PRESS RELEASE - IPTV Consultants BCi join the Marlin Partner Program

IPTV consultants BCi announced today that they are to join the Marlin Partner Program (MPP).

The Marlin DRM platform is an interoperable and open digital content sharing platform which provides a solution to protecting and sharing content across multiple media devices. The Marlin Partner Program is a market development and technology program available to leading technology solutions providers, System Integrators, VoD & IPTV consultancies and content management firms to help them promote the Marlin DRM solution.

BCi’s IPTV consultants will integrate the Marlin solution into their IPTV test lab in Southampton, UK as part of BCi’s continued investment in the latest IPTV and VoD infrastructure.

Mark Hooper, BCi’s Operations Director said:

“As leading VoD & IPTV Consultants and System Integrators it is imperative that BCi continue to grow our expertise with important leading edge technology in our market. The Marlin platform will be a very welcome addition to our Southampton IPTV test lab and our VoD & IPTV consultants and engineers will be able to develop considerable expertise in the Marlin solution.

BCi supports the use of open technology, such as Marlin, as it brings considerable benefits to the consumer and the wider community. Open standards invariably bring additional innovations, lower entry and ongoing costs and the option to introduce or remove technologies with greater efficiency”

BCi are privately owned VoD and IPTV consultants and systems integrators based in Southampton, England and established in 1997. BCi’s customers include the BBC, Sky Digital, Microsoft, Tandberg, Telenet, Siemens Business Services and Red Bee Media.

Marlin is an open DRM solution provider owned by Intertrust, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung and Sony. The five manufacturers joined together in 2005 to develop specifications for next generation content and rights management technology.

BCi Limited
Southampton, United Kingdom
8th June 2009

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For more information please contact:

Mark Hooper
Director of Operations
BCi Limited
+44 (0) 2380 988606
mark.hooper@bci.eu.com
www.bci.eu.com

PRESS RELEASE - IPTV Systems Integrator BCi announces partnership with Flomatik

BCi, Europe’s leading IPTV systems integrator, has today announced it is to partner with next generation networks specialist Flomatik.

BCi has unrivalled expertise in IPTV systems integration having undertaken some of Europe’s largest VoD and IPTV Systems integrations for telecoms operators, cable tv companies, internet service providers and broadcasters across Europe, since the company was formed in 1997.

Flomatik specialise in helping IT, telecoms, broadcast and broadband operators exploit their next generation networks through a broad range of professional services including technical consulting, project delivery and outsourcing.

The partnership will see the resources of a niche IPTV systems integrator combined with a next generation networks specialist and will allow the partnership to offer Europe’s operators and broadcasters a wide range of cost effective solutions that encompass both the operator’s network and the integration of the complex systems that deliver content over those networks.

BCi’s Director of Operations, Mark Hooper commented:

“Flomatik and BCi operate in the same industry sectors and geographies both in the UK and across Northern Europe and our expertise and skills are complementary.

BCi’s track record in VoD and IPTV systems integrations and Flomatik’s expertise in next generation network solutions will allow us to offer operators and broadcasters a broad range of solutions delivered by industry experts at cost effective prices. This will give operators and broadcasters a real viable alternative to using the big systems integrators and consultancies - very important in these cash strapped times.

Flomatik and BCi will be able to offer operators solutions across their next generation networks and into the complex systems integrations required to deliver digital content over those networks”

BCi is a privately owned, vendor independent VoD and IPTV systems integrator based in Southampton, England.  Established in 1997, BCi’s customers include Sky Digital, Microsoft, Tandberg, Telenet, Siemens Business Services, Red Bee Media and the BBC.

Flomatik is a vendor independent professional services company specialising in next generation networks.  Flomatik is a wholly owned subsidiary of Finish broadband network equipment manufacturer Teleste and their customers include Virgin Media, Arqiva, Unity Media, Com Hem and Kabel Duetschland.

BCi Limited
Southampton, United Kingdom
3rd June 2009

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For more information please contact:

Mark Hooper
Director of Operations
BCi Limited
+44 (0) 2380 988606
www.bci.eu.com
mark.hooper@bci.eu.com