Aspiro TV, Thomson Make Multi-Screen Connection

RENNES, France -- Thomson Video Networks today announced that Aspiro TV, a Norwegian company providing multi-screen TV services and products, has chosen the Thomson Video Networks ViBE™ VS7000 multi-screen video system for the launch of its premium hosted platform with flexible time-based encoding capacity, catering to live channels and events. Aspiro TV's customers have shown tremendous interest in a solution that significantly reduces the cost and complexity of broadcasting events like sport and news by enabling capacity to be booked on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis."We are proud to be working with Aspiro TV, regarded as one of the pioneers in hosted video streaming solutions. The Internet is the ideal medium for distributing live events like sport and news, and our partnership with Aspiro TV is enabling the launch of a product which will allow much-needed commercial and operational support for these services," said Christophe Delahousse, president of Thomson Video Networks. "With our unique live transcoding ViBE VS7000 platform, Aspiro TV is once again delivering a visionary new service. It's the latest example of how interoperability with our partners' solutions is helping Thomson Video Networks build momentum in the WebTV and OTT markets and paving the way for future solutions, such as upcoming advances in our HEVC offerings." Thomson Video Networks