Vsoft To Present First Set-Top Box Implementation Of Its Digital Video Software Platform, Targeted To Service Providers Of Digital Video Services For Home Users
Vsoft Ltd., a leading provider of an innovative family of software products for digital video distribution and management, is now offering its digital video software platform to service providers aimed for home users. The software platform and the new set-top box implementation will be launched at the upcoming IBC '99 to be held in Amsterdam from September 10 - 14, 1999. Vsoft's software operates on a set-top box, enabling home users to view movies on demand, select between multicast (live) and near video on demand channels; the software also offers on-demand recording and replay of a personal video collection from the service provider server and enables the user to conduct e-commerce transactions. Vsoft's digital video software provides a platform for MSO (Multiple Service Operators) and telecommunication companies to bring new advanced digital video services to their subscribers, as well as to gain new revenues from applications such as personal recording and replay, video-enabled e-commerce, and targeted video advertisements. ""By utilizing the newly released Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM) set-top box, Vsoft has been able to create a solution that places us firmly in the consumer market by providing home users for the first time with an easy to operate digital video service platform,"" commented Eyal Rom, Vice President for International Sales and Marketing Vsoft Ltd. ""We're excited about this collaboration with Vsoft,"" commented William K. Wong, Sigma Designs' Vice President of Marketing. ""Using our advanced set-top box platform, Vsoft was able to rapidly introduce its personal digital video service offering for the home market."" About Vsoft Ltd. With corporate headquarters in Israel, Vsoft (www.vsoft.com) develops and markets an innovative family of software products for Video On Demand and digital video distribution and management. Vsoft's unique multi-disciplinary expertise in the management and manipulation of digital video streams, MPEG video, and image processing secures its leading technological position in the world of digital video. Vsoft, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary located in Boston, Massachusetts, supports the company's sales and marketing efforts in North America. About Sigma Designs Sigma Designs is an acknowledged leader in the fast-growing digital video market. Sigma specializes in digital video encoding/decoding for the PC DVD market, for video streaming over corporate Intranets and extranets, and for the emerging set-top box/information appliance market. Sigma is a driving force in advancement of digital video technology used in high-speed, high-bandwidth transmission for business, home, and education markets. For additional information, visit the Company's web site at www.sigmadesigns.com.