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BetaResearch participates in deuromedia
deuromedia and the KirchGroup subsidiary plan the convergence
of TV and the Internet
Merzig, 18th August 2000 - deuromedia - the viewer company,
pioneer for the infotainment age and BetaResearch, the technology
company of KirchGroup have entered into a strategic partnership:
together, the two companies are working on solutions enabling
the convergence of TV and Internet. Regarding to the encryption
system of BetaResearch the representation of encrypted services
(PayTV, BusinessTV) will be able on the PC using "the
viewer" platform from deuromedia.
Every content in every medium
Traditional information channels like TV, radio and PC will
converge, creating added value for the user. deuromedia and
BetaResearch now provide the first solutions that combine
the transmission quality of television with the interactiveness
of the Internet. The success of services such as this is due
to the standardisation of technical broadcast platforms and
the harmonisation of application interfaces. Early stages
of the new infotainment age can already be seen on the PC
with the installation of a DVB receiver card: FreeTV, broadband
Internet and streaming media services via cable or satellite.
deuromedia provides the expertise for transmission, handling
and reception in broadband format. "We have found a strong
partner for the development of set-top boxes and encryption
technology in BetaResearch," is how deuromedia CEO Dieter
Weber explains the participation of BetaResearch.
Business TV makes a start
"This way we open an additional opportunity to be able
to represent all our services encrypted with our CA-System
on the television set as well as on the PC. This will open
interesting opportunities in BusinessTV", says Gerrit
Huy, chairman of the BetaResearch board.
About deuromedia - the viewer company
deuromedia - the viewer company is an international software
and solution provider based at Merzig, in the heart of Europe.
deuromedia supplies a proven sender-receiver concept for broadband
transmission based on the ASTRA satellite infrastructure to
enable users to ac-cess digital contents on PC or TV. deuromedia
software solutions provide a seamless con-vergence of all
digital data channels in combination with an individualised
selection of infor-mation by the user. With "the viewer",
the product portfolio offers a multimedia user interface,
providing the end-user with an instrument to receive and experience
TV, radio and Internet contents on PC or TV. deuromedia offers
business customers its "viewpro" platform for workstations,
the transmission tool "viewmotion" and the management
software package "viewmanage", a system facilitating
point-to-point or point-to-multipoint data transfers. The
solutions offered by deuromedia - the viewer company have
applications in the fields of in-fotainment, business TV,
corporate TV, videoconferencing, point-of-information presence,
e-commerce, teleworking and staff training, database exchanges,
software updates/upgrades and distribution.
deuromedia - the viewer company was founded by Dieter Weber
in 1996 and currently em-ploys 150 people worldwide in the
development and marketing of software solutions. The Munich-based
Technologieholding VC acquired an interest in the company
in 1998. deu-romedia - the viewer company consists of four
main divisions: "deuroconsult S.R.L.", which is
responsible for development, "Platform Sales" for
the marketing of transmission tools, "Business Development"
in Merzig.
About BetaResearch - the viewer company
BetaResearch, a KirchGroup subsidiary developed the d-box®
and established digital pay-TV in Germany. Today, via the
d-box network®, more than 1.5 million customers enjoy
a number of digital television channels, pay-per-view services
and interactive applications.
BetaResearch's products are used in consumer-to-business
as well as business-to-business applications:
- Betacrypt®, the Conditional Access System provides
high standards of security for data transmission
- Smart Card solutions for personalised and flexible digital
communication services
- betanova®, the software platform with an open interface
for programming interactive applications
- d-box®, the Multimedia Home Terminal, for digital
television and high-speed Internet services
- Playout Scheduling Systems for digital transmission centres
- The first Java-based API on the market
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