IPTV World Series Awards winners unveiled

Results of the IPTV World Series Awards 2008 were announced during the IPTV World Forum conference/exhibition in London last week. The awards recognise technology innovation and take into account the relevance of products to the IPTV market. The winners were:

Best interactive TV/advanced advertising

Harmonic, Inc. - Integrated digital ad insertion solution

Best IPTV customer premise equipment technology

ADB – 5810TWX

Best IPTV platform/middleware/application

THOMSON - SmartVision IPTV Service Platform

Best cable IPTV technology

Harmonic, Inc. - Harmonic Direct-to-Edge Cable IPTV Solution

Best Internet TV technology/solution

Widevine Technologies - Widevine Cypher for Internet Digital Media

Best IPTV distribution/transport/delivery

Cisco Systems, Inc. - Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN)

Best IPTV test & Quality of Service/Experience technology or solution

Juniper Networks/Intelliden Inc. (joint solution) - Dynamic Network Automation (DNA)

Best IPTV content protection/rights management solution

SecureMedia  - The Encryptonite ONE CA/DRM System Release 2

Best IPTV headend & video processing technology

TANDBERG Television - MPEG-4 AVC UltraCompression transcoder for HD and SD

Best Mobile TV technology

EXPWAY - FastESG v3.0 Mobile TV Platform & Engine