NX Vision Revolutionises Mobile Television

Software design company NX Vision is leading the way in the global transformation of mobile television. Its ground breaking software will turn mobile phones into remote TVs allowing users to view their favourite programmes live or pre-recorded anywhere in the world. The technology created at NXVision’s facility in Dunfermline will enable smart handsets to receive live broadcasts from digital satellite, cable, IPTV or Freeview TV set top boxes (STB). The system will turn handsets into remote TV controls enabling mobile viewers to change channels or programme the STB to record a programme that can be streamed ‘live’ to their handset using NXVision Placeshifting or recorded and ‘pushed’ to their handset using NXVision Sideloading for viewing at their leisure – anytime, anywhere. It is anticipated that the number of people subscribing to mobile television will quadruple to 65 million worldwide by 2012 taking the estimated market value of the sector to $6.6 billion. The business benefits offered by the NXVision system, widely acclaimed at the recent International Broadcasting Convention, include increased revenue streams through subscription and advertising. NXVision (www.nxvision.com) has been assisted by the Wireless Innovation Centre at Hillington Innovation Park, Glasgow, in successfully testing the new product and providing essential market intelligence. NXVision is currently involved in negotiating ‘B’ round funding of £3.5million that will allow the company to take its product to the international market and establish offices in mainland Europe, USA and Asia. Murray Edwards, Business Development Director with NXVision, said:” Our system is quite unique in the market place because it is totally embedded into the set top box enabling security of content. Set top boxes already in use can be easily adapted to incorporate the system. It also uses the existing infrastructure making it easy and quick to deploy via WiFi, broadband or 3G networks. Using the existing infrastructure also helps reduce the implementation costs.” He added: “Our technology allows TV viewers to take their living room experience with them, wherever they are, and watch what they want, live or pre-recorded on a range of devices including mobile phone, laptop and desktop PC.” “The assistance we have received from the Wireless Innovation Centre has been invaluable to the development of our product,” he added. Alisdair Gunn, Senior technology manager, Innovation Centre Scotland Ltd, Wireless Innovation project, said: “NXVision is building on a Scottish heritage in television with new innovative technology that will drive the development of telecommunications in the 21st century far beyond the dreams of even John Logie Baird. We are delighted to continue to support them.”