Gudjon’s Blog

Zignal now in use by 40.000 television lovers in the UK

I am very happy to see that our Zignal IPTV service delivery software has now the largest pure IPTV user base in the UK, beating the use of Microsoft Mediaroom solution. Not bad at all.

This has become a reality because of our customer Inuk Networks and our good friends there, with their Freewire TV service. See some news on their latest customer numbers here.

Inuk has integrated Zignal with its BSS systems for customer provisioning and billing, using the standard Zignal API. Furthermore, the Zignal client has been optimized to run on a PC & Mac with support for CAS/DRM like Widevine. Inuk also uses Zignal Manager (a remote web administration tool), to support daily operation and maintenance of its IPTV deployment.

We at Industria would like to congratulate the pioneering management and technical team at Inuk for their success in executing their business plan. Inuk is a type of agile organization that I have a good deal of respect for. The company has been focused on its go-to-market strategy with a pure IP-play vision. It will surely be interesting to follow the company’s development this year.

One of the differentiation factor of Freewire and how our Zignal solution was deployed, compared to the competition, is that the platform runs on Windows and Mac OS X. This means that the consumers can experience premium television content on their PCs without the use of a TV Tuner card or external hardware, including premium TV content like Setanta Sports, E!, ESPN, MTV, E4, Five and over 50 other channels.

This is quite unique within our industry, as service providers have had difficulties licensing premium TV content for use on PCs. PC based services like Joost and the various P2P applications have not been strong on delivering live broadcast content. With the combination of the innovation from both Inuk and Industria, we have been able to change the characteristic and business behavior of our beloved television industry.