Scientific Atlanta announces T-HT Croatia has selected its Model IPP330HD IP set-tops for the rollout of T-HT Croatia's IPTV service. T-HT Croatia is deploying these next-generation set-tops to deliver advanced services, including high-definition television to help expand its subscriber base and provide greater differentiation for its service portfolio and even greater value for its customers.

Scientific Atlanta's IP set-tops integrate MPEG-4/H.264 and MPEG-2 compression capabilities, as well as support for high definition and other advanced services. This provides a flexible, powerful IP set-top platform that is ready to support today's services as well as those that will emerge in the future. T-HT's IPTV services delivery network incorporates Cisco 12000 Series Routers and Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches.

"In today's rapidly changing video delivery environment, flexibility and rapid time to market are key components in T-HT Croatia's business strategy," said Vedran Perišiæ, IPTV product manager at T-HT Croatia. "Cisco and Scientific Atlanta, with its extensive heritage of creating advanced-feature set-tops, were able to meet our very aggressive schedule, to deliver a set-top that supported our network environment, and to provide us with the type of versatile IPTV platform we needed for future expansion of our customer base."

In addition to the flexibility of supporting multiple middleware platforms, SCART video connectors and PAL video format standards, Scientific Atlanta was also able to modify the IPP330HD set-top to work with T-HT Croatia's existing remote controls. This streamlines the use of the set-tops to deliver a consistent viewing experience for existing customers while minimizing additional deployment requirements for T-HT Croatia.

T-HT Croatia, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, joins a growing list of operators across Europe and North America that have selected Scientific Atlanta IP set-tops for the launch of advanced video services. Shipments of the IPP330HD set-tops began in December 2006 and are continuing as T-HT Croatia expands its IP customer base.