Building IPTV specialist demonstrates increased scalability, control and an enhanced user experience with AvediaPlayer Desktop, powered by the AvediaServer IPTV platform
Exterity, the building IPTV specialist, today announces AvediaPlayer Desktop to enable user viewing of any IPTV content through a web browser on networked PCs and Macs without the need to pre-install a video player application or plug-in. Delivered and managed entirely from the company’s AvediaServer IPTV video storage, delivery and management platform, AvediaPlayer Desktop gives users seamless browser access to all live and recorded channels under full administrative control. AvediaPlayer Desktop also provides virtually unlimited scalability to support large numbers of users by eliminating the management overhead associated with the installation and update of software IPTV clients.
Among other capabilities delivered through the web interface, users can select live broadcast TV, radio or VoD content in SD or HD, browse channel schedules from the Programme Guide, choose the language for subtitles or audio, and pause or skim through VoD content. Administrators enjoy granular control over group and individual viewer access using either AvediaServer Director, the platform’s multi-user management application, or through the organisation’s directory service using LDAP.
With the addition of AvediaPlayer Desktop, organisations using Exterity building IPTV solutions now have three ways to deliver and manage content. AvediaPlayer devices control channel delivery to TVs and AV displays for groups of viewers. For personal desktop or laptop viewing, Avedia PC Clients offers enhanced functionality or integration with third-party desktop applications, while AvediaPlayer Desktop offers effortless scalability.
"The continuing evolution of building IPTV and the ability to support a broad range of applications across a diverse range of markets depends on it being as accessible and flexible as possible," says Colin Farquhar, CEO, Exterity. "With the announcement of the AvediaPlayer Desktop, the AvediaServer platform becomes the ideal solution for an even wider range of organisations, such as universities and corporations that want an easy-to-manage IPTV experience across thousands of user machines. Equally, transport hubs, hospitality locales, and similar organisations can also benefit from the simplicity of AvediaPlayer Desktop when they want to supply their branded IPTV content to user PCs or Macs without requiring any action from the user beyond clicking on a webpage link."