Started by crossover, 13. Feb 2008, 17:54
California-based Sigma Designs announced the addition of several new telco operators in Europe that are using its SMP8630 series media processors for IPTV deployments. T-Online, a division of Deutsche Telekom, is delivering its "T-Home" service, a converged data, voice and video (triple-play) service, based on a client platform using hardware technology from Sigma Designs and software technology from Microsoft. The "T-Home" service is delivered with Cisco IP set-top boxes (STBs), based on Sigma's SMP8634 media processor, supporting the Microsoft TV® IPTV Edition software platform. The Cisco T-Home X 300T Media Receiver, enables high-definition (HD) IPTV and features personal video recorder (PVR) and dual DVB-T tuner functionality. T-Online introduced "T-Home" at CeBIT 2006 in Hanover, and will make the service available to its customers in Germany, France and Spain in the second half of 2006.
