CanalSatellite Produces a New Interactive Service For Its Reality Show Loft Story With IDP's RegieLine Tool.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2002 CanalSatellite has launched a new interactive service linked to reality-TV show Loft Story Loft Story is a French reality show started in 2001 on the M6 channel. It is also a Canadian show with the same name and premise that aired in 2003 on TQS. For more information on the Canadian edition, see Loft Story (Canada). 2, once again thanks to IDP's RegieLine technology. The service allows viewers to vote in real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. and catch up on all the daily news Thanks to an interactive service created in just one week using IDP's RegieLine tool, CanalSatellite viewers can subscribe at any time to the pay-channel broadcasting Loft Story in just a few clicks on their remote control. Additionally, viewers are able to check all the breaking news from the Loft, on text pages updated daily. Using their remote control, they can also participate in the weekly vote to keep one of the two "lofters" nominated nom·i·nate tr.v. nom·i·nat·ed, nom·i·nat·ing, nom·i·nates 1. To propose by name as a candidate, especially for election. 2. To designate or appoint to an office, responsibility, or honor. for eviction The removal of a tenant from possession of premises in which he or she resides or has a property interest done by a landlord either by reentry upon the premises or through a court action. . "We are extremely pleased that CanalSatellite has once again relied on RegieLine to create this Loft Story 2 interactive service," says Charlie Horrell, IDP's 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. . "After having contributed to the success of Star Academy a few months ago, this is another example of our RegieLine technology's unrivalled performance in creating interactive services for special events. In addition to RegieLine's capacity for creating services simply, quickly and at low cost, the technology will bring CanalSatellite significant revenue generated through subscriptions to the pay-channel and premium rate communications from subscribers' votes," he adds. ABOUT IDP Created in 1992, IDP is today one of the world's leading suppliers of tools that facilitate the creation of multi-platform interactive television services. RegieLine, IDP's flagship technology, is currently used in 6 million European households. In fewer than three years, IDP and its clients have produced more than 70 interactive TV services broadcast across Europe's leading digital TV networks, including CanalSatellite, Cyfra+, TPS (1) (Transactions Per Second) The number of transactions processed within one second. TPS is a better rating for the performance of hardware and software than the common MHz and GHz rating of the computer. , Noos and Canal Digital. IDP has always maintained a powerful R&D team, and a solid financial base, entering the Paris Nouveau Marche Nouveau Marche An equity market unit of the Paris Bourse that deals solely in innovative, high-growth companies. in 1997. For additional information, visit the IDP web site at http://www.idp.fr |
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