Cablemas to Launch Video-on-Demand Service with SeaChange and Miracle TV; Mexican Cable Television Operator Prepares On-Demand Entertainment for Cancun Hotels and Resorts.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2003 Mexican cable television operator Cablemas will bring video-on-demand to Cancun's hotel and resort community. Empowered by SeaChange International's (Nasdaq: SEAC SEAC Student Environmental Action Coalition SEAC Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee SEAC Southeast Archeological Center (National Park Service) SEAC South East Asia Command (Allies WWII) ) VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand Systems and Miracle TV's (MiTV) hotel settop boxes and software, Cablemas will initially provide on-demand movies and programs to three properties comprising 1,300 guest rooms. "Video-on-demand is an exciting television application that is very appealing to our resort and hospitality community," said Arnoldo Meiselmann, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Cablemas. "Through digitally delivered entertainment, Cablemas will enable hoteliers to vastly enhance the guest experience with more convenience and greater satisfaction while increasing room revenues." Cablemas joins Adelphia, GloboSat, Intercable, MegaCable, Metropolis Intercom, SuperCable, Tricom, Video Rola and dozens of other SeaChange customers throughout Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . These cable, broadcast and satellite television operations have made SeaChange's highly-automated and fault-resilient digital video systems the foundation for their on-air revenue streams, from VOD and near VOD, to advertising insertion and broadcast program delivery. "Our collaboration with MiTV to meet Cablemas' unique requirements underscores the unparalleled flexibility of SeaChange VOD systems," said Yvette Gordon-Kanouff, corporate vice president of strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , SeaChange International  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . "Customers around the world continue to deploy our VOD platform with a growing array of unique networks, settops, software and content." MiTV offers turnkey interactive television equipment, software and content to the hospitality industry primarily in Latin America and in the U.S.; it has signed an agreement to incorporate SeaChange VOD systems in opportunities that enable cable companies to launch on-demand services to hotels and resorts. "With SeaChange VOD systems, MiTV bolsters its cost-competitive hotel television services with an easily scalable and failsafe video-on-demand platform," said Miguel Kramis, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of MiTV. "Supported by local cable, VOD and other interactive television services will translate into compelling strategic advantages for hoteliers." Today, SeaChange VOD Systems provide more than 445,000 on-demand streams in over 83 deployments for North America's largest cable operators including Adelphia, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner, Cablevision, Comcast, Insight, Mediacom, RCN RCN n abbr (= Royal Canadian Navy) → kanadische Marine and Rogers, as well as Intercable in Venezuela. Around the world, broadcasters and television networks are empowered by SeaChange, capitalizing on intelligent digital video systems to streamline their operations and to capture new opportunities. SeaChange supports its customers with a highly skilled field engineering force, 24x7 live phone support, and a partner network comprising the leading television systems distributors throughout various countries. About MiTV Miracle TV, a Houston based corporation, developed a state-of the art interactive television (iTV) technology for hotel services. MiTV's platform integrates interactive communication services for hotels through 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. and a remote control. Hotel guests can watch VOD, surf the web, make e-commmerce transaction, get room service, and get advice from an e-concierge and more all by using MiTV's technology. For more information visit www.mitvcorp.com. About SeaChange SeaChange International, Inc. provides digital video systems that are changing television. Its powerful server and software systems enable television operators to provide new on-demand services and to gain greater efficiencies in advertising and content delivery. With its Emmy-winning MediaCluster technology, thousands of SeaChange systems are helping broadband, broadcast and satellite television companies to streamline operations, expand services and increase revenues. SeaChange is headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts Maynard is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2001 census, the town population was 10,037. History Maynard, located on the Assabet River, was first settled in 1638 and was officially incorporated in 1871. and has product development, support and sales offices throughout the world. Visit www.seachangeinternational.com. |
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