SPB TV Mobile Operators Solution announced

SPB Software has announced the release of SPB TV Mobile Operators Solution, a slick combination of server-side and client-side software meant to provide carriers with the best-in-class mobile TV experience, enjoyable for end-users, while easy on bandwidth requirements. SPB TV is a mobile IPTV viewer with TV-like usability, initially designed for tuning in to publicly available digital TV channels from all over the world.

SPB TV features exclusive and patent-pending usability innovations and gives the mobile subscribers easy access to over a hundred of international TV channels, directly from their phones. The application supports must-have TV features such as, a TV browser with quick channel previews, an instantly accessible TV guide for all offered channels, quick channel switching and more.

The version for Mobile Network Operators allows carriers to couple SPB's proven solution with their own infrastructure and various subscription models. To enhance support for growing variety of platforms among subscriber terminals, SPB Software have added support for a few more platforms, and now SPB TV is availabe for:
+ iPhone (new)
+ webOS (new)
+ Android
+ BlackBerry
+ Symbian
+ Windows Mobile
+ Feature phones (WAP version)

The merits of SPB TV have been widely acknoledged throughout the industry SPB TV has been awarded in tough competitions, such as Google Android Developer Challenge (Media Category), Nokia Must-Have Entertainment App 2009 Award, Russian Mobile VAS Awards 2009 and Smaato Mobile Advertising Award 2009. In addition to that, SPB Software has been "awarded" with several successful deployment contracts for SPB TV, including Russian mobile carrier SkyLink and Singaporian triple-play operator StarHub with more deals to be announced this year.

SPB TV for MNO Server Main Features:
+ Streaming codec support: MPEG4, H.264
+ Dedicated Monitoring Server
+ Video-on-demand
+ Ad management system
+ Up to 2000 simultaneously connected clients per server
+ Integrated thumbnail and EPG servers
+ Supported signal sources: satellite, cable and IP-streaming

SPB TV for MNO Client Main Features:
+ Video-on-demand
+ Ad support
+ Quick channel preview (picture-in-picture)
+ Integrated full week's TV guide
+ Calendar reminders for TV shows
+ Full support for hardware buttons
+ Video codec support: MPEG4, H.264
+ Audio codec support: AAC+

More information is available from www.spb.com.