April 24, 2008

Pirelli’s IPTV set-top box powered by Sigma media processors

by Lin Freestone


Pirelli Broadband Solutions is using Sigma Design’s SMP8634 media processor to power its line of IPTV set-top boxes, which are currently being adopted by two major European operators.

Pirelli considers that, by using Sigma’s line of media processors, its set-top boxes are able to offer rich features, an outstanding viewing experience, and a cost-effective system design.

Advanced SoC platforms allow Pirelli to unleash a number of original features that it develops to help carriers differentiate their offerings, beyond basic IPTV.

Pirelli’s portfolio of hybrid set-top boxes brings together IPTV and digital terrestrial TV in one multimedia platform, enabling a wide range of content bundles to be secured through a variety of conditional access system standards and digital rights management technologies.

Its set-top boxes are based on Sigma’s single-chip technology and support legacy and new encoding standards such as H.264 and VC-1 at both standard and high definition. Pirelli set-top boxes can be equipped with hard drives of various storage capacities, providing additional capabilities such as local video recording, recorded-services playback, live TV pause, and time-shift recording.

Sigma’s SMP8634 media processor integrates a complete complement of next-generation capabilities for a single-chip system-on-chip solution with powerful multimedia processing, robust content security system, and a full complement of peripherals.

Sigma has worked hard to develop its successful media processors and intends to continue that focus to ensure their successful use by Pirelli, and continued expansion of IPTV customers in Europe.

 

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