STMicroelectronics and SoftAtHome Demonstrate Secure, High-Quality Platform for Multi-Screen Digital Services
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Client/server solution leveraging ST connected-home technology and SoftAtHome
unique CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) software enables operators to deliver
optimal multimedia services to multiple screens through unified, managed
networks
Geneva, Switzerland, and Nanterre, France, March 20, 2013 - STMicroelectronics
(NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum
of electronics applications, and SoftAtHome, a provider of home operating
platforms enabling operators to deliver convergent services for the digital
home, have successfully demonstrated a client/server solution that will allow
service providers to reach extra screens with optimal user experience in
subscribers' homes via a single, managed connection.
Taking advantage of ST's set-top box IC portfolio, which covers a broad range of
performance and features for applications from gateway/server devices to low-
cost zapper boxes, the solution allows an entry-level client such as a mini-box
or HDMI dongle connected to a secondary television or PC to receive operator
services via the main home gateway.
Built upon ST's competitively priced STiH205, the client device supports higher
video quality than other types of devices such as mobiles, and provides a secure
platform for conditional-access services. The STiH416 system-on-chip powering
the server/gateway is the world's highest performing set-top box IC, which
supports high-speed decoding and transcoding to deliver outstanding user
experiences to any home client. The SoftAtHome software platform enables
operator services to present a consistent look and feel across multiple screens.
Moreover, the use of industry-standard protocols such as DLNA[1], CVP[2] and
RUI[3] frees operators from the constraints of proprietary solutions.
SoftAtHome's unique software platform for CPEs enables the best of PayTV and OTT
(Over-The-Top) services to be merged into a unified Service Provider experience
on any connected screen. SoftAtHome has ported its software across ST's full
portfolio of connected-home system-on-chip ICs, allowing operators worldwide to
leverage the SoftAtHome Operating Platform (SOP5) to deliver innovative services
to their customers.
Today's subscribers are increasingly consuming services via multiple devices
such as smartphones, tablets, PCs, game consoles and secondary televisions
throughout the home. Operators need to be able to reach all of these screens,
via their own managed networks, to deliver the full service portfolio and ensure
quality of service and optimal quality of experience.
"This client/server solution answers the need for cost-effective, high-
performance connectivity between the main home digital gateway and secondary
client devices," said Laurent Remont, Group VP Digital Convergence Group and
General Manager Unified Platform Division, STMicroelectronics. "This approach,
combining ST's set-top box SoCs with SoftAtHome's software platform, gives
operators greater control over service delivery and quality while helping retain
customers and build revenue, and will allow subscribers to connect more screens
throughout the home using low-cost devices such as mini-boxes and dongles."
"Thanks to this new collaboration, SoftAtHome and ST are simplifying multiscreen
deployment in the home," said Michel Degland, CEO of SoftAtHome. "Our software
transforms an ST-powered STB into a universal media player able to access any
kind of content including Live as well as web based via new OTT technologies,
and redistribute on retail and Service Providers' owned clients."
About STMicroelectronics
ST is a global leader in the semiconductor market serving customers across the
spectrum of sense and power and automotive products and embedded processing
solutions. From energy management and savings to trust and data security, from
healthcare and wellness to smart consumer devices, in the home, car and office,
at work and at play, ST is found everywhere microelectronics make a positive and
innovative contribution to people's life. By getting more from technology to get
more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.
In 2012, the Company's net revenues were $8.49 billion. Further information on
ST can be found at www.st.com.
About SoftAtHome
SoftAtHome is a software company backed by Orange, Sagemcom and Etisalat to
deliver total convergence through an operating platform for the digital home
environment. It fosters a new ecosystem made up of service providers, 3rd party
application developers, integrators and hardware vendors to accelerate the
advent of the digital home. SoftAtHome solutions are deployed on millions of
home across the world. The company is headquartered in France with development
and sales teams in France, Belgium and UAE. For more information, visit us at
www.softathome.com or follow us on twitter (at)SoftAtHome.
STMicroelectronics Media Contact:
Michael Markowitz
Director Technical Media Relations
+1 781 591 0354
michael.markowitz(at)st.com
SoftAtHome Media Contact:
Marta Twardowska
e: press(at)softathome.com
m: +31 6 21 18 45 85
t: (at)SoftAtHome
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[1] DLNA - Digital Living Network Alliance
[2] CVP - Commercial Video Profile
[3] RUI - Remote User Interface
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