Press Release
Another Win For Entone With Hargray Communications Deployment
March 18, 2009
Entone Enables Telco To Deploy IPTV & DVR Services in Southeastern US
San Mateo, California, March 18, 2009 - Entone, Inc., a leading provider of IPTV home connectivity solutions, announced today that their family of IPTV customer premise equipment (CPE) with digital video recorder (DVR) capabilities has been chosen by Hargray Communications Group for its IPTV services.
Hargray Communications provides IPTV services to subscribers in the Southeastern part of the US. Hargray has been providing telecommunications services to its communities for decades, and now offers a triple-play service bundle of telephone, television and Internet using Entone’s robust CPE platform.
“We needed a reliable and flexible solution for delivering high-quality video services,” comments Tony Stout, Network Engineering Manager of Hargray Communications Group. “Entone offers multiple software-compatible platforms to allow us to optimize the CPE configuration for each home.”
Entone’s Connected Home Solutions focus on enabling IPTV and Broadband TV services throughout homes that have a variety of network and TV configurations without requiring new home wiring. For example, Entone’s Amulet HD IPTV receiver supports various popular home networking technologies such as HomePNA, HomePlug, and 802.11 which enable high speed distribution of video services either wirelessly or over a home’s existing coaxial or powerline network.
Entone’s Amulet also supports advanced MPEG-4 (AVC/H.264) encoding and decoding to ensure the delivery of high-performance and high-quality HD video. It offers an internal hard drive option with full DVR functionalities (forward/rewind/pause).
“We enjoy working with progressive operators such as Hargray Communications,” states Steve McKay, Entone’s CEO. “They have been aggressive in deploying triple play services with a compelling video service offering. We look forward to supporting them in their success.”
Now with more than 45 operators deploying with Entone, Hargray’s deployment further exhibits Entone’s leading position as the market leader in IPTV customer premise equipment.
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About Entone, Inc.
Entone is an innovator of IPTV home connectivity solutions. Initially established in 1999 by the team that deployed the world's first commercial IP telco video service, Entone’s proven technology enables service providers to reliably deliver integrated video and broadband services using existing in-home networks. Entone has worked with a number of the world’s leading video service operators and is recognized for its practical focus on improving the business case for video services by offering products that address key CAPEX and OPEX issues commonly associated with deploying IP video services. Entone is a privately held company with headquarters in California and offices in Hong Kong. The company is backed by leading venture capital firms such as Menlo Ventures and Scale Venture Partners. For more information about Entone Technologies, go to http://www.entone.com.
About Hargray Communications Group
Headquartered in Hilton Head Island, SC, Hargray is a quadruple-play provider of state-of-the-art telecommunications and related services. The company’s service offerings include traditional telephone services, wireless services, high-speed Internet, and cable and IP television. The company also has a telephone directory publishing operation. For more information, please visit http://www.hargray.com.
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Media Relations Contact:
Van T. Nguyen-Duong, Entone Inc.
Tel: (408) 391-3881
Email: van.duong@entone.com
Andrew Rein, Hargray Communications Group
Tel: (843) 686-1246
Email: andrew.rein@htc.hargray.com