Streaming21 announced the success of a joint hotel IPTV system with Tsinghua Tongfang. This co-developed hotel IPTV system with highlighted HDTV features, is already implemented at 40 premium hotels with over 10,000 guest rooms installed in China. Due to the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games, this fully-integrated system will be expanded to 80 hotels with at least 20,000 guest rooms by 2007 year-end.
The co-developed hotel IPTV system provides users with instant access to a wide selection of superior in-room entertainment and real-time information services integrating TV, VOD, and interactive hotel information system all together. Combining Streaming21's award-winning streaming video solutions with THTF's strong integration capabilities, the advanced IPTV hotel system provides easy access to interactive information and compelling entertainment applications such as HDTV, Movie on Demand, TV broadcasting, TV games and TV shopping, etc.
Dr. Joe Lin, President and CEO of Streaming21 said, "IPTV for Chinese hospitality market is set for a huge boom due to the upcoming 2008 Olympic Games. The combined expertise of THTF and Streaming21 aligns technology developments to meet business requirements and delivers superb speed-to-market that ensures the success of large-scale commercial deployments. We will partner with THTF to deploy hotel IPTV system for upscale hotels throughout China with highly desirable and profitable services."
Streaming21's IPTV solution is a fully open platform which can be easily deployed, integrated and customized. The Company has a strong core customer base of 5-star hotels including Four Seasons, Sheraton and Century Hyatt, etc. Currently, there are around 100 premium luxury hotels with up to 25,000 guest-rooms implementing Streaming21's IPTV solutions in Asia Pacific.