UUTISET
7.5.2006 Infocast
at Mobile Application Summit
Infocast will showcase
its mobile TV -highlights application ReplayXpress
at the Nokia Mobile Application Summit &
S60 Summit 06, which will take place 23.-24.
May in Nice, France, the Nice Acropolis
Convention Centre.
The event will bring together
developers, mobile operators, application
buyers and distribution-channel representatives
to promote applications, services, and solutions.
It will also promote new technology and
update customers on services and applications.
For more information about
ReplayXpress, please visit www.replayxpress.com.
For more information about
the Nokia events, visit http://www.nokia.com/A402544.
| 9.3.2006 Infocast
MILIA 2006 -messuilla |
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Infocast on mukana MIPTV
featuring MILIA 2006 -tapahtumassa, joka
kokoaa audiovisuaalisen ja digitaalisen
sisältötuotannon ammattilaiset
Cannesiin, Ranskaan 3.-7.4.2006.
Infocast julkistaa uuden ReplayXpress-tuotteen
ja demoaa sitä ensimmäistä
kertaa yleisölle. Infocastin tapaat
osastolta B1.23 ensimmäisestä
kerroksesta kumppaniyritys Icareuksen kanssa.
| 14.11.2005 Infocast Systems
liitty alaa johtavien joukkoon Forum
Nokia PRO:ssa |
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Infocast Systems Ltd, a
leading provider of advanced TV interactivity
solutions, announced that it has become
a member of Forum Nokia PRO, a program that
provides advanced technical, business development
and marketing support to selected mobile
software companies. As a member of Forum
Nokia PRO, Infocast Systems has the opportunity
to further strengthen its relationship with
Nokia, gain early access to Nokia technology
and take advantage of specialized service
and support provided by Nokia to help Infocast
Systems stand out in the marketplace.
Forum Nokia PRO provides
specialized support for advanced developer
companies creating the next generation of
software based on the Series 40, Series
60 and Series 80 Platforms from Nokia. A
select number of companies worldwide who
demonstrate industry leadership are chosen
as Forum Nokia PRO members. By becoming
a Forum Nokia PRO member, Infocast Systems
ensures the close integration of its software
with Nokia’s devices and benefits
from Nokia’s extensive worldwide software
distribution channels.
Member companies are also
invited to participate in valuable co-marketing
activities with Nokia. These can include
opportunities to demonstrate applications
in Nokia’s booth at industry events
and inclusion in Nokia-published software
catalogs, distributed to mobile network
operators and content aggregators worldwide.
“We are extremely
pleased to be accepted as a Nokia Forum
PRO member which enables us to provide even
more exciting services and produts for our
customers” says Lari Aho, CEO of Infocast
Systems Ltd.
Infocast Systems Ltd targets
the interactive and mobile TV markets with
solutions and products enabling rich interactivity
and top quality user experience. Among the
leading solutions from Infocast Systmes
Ltd that run on Nokia devices are Live2Mobile
mobile content highlight service and iTV
Capture, innovative scene capture application.
About Forum Nokia
Nokia's global developer
community, Forum Nokia, connects developers
to tools, technical information, support,
and distribution channels they can use to
build and market applications around the
globe. From offices in the U.S., Europe,
Japan, China, and Singapore, Forum Nokia
provides technical and business development
support to developers and operators to assist
them in achieving their goal of successfully
launching applications and services to consumers
and enterprises.
6.9.2005 IBC2005
- Infocast iTV Capture 2.0 julkaistu Big
Brother -ohjelmassa
Infocast Systems today released a new version
of its innovative interactive TV-scene capturing
application iTV Capture. ITV Capture 2.0
will be launched later this month in a Finnish
version of the world famous reality-TV series
Big Brother. Infocast will showcase the
Big Brother branded iTV Capture service
alongside its other mobile solutions at
the IBC Conference, Amsterdam, on September
9–13. Infocast will be present at
IBC2005 with its international partner,
Alticast GmbH, on stand 1.341.
The Finnish version of Big Brother started
at the end of August and will run until
December 2005. iTV Capture is a great complement
to world-class TV formats, offering unique
interactive experiences to Finnish viewers
of the SubTV channel. Viewer-selected content
personalization and still images are key
features of the iTV Capture application.
Consumers will receive selected TV scenes
on their mobile devices with the opportunity
to personalize the delivered content with
talk bubbles and personal comments.
iTV Capture is a value-added consumer service
for MHP-based interactive TV that enables
personal capturing of TV content. Selected
highlights can be ordered via premium-SMS
messages and are delivered to the consumer’s
mobile devices as MMS still images or short
video clips. Version 2.0 has come up with
new consumer features such as zooming, personal
effects for TV pictures with frames and
add-on graphics, video support and enhanced
service configuration and management features.
iTV Capture 2.0 is an ideal interactive
TV consumer service for broadcasters and
content owners due to its compatibility
with various TV-format types.
Lari Aho, CEO of Infocast Systems says,
“I’m very pleased to see that
the new version of Infocast iTV Capture
meets the highest quality expectations for
a world-class content format for interactive
TV services. Infocast continues to focus
its activities on the mobile and interactive
TV sector with new mobile TV consumer services
coming up later this year.”
About Big Brother and SubTV:
Big Brother is a major, world-famous reality
TV show broadcast in over 40 different countries.
The format is owned by Endemol International
B.V. and represented in Finland by Metronome
Film & Television.
The Finnish version of the Big Brother show
is produced by Metronome Film & Television
and broadcast on the nationwide TV channel
SubTV. SubTV is part of the MTV Group which
is the leading nationwide commercial TV
company in Finland.
About Infocast:
Infocast Systems is a software and professional
services company serving TV and media companies.
Infocast develops products and services
for media companies for real-time content
delivery in multiple channels. The company
provides solutions for the entertainment,
sports and gaming segments. Infocast’s
main product iTV Capture, is an innovative
digital TV service that enables TV content
highlights to be captured personally for
the consumer’s mobile phone.
Infocast Systems will be present at IBC2005
with its international partner, Alticast
GmbH, on stand 1.341.
Lisätietoja saat ottamalla yhteyttä
lomakkeella.
8.8.2005
Infocast mukana IBC2005-messuilla
Infocast on mukana IBC2005-messuilla
Amsterdamissa kansainvälisen
kumppaninsa Alticast GmbH:n kanssa
osastolla 1.341. |
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Infocast on mukana IBC2005-messuilla
Amsterdamissa kansainvälisen kumppaninsa
Alticast GmbH:n kanssa osastolla 1.341.
IBC2005-messuilla Infocast Systems julkaisee
ja esittelee iTV Capture 2.0 -tuotteen,
uuden version innovatiivisesta TV-kuvan
kaappaus-MHP-sovelluksesta kaupallisten
sisältöesimerkkien kanssa. Esittely
sisältää kehitetyt digi-TV-käyttöliittymät
ja uudet toiminnot, kuten sisällön
personoinnin, zoomauksen ja video-tuen.
MHP-ratkaisujen lisäksi Infocast esittelee
uuden mobiili-TV-sovelluksensa.
IBC-messut järjestetään Amsterdamin
RAI:ssa 9.-13. syyskuuta. Esillä on
yli tuhat yritystä sisällön
tuotannon, hallinnan ja jakelun alueilta.
Kansainvälisesti maineikkaat messut
esittelevät viimeisimmän teknologian
ja edelläkäyvät liikeideat
eri medioissa.
Tervetuloa tapaamaan meitä ja Alticastin
väkeä osastollemme ja keskustelemaan
yrityksesi mahdollisuuksista hyötyä
iTV Capturesta.
Nähdään IBC2005-messuilla!!
Lisätietoja messuista saat osoitteesta
www.ibc.org
| 23.6.2005 User generated content
and business generated revenues –
A Heaven? Case Infocast INCCOM-seminaarissa |
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Lari Aho (CEO) Infocast
Systemsiltä esitteli näkemyksensä
urheilu-aiheisista monimedian sisältöpalveluista
media-alan johtajille Finnpron järjestämässä
INCCOM-seminaarissa. Finpro järjesti
seminaarin edistääkseen yhteistyötä
suomalaisten ja kainsainvälisten mediayhtiöiden,
kuten Telefonica, Deutche Welle, Siemens
ja TeliaSonera, välillä.
Aho kertoi liike-elämän mahdollisuuksia
koskevista näkemyksistään
medioita yhdistävien sisältöpalveluiden,
alan haasteiden ja mahdollisuuksien sekä
alan tulevaisuuden trendien alueilta. Jatkoksi
Ahon esitykselle Finpro teki case-tutkimuksen
“User generated content and business
generated revenues – A Heaven? Case
Infocast”.
Case-tutkimus on luettavissa osoitteessa
http://www.inccom.org/index.php?option=
com_content&task=view&id=60&Itemid=72
INCCOM-projektista:
INCCOM, Integrated Cross-Media Customer
Oriented Models, on EU-rahoitteinen medioita
yhdistävien sisältöpalveluiden
ja liike-elämään
keskittyvä tutkimus- ja kehitysprojekti.
Projektin vetäjänä toimii
Finpro, suomalainen konsultointi- ja palveluyhdistys,
ja projektin yhteistyökumppaneina on
useita kansainvälisiä media-alan
tekijöitä, kuten Satama Interactive,
TeliaSonera, Deutsche Welle, Siemens, VTT,
Telefonica, University of Surrey, Finpro
ja Interactive Institute.
Projektin tavoitteet:
- Aktivoida R&D-tulosten kaupallista
hyödyntämistä ja vauhdittaa
edistyksellisen, alustasta riippumattoman
sisällön käyttöä.
- Edistää yhteistyötä
arvoketjun eri toimijoiden välillä.
- Edistää monikanavaisen sisällön
uusien palveluiden ja tarjonnan kehitystä.
- Kehittää medioita yhdistäviä
liikemalleja toteutettavaksi jalkapallon
MM-kisoihin Saksaan 2006.
Lisätietoja sivuilta www.inccom.org
| 15.2.2005 Infocastista digi-TV-klusteriohjelma
ArviD:n kehitystyökumppani |
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Ministry of Transport
and Communications Finland has selected
Infocast to be one of the development partners
in Finnish digital TV cluster program ArviD.
Part of the cluster program focuses to new
service innovation development for digital
TV. Infocast will develop new version of
its innovative iTV Capture scene capturing
solution during this project.
Main objectives for the project are the
development of easy to use and experiential
digital TV service product, development
of business and commercial models and packaging
of the concept for international digital
TV markets.
Project started 15.12.2004 and will be completed
during summer 2005. New version of the product
will be first utilized in MTV3 channel as
a generic value added digital TV consumer
service during 2005.
About ArviD:
Ministry of Transport and Communications
Finland has launched ArviD, the Digital-TV
cluster programme to support the smooth
transition to the era of digital tv. The
ArviD programme promotes the use of the
digital-TV by:
- sponsoring development of service innovations
ranging from entertainment to business applications
- initiating cluster-wide measures to enhance
the basic conditions of service production
- creating a network for cluster-wide collaboration
The 2-year ArviD programme started on February
24th 2004. ArviD is open for all organisations
in digital-TV content context. Joining the
programme is free of charge.
16.8.2004 Infocast at IBC2004!
Infocast is present at IBC2004 in Amsterdam
with it's international partner Alticast
GmbH at stand 1520. |
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Infocast Systems will demonstrate
it's innovative iTV Capture product portfolio
with examples of commercial deployments.
You are welcomed to meet us and Alticast
people at the stand to discuss how you could
take advantage of iTV Capture in your company.
The IBC Exhibition will
take place at the Amsterdam RAI from 10
- 14 September 2004. Featuring over 1,000
companies, it will showcase the latest technology
and foremost business ideas in broadcasting
and media.
The exhibition is internationally
renowned for being run by the industry for
the industry. It offers unparalleled expertise
and opportunities in the fields of content
creation, management and delivery.
The IBC Exhibition will
take place at the Amsterdam RAI from 10
- 14 September 2004 featuring over 1,000
companies in the fields content creation,
management and delivery. It will showcase
the latest technology and foremost business
ideas in broadcasting and media.
See you at IBC2004!!
For more information, visit www.ibc.org.
12.12.2003 iTV Capture
premier on MTV3 Idols TV show
MTV3 extends use of iTV Capture product
to pop music contest series Idols. Idols
is a Finnish version of the original UK
format Pop Idol. iTV Capture is already
used in weekly ice hockey program Hockey
Night.
17.10.2003 Infocast iTV Capture
in MindTrek Awards
Infocast iTV Capture was chosen as one of
the finalists from 117 candidates for MindTrek
Awards 2003. MindTrek is one of the leading
annual Information Society and Digital Media
events in Europe.
More information: www.mindtrek.org.
29.8.2003 Infocast iTV Capture
- deliver TV content to mobile devices
Infocast iTV Capture enables an innovative
new way for TV viewers to capture exciting
moments during a TV broadcast and order
them personally to enrich their communication.
More information:
www.infocast.fi/Press/030829_iTVCapture_eng.pdf
More information in Finnish: www.infocast.fi/Press/030829_iTVCapture_fi.pdf
18.8.2003 Infocast Systems at IFA-Berlin
Infocast Systems presents exciting new products
at the IFA consumer electronics fair at
Berlin 29.8.2003. You can find Infocast
Systems' products and representatives at
the Nokia stand in MTV3's demonstration
set. See you at IFA!
More information: www.ifa-berlin.com
17.1.2003 Application for signing
digital TV applications
Broadcast Signing Engine (BSE)
has been released by Infocast Systems. BSE
is a tool for digital TV broadcasters and
application developers to digitally sign
MHP applications. BSE is open source code
and is freely available to anyone.
More information: bse.sourceforge.net
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