Softel has published a new executive briefing that helps content owners and distributors understand how they can best comply with the latest FCC Communication and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) mandates, for the provision of closed captioning of video programming delivered over the internet.

The executive briefing provides a clear and concise summary of the mandates, examining their impact on each type of organization involved in the creation or distribution of programming. It identifies the critical challenges that will be encountered during implementation and provides guidance on what needs to be considered to resolve them in a way that will minimize workflow complexity, boost productivity and enhance returns on investment (ROI).

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At the 2012 NAB Show, the Softel team will showcase its full range of feature-rich closed captioning, and video description software, which allows content producers, broadcasters and network operators to quickly and efficiently comply with the latest FCC Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA) mandates for content delivered over the Internet.

Download the Softel Executive Briefing to understand how to comply to the new mandates.

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On January 13th 2012, the FCC issued the latest guidance for the implementation of the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 mandating the use of closed captioning of Internet protocol delivered video programming.

This new mandate is aimed at owners, providers and distributors of video programming delivered over the internet. It also covers apparatus used to view or playback video programming.  The rules are across-the-board and touch many parts of the video content ecosystem.

Download the Softel Executive Briefing on how to comply with these latest mandates

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A recent survey from Accenture tracking viewing habits around the world found that consumers are fast adopting smartphones and tablets to watch videos and shows.

“In countries where a year-to-year comparison can be made from our research data (United States, France, Japan, China, India), our survey found the percentage of consumers watching broadcast or cable TV shows, movies or videos on TV, in a typical week, plummeted from 71 percent in 2009 to 48 percent in 2011. Consumers are using multiple devices for entertainment, including to watch shows and videos. In a typical week, 33 percent of consumers now watch shows, movies or videos on their PCs, and 10 percent are watching such programs on their smartphones.”

Softel CEO, Sam Pemberton, was a guest speaker at the special live edition of the BlogTalk Radio show “Tomorrow will be televised”, that took place during the TV of Tomorrow conference in New-York on December 5th.

Pemberton explains why Interactive TV is more real today than ever before and discusses the emerging trends such as connected TV, TV everywhere and the two-screen experience.

With their widely deployed iTV platform, Softel is at the heart of the tremendous technology shifts that are currently transforming the way viewers consume video and engage with their TV.

Pemberton also provides a brief overview of the company’s direction over the next few years, focused on working closely with key operators and programmers to deliver the TV experiences that the viewers demand.

Download  the podcast of  this special edition of “Tomorrow will be televised”.

 Softel announced today that its widely deployed iTV playout platform, MediaSphere™, is now streaming applications to more than 50 million households every week. MediaSphere is a versatile iTV platform that helps developers, creative agencies, operators and programmers create, test and demonstrate interactive apps, then verify them in iTV infrastructures, as well as stream them to viewers‟premises.

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Softel Explores How The Evolving Interactive TV Ecosystem Will Impact the TV of the Future at TVOT NYC 2011

Softel announced today that its CEO, Sam Pemberton, will deliver the opening address at the 2011 TV of Tomorrow (TVOT) Intensive conference on December 5th in New York. In addition, Pemberton and Ed Humphrey, Softel’s president of the Americas, will contribute as panellists in two sessions.

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Softel today announced the launch of MediaSphere DTA, a transport stream generator capable of distributing data to digital transport adapters (DTA). MediaSphere DTA allows cable operators — using full or partial analog infrastructure — to deliver advanced digital services and additional channel packages in order to attract a larger audience and increase revenue.

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Softel today announced the company’s selection by Canoe Ventures™ as a technology partner in the delivery of its interactive Television (iTV) solutions. Founded as a joint venture of the leading cable television companies in America, Canoe has created the largest national, interactive platform on television to help marketers, programmers, distributors and viewers extend the curiosity, interest and desire that television creates into the next connected and measurable step.

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