Amino selected for Central America's first IPTV service

First deployment of Amino’s award-winning AmiNET125 STB in Latin America

CAMBRIDGE, UK — Amino, the world leading IPTV platform supplier, today announced that Panama’s CTV Telecom has selected the AmiNET125 multi-codec Set-Top-Box (STB) for Central America’s first IPTV service. The AmiNET125 platform is specifically designed to help operators in emerging markets to introduce IPTV services with a flexible and cost effective approach. The AmiNET125 can also be used in European and North American markets for standard definition TV sets.

CTV has a purpose built high-speed 100% fibre optic network in the capital, Panama City, exclusively to deliver the new IPTV service. CTV offers subscribers pure IPTV services including telephone, broadband internet and television, with a choice of over 100 broadcast, music and on demand channels. An initial order for a substantial volume of AmiNET125 STBs has been placed. Further orders are expected as the delivery area extends to the rest of the country.

Juan McKenzie, director at CTV Telecom comments: “Amino is a valued partner and has gone far beyond just selling us a STB. Throughout the deployment we’ve benefited from Amino’s vast IPTV knowledge and experience which has helped us to develop the business and avoid common pitfalls. The unrivalled interoperability of Amino technology has also enabled a quick and seamless integration with our other IPTV partners.”

The AmiNET125 combines proven hardware and software architectures with the latest processor and peripheral components, to achieve the best combination of reliability, performance and cost. It combines the best features from Amino’s previous standard definition products but adds USB 2.0 and a programmable multi-codec DSP capable of MPEG-2, H.264 and WMV9. Utilising a new System-On-Chip (SOC) solution, the AmiNET125 also combines a powerful CPU and advanced, programmable DSP in a cost effective single package, which can be field-upgraded to support the addition of new services and codecs, helping increase average revenue per user (ARPU).

“This deployment brings IPTV to a previously untapped market and demonstrates Amino’s dedication to driving the geographic spread of IPTV technology to new areas,” said Sandra Conejos, Director of Sales – East Coast & Latin America for Amino. “The AmiNET125 focuses on the core requirements of cost sensitive markets in the developing world to produce a lower cost, flexible multi-codec platform supporting advanced IPTV services. Through this technology consumers in Panama will soon be enjoying innovative IPTV offerings for the first time.”