I worked on an iTV (Interactive Television) project from ‘96 to mid ‘98 for Astro (Measat), a Malaysian satellite DBS company (spending nine months in Kuala Lumpur).
Philips was the primary vendor and supplied the head-end video and compression equipment and the set top box (STB).
The company I work for, HD+ Associates was responsible for the entire DBS project. This included project management, systems integration, creating RFPs, selecting vendors, Alpha and Beta testing, business, marketing and contract management. Yes, pretty much everything (including site selection and the design and architecture of the facility itself)
The DBS system went live at the end of ‘96. The five initial applications were to be part of an interactive package that was to eventually include an Internet over satellite service. All services were designed to run on consumer level STBs (set top boxes) running circa ‘96 hardware.
The DBS system went live at the end of ‘96. The five initial applications were to be part of an interactive package that was to eventually include an Internet over satellite service. All services were designed to run on consumer level STBs (set top boxes) running circa ‘96 hardware.
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