LAS VEGAS -- Edgeware, the technology leader in delivering highly scalable distributed video delivery and Minerva Networks, the leading supplier of management platforms for the delivery of Television services over broadband networks, today announced the signing of a global distribution agreement. Minerva will integrate Edgeware's distributed video delivery architecture with its new xTVFusion platform to enable a range of advanced video delivery solutions including video on demand, network-based digital video recording, time shifted television, fast channel change and video retransmission for enhanced quality-of-experience.

This agreement follows Minerva's earlier announcement at Telco TV introducing a new platform for blended Television and OTT video services. Minerva xTVFusion is a new software platform for the management and delivery of advanced Television services over any broadband network to any connected device.

Edgeware has also recently announced and delivered significant Quality of Experience (QoE) functionality as part of its architecture such as Fast Channel Change and UDP Video Retransmission. Fast Channel Change enables users to change rapidly between channels in an IPTV network avoiding the channel change delays of between 2 and 10 seconds caused by the use of new compression techniques for High Definition TV.

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