Alticast's AltiCaptor Blu-ray Disc Solution Integrated in HitachiSoft Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD Universal Player Platform |
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By: Alticast Corporation Posted: 2008-01-08 03:23:54 |
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Alticast, the worldwide leader in embedded, interactive technologies, today announced its AltiCaptor Blu-ray(TM) Disc Java (BDJ) solution was selected by Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. (HitachiSoft) for its future Blu-ray Disc customers. HitachiSoft will work closely with Alticast to deliver Blu-ray Disc technology for their customer's Universal Player designs based on Broadcom(R) chipset solutions.
AltiCaptor BDJ, based on the same core software that powers over 4 million television receiver boxes around the world, has been developed to run on industry-leading hardware platforms, like the Broadcom BCM7440 SoC Solution. These powerful hardware and software combinations provide high performance, turnkey solutions for developing Blu-ray Disc devices quickly, assuring a time-to-market advantage. "HitachiSoft represents another strategic win for Alticast's Blu-ray Disc solutions," said Jeffrey Bonin, Vice President and General Manager of Alticast. "HitachiSoft's excellent reputation in the Japanese consumer electronics industry will certainly lead to best-of-breed consumer products." HitachiSoft provides engineering and integration services to a number of consumer electronics manufacturers. HitachiSoft intends to deliver a core platform for Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD Universal Players on a single-operating-system to manufacturers, a first in the industry. "Together with Alticast, we have a software partner that we can rely on to bring a well qualified product to our customers," said Mikito Ogata, Deputy Group Executive for HitachiSoft. "We integrate Alticast's AltiCaptor Blu-ray Disc Java solution on the Broadcom chipset to provide our customers, with a real time-to-market advantage." Alticast is committed to standards-based solutions, exemplified by its roles in DVB, CableLabs, Blu-ray Disc Association and the ITU. Alticast's solutions have been selected by some of the industries leading companies, such as Time Warner Cable, Pace Microelectronics, Samsung, Humax, LG, Korea Telecom, SkyLife, and many of the Korean cable operators. About Alticast Alticast is the most deployed MHP and OpenCable Platform solutions provider in the digital broadcasting industry. Alticast offers software solutions and services for the delivery, reception and playback of interactive television content based on the DVB-MHP, OpenCable Platform and Blu-ray Disc standards. A privately owned company, Alticast headquarters are located in Seoul, South Korea; a business and technology center in Broomfield, Colorado, USA; and sales offices in Beijing, China and Frankfurt, Germany. For more information on Alticast products and services, visit Alticast at http://www.alticast.com. About HitachiSoft Hitachi Software Engineering Co. Ltd. was established in 1970 as the first software development company in the Hitachi Group and Hitachisoft are now among the leading IT service companies in the industry. Hitachisoft mainly deal with basic software for mainframe computers and large-scale systems and networks for government agencies as well as the financial, insurance, and securities industries. Especially, in the embedded software market, Hitachisoft develop large-scale software in various industrial/consumer equipments and provide value-added embedded products such as DataBase, Security and Development Environments. http://hitachisoft.jp/English/index.html Broadcom(R), the pulse logo, Connecting everything(R), and the Connecting everything logo are among the trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. |
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