Andersen Consulting works with THOMSON and SUN to provide interactive television service offerings.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1995--Andersen Consulting today announced plans to provide completely integrated business solutions and integration services for interactive television for the THOMSON SUN Interactive Alliance. Specifically, Andersen Consulting See Accenture. will provide application solutions and related services based on the Open TV(TM) operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. to customers of Andersen Consulting's Entertainment, Media and Information Services See Information Systems. industry practice. The Open TV(TM) operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , the centerpiece of the Alliance's interactive television solution, is a platform-independent, open solution conceived and developed for delivering interactive services to homes through broadcast satellite, cable, telecommunications and point-to-point networks. The interactive applications then use the return path of a 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. running OpenTV to provide full interactive transactional capabilities. Andersen Consulting's Entertainment, Media and Information Services industry practice.provides business integration services, interactive application development and overall program management to companies building platforms to support electronic marketing and commerce. Andersen Consulting already is assisting the THOMSON SUN Interactive Alliance in the ongoing development of tools in support of OpenTV. The firm will provide the integration services required to deploy a complete end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for interactive TV service offerings. The THOMSON SUN Interactive Alliance was formed last year to develop end-to-end interactive TV solutions by leveraging the expertise in network management and scalable servers from Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. (SUN) and leadership in consumer electronics and digital set-top devices of THOMSON multimedia, S.A. (THOMSON). "Quick deployment of interactive services will be important to network operators if they are going to maintain their competitive edge," said Elliot Broadwin, vice president of marketing and sales for the THOMSON SUN Interactive Alliance. "By working with a leading international management and technology consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , we are providing network operators with an expert resource and shortening their time to market." Michael R. Harris, partner and regional industry director for Andersen Consulting's Entertainment, Media and Information Services industry practice, said the firm will be leveraging its expertise in integrating strategy, process and technology while working with a leading-edge technology provider in the emerging interactive television market. "The OpenTV interactive operating environment is truly hardware and network independent," Harris noted. "We'll be able to pursue mutual opportunities in interactive television on a wide variety of networks quickly. The opportunities are significant and represent deployment of advanced capabilities." About the Companies Headquartered in Paris,THOMSON multimedia S.A. is the world's fourth largest consumer electronics company. With the introduction of the RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. Digital Satellite System in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , THOMSON multimedia became the first consumer electronics company to develop and implement an all digital delivery system for video reception in the home. Sun Microsystems, Inc., provides solutions that enable customers to build and maintain open network computing See ONC. Open Network Computing - (ONC) Sun's network protocols. environments. Founded in 1982, Sun is headquartered in Mountain View, Ca., and employs more than 14,000 people worldwide. Andersen Consulting's Entertainment, Media and Information Services industry practicedevelops and implements strategies and technologies for distributing and marketing products via electronic commerce. The practice serves leading-edge clients in printing and publishing, advertising, motion picture production, broadcasting, music, consumer software, online services and information services industries. Development and delivery of interactive multimedia content is achieved at Andersen Consulting's Infocosm Multimedia Factory(TM) . Andersen Consulting is a $3.45 billion global management and technology consulting organization whose mission is to help its clients change to be more successful. The organization works with clients from a wide range of industries to link their people, processes and technologies to their strategies. Andersen Consulting has more than 32,000 people in 152 offices and 47 countries. -0- Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Andersen Consulting is not a division of accounting firm Arthur Andersen. CONTACT: Theresa Beale Andersen Consulting 312/507-2342 or Phyllis Scargle THOMSON SUN Interactive Alliance 415/336-0514 |
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