EchoStar integrates Latens conditional access for hybrid DVR
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EchoStar Europe, a supplier of connected devices to the digital television industry, has announced that it has integrated its HDX-600 HD hybrid DVR with Latens' card-less conditional access (CA) system and ECO middleware to enable the delivery of interactive IP-based television services and applications.
Latens ECO is a middleware platform with pre-integrated conditional access software and supports a variety of features including DVR, Remote DVR and over-the-top TV.The HDX-600 series DVR combines HD reception, advanced video coding (AVC) and hybrid functionality.
"In order to support our strategy in Europe, it is imperative that we partner with a number of the industry's leading conditional access and middleware solutions", commented Rick Smith, VP Sales and Marketing for EchoStar Europe. "This is one of our first planned integrations in the IP space and provides a middleware and CA platform for adaptation and deployment by IPTV and hybrid IPTV operators".
"This integration provides IPTV and broadband TV operators with a proven and tested integration between the core elements of the pay TV network, assuring operators that the service they deploy will be a success, while reducing the additional cost and pain of integrations", said Jeremy Thorp, CEO, Latens "Integrating Latens CAS and ECO middleware with EchoStar Europe HDX-600 gives operators a strong choice for the deployment of their IPTV services".
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