Entone Technologies announced its “Hydra” multi-television IP Video Gateway, which is able to support up to three simultaneous television streams and broadband Internet access over existing residential coaxial cabling. Whereas previous generations of IP set-top boxes required a separate box for each television in the home, Hydra is a single gateway device that can be shared by up to six televisions with any three of them receiving independent, simultaneous video streams. Video delivery within the home takes place over existing coaxial cabling. Entone is providing network interfaces for both ADSL2+ and FTTH/Ethernet deployments.
The gateway can also recognize signaling for telephone features, such as caller ID and call waiting, enabling these to be displayed on a TV screen. Entone is also supporting conditional access solutions–such as integrating DVB/DES descrambling which protects against service theft. http://www.entone.com
