Satnews Daily
September 4th, 2009

SatBroadcasting: S&T To Demo New VoD Support @ IBC2009


Strategy & Technology logo Strategy & Technology is launching the MHEG Presenter 2 product suite at IBC2009, which builds on the existing support for digital teletext and other information services with new modules for Video on Demand (VoD) support. The latest version of MHEG Presenter, which allows broadcasters to create complex MHEG (Multimedia and Hypermedia Information coding Expert Group) applications using graphical layout tools and structured content data without writing any MHEG code, now supports IP-connected CI Plus (CI+) modules and hybrid IP/broadcast receivers, where content is delivered using the MHEG Interaction Channel specification. MHEG Presenter 2 will be used to a show a demonstration of CI+ VoD developed by S&T in collaboration with Tandberg Television (part of the Ericsson Group) and Neotion, both of which are also demonstrating applications using MHEG Presenter 2  at the show. With CI+ VoD, operators are able to deliver network-based on-demand video services including catch-up TV without the need for a STB, greatly reducing per-subscriber costs.