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"We have got together with several leading companies and will
be bidding jointly for CDN projects," says KV Seshasayee, advisor
to Hinditron Services.
The consortium has bid for VSNL which is planning to roll out its
IPTV services. "We will be bidding for other fresh tenders
including the one floated by MTNL," says Seshasayee.
Hinditron provides complete solutions to clients in a broad spectrum
of industries in India and abroad, including information technology,
instrumentation, telecommunication products, video and broadband,
software products and services.
US-based SeaChange will provide the IP video servers, storage and
middleware. SeaChange's technology is used by major companies including
Comcast. It provides digital video systems that enable broadband,
broadcast and satellite television companies to provide on-demand
services.
The digital STBs will be provided by UK-based Amino and is used
worldwide by telecom service providers for broadband TV deployment.
For conditional access and digital rights management solution, the
consortium has roped in US-based Widevine. This content security
solution for IPTV will enable telcos to offer secure distribution
of digital broadcast and video content.
The headend solutions will be provided by Harmonic while the client
side software for STBs will be from Espial.
ON Demand Group (ODG) will provide the content procurement, aggregation
and management support. "The global consortium has been working
in Brazil for Telefonica. Hinditron has formed a part of it in India,"
says Seshasayee. Big telecom operators in India are planning to
enter into triple play by providing voice, video and data services.
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