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ART readies new set-top box

  • United Arab Emirates: Sunday, July 26 - 2009 at 11:21

Arab Radio & Television (ART) is readying its plans to consolidate and grow its pay-TV business, including the MPEG-4 based HDTV and an IPTV-enabled set-top box. The broadcaster is now in the process of abandoning its previous dependence on non-proprietary in favour of a purpose-designed set-top boxes which contain ART-owned software and IP. It is also switching from Irdeto conditional access and has selected Viacess encryption from France Telecom. The planned feature upgrades include an EPG, Personal Video Recorder, Video on Demand (VoD), as well as incorporating pushed advertising for the first time.

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