Entone, Minerva, Latens Team

SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Entone, Inc., a leading provider of IPTV customer premise equipment (CPE), today announced that its award-winning Hydra™ IP video gateway is integrated with Latens' conditional access security system and Minerva's iTVManager™ middleware platform. This collaborative effort will enable service operators a more efficient and enhanced IPTV solution that can be quickly and easily deployed.

Entone's Hydra IP video gateway enables service operators to distribute video signals throughout the home using existing coax cabling. Hydra dramatically improves the business case for IPTV services by reducing the installation costs and eliminating the complexities associated with IP video deployment.

"Entone's traction is due not only to our field-proven platform but also from our collaboration with best-of-breed partners such as Latens and Minerva," said Ian Jefferson, Entone's VP of Business Development. "Our tightly integrated IPTV solution will enable operators to go to market faster while minimizing installation cost and complexities of deploying IP video services. We are delighted to be working with such world-class partners."

"Individually the economic advantages of Hydra and Latens' solutions are highly attractive, combined we have a solution that will be extremely compelling to the operators," said Dean Kashlan, Latens' GM and VP of the Americas. "We are pleased to join forces with Entone and Minerva and expect that this will further help consolidate Latens' position as the most powerful, flexible and cost-effective solution in the US marketplace for the secure delivery of IP video."

"Coupled with our field-proven iTVManager middleware platform and Latens' software-based conditional access, Entone's Hydra is the ideal CPE for operators ready to deploy IPTV," said Matt Cuson, Minerva's VP of Marketing.

Entone Inc.

Minerva Networks Inc.

Latens Systems Ltd.