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DVBCN.com
in Just 10 Years
AlexanderWiese
AnnaXie is founder andownerofDVBCN,
the largestwebsite fordigitalTV inChina).RecentlyDVBCNbegan
cooperatingwithTELE-satellite.Thefirst
DVBCNadappeared in theTELE-satellite
issue thatAnna isholding inherhand.
It’s not easy to find women in lead-
ing positions in the digital TV business
and it’s even rarer for women to actu-
ally start a company in this business.
But that’s exactly what Anna Xie did:
she started awebsite from nothing and
in just 10 years built it up into China’s
largest site for digital TV. It’s an excit-
ing story thatwewanted to hear about
directly from her.
DVBCN’s offices can be found in
Shanghai’sMinhangDistrict. Anna rent-
ed expansive office space on the fifth
floorofamodernofficebuilding.10em-
ployeeswork therealthoughDVBCNhas
an additional 13 employees. But more
on that later. First we wanted to know
how Annamanaged to turn herwebsite
intoChina’s largest site for digital TV.
She explains to us: “I come from
Wenzhou in theZhejiang Province.”This
province is located south of Shanghai;
Anna studiedat theuniversity inShang-
hai. “I studied TV and radio journalism.”
That was in 2001. And she was still a
brand new student when she start-
ed her website DVBCN in 2002 (www.
dvbcn.com). “At first itwas just a forum
to discuss technical information.”
As you can tellby thewebsite’sname,
her forumdealtback thenprimarilywith
the new DVB technology. “We made
available for download all documents,
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market gap; anyone in China who was
involvedwith receiver production or de-
velopment of digital receiver software
could view and download all the neces-
sary documents fromAnna.
“By 2004we already had 80,000 reg-
istered users”, remembers Anna about
the quickly growing popularity of her
website. “We also offered the source
codes forDVB applications andDVB an-
alyzer information.”
A natural development of her down-
load forum website was the start of a
discussion page and not long after that
a news pagewas started. TodayDVBCN
is themost viewedwebsite in China for
anyone that in one form or another is
connected with digital TV. Technicians
can find not only valuable information
for their work on the DVBCN site, but
tered users.
But Anna was not satisfied with one
website. “The main site is just a base
website”, she explains, “but two other
business segments are above all finan-
cially successful.”Since somanyprofes-
sional digital technical users have come
togetheronDVBCN, itwasactuallyquite
easy to provide them and digital TV
firms a platform where workers could
find new jobs and digital TV companies
couldfindnewemployees: In2005Anna
started her new website .
com that resembles a recruiting com-
pany; the number 51 is Chinese for “I
need”.
At themomen isonly
available in Chinese but Anna is in the
process of creating an English version
thatwouldmake it easier for companies
But thatwas still not enough forAnna
- in 2011 she founded yet another busi-
ness segment in her own company:
Digital Technology Ltd. develops digi-
tal TV software. This segment imme-
diately caught on; this is the company
with the additional 13 employees we
hadmentioned earlier, although they’re
not located in Shanghai. “10 engineers
work in an office in Hangzhou plus one
additional engineer each in Shenzhen,
Chengdu andBeijing.”
What are these engineers doing at
these locations? “Weareprimarilywork-
ing on theDLNAOTT technology, that is,
the integrationofmobile telephone, lap-
top and TV under the termMulti Screen
Interaction.” Thismeans that what you
see on a display scree
on a mobile telephone
VictorHooversees the
news and test reportson
DVBCN.He isDVBCN’sChief
Editor.
Chief
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LargestDigital
TVWebsite
inChina:
DVBCN.com
•KnownbyeverydigitalTV
companyinChina
•Providesallinformationregarding
digitalTV
•Expandingintheareasof
recruitmentandsoftware
development
•Focusinginfuturetechnologies
suchasOTTandIPTV
•Workingoninternational
expansion
In theofficebuildingto the left inShanghai’s
Minhangdistrict canbefoundDVBCN’s leased
officeson thefifthfloor.
COMPANYREPORT DigitalTVWebsiteDVBCN.com,China
• Known by every digital TV company in China
• Provides all information regarding digital TV
• Expanding in the areas of recruitment and software development
• Focusing in future technologies such as OTT and IPTV
• Working on international expansion
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ProfessionalDishManufacturerSVEC,China
High Investment
in Product Quality
SVECCEOWangDuo
SVEC (Sichuan Video Equipment
Company) has beenmanufacturing sa-
tellite antennas of all sizes since 1993.
Production quantities are enormous:
SVEC manufactures several million
dishes each month. The most popu-
lar dish types are 60 and 75cm off-
set antennas. Next in line are 1.2 and
1.5-meter diameter dishes. But SVEC
also manufactures large segmented
dishes with diameters of 2.4 meters.
LatelySVEC is concentrating on expan-
ding their professional VSAT antenna
business. “We also offer Ka-Band di-
shes for Internet-via satellite”,we learn
from Becky,Manager of the Internatio-
nal Sales Team. And, really, that’s the
reason why we came to pay a visit to
SVEC: professional products require
professional production.
We already reported onSVEC back in
TELE-satellite 02-03/2010 issue. Even
back then we already mentioned how
SVECwas becoming active inVSAT and
the Ka-Band. Since then SVEC has in-
vested enormously to not only guaran-
tee production quality but also to raise
thequality tonew levels; levels thatare
unheardof foramanufacturer thatpro-
ducesmillions of dishes everymonth.
COMPANYREPORT
CEO
Wang
Duo
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Sales Team
1.Kahlo,namedherself after thepainterFriedaKahlo,
handles theSVECadvertisement inTELE-satellite.
2.Becky runs theSVEC sales teamwith15 employees
3.Milton andhis team take careofSVEC customers in
North andSouthAmerica
4.BettyLee runs the sales team for India andAfrica
5.A look into theSVECsales teamoffices.To the left
isBelinda, responsible forTheFarEast and to the
right isNina, responsible forTheMiddleEast.
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SVEC’s
Quality
Offensive
•LargeinvestmentinQualityAssurance
•ExpandingVSATandKa-Band
production
•Openinganewfullyautomaticsatellite
dishproductionline
•Focusingontop-of-the-lineQuality
dishes
A largedishhighlights the location
ofSVEC’s administrationbuilding inChengdu inChina'sSichuanprovince.
Themanufacturing facilities canbefounddirectlybehind the administrationbuilding.
COMPANYREPORT ProfessionalDishManufacturerSVEC,China
• Large investment in Quality Assurance
• Expanding VSAT and Ka-Band production
• Opening a new fully automatic satellite dish production line
• Focusing on top-of-the-line Quality dishes
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The Man
Behind
TSReader:
Rod Hewitt
•Wroteoneofthemostsuccessfulstreamreader
programs
•DevelopedatechnicalsolutiontoarchiveTV
channelsfor‘InternetArchive’
•WorkingonIPTVapplicationprograms
•PlanningonaprogramforOCRrecognitionof
BBC’sEPGdata
RodHewittenjoys readingTELE-
satellitemagazine.Thepictureof the
EiffelTower inhis living roomhighlights
the fact thehecan speakFrenchfluently
and loves theFrenchwayof life.
SoftwareProgrammiererRodHewitt,USA COMPANYREPORT Owner
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TheMan
Behind
TSReader:
Rod Hewitt
•Wroteoneofthemostsuccessfulstreamreader
programs
•DevelopedatechnicalsolutiontoarchiveTVchannelsfor‘InternetArchive’
•WorkingonIPTVapplicationprograms
•PlanningonaprogramforOCRrecognitionof
BBC’sEPGdata
RodHewitt enjoys readingTELE-satellitemagazine.Thepictureof the
EiffelTower inhis living roomhighlightsthe fact thehe can speakFrenchfluentlyand loves theFrenchwayof life.
SoftwareProgrammiererRodHewitt,USA COMPANYREPORT
• Wrote one of the most successful stream reader programs
• Developed a technical solution to archive TV channels for ‘Internet
Archive’
• Working on IPTV application programs
• Planning on a program for OCR recognition of BBC’s EPG data
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Success with
range of
products
Neal isManagingDirector forHypexandpersonally
takescareof theirprofessionalbroadcast andcableTV
customers.
Not many digital TV product dealers
can boast over 30 years success in the
business (in 2012 it will be 33 years).
One of the few wholesalers that fall into
this category is the company Hypex in
London. We paid a visit to them just
before they moved into their new ware-
house.
Hypex was founded in 1979 by Shyv
Sood. He is an electrical engineer and
recognized back then the need for com-
mercial receivers and other broadcast-
ing equipment.
As a one-man operation he sold
among other things DX
Communications ama ur
radio re eivers. Relatives
from his family came later
on and started working f r his
company and so Hypex became
stronger and stronger over the years.
Just a few y ars ago the company be-
came a li ited liability corporation and
now operates under the name Hypex,
Ltd.
Hypex is a pure wholesaler and does
not sell to endusers.ManagingDirector
Neal tells us more: “We ship to roughly
600 active dealers of which 15% are
outsideofGreatBritain.”Hypex custom-
ers can be found as far away as Malay-
sia. Neal xpl ins how it came to that:
“Over those many years our company
hasbecome verywell-known and estab-
lished and asde from that any Asian
companies have their own branch office
inGreatBritain. For those it’smuch sim-
COMPANY REPORT Wholesaler Hypex, UK
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•ShipslargedishestoGreatBritainand
Europe
•Offerssuccessfulproductlinesfrom
ICECRYPTandGLOBALINVACOM
•Lowpricesthankstominimaloverhead
costs
•Consistentsalesdespitepricingpressure
An image from theoldresidedhere upuntil recently.Now the
companymoved intoa 6000square footwarehouse
only about amile fromhereinWembley inwestern
London.
Professional
products from
aprofessional
dealer
COMPANYREPORT WholesalerHypex,UK
• Ships large dishes to Great Britain and Europe
• Offers successful product lines from ICECRYPT and GLOBALINVACOM
• Low prices thanks to minimal overhead costs
• Consistent sales despite pricing pressure
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A successful couple: Rick and Bobbie together run the satellite online shop Ricks Satellite in Blue Springs, Missouri,
USA. It’s an area with 60,000 inhabitants located east of Kansas City. It’s an excellent location: Kansas City likes to be
referred to as the heart of America; it’s not only the geographical center of the USA, it’s also the mathematical center of
USA’s population.
en was a treasure trove of
the operation of all of the re-
intuitively easy.
day coincidence came to his
loyer, the auto parts com-
nized and offered Rick a po-
idn’t appeal to him. Instead,
o go out on his own. His wife
orted him and said, “You have
ou really like to do.” She was
2 Rick and Bobbie started the
ks Satellite. “It wasn’t easy
ing”, says Rick, “My wife had
cond job on the side.”
The young company managed to sell
50 receivers in the first year. 10 years
later sales have greatly increased: „We
sold over 1100 receivers in 2011 with
the AZBox Receivers being the biggest
seller.“ But receiver sales are only one
part of their business. “We also sell com-
plete systems for GALAXY 19 reception
at 97W. In 2011 it totaled 300 systems,
most of which were with 75cm dishes,
some shipped with 90cm antennas.” Rick
explains to us what all the fuss is about
with GALAXY 19: “It is currently the
most interes
America in terms of FTA.” The satellite
TV market in North America is supplied
by two large PayTV providers that each
have their own reception systems. Rick
provides us with even more background:
“The last analog terrestrial transmitters
were turned off about two years ago. The
problem is that the new digital terrestrial
transmitters don’t have the same range
as the old analog transmitters. And so,
many people living in outlying regions
the only solution was to subscribe to a
satellite PayTV service. Rick says: “The
Satellite Pay Services normally require a
two year contract and then after you sub-
scribe to a basic package, you can then
subscribe at an extra fee to the same
local channels that they used to receive
for free with an terrestrial antenna when
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ity, USA
A successful couple: Rick and Bobbie together run the satellite online shop Ricks Satellite in Blue Springs, Missouri,
USA. It’s an area with 60,000 inhabitants located east of Kansas City. It’s an excellent location: Kansas City likes to be
referred to as the he rt of America; it’s not only the geographical nt r of the USA, it’ lso he mathematical center of
USA’s population.
sm back then was a treasure trove of
xperience; the operation of all of the re-
eivers was intuitively easy.
Then one day coincidence came to his
id: his employer, the auto parts com-
any, reorganized and offered Rick a po-
ition that didn’t appeal to him. Instead,
e decided to go out on his own. His wife
obbie supported him and said, “You have
o do what you really like to do.” She was
ight. In 2002 Rick and Bobbie started the
ompany Ricks Satellite. “It wasn’t easy
n the beginning”, says Rick, “My wife had
o have a second job on the side.”
The young company managed to sell
50 receivers in the first year. 10 years
later sales have greatly increased: „We
sold over 1100 receivers in 2011 with
the AZBox Receivers being the biggest
seller.“ But receiver sales are only one
part of their business. “We also sell com-
plete systems for GALAXY 19 reception
at 97W. In 2011 it totaled 300 systems,
most of which were with 75cm dishes,
some shipped with 90cm antennas.” Rick
explains to us what all the fuss is about
with GALAXY 19: “It is currently the
most interesting of all satellites in North
A tellite
TV market in North America is supplied
by two large PayTV providers that each
have their own reception systems. Rick
provides us with even more background:
“The last analog terrestrial transmitters
were turned off about two years ago. The
problem is that the new digital terrestrial
transmitters don’t have the same range
as the old analog transmitters. And so,
for many people living in outlying regions
the only solution was to subscribe to a
satellite PayTV service. Rick says: “The
Satellite Pay Services normally require a
two year contract and then after you sub-
scribe to a basic package, you can then
subscribe at an extra fee to the same
local channels that they used to receive
for free with an terrestrial antenna when
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10Years
Bobbie&Rick
•celebratesits10thanniversary
in2012
•distributesAZBox'sreceiversin
NorthAmerica
•isanenthusiasticsatellite
feedhunter
•seesagoodfuturefortheFTA
marketinNorthAmerica
A typical residentialhome in theUSA.Looking from thestreet therearenosatellitedishes tobe seenand there’s alsono company sign to
suggest that there’s a successfulonline satellite shophidden inside.Aknockon thedoor revealsBobbieandRick alongwithRicksSatellite
which canbe found in the Internet a
COMPANYREPORT SatelliteDealerRicksSatellite,KansasCity,USA
• celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2012
• distributes AZBox’s receivers in North America
• is an enthusiastic satellite feedhunter
• sees a good future for the FTA market in North America
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i,USA
argest
A
ScottGreczkowskiwith aT-shirt
fromSatelliteGuys.us in frontofhis
twomotorizeddishes,on the lefta
1.5-meteroffset antennaand in the
middle a 2.5-meterprime focusdish
bothofwhich are currentlypointed
to85W.
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Scott's
SatelliteGuys
•Providesassistancewithtechnical
satellitereceptionquestions
•FoundedbyScottasanon-profit
forum
•Alladvertisingincomeis
reinvestedinbettertechnology
•Newistheuseoftheforums
throughCustomerService
employeesofdigitalTVcompanies
ScottGerczkowski’shome in
NewingtonoutsideofHartford,Connecticut in theUSA.Scottoperateshissatellite forumSatelliteGuys.us
fromhere.On the street sidehehas twomotorizeddishes installed; four smaller
fixeddishes aremountedon thewall.To the left isamultifocusdishwithfiveLNBs forDirecTV, in themiddle is adish
for theDishNetwork eastern arcpointingto 61.5W, 72.7W and 77Wplus another
antenna for theDishNetworkwesternarc at110W and119W.All theway to theright is another antenna for 110W.This
dish isused for automatic scanning thattakesplace everyhour. It can instantly
identifywhen anew channel appearsonDishNetwork andposts this informationin the forum threadUplinkReport.
COMPANYREPORT SatelliteForumOperatorScottGreczkowski,USA
• Provides assistance with technical satellite reception questions
• Founded by Scott as a non-profit forum
• All advertising income is reinvested in better technology
• New is the use of the forums through Customer Service employees of
digital TV companies
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IPTV
is Future
•AlreadyoperatingthefirstIPTV
project
•3Dplannedforthefuture
•IntegrationofTVreceptionwith
IPTV
•60%ofallSowellreceiversare
alreadyHD
GeneralManager
EagleChain in
Sowell’sshowroom
withoneof the
company’s success
receivers.
COMPANYREPORT ReceiverManufacturerSowell,China
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IPTV
isFuture
•AlreadyoperatingthefirstIPTV
project
•3Dplannedforthefuture
•IntegrationofTVreceptionwith
IPTV
•60%ofallSowellreceiversarealreadyHD
GeneralManager EagleChain inSowell’sshowroom
withoneof thecompany’s success
receivers.
COMPANYREPORT ReceiverManufacturerSowell,China
• Already op rating the first IPTV project
• 3D planned for he future
• Int gr tion of TV recep ion with IPTV
• 60% of all Sowell receivers a already HD
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Neide is thedaughterof the
company’s founderand takes careof
Wadt’sfinances.Joao,Neide’ssonand
the company founder’sgrandson is
headendmanufacturerWadt’sTechnical
Director inSaoPaulo,Brazil.
A Family Company
in the Cable Distribution Field
The company Wadt has been in ex-
istence for three generations. It was
founded by Nelson Wadt back in 1945.
It’s a story of emigration in that Nel-
son Wadt is originally from Germany.
The company, that has been suc-
would take - namely further in the
direction of reception. When the first
cable TV systemswerebeing installed,
Wadt was right in the middle of things
offering the first cable headends.
“Wadt’s best times were before
1994”, remembers the company
founder’s Grandson, “Back then we
had 200 employees.” Those days are
over; in 1994 the Brazilian govern-
ment lifted the high import duties af-
ter which HF products came into the
country at low prices.
Wadt had to specialize and focused
cessful for so many years, is all by it-
self interesting because of its success,
but since they manufacture cable dis-
tribution equipment, it’s the perfect
reason for us to pay them a visit.
The company founder’s grandson,
Joao Alfredo Wadt Miranda, who today
is the company’s Technical Director,
thinks back to the products that
started it all: “It was car radi-
os for Ford vehicles that my
Grandfather manufactured
first.” It was already ob-
vious back then what
path the company
COMPANY REPORT Headend Manufacturer Wadt, Brazil
Owner
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Neide is thedaughterof the
company’s founder and takes careof
Wadt’sfinances. Joao,Neide’s son and
the company founder’sgrandson is
headendmanufacturerWadt’sTechnical
Director inSaoPaulo,Brazil.
A Family Company
in the Cable Distributio Field
The company Wadt has been in ex-
istence for three generations. It was
founded by Nelson Wadt back in 1945.
It’s a story of emigration in that Nel-
son Wadt is originally from Germany.
The company, that has been suc-
would take - namely further in the
direction of reception. When the first
cable TV systems were being installed,
Wadt was r ght in the middle of things
offering the first cable headends.
“Wadt’ best times were before
1994”, remembers the company
founder’s Grandson, “Back then we
had 200 employees.” Those days are
over; in 1994 the Brazilian govern-
ment lifted the high import duties af-
ter which HF products came into the
country at low prices.
Wadt had to specialize and focused
cessful for so many years, is all by it-
self interesting because of its success,
but since they manufacture cable dis-
tribution quipmen , it’s he perfect
reason for us to pay them a visit.
The company founder’s grandson,
Joao Alfredo Wadt Miranda, who today
is the company’s Technical Director,
thinks back to the products that
started it all: “It was car radi-
os for Ford vehicles that my
Grandfather manufactured
first.” It was already ob-
vious back then what
path the company
COMPANY REPORT Headend Manufacturer Wadt, Brazil
Tec nical
Director
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•InvolvedinHFformorethan60
years
•Newallocationofcable
licensesinBrazilopensuphuge
opportunitiesforthecompany
•Specializedproductsforcable
headends
•Onlyshipsdomestically
Thedish antennason the roofprovide a clue towhatgoeson inside thisbuilding;
it caught the interestof theTELE-satelliteeditorial staff: the companyEletronicaWadt,whichhasbeen involvedwith
reception technology since 1945, resideshere. Distribution
Technology
from Wadt
COMPANYREPORT HeadendManufacturerWadt,Brazil
• Involved in HF for more than 60 years
• New allocation of cable licenses in Brazil opens up huge opportunities
for the company
• Specialized pr ducts for cable headends
• Only ships domestically
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Jiuzhou’s OTT
Development Team
JimmyZhang isdigitalTV
devicemanufacturer Jiuzhou’s
MarketingViceManager and
is also responsible for the
marketingof theirOTTunits.
Internet services and terrestrial/sat-
ellite TV are constantlymerging closer
together.Many currentdigital receivers
already have an Internet connection
butmost of the time this connection is
only used to load new software into the
receiver or to connect the receiver to a
local network. The total integration of
Internet video and audio content with
digital receivers is still in its infancy.
Jimmy Zhang is Jiuzhou’s Marketing
Vice Manager and tells us what it’s all
about: “OTT stands for Over-The-Top.
Itmeans that viewers can not only see
their normal TV channels terrestrially,
via satellite or cable, they can now use
the same device to enjoy video and au-
dio content via the Internet.” YouTube
and VUDU, a movie service, are just
a few examples according to Jimmy
Zhang.The enduserdoesn’t really care
how the video and audiomakes it to his
TV screen, as long as he can use one
remote control to access everything
that’s available.
Unfortunately, a weak spot in the
OTT technology is the bandwidth of the
end user’s Internet connection. Video
transmissions require a large band-
width. Therefore, right now these OTT
compatible digital receivers would re-
ally only have markets in Europe and
North America even though there are
many other regions that offer scattered
high-speed Internet access. “We’re fo-
cusing on these twomarkets”, confirms
Jimmy Zhang, “Buying power is the
highest there.”
The OTT technology is so important
to Jiuzhou that they have put together
a dedicated development team: “There
are 20 engineers working in the OTT
Team”, we learn from Vice General
ManagerRichardwho is responsible for
the R&D Team. “Our entire R&D Team
consists of 200 engineers”, clarifies
Vice General Manager Richard, “We’re
wo
wit
Department Manager Yongjun Zhang
is in charge of the Application Team
consisting of ten engineers. This is
where the functioning of the software
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Vice
Marketing
Jimmy
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Manager and runs the
JiuzhouR&D teamwith200
engineers.
though older digital receivers can be
upgraded with OTT, theymight not be
good enough to truly take advantage of
OTT. “The chips get faster and faster
every day and if you upgrade a digital
receiver that has an older chipset with
OTT, you might not be able to enjoy
theseOTT services interference-free.”
The end result is that itwould be far
better toupgrade anewdigital receiver
withOTT services; only thenwould the
menu operation and the speed and ca-
pabilitiesof thebuilt-in chipsbeoptimal
for theseOTT services.
The Jiuzhou development team is
working feverishly on the best possible
solutions forOTT.
ev
Marketing Vice Manager Jimmy Zh
to us, “This means that end users
merely have to upload a new software
version in order tomake their existing
digital receiversOTT compatible.”
Even though it appears that this can
all be easily accomplished technically,
two things have to be kept inmind: the
firsthas to dowith a license since there
are many Internet services that have
to be paid for. The second is that even
Vice GM
Richard
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Over-The-Top by Jiuzhou
•DevelopesDigitalTVreceivers
optimizedforOTT
•DedicatedOTTdevelopmentteam
•MarketforOTTinEuropeand
NorthAmerica
•Upgradeofolderdigitalreceivers
possiblewithasoftwareupgrade
TheOTT DevelopmentTeamworkson
the sixthfloorof the Jiuzhou
ElectricBuildinginNanshan’sHightechPark in
Shenzhen,China.
COMPANYREPORT DigitalTVManufacturerJiuzhou,China
• Developes Digital TV receivers optimized for OTT
• Dedicated OTT development team
• Market for OTT in Europe and North America
• Upgrade of older digital receivers possible with a software upgrade