Abstract
Executive Summary
This report defines and describes the software category known as IPTV
middleware and provides a comprehensive view of the status of this important
technology category, and in-depth views of the vendors participating in the
category and their products. It also provides trends and conclusions about the
"four generations" of IPTV middleware, ranks category leaders by a variety of
criteria, and recommends best practices for service providers evaluating these
platforms as the foundation of their IPTV deployments. In March 2007,
Multimedia Research Group ranked the leading middleware vendors based on their
actual deployments.
Middleware Offerings Covered By This Report
In alphabetical order by company, the IPTV middleware vendors and platforms detailed in this report are:
- Alcatel-Lucent MiViewTV,
- Cascade QualiTView,
- Espial Evo,
- Kasenna LivingRoom,
- Microsoft Mediaroom (formerly Microsoft TV IPTV Edition),
- Minerva Networks iTV Manager,
- Nokia Siemens Networks' Myrio platform,
- Orca Interactive RiGHTv,
- Quative TV Service Delivery Platform,
- SeaChange TV Platform,
- Thomson SmartVision TV,
- UTStarcom RollingStream.
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