Media Excel and UDcast Complete Interoperability Testing for Mobile
TV DVB-H Solutions
Proven Interoperability Will Bring Greater Flexibility and Expand
Choices for DVB-H Mobile TV Service Providers
AUSTIN, Texas & SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS, France (Business Wire EON) February 6, 2008 --
Media Excel Inc., a leading
provider of Next-Generation Transcoding Appliances for Mobile
TV, WebTV and Digital
Media and UDcast, a global provider of wireless IP broadcast
solutions, announced today they have successfully completed
interoperability testing with the companies’
respective DVB-H solutions.
The interoperability between Media Excel and UDcast will enable
increased flexibility for DVB-H network providers and further establish
Media Excel’s leadership in the Mobile TV
DVB-H transcoding market.
“UDcast is committed to creating an ecosystem
to deploy DVB-H Mobile TV services and the interoperability tests with
Media Excel are another step towards giving service providers the
necessary technology options to successfully launch Mobile TV,”
said David Richardson, vice president, business development, UDcast. “Together
with Media Excel, we expand the market for future growth.”
“We are very pleased with our collaboration
with UDcast and are very excited about developing a relationship with a
respected expert and leader in the DVB-H market,”
said Thanasis Iatrou, president and CEO of Media Excel. “This
relationship and validation with UDcast will increase the number of
compatible solutions available to DVB-H solutions providers and help
solve a common issue in the market: lack of validated compatible
solutions.”
Media Excel’s Next-Generation Transcoding
appliances, recent recipient of the 2008
Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation in World Video
Encoders & Transcoders Market, are being used today by the largest
Mobile TV content aggregators in the world, broadcasters and service
providers.
UDcast’s technology is in 70 percent of the
world’s Mobile TV deployments including the
first commercial deployments in Finland, Italy, India, Philippines and
Vietnam. The company is a pioneer in the creation of Mobile TV standards
(DVB-H, DVB-SH) that have enabled the Mobile TV ecosystem to develop
through its partnerships with major telecom and broadcast infrastructure
providers.
Media Excel will demonstrate their unique DVB-H solutions at Mobile
World Congress 2008, February 11-14 at the Fira De Barcelona, Spain.
Media Excel exhibiting at Hall 7, Booth F45.
About UDcast
UDcast is a leading software company providing IP broadcast solutions
for the delivery of content to a broad range of devices over existing
and emerging wireless networks worldwide. UDcast’s
Mobile TV technology is a key component in the end-to-end solutions from
major systems providers including Motorola, Nokia, NSN, Alcatel-Lucent,
Tandberg-Ericsson, Cisco-Scientific Atlanta, Harris Broadcasting and
others. UDcast’s satellite-aware IP
appliances are widely deployed at thousands of sites around the globe.
The Company was recognized in 2007 as a leading European technology
company by the prestigious Red Herring Hot 100 award. The Company
maintains its global headquarters in Sophia-Antipolis, France with
offices in the USA, Spain, Algeria and Italy. For more information,
visit www.udcast.com.
About Media Excel, Inc.
Media Excel is the Next-Generation Transcoding Company for Mobile TV,
WebTV and Digital Media. Winner of the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Award for
Product Innovation in World Video Encoders & Transcoders Market.
Enabling any content to be displayed on any device through its
affordable, high-performance next-generation transcoding technologies
targeted at Telecom, Web and Media Broadcasters. Headquartered in
Austin, Texas, Media Excel is a privately held company founded in 2000.
To contact Media Excel, write to sales@mediaexcel.com
or visit http://www.mediaexcel.com.
Trademarks mentioned in this release are the property of their
respective owners.
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