Espial, a leading provider of client IPTV middleware and applications, is pleased to announce that Yuxing Software Co., Ltd, ('Yuxing') , a STB solution provider based in Beijing, China, has integrated Espial Evo into its H.264 set-top box. This is the beginning of an ongoing relationship that will also include the integration of Espial Evo on other Yuxing set top boxes as demanded by their telco customers and other broadband service providers.

Yuxing's newest set top box enables telecommunications operators to deliver a low cost, highly customizable and engaging IPTV solution. With Espial Evo, Yuxing can provide their customers with the middleware and applications to create customized EPG and VOD services that can be easily developed and rapidly deployed. With this customizability and ease of use, operators are assured operational control over their offerings.

Espial Evo is built upon an innovative architecture that allows operators to provide a captivating IPTV consumer experience by eliminating performance penalties such as progressive page loading and blanking. Building on its unique client middleware framework, Espial Evo includes applications such as Electronic Program Guide, Video on Demand, Walled Garden Portal, Settings and Browser.

"The inclusion of Espial Evo in our IP-STB allows us to offer a small- footprint and highly performant middleware and new applications, like Evo Portal and Evo Guide, that allow our customers to easily deploy highly differentiated IPTV," said Yuxing Vice President Wang Gang. "Our IP-STB technology provides quality and stability in a box that is extremely affordable".

Leveraging the Espial Evo application framework, Yuxing's customers now have a client environment that is "beyond brandable" and provides the ability to add new services or offerings independently and as they require.