Espial announces the newest release of the Evo TV Service Platform. Espial IPTV middleware is designed to serve millions of subscribers with a minimal capex investment, to provide a highly responsive user experience and to offer a powerful service creation environment. Field proven, highly scalable, based on open standards and supporting the interactive IP applications demanded by consumers - it is an ideal choice for IPTV and IP Cable operators.

The newest release of Evo TV Service Platform extends these capabilities with several major new features for telco and cable operators including:

• 3-screen support for new video-on-demand and subscription management services from PCs and mobile phones.
• Personalized UI advertising allows operators to build targeted advertising campaigns including static, clickable and video advertisements to drive new revenues and increase utilization of their value-added services.
• Time-Shift-TV services (TSTV) allow subscribers to take advantage of network-based Start-Over TV (Replay TV), Catch-up TV (Delayed or Look-back TV) and Pause Live TV.
• Arabic language and right-to-left character support.
• Professional-grade developer tools for rapid, easy and standards-based service creation using a PC-based integrated development and preview environment.
• Operational enhancements to significantly reduce operational costs. Includes seamless upgrades, new CPE Management features, set-top box self registration and security enhancements reflecting an independent security audit.