TelcoTV show management announced a brand-new, compelling feature of its annual event -- the IPTV Interoperability Showcase (IIS). This multi-vendor showcase will tie together access platforms, middleware, content protection, head-ends, set-top boxes and VOD servers in a single demonstration network running on the TecloTV trade show floor. The UNH-IOL lab works with all facets of the data-communications industry to objectively test conformance and interoperability between devices and technologies. The IIS brings together many of the industry's leading vendors to prove that interoperability between various segments of the video network can be achieved with excellent results.

IPTV operators increasingly discuss the challenge and frustration of successfully managing interoperability between the various IPTV network elements. By promoting strict adherence to multivendor interoperability, the industry will be able to help service providers deliver advanced IPTV, VOIP, and data services quickly and easily.

Featured in this year's showcase will be IPTV over GPON, HDTV, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 compression. The participating companies are -- access platform providers: Calix, Occam Networks, Optical Solutions, and Pannaway; head-end providers: Optibase, Skystream, and Tut System; middleware providers: Myrio and Minerva Networks; VOD provider: Kasenna; Set-top Box Manufacturers: Amino, Thomson and Wegener; content protection companies: Irdeto and Verimatrix; and modem providers -- Westell and Comtrend. A live content feed will be provided by Eagle Broadband's IPTV Complete Service.

The 4th Annual TelcoTV Conference & Expo will be held Nov. 8-10 at the San Diego Convention Center, and is expected to draw over 2,000 people. TelcoTV is the only industry event focused solely on video from a telecom service provider's point of view.

Complimentary press badges are available to qualified members of the media. Visit www.TelcoTVonline.com by Friday, Nov. 4, to request a press invitation.