media Group provides creative and technical services to the media and entertainment industries through its Creative Services, Creative Sound Services, Media Management Services and Networks Services groups. At more than 70 facilities in the regions of Southern California, New York, London, Atlanta and Singapore, and at locations throughout the world, Ascent Media Group provides effective solutions for the creation, management and distribution of content to major motion picture studios, independent producers, broadcast networks, cable channels, advertising agencies and other companies that produce, own and/or distribute entertainment, news, sports, corporate, educational, industrial and advertising content.
AssetHouse extends the Tandberg Openstream proposition within an IPTV environment by enabling content-based products to be created independently of their delivery application. AssetHouse ingests and manages metadata for the entire value chain, including: availability lists, content inventory, product or service creation and then delivers the product or service information to each of the delivery applications in the required format. This complements the Openstream platform by further reducing operational lock-in to delivery technologies, preserving flexibility and choice as wellas extending service functionality.
IneoQuest Technologies, Inc., the Video over IP Quality Specialists™, provides high-speed test tools for monitoring, debugging and maintaining Media over IP networks in the telephony, cable, broadcast and enterprise / campus markets, as well as OEMs worldwide. IneoQuest enables its customers with 1- and 10-Gigabit Ethernet technologies to design, build, deploy, and manage next-generation converged Networks. Headquartered in Mansfield, Massachusetts, IneoQuest has sales operations in the US, Asia and European regions. IneoQuest Web address is www.IneoQuest.com.
ScheduALLprovides resource scheduling software productsfor the broadcasting, production and post production industries. Its user-friendly solutions combine innovative software technology with controlled access to vital business knowledge. By providing effective bookings and client management the products deliver cost control and increased resource utilization. ScheduALL and TANDBERG have created an integrated network management system for broadcasters, service providers and network operators. This system uniquely enables customers to manage Network resources through graphical control of transmission path scheduling and dynamic business management tools.
HPfocuses more than 25 years of telecommunications expertise into a powerful integrated team, the Network Service Provider Business Unit (NSPBU).
The NSPBU, along with 500 solutions partners, helps the world's top 200 service and equipment providers meet the voice and data needs of hundreds of millions of wireline and wireless subscribers.
With its solutions, technologies and services that include OpenCall and OpenView telecommunications capabilities arrayed across network infrastructure, network services, operations and business support, mobile and rich media solutions, and end user access, the new HP NSPBU has emerged as a major player that is leading change in the network and service provider industry.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing.
The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software -- any time, any place and on any device.
About SURPASS Home Entertainment
Siemens makes Internet protocol television (IPTV) services a reality today - throughout the world - with industry-leading processes, solutions and knowledge of broadband network infrastructures. Built on an open standards-based architecture, the Siemens SURPASS Home Entertainment solution provides rich user experiences, efficient back-office management tools and the building blocks for complete convergence of entertainment, communication and smart home solutions - the Siemens LifeWorks vision. More about SURPASS Home Entertainment at: http://www.siemens.com/surpass
DiviTechis a high-tech software company specialised in EPG/SI Management,Scheduling and overall platform management solution for digitalTV platforms around the world.The focus is to provide flexible solutions that integrate withthe operators existing environment and to insure consistentand synchronised play-out.
The eventIS organisation finds its origins in the domain of consultancy to ISPs, cable and telecommunications operators during the roll-out of DTV services. The eventIS professionals have a wealth of expertise, dating from long before the foundation of the company, through assignments within the most prestigious companies in this industry. The flagship product, CASIS, was designed to answer the operational requirements that were identified through such missions. Its success led to the foundation of eventIS Software Solutions B.V.which rapidly became a leading manufacturer of Metadata management systems on the International DTV marketplace.
InfogateOnline develops and markets a software platform that enables DSL, cable, broadband ISP and satellite operators to offer any combination of high quality services such as video on demand, TV channels, pay-per-view and games on demand to the TV or PC. Infogate's solution has been successfully deployed with telcos, cable operators and ISPs.
OpenTV is committed to supporting industry-wide collaboration as the fastest way to realize the business potential of the burgeoning Interactive Television market.
Our goal is to support the content / applications development cycle and help create sustainable advantages for all of our partners as they create compelling interactive and enhanced television content.
Allied Telesyn is the leading global provider of integrated IP network solutions for the access edge while providing simple options for aggregationand transport connectivity. Allied Telesyn’s line of carrier class video-optimised Ethernet solutions include Multi-service Access Platforms and Residential Gateways designed for Triple Play service delivery to residential and business subscribers. Utilising native copper and fibre Ethernet interfaces, our products and solutions enable leading carriers worldwide to deploy advanced revenue-generating services in xDSL, FTTx and Metro Ethernet networks.
Working with Allied Telesyn and its technology partners, operators can optimise their business models to reduce capital and operational expenditure, reach profitably quicker and retain loyal and existing customers. Allied Telesyn has the expertise and knowledge to enhance your business offering and grow your profits with Triple Play. Make Allied Telesyn your Triple Play choice!
Calix supplies local exchange carriers of all sizes with advanced telecommunications platforms designed to simplify voice, data, and video service delivery over both fiber and copper access media to business and residential subscribers.The Calix C7 simplified services platform offers massive optical and metallic density, unprecedented system capacity and functional headroom, advanced management and provisioning software, and complete service flexibility. The extremely high level of functional integration in a compact, environmentally hardened platform that is deployable in outside plant locations, allows the Calix C7 to replace an array of access and transport network elements and enable a rapid evolutionto high capacity, multi-service, packet-based carrier access networks.
CiscoSystems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government and home communications, and Cisco Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundationof these networks. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction and strengthen competitive advantage. The Cisco name has become synonymous with the Internet, as well as with the productivity improvements that Internet business solutions provide. At Cisco, our vision is to change the way people work, live, play and learn.
Nera is a world-leading global supplier which develops,manufactures and sells fixed wireless and satellite communication equipment and systems. Nera designs, develops, manufactures and markets point-to-point and point-to-multipoint radio link equipment, satellite terminals and gateways for mobile and fixed satellite communications. Nera is a major supplier to Inmarsat.
As the specialist for all kinds and combinations of RF signal transmission DEVSystemtechnik develops and manufactures high performance products and systems like e.g.:
- SAT IF distribution amplifiers and combiners
- RF switching systems
- CATV routing products
- Measurement systems and accessories
- Individual signal routing products
DEVs products and systems combine functionality in a unique manner and optimize space and maintenance/service requirements. DEV Systemtechnik is the right partner for you if you need professional products and systems to route RF signals for application or integration in satellite ground stations, cablehead end stations, broadcasting companies and other telecommunication providers.
Tilgin develops and markets products for the distributionand reception of digital TV, video and telephony over IP networks.
Tilgin's two product lines, Mood and Vood, enable operators to offerend-users advanced triple-play services and include set-topboxes, residential gateways and management systems.
Amino Communications supplies the AmiNET™ series of set-top boxes renown for their low-cost and reliability. The AmiNET range materially reduces service operators' capital expenditure, whilst offering the full range of specification required; MPEG2 and MPEG4 encoding standards, standard and high definition TV, personal video recording and home networking. The high performance coupled with the innovative design of Amino's set-top boxes, have brought the series industry accolades and the company a leading position within the IPTV market.
PaceMicro Technology plc (LSE: PIC) is a leader in digital television technology. The Company's primary focus is the development ofinnovative home gateway (set-top box) solutions for operators, broadcasters, telecommunications companies and retail markets worldwide. Pace's head office is in Shipley West Yorkshire, with further offices in Bracknell, Cambridge, the USA, France and Hong Kong.
BitBand is a leading provider of Video On Demand solutions for Broadband IP networks. BitBand develops and markets unique solutions for a broad range of IP-TV environments and industries.
BitBand VisionTM appliance servers offer unique simplicity, reliability and scalability. Vision servers are complemented by BitBand Maestro™ Content Distribution and Server Management Suite, to form the field proven, most scalable and cost-effective solution existing today - from the smallest hotel to the largest Telco.
Among BitBand's customers are FTTH based "New Generation Service Providers", CLECs using ADSL, and hospitality centered service providers.
Concurrent Computer Corporation, headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, has been a premier provider of solutions that fulfill real-time expectations for commercial and government markets. The company’s high performance computing solutions and software are utilized in strategic market areas that include hardware-in-the-loop and man-in-the-loop simulation, process control, and data acquisition. Concurrent is also a recognized leader in the digital cable market, with Video-On-Demand systems deployed worldwide by major broadband operators. Its proven technology is based on open standards and provides a flexible, comprehensive and robust solution for HFC, DSL, and IP-based networks. Concurrent has nearly four decades of experience in high-performance, on-demand, mission-critical solutions and provides its best of breed solutions through offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
HP focuses more than 25 years of telecommunications expertise into a powerful integrated team, the Network Service Provider Business Unit (NSPBU).
The NSPBU, along with 500 solutions partners, helps the world's top 200 service and equipment providers meet the voice and data needs of hundreds of millions of wireline and wireless subscribers.
With its solutions, technologies and services that include OpenCall and OpenView telecommunications capabilities arrayed across network infrastructure, network services, operations and business support, mobile and rich media solutions, and end user access, the new HP NSPBU has emerged as a major player that is leading change in the network and service provider industry.
Kasenna, Inc. delivers the industry's highest performance on-demand video delivery and management solutions on open hardware. Thousands of telecom, cable, hospitality, enterprise, education and government deployments worldwide use the company's highly scalable solutions for delivering entertainment-quality video on commercial-grade networks and applications.
With billions of streams delivered in deployments worldwide, SeaChange International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEAC) is the leader in market proven on-demand systems and software.SeaChange automates entire on-demand services from content intake right down to settop applications. Its solutions combine fault-resilient and highly scalable SeaChange MediaCluster servers with SeaChange Axiom video operation system software. Axiom manages sessions and resources for all video network functions, including streaming and application network services, thereby ensuring that bandwidth is optimized and providing seamless access for settop applications. Visit www.schange.com.
For more information on our Strategic Alliances, please contact:
Alan Terry on: Tel: +44 (0)23 8048 4110
Fax: +44 (0)23 8048 4161Mobile: +44 (0)7881 91 4110
Email: aterry@tandbergtv.com
