Interact-TV and Asoka Team Up to Provide Simple, Reliable Powerline Networking for Telly Home Entertainment Servers
March 29 2005 - 7:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Interact-TV and Asoka Team Up to Provide Simple, Reliable Powerline
Networking for Telly Home Entertainment Servers - Serving
Entertainment Across Home Networks Just Got Easier - WESTMINSTER,
Colo., March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interact-TV(TM)
(OTC:ITVI), a leading developer of home entertainment servers, has
joined with Asoka(R) USA Corporation, a leading Powerline
Communications technology (PLC) developer and manufacturer, to
offer HomePlug(R) certified powerline Ethernet networking solutions
for Interact-TV's high performance Telly Home Entertainment
Servers(TM). Leveraging Asoka's PlugLink(TM) Ethernet Wall Mount,
now in a smaller compact size, Interact-TV finds these powerline
networking devices ideal for media serving applications in the
home. Asoka's PlugLink home networking solutions employ PLC, a
network technology that uses existing electrical wiring in a home
or office as the conduit for data and voice transmission. "We are
seeing increased demand from consumers who want the benefits of a
home entertainment server without the problems that can come from
adding new devices to the home network," stated Ken Fuhrman, CEO of
Interact-TV. "Interact-TV has selected Asoka for several reasons,
including the fact that these powerline networking devices are
extremely small, have excellent Quality of Service(QoS), and
simplify in-home networking, making Telly installations that much
easier." Telly Home Entertainment Servers allow consumers to easily
store, organize, playback and enjoy digital media in their home.
Telly servers are compact and quiet, designed for any room in the
home and fully scaleable with up to 1.2 Terabytes of Seagate
storage. Telly's comprehensive entertainment management features
include a personal video recorder and a digital video library which
serves everything from stored DVDs to recorded video, home videos,
and Internet downloaded videos. The included music library and
digital photo library can store entire music and photo collections.
Telly digital media libraries can be accessed directly from a TV
connected to the Telly unit and shared with networked Telly
clients, media adapters, and PCs throughout the home network. "We
are honored to be selected by Interact-TV and that Interact-TV has
selected HomePlug Powerline technology as it's network backbone,"
said Elsa Chan, Director of Business Development at Asoka USA
Corporation. "HomePlug is a simple, secure and reliable network
solution that literally turns every outlet in a home into a network
access point. It is the ideal plug-n-play home network solution for
home entertainment." Asoka USA Corporation is a leading HomePlug
Powerline Network Technology developer and manufacturer of products
that use existing electrical wires in a home as the medium for data
transmission, thus turning every electrical outlet in a home into a
network access point. Telly Home Entertainment Servers are
available directly from the manufacturer's online store at
http://www.buyatelly.com/ and from a growing network of reseller
partners throughout North America. About Asoka USA Corporation
Dedicated to Making Connectivity Possible(TM), Asoka focuses on
technology innovation, industry leadership and a specialization in
Powerline Communications (PLC) technology. PLC employs existing
electrical wiring of a home or building as the medium for data
transmission. Asoka designs, develops, manufactures and provides
'no new wires(TM)' network solutions to individuals and businesses
looking for an easy-to-use, cost-effective and reliable way to
share and integrate resources. Asoka is a member of the HomePlug
Powerline Alliance. More information about Asoka can be found at
http://www.asokausa.com/. About Interact-TV Inc. Interact-TV Inc.
designs innovative products for a family of sleek home
entertainment servers. These products enhance the digital
entertainment experience, creating an enjoyable and easy way to get
the entertainment you want right when you want it. Headquarters for
Interact-TV are in Westminster, Colorado. More information can be
found at http://www.interact-tv.com/. For further information
please contact: Diane Walters of Interact-TV Inc., +1-303-657-3133,
DATASOURCE: Interact-TV Inc. CONTACT: Diane Walters of Interact-TV
Inc., +1-303-657-3133, Web site: http://www.buyatelly.com/ Web
site: http://www.asokausa.com/ Web site:
http://www.interact-tv.com/
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