Desktop IPTV and VoD solution for Windows platform

Situation
Our client, a leader in IPTV hardware for the corporate and hospitality markets, required a solution for viewing IPTV broadcasts and Video on Demand streams on the desktop. Client identified two discrete customer segments, one where a solution designed as a bespoke application was preferable and a second where deployment of a bespoke software application was a stumbling block

Solution
Using our IP portfolio we successfully addressed both segments for the customer.

• IPTV/VoD PVR application - Codevio consulted on and then developed a bespoke Windows application to receive digital TV and radio channels streamed over a network, allowing the user to view them, record them to the hard drive for later viewing and pause live television. This solution was delivered to the customer in a very short time-frame by combining some of our existing IP with a full IPTV and VoD (RTSP) stack designed to their requirements
   
• IPTV/VoD plugin for Windows Media Player - in consultation with the customer we came up with an innovative solution for corporate environments where the deployment of bespoke application was not an option. The solution used our inside knowledge of the workings of the Windows Media Player product line and Microsoft's DirectShow API to deliver a solution which could be deployed as a single DLL integrating seamlessly into Media Player and embedded into web pages.