Amino Strengthens Leadership Position in Hospitality IPTV Market; Guest-Tek Works with Amino for Significant Hotel Deployment.CAMBRIDGE, England -- Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., a leading provider of broadband technology broadband technology Telecommunications devices, lines, or technologies that allow communication over a wide band of frequencies, and especially over a range of frequencies divided into multiple independent channels for the simultaneous transmission of different signals. solutions for the hospitality industry, has selected Amino's AmiNET110H as its in-room set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. to deliver interactive IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. services to its global hotel rooms. The AmiNET110H set-top box allows guests to take full advantage of the hotel's IP network, which can offer guests high-speed Internet See broadband. access, multicast Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. Television (IPTV) and true video-on-demand from their rooms. "We were keen to extend our use of the Amino set-top box platform", explained Thomas Pullen, VP of IP video-on-demand for Guest-Tek. "Amino's proven track record in the hospitality market, and their engineering team support were deciding factors", he continued. "It was important that the Amino set-top boxes provided seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with our interface browser and our conditional access Conditional Access (acronymized CA) is the protection of content by requiring certain criteria to be met before granting access to this content. The term is commonly used in relation to digital television systems, most notably satellite television. providers while delivering high-quality IPTV services". Guest-Tek's high-speed Internet access is currently deployed in a hotel base of more than 435,000 rooms. "Guest-Tek's Internet infrastructure means IPTV services are the logical choice for hospitality", noted Rick Sailor, Vice President Sales Americas, Amino. "The AmiNET110H is ideal for in-room media gateways because it offers the latest digital entertainment technology in a robust and secure unit". More than 30 of the most prestigious hotel groups have visited the "On the Ave" hotel in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of - where Guest-Tek has deployed the AmiNET110H - to view the installation. This 'showcase' will be a demonstration of a successful implementation, facilitated by the use of Amino's compact and powerful equipment. Specifically designed for use in the hospitality industry, the set-top box is an ideal choice for digital guest room entertainment systems based on IP (Internet Protocol) networks. Hotels can easily offer additional revenue bearing services while operating costs and on-site service calls are kept to a minimum through simple, remote updated of video content and remote system monitoring. Using the AmiNET110H obviates the need to route multiple physical networks to each room as an integrated Ethernet switch allows video, Internet and voice traffic to share a single IP network without compromising security or video transmission quality. Further cost savings can be realised by integrating other guest services such as telephony and Internet access, as well as billing and hotel information, into the system. About Amino Amino Communications (www.aminocom.com) develops core software technologies and customer-premises products for the IPTV market, and partners with world-leading companies in content aggregation, middleware, conditional access, and head-end systems. Amino software is designed to manage all types of digital content, enabling the provision of multiple services such as voice, data, broadcast TV, and on-demand services in a single consumer device. Amino is the global leader for making the smallest, most attractive, high-performance IP set-top boxes on the market, based on our software technology, which has been adopted by telecom service providers for broadband TV deployments worldwide. Fundamental to this success has been Amino's ability to develop a highly stable, industry proven, versatile software stack, portable across a variety of silicon platforms. Building further on our core software, we also provide bespoke be·spoke v. Past tense and a past participle of bespeak. adj. 1. Custom-made. Said especially of clothes. 2. Making or selling custom-made clothes: a bespoke tailor. development services to create digital, on-demand TV systems, to order, specifically for the hotel and leisure industry. About Guest-Tek Guest-Tek has become the largest provider of high-speed Internet service in the world through its reputation for high quality service and support. Through ongoing innovation, Guest-Tek now delivers and supports the full Triple-Play including HSIA Hsia (shēä), semilegendary first dynasty of China, which ruled, according to traditional dates, from c.2205 B.C. to c.1766 B.C. or, according to some modern scholars, from c.1994 B.C. to c.1523 B.C. , digital Video-on-Demand, and Voice over IP. All its top quality solutions are backed by its exceptional Help Desk and Network Operations Center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. . Guest-Tek has more than eight years experience in the hospitality industry Guest-Tek Headquarters are in Calgary (Canada), with offices in Los Angeles (USA), Reading (UK), Rome (Italy), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Bangkok (Thailand). |
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