Read here about the latest news relating to Softel-USA, its products and services, technology and developments, partnerships, conference appearances and more.

National Association of Broadcaster's Show 2008

The Softel-USA MediaSphere team will be demonstrating the entire range of iTV solutions
at the NAB 2008 show (April 14 - 18).
Booth: SU7826

(Las Vegas, NV – Apr 08)

NCTA
TV of Tomorrow

Softel-USA will be ‘Premiere’ sponsors of the TV of Tomorrow show in San Francisco this month. In addition, Softel-USA president (Ed Humphrey), and Softel Group’s CEO (Sam Pemberton) will speak at the event and the company will also be on the exhibit floor.

(San Francisco, CA – Mar 08)



NCTA
CableNext

Darren Forster, VP, Technology Softel-USA speaks at CableNext on Guidelines for Smart Inovation within OCAP development at this leading technology conference.

(Santa Clara, Ca - Nov 07)



NCTA
NCTA CableNET™

Softel-USA’s flagship MediaSphere™ carousel streaming products will be widely showcased during the National Cable and Telecommunications Association’s (NCTA) annual trade show taking place May 7th to 9th at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.  Download full press release.

(Las Vegas, NV - May 07)



Mediasphere Desktop

Advanced Digital Broadcast, Softel-USA and Vidiom Systems, Inc. announce today the availability of a tightly-integrated bundle for the creation of OCAP™ based interactive applications called "Mediasphere Desktop". Download full press release.

(Las Vegas, NV - May 07)


NCTA

NCTA CableNET™

Softel-USA will have an extensive presence at this years National Cable show, with MediaSphere™ powering interactivity on 5 high profile booths! The company itself will reside on the CableNET™ pavilion, and will have experts on hand on Vidiom’s show-floor booth too.

(Las Vegas, NV – May 07)

NCTA

OCAP Developers Conference

Sam Pemberton, the Softel Group's CEO, will be on a panel at the NCTA’s National Cable Show in Las Vegas to discuss the OpenCable™ (OCAP™) standard, and the expansion of iTV in the States.

(Las Vegas, NV – May 07)

Ed Humphrey

MXF push at NAB

The Softel Group (supported by both Softel Limited and Softel-USA, LLC) will be demonstrating the companies new MXF products, designed to encode ancillary data (such as captions and subtitles) in to the requisite MXF formats. Moreover, Ed Humphrey - president of Softel-USA - will be a panelist at the Renaissance Hotel at 5pm on Monday 16th and will answer questions from the press regarding the MXF initiative.

(Las Vegas, NV – Apr 07)


NAB07 logo

The Softel Group at NAB

The Softel Group will be promoting an array of exciting new products at the NAB show in Las Vegas, and will be taking along 14 experts to help showcase the Group’s solutions. Please drop by our booth SU13815, or Email us to arrange an appointment!

(Las Vegas, NV – Apr 07)


SP

Sam Pemberton, the Softel Group's CEO, is in the news - itvt, the high profile interactive TV online newsletter, carries an extensive interview with Sam this week in which he outlines the company's MediaSphere product line-up and strategy for interactive TV, and his plans for the Softel Group as a whole.   See full press release here.

(Norwalk, CT - Jan 07)

HPA

Darren Forster, Vice President of Technology, will speak at the HPA Technology Retreat in Palm Springs on 30th January, 2007. His paper is titled “Enabling Ubiquitous Interactivity” and Darren will outline how it is possible to output interactivity and other ancillary data on multiple platforms, including cable, digital terrestrial, IPTV, satellite. The company will additionally be providing product demonstrations and Ron Wiles, Senior Director of iTV Sales & Marketing, will additionally be on hand for meetings.

(Palm Springs, CA – Jan 07) 

ITVT

Softel-USA is proud to be a top-level (“Interactive Diamond”) sponsor of iTV-t’s TV of Tomorrow show. The show will take place at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center on 13th and 14th of March, 2007.

 
(San Francisco, CA – Jan 07)

 SUSA
Ron Wiles has joined Softel-USA’s iTV Division as Senior Director of iTV Sales & Marketing. Ron will work out of Softel-USA’s Broomfield, CO office and brings a wealth of both cable and telco industry experience. Most recently Ron worked at Time Warner Cable’s Westminster, CO facility.


(Norwalk, CT – Dec 06)


SUSA

Softel-USA ended 2006 by announcing that MediaSphere products had been licensed to a host of companies during 2006. The company revealed some key clients included CableLabs, Charter, Digeo, Emuse, Motorola, Time Warner Cable, TVWorks, and Vulcan.

(Norwalk, CT – Dec 06)

 SP

Sam Pemberton, founder, president, and CEO of Softel-USA, has been selected by the Board of the Softel Group to assume the role of group-wide CEO. Softel Group is comprised of three sister companies - Aston Broadcast, Softel Limited, and Softel-USA. See the full press release for further details.

(Norwalk, CT and Reading, U.K. - Oct 06)

digital Hollywood

Sam Pemberton, president & CEO, will sit on a panel at Digital Hollywood to discuss “Telcos, IPTV & the technology Food Chain: From the Broadband Infrastructure to the Headend, ITV Services and the Set-Top”.

(Santa Monica, CA – Oct 06)



Softel-USA’s MediaSphere TX will power Motorola’s OCAP™ demo at SCTE, June 21-23 in Denver. The end-to-end head-end solution will showcase the MediaSphere TX DSM-CC object carousel playing out electronic program guide (EPG) applications to Motorola’s DC 6412 OCAP set-top box. MediaSphere Manager, Softel-USA’s user-friendly interface for configuring, monitoring and managing interactive playout for one to hundreds of head-ends, will also be on display.

(Denver, CO - Jun 06)


Sam Pemberton, president & CEO, speaks about recent iTV success stories and opportunities for US digital broadcasters at Red Button ’06, the first live industry event in the United States dedicated to the next generation of interactive services—and the developers, artists and engineers who create them.

(Seattle, WA - May 06)


We’d be delighted if you would join us at NAB 2006, April 24-27 at booth #SU3605 in Las Vegas to see the latest from our Interactive TV (iTV) and Captioning & Ancillary Data divisions.  To schedule a meeting on the show floor, please email sales@softel-usa.com.

(Las Vegas, NV - Apr 06)


Softel-USA will  be demonstrating MediaSphere in the CableNET Pavilion at NCTA, April 9-11 in Atlanta. Softel-USA will show the powerful MediaSphere TX carousel playing out OCAP™ & ETV applications.   Softel-USA will also demonstrate the flexibility and ease-of-use of the system’s web-based configuration tools.  The MediaSphere TX has already been integrated with the leading cable head-ends, set-top boxes, automation, scheduling and billing systems.  In addition, MediaSphere TX fully supports DOCSIS® Set-top Gateway (DSG) delivery via GigE. Our powerful MediaSphere Lab aids in prototyping and testing of OCAP™ & ETV applications, set-top boxes, etc.

(Atlanta, GA - Apr 06)


Sam Pemberton, president & CEO, speaks at Digital Hollywood on IP video, broadband connectivity, broadband wireless, datacasting and other technologies enabling the transformation of entertainment.

(Santa Monica, CA - Mar 06)


Softel-USA participates in the CableLabs OpenCable™ Application Platform (OCAP™) interoperability event, demonstrating the MediaSphere family of products' compatibility with iTV applications including electronic program guides.

(Louisville, CO - Mar 06)

Softel-USA demonstrates our MediaSphere Lab playing out OpenTV iTV applications at the 5th Annual DISH Network iTV Summit.

(Littleton, CO - Mar 06)


Softel-USA demonstrates the MediaSphere family of products' compatibility with CableLabs Enhanced Binary Interchange Format (EBIF) middleware specification at the CableLabs Winter Conference.

(Colorado Springs, CO - Feb 06)


Softel-USA and Ensequence Selected as Mentors for the American Film Institute (AFI) Digital Content Lab.

(Norwalk, CT - Feb 06)


Softel-USA participates in the CableLabs Enhanced Televison (ETV) interoperability event, showcasing the MediaSphere family of products' compatibility with the EBIF (Enhanced Binary Interchange Format) specification.

(Louisville, CO - Feb 06)


Sam Pemberton, president & CEO, joins IPTV industry experts on a panel at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Saturday, January 7th at noon.

(Las Vegas, NV - Jan 06)

Softel-USA
Softel-USA Announces MediaSphere Support for
IP-based Carousels Over Hi-Speed Data Networks
.

(Norwalk, CT - Dec 05)

Softel-USA
Softel-USA Certifies MediaSphere Carousels for
Motorola And Scientific-Atlanta Headends
.

(Norwalk, CT - Dec 05)


Softel-USA demonstrates the MediaSphere family of products' compatibility with the CableLabs OpenCable™ Application Platform (OCAP™) middleware specification at the OCAP™ interoperability event.

(Louisville, CO - Nov 05)


Softel-USA welcomes Nionex to the
MediaSphere Alliance Program
.

(Stamford, CT - Nov 05)


Sam Pemberton, CEO & President of Softel-USA, joins industry experts at Digital Hollywood to discuss IP video, broadband connectivity, broadband wireless, datacasting and other technologies enabling the transformation of entertainment.

(Santa Monica, CA - Sept 05)

Following the CableLabs interoperability event, Softel-USA will demonstrate the MediaSphere TX outputting both OCAP and ETV at the CableLabs Summer Conference.

(Keystone, CO - August 05)


Softel-USA adds Two Way TV to the
MediaSphere Alliance Program
.

(Stamford, CT - August 05)


Softel-USA participates in the “Carat Digital Exchange” think tank. Sam Pemberton (Softel-USA’s president and CEO) speaks, and the team also demonstrates the MediaSphere iTV playout solution to a collection of esteemed media leaders.

(New York, NY - June 05)


Softel-USA Announces Advanced Digital Broadcast (ADB) Has Joined the MediaSphere Alliance Program.

(Stamford, CT - June 05)


Softel-USA and Mindhouse Announce
From Zero to Interactive in 10 Days
.

(Stamford, CT - May 05)

Softel-USA thanks everyone who dropped by our booth at NAB 2005!

(Las Vegas, NV – Apr 05)


Softel-USA thanks everyone who dropped by our booth at the 2005 NCTA National Show.

(San Francisco, CA - Apr 05)


Softel-USA announces Digisoft has joined the MediaSphere Alliance Program.

(Stamford, CT - Mar 05)


Softel-USA and emuse Partner to Expand Their Existing Relationship.

(Stamford, CT - Mar 05)


Softel-USA Announces Mindhouse Has Joined the MediaSphere Alliance Program.

(Stamford, CT - Mar 05)


Vidiom Systems Joins Softel-USA's MediaSphere Alliance Program.

(Stamford, CT - Mar 05)


Softel-USA and Ensequence Partner to Deliver US Broadcasters a Cost-Effective Route to iTV Roll-Out.

(Stamford, CT - Mar 05)

Softel-USA
Softel-USA announces the MediaSphere Alliance Program. The company is seeking to partner with other leaders and pioneers in the iTV industry. Interested? Please contact Softel-USA at sales@softel-usa.com for more information.

(Stamford, CT - Feb 05)


Softel-USA shows the MediaSphere TX carousel at the CableLabs Winter Conference, February 27 - March 1, 2005. The demonstration will highlight revenue generating iTV applications from around the world.

(Westminster, CO - Feb 05)


On January 7, Darren Forster, Vice President of Technology, presents at ATSC's "Advanced Common Application Platform" seminar, ACAP: The Future of Interactive Television.

(Washington DC - Jan 05)


Sam Pemberton, CEO & President, joins industry experts on a panel at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to share his knowledge on the future of digital television.

(Las Vegas, NV - Jan 05)


Executives from Softel-USA attend IBC to promote the MediaSphere Alliance Program. Softel-USA's sister company, Softel Ltd, exhibited their iTV range of products.

(Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Oct 04)

Sam Pemberton, CEO & President of Softel-USA, joins industry experts at Digital Hollywood to discuss OCAP: The Next Generation of Cable TV Services.

(Santa Monica, CA - Sept 04)

Softel-USA demonstrates the MediaSphere TX carousel at the summer Conference.

(Keystone, CO - Aug 04)

Softel-USA
Softel-USA announces the expansion of their iTV Division with the hiring of two executives in their Stamford, CT offices. Frank Deo joins Softel-USA in the newly created position of Vice President, Interactive TV Division, and Rachelle Zoffer joins as Vice President of Business Development.

(Stamford, CT - Aug 04)


Softel-USA participates in CableLabs' OpenCable™ Application Platform (OCAP™) interop event the week of August 2nd, demonstrating the MediaSphere family of products' compatibility with the OCAP™ middleware specification.

(Louisville, CO - Aug 04)


Softel-USA announces that the MediaSphere TX system will be on show at the JavaOne conference between June 28th and July 1st at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

(San Francisco, CA - Jun 04)


Softel-USA sends a Senior Software Architect to reside at CableLabs in order to help advance the OpenCable™ platform.

(Denver, CO - May 04)


Softel-USA announces the MediaSphere team's presence (both Pacific and Atlantic office members) at the NCTA National Show in New Orleans, May 2004. They will demonstrate OCAP carousel play-out through MediaSphere TX and offer advice and expertise on iTV.

(New Orleans, LA - Mar 04)


Softel-USA announce that the MediaSphere team will be on hand to show our iTV range at the NAB 2004 show in April, at booth number SU8141.

(Las Vegas, NV - Feb 04)


Softel-USA demonstrates the MediaSphere TX carousel at the CableLabs Winter Conference.

(Philadelphia, PA - Feb 04)


Softel-USA announce the release of MediaSphere TX's SDK in Java to complement the existing C#, C++ and Visual Basic SDKs.

(Stamford, CT - Feb 04)


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