TV over IP made easy

What makes the technology different from the rest of the IPTV crowd is that it encodes any analogue video source for streaming over Cat5 and then decodes at the other end. This video stream is attached to an IP address, so you can 'tune in' from anywhere in the world providing you either have the appropriate decoding hardware or software on the other end. Up to 1.8 million users can view the stream simultaneously, and the control software allows for simple whole home automation.

At a house level installation the hardware and interface will allow multiple source streaming of audio and video which can be piped into one or more rooms at will. At a larger level it will allow IPTV without a computer on the receiving end.

While it all sounds wonderful there is one major issue that is preventing wider deployment and adoption - the dreaded HDCP. The rules of HDCP do not allow this type of transmission/transcoding and there are some major technological hurdles that have to be overcome to incorporate a secure handshake mechanism to satisfy the licensing requirements. µ