Espial Joins DASH Industry Forum, Optimizes Espial MediaBase for MPEG-DASH Streaming

Espial Joins DASH Industry Forum, Optimizes Espial MediaBase for MPEG-DASH Streaming

OTTAWA, Oct. 2, 2012 /CNW/ - Espial, a leader in on-demand TV software and solutions, today announced that
the company's Espial MediaBase on-demand video platform now supports MPEG-DASH, a new adaptive
streaming protocol that is being rapidly adopted across the pay-TV
industry. Espial has also confirmed its affiliation with the DASH
Industry Forum, an organization that encourages mass adoption of the
MPEG-DASH standard, through a formal membership.

"Pay-TV service providers are challenged to choose among different
protocols for streaming HTTP video," said Kirk Edwardson, director of
marketing at Espial. "We believe the MPEG-DASH standard will continue
to gather momentum with its support for on-demand, time-shift and live
TV applications, multiple DRM formats, and selectable streams. By
adding support for MPEG-DASH to our Espial MediaBase solution, we're
enabling service providers to provide a richer user experience for live
and VOD content on any screen."

Espial MediaBase is a high-performance multimedia delivery system that
leverages commercial-off-the-shelf hardware for industry-leading
streaming density for the management and distribution of video content
to any screen, including Smart TVs, PCs, tablets, and smartphones. By
supporting a universal HTTP delivery format, Espial MediaBase enables
cable, IPTV, and satellite providers to deliver a wide range of
on-demand services more efficiently, including VOD, time-shift TV,
network PVR, and live TV, while maximizing network resources.

As one of the newest members of the DASH Industry Forum, Espial will
partner with many of the industry's leading technology providers and
media organizations to accelerate the acceptance and deployment of
MPEG-DASH. The DASH Industry Forum members believe that using an open
international standard for multimedia delivery over the Internet will
accelerate market growth; enable interoperability between content
preparation tools, servers, CDNs, and end devices; and reduce the cost
of video delivery.

More information about Espial MediaBase and the company's other products
is available at http://www.espial.com. More information about the DASH
Industry Forum is available at http://dashif.org.

About DASH Industry Forum

The DASH Industry Forum is a group of interested parties collaborating
on promotion of MPEG's DASH specification (ISO/IEC 23009) in the
industry and other standards organizations and consortia. DASH Industry
Forum is not a standardization group and will not develop any specific
technical output that can be referenced by industry. To learn more
about the DASH Industry Forum, visit dashif.org.

About Espial (http://www.espial.com)

Espial is a leading supplier of digital TV and IPTV software and
solutions to cable MSOs and telecommunications operators as well as
consumer electronics manufacturers. Espial's middleware,
video-on-demand, and browser products power a diverse range of pay-TV
and Internet TV business models. Over 10 million licenses of its
patented software are in use across the world. Espial is headquartered
in Ottawa, Canada and has offices in the United States, Europe, and
Asia. Visit http://www.espial.com or contact via phone at +1 613 230 4770.

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ESPIAL GROUP

CONTACT: Agency Contact:
Netra Ghosh
202 Communications
Tel: +1 801 349 2840
Email: netra@202comms.com Espial Contact:
Kirk Edwardson
Director of Marketing
Tel: +1 613 301 3423
Email: kedwardson@espial.com