Sentivision selects Motorola IPTV set-top platform
Japanese digital media and entertainment company Sentivision has selected Motorola’s VIP IPTV set-top platform for its IPTV products in Japan. With the deal, Sentivision becomes the first provider outside North America to deploy the Motorola VIP set-top platform.
The Motorola VIP series is a standards-based, open-architecture platform that can be integrated with middleware from any provider. Sentivision plans to port its own middleware suite to the set-top platform.
The Motorola solution includes HDTV, video-on-demand, digital video recording, multi-room streaming and other connected home applications. The platform also supports video codecs and digital rights management (DRM) solutions.
For Sentivision, Motorola will offer two set-top models: the VIP1200 Japan and the VIP1216 Japan. The latter includes an integrated hard disk drive for digital video recording.
Sentivision is an affiliate of Sony Communication Network, which holds a 36.8 per cent stake in the company.
