Entone Goes OTT With Hybrid Boxes

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Entone, Inc., a leading provider of Hybrid TV and Connected Home solutions, announced today the launch and immediate availability of its WebVOD Hybrid TV solution.

Entone’s WebVOD application is integrated with leading middleware solutions to significantly enhance IPTV services. By downloading the WebVOD application to subscribers’ settop boxes, IPTV service operators can now offer Hybrid TV services that combine the best of broadcast television and “over the top” (OTT) media services that were previously only available through separate store-bought devices.

First and foremost, WebVOD enables video service operators to offer video-on-demand (VOD) services over the Internet, allowing consumers to select from vast online movie libraries that include thousands of HD titles. The solution is pre-integrated with leading middleware solutions and does not require any modifications to the middleware.

One of the leading web media services enabled by Entone’s WebVOD solution is VUDU. Announced in 2009, Entone and VUDU have teamed to enable access to both VUDU Movies and VUDU Apps via Entone devices. The VUDU Movies service includes more than 3,000 HD movie titles which is the world’s largest catalog of HD titles. The VUDU Apps service includes a vast array of web-based media services ranging from YouTube for online videos, Pandora for online music, Flickr for online photo sharing, Facebook for social media, and hundreds of other compelling applications delivered to the TV.

“From our extensive research on OTT, the hybrid OTT model is one that we expect to be very successful,” commented Mike Galli, Senior Analyst at MRG. “Entone has been at the forefront of bringing traditional TV service with OTT applications. The fact that Entone’s WebVOD application can work with already deployed IPTV STBs makes this solution ideal for service providers wanting to add VOD to their service portfolio.”

Entone Inc.