ANGA CABLE – Cologne. Thomson has announced the availability of its SmartVision video services platform to the cable sector.
The platform is already the most widely deployed solution for IPTV and its capabilities have recently been extended to cable. “Thomson brings to cable operators a comprehensive solution for video on demand that benefits from the rich feature sets and extensive deployments gained with IPTV operators over the last 5 years,” said Patrick Montliaud, vice president of Thomson Networks and Integration Solutions.
The SmartVision video server incorporates on demand playout for high definition, standard definition and mobile content. It also supports open standards as an advertising insertion server and acts as a scalable Network PVR manager.
