SoundBox: Sound bar + Set Top Box + Ultra HD 4K TV+ Hard Drive (Low-cost integrated home platform with voice driven UI compatible with Amazon’s Alexa)

(6-mar-2017)

Netgem Targets Mobile Operators with Hybrid TV Soundbox

Soundbox blends all of the functionality of a TV soundbar with a set-top box, controllable by voice.

"...Netgem, a French provider of TV platforms for Telcos, has reached out to mobile operators with an integrated home platform combining connected speaker with set top box functionality as well as a voice driven UI compatible with Amazon’s Alexa. ..."

"...The box is aimed primarily at mobile operators that are not also in the fixed line business, as a low-cost entry into the smart home. “We believe many mobile operators don’t want to make the investment to be in the fixed market, but have the appetite to own the household,” said Eisenberg. “With a branded unified entertainment experience, mobile operators can get into the home without having to invest much in either content or hardware, because our product is software based.”

Greatest interest so far has come from Telcos in developing markets, according to Eisenberg, because their mobile networks are often the only viable or affordable broadband option in the absence of extensive and reliable fixed services.

But the box is also being positioned more widely as a point of entry for operators into the future smart home around the Internet of things (IoT), with Netgem plotting further functions in addition to the voice UI, such as home security. But Eisenberg stressed that entertainment would continue to be the highest value category of IoT for the foreseeable future so that Netgem’s main focus would lie in bringing out further versions of its box optimized for video and audio.

Options could include an Ultra HD version and incorporation of a hard or solid state drive for personal storage and recording. ..."

Source:
https://www.thebroadcastbridge.com/content/entry/7960/netgem-targets-mobile-operators-with-hybrid-tv-soundbox


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