PRESS RELEASE - IPTV Integrator BCi teams up with IPTV hardware experts Endurance Technology
BCi, Europe’s leading IPTV integrator announced today that it is to partner with interactive digital TV systems specialist Endurance Technology.
BCi are experts in VoD and IPTV integration having delivered some of the largest and most complex VoD and IPTV integrations for telecoms operators, broadcasters and cable TV companies across Europe, since the company was formed in 1997.
Endurance Technology specialise in the design, development, integration and test of interactive and enhanced digital television infrastructure including the development and testing of embedded software in VoD and IPTV hardware.
The partnership will see the resources of an experienced VoD and IPTV integrator combined with the equipment, embedded software and testing expertise of an interactive TV hardware specialist and will allow BCi to offer a unique range of end to end solutions to VoD and IPTV operators and broadcasters.
Talking about the partnership BCi’s Director of Operations, Mark Hooper said:
“We are very pleased to have agreed this partnership with Endurance Technology.
Over the years BCi have developed significant expertise in the delivery of complex VoD and IPTV integration programmes for Europe’s network operators and broadcasters.
Endurance Technology have a unique focus on the hardware and embedded software inside some of the VoD and IPTV technology we implement in these integration programmes. In particular they are experts in the field of VoD and IPTV set top box design, development and testing and so this partnership will allow BCi to broaden the range of services that we provide to Europe’s VoD and IPTV operators and broadcasters.
BCi already have a reputation for providing in depth VoD and IPTV technical expertise at prices significantly less than the traditional systems integrators and big consultancies. This partnership allows us to offer a broader range of VoD and IPTV integration services - encompassing customer equipment, operator networks and our homeland of complex VoD and IPTV digital content delivery systems integration”
BCi is a privately owned VoD and IPTV integrator 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.
Endurance Technology is a privately owned interactive Digital TV systems specialist based in Bognor Regis, England. Endurance Technology provide services to the digital TV and broadband industries with customers in the UK, Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.
BCi Limited
Southampton, United Kingdom
5th 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
