EdgeStream and Digital Identity Announce the Availability of The Next Generation Video on Demand and IPTV Technology Platform in Italy
Digital Identity, Italy signs an agreement with EdgeStream Inc, US to deploy and offer ‘the next generation Video on Demand and IPTV Technology platform’ to provide DVD quality video streams to the Italian broadband users over the public Internet
Milan, Italy / Laguna Niguel, CA (PRWEB) June 14, 2005 -- Digital Identity,
Italy’s largest streaming media developer and services provider and California
based EdgeStream, Inc today announced that they have entered into a partnership
to provide the ‘Next Generation Video on Demand and IPTV Streaming Technology
platform” in Italy. With this agreement, Digital Identity will enable its
network with the EdgeStream software and also License the EdgeStream technology
to customers who will then be able to provide uninterrupted DVD quality video on
demand streaming content to every broadband user in Italy and globally using the
public Internet. With the availability of the EdgeStream platform, content
providers and owners across Italy are now assured of delivering a quality
experience to their consumers at the lowest cost per stream while building
profitable businesses.
With this agreement, Digital Identity will now be
able to bring to market the ‘Next Generation Video Streaming Technology’ to the
Italian network and will facilitate true TV and DVD quality video on demand
streaming applications to all broadband connected clients in Italy. The
companies also said that the software can be embedded for applications in set
top boxes, hand held devices and entertainment hub ready TV’s and
PC’s.
“We currently enable more than 75% of all streaming traffic on the
Telecom Italia network”, said Vicinio Bernardini, CEO of Digital Identity. “The
smooth delivery of video streams to homes and offices has been both technically
and commercially challenging in spite of huge investments in infrastructure made
by the traditional content delivery networks and telcos. We are seeing a
tremendous growth in internet traffic and broadband adoption in Italy and
consumers are craving for high quality video content. By deploying the
disruptive EdgeStream platform, we will be able provide our customers broadcast
quality IPTV and video on demand applications with a Quality of Service similar
to expensive private IP networks and Cable/Satellite TV”, continued Mr.
Bernardini.
“Our goal is to become the de-facto standard for enabling
broadcast quality IPTV and video streaming applications over the public
Internet“, said Rajeev Sehgal, Chief Business Development Officer of EdgeStream.
“EdgeStream’s core Internet Congestion Tunnel Through (ICTT) technology,
supported by advanced Continuous Route Optimization Software (CROS), Real-Time
Performance Monitoring (RTPM) software and a Self-Healing Network Architecture,
will enable our partners and customers to migrate to a reliable platform which
is able to mitigate the negative effects of latency and packet loss and cost
effectively provide error free DVD quality video on demand streams over the
public Internet”.
“Today anyone, from anywhere in the world, leave alone
Italy, can go to our web site www.edgestream.com and if they have enough bandwidth at the
last mile, can stream a broadcast quality video from our demo page without
interruptions and rebuffering that is typical of Internet video streaming
today”, said Sehgal. “We have developed a very potent and significant technology
for video on demand to a global audience. This is first such technology which
can lay claim to this Holy Grail”.
About Digital Identity
Digital
Identity, Italy’s largest Digital Media solutions provider and Telecom Italia’s
partner for streaming media, markets a Technology Platform that allows ISP’s and
Telcos to fully automate and offer broadband enabled content delivery, video
streaming, Live event coverage, Video on Demand, Web Conferencing and E-Learning
solutions in Italy. The unique combination of technology, monitoring and billing
services, infrastructure and skills, provides, under one roof, the most
sophisticated and commercially viable Digital Media platform in the Italian
marketplace. In addition, DI has a Research and Development company that keeps
DI ahead of the technology curve by developing and working with a full-range of
streaming solutions that include services for production of broadband content,
management of content, video streaming, technical consulting and hosting. The
combination of technology and people has made Digital the most reliable and
affordable Digital Media Solution Provider in Italy. For more information, visit
www.digitalidentity.it.
About EdgeStream
EdgeStream
markets a video on demand and IPTV streaming software platform that allows
content owners, aggregators and service providers to reliably deliver jitter and
interruption free DVD quality video, to their broadband enabled audience over
public Internet anywhere across the globe. Based in Laguna Hills, California,
the company has developed multiple proprietary software applications dedicated
to ensuring server and network reliability including Internet Congestion Tunnel
Through (ICTT) technology, Continuous Route Optimisation Software (CROS) and
Real Time Performance Monitoring Service (RPMS). Together, these technologies
have virtually resolved the "middle mile" latency and reliability issues.
Additionally, EdgeStream's advanced network architecture has provided the
ability to build an efficient delivery network with low capital investment and
operational costs. For more information, visit www.edgestream.com.
For more information on
EdgeStream’s technology or hosting services, please visit our web site at www.edgestream.com.
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