Alcatel (News - Alert)-Lucent issued a statement on Thursday confirming that it will continue to develop MiViewTV capabilities as key components of its converged entertainment platforms used by Telefónica, despite reports of the company having chosen Microsoft (News - Alert), its main supplier for IPTV
software.
Reports by online news source Light Reading surfaced yesterday saying that Alcatel-Lucent desisted to further work on the Imagenio platform, which was to be used by Lucent to build MiViewTV—the multimedia service.
The following was published yesterday by Light Reading about Alcatel-Lucent's IPTV (News - Alert) plan regarding Telefónica and Microsoft's involvement:
"Those plans don't involve the expanded development of the Imagenio IPTV middleware platform that Lucent took on from Telefónica SA April last year, and which then became the foundation of Lucent's MiViewTV multimedia services delivery platform launched last October."
It seems as if Alcatel-Lucent has arranged to go ahead with its IPTV plans by just "blending everything in." The company will launch its services by converging its in-house systems including the MiViewTV—which came from the Telefónica agreement; the MiTV Mobile Solution—which it inherited from the Mobilitec acquisition; as well as Microsoft's solutions.
According to a statement issued today by Luis Martinez Amago, president of Alcatel-Lucent’s Multimedia and Payment activities, "Telefónica is one of a handful of operators who have already moved beyond the selection of IPTV middleware. They have a long commercial experience with the Imagenio service and are focusing now on the blending of advanced services for personal and residential entertainment. We are excited about the potential benefits that a converged TV experience will bring to consumers and are committed to help Telefónica to be amongst the first ones to provide it."
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Johanne Torres is contributing editor for TMCnet and Internet Telephony magazine. To see more articles by Johanne Torres, please visit her columnist page.
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