...FusionTV solutions to power the delivery of advanced video services under its “United Fiber” brand. United Electric Cooperative is building a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network in rural Missouri, offering access to one of the most advanced high-speed broadband services available anywhere in the country. The massive bandwidth provided by United Fiber enables services that combine traditional TV with OTT content for an integrated entertainment experience.

As part of Entone’s FusionTV solutions, Kamai Hybrid Media Player enables United Fiber to offer subscribers a differentiated video experience that blends linear TV and OTT content using a single, seamless user interface. The Kamai 500 series provides access to an array of OTT services, including VUDU, social media apps like Facebook and Twitter, photo sharing via Flickr and Picasa, and Internet radio from Pandora.

The Kamai 500 series provides a powerful and flexible platform for decoding popular video formats, including MPEG-4 (AVC/H.264), MPEG-2 and VC-1, as well as advanced audio formats and transcoding capabilities. To further aid service providers, the Kamai 500 series offers enhanced features such as carrier grade 5.4GHz Wi-Fi and Adaptive Bit-Rate (ABR) streaming to help reduce installation time, cost and complexity.