Espial Inks Deal With Power & Tel To Deliver IPTV Solutions To US Telcos

A leader in the delivery of IPTV software, Espial, has announced a reseller agreement with Power & Tel.
As part of the agreement, Power & Tel will resell the Espial MediaBase Video-On-Demand platform to service providers in the United States. Power & Tel is an independent distributor of material for the telecommunications and cable TV industries worldwide. Espial MediaBase is included in their end-to-end IPTV solution to US customers.
Jim Drain, Vice President North American Sales, Power & Tel, said: "The Espial MediaBase VOD platform provides a key differentiator for our IPTV solution. It is a cost-effective solution for enabling our customers to offer lucrative VOD and Timeshift TV services in both SD and HD formats.
"For our North American Telco partners, Espial MediaBase is easy to implement, operate and manage. It has an excellent track record with dozens of deployments serving millions of IPTV subscribers."
Espial MediaBase is deployed with leading North American IPTV operators. It is a turn-key VOD solution with easy-to-use management tools, automated content workflow and pre-integration with a wide range of set-top boxes, digital rights management (DRM) and middleware.
Larry Roberts, Director of North American Sales at Espial, said: "We're very pleased to work with Power & Tel and their Telco customers to implement VOD services quickly and cost effectively. North America is a very exciting market for VOD - it is quickly becoming a must have service offering for Telcos to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving market."
Further information is available at: www.espial.com.
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