Thai Pay-TV Platform to Roll Out PVRs

BANGKOK, January 10: Thailand’s leading pay-TV platform,
TrueVisions UBC, is set to begin offering personal video recorders (PVRs) to
its subscriber base early this year.

TrueVisions UBC will be offering standard-definition PVRs by
Humax integrated with OpenTV Core2 and OpenTV PVR2 solutions, in combination
with Irdeto’s content security for digital TV. OpenTV’s platform will provide
TrueVisions UBC subscribers with a range of interactive TV content, PVR
services and will allow for mobile and web management of their PVR services.

“OpenTV has been a key partner in our efforts to offer
compelling and advanced services to better enable our customers’ lifestyle to
enjoy television and other value added services,” said Ongard Prapakamol, the
chief commercial officer for TrueVisions UBC. “Their solutions enable us to
fulfill our product strategy in providing a well integrated PVR with a highly
intuitive user experience and compelling interactive TV services like football
live score, games, and much more exciting services to come.”

—By Mansha Daswani