Hoist in cooperation with Philips presents IP-TV for hotels

2008-05-05

Hoist and Philips have cooperated in the hospitality market for several years. With the introduction of IPTV, TV´s are brought closer to the world of computers.

Hoist and Philips next-generation IPTV System for hotels offer the guests the same rich digital TV experience that they are used to at home. Video on demand, electronic program guides, HDTV quality as well as hotel services such as room service, internet, wake up, express check-out and messages to name just a few.

The software

Hoist and Philips IPTV solution has been developed on a platform already used by more than 100.000 households ensuring its stability and very user friendliness. Hotel guests will feel right at home navigating and using the system services. As the technology evolves we will continue to implement new and exciting interactive services for hotel-tvs.

The hardware

The feature set of the network interface card is specifically designed for the hospitality, healthcare and digital signage markets. It offers full TV-set control from an IP network, Internet level browsing with high resolution and HD video decoding.

The cooperation

In the beginning of 2007 Philips announced a new strategy which included NetX, a network interface card for Philips flat TV range. Hoist and Philips made an agreement in November 2007. Hoist will act as supplier of software to the NetX card for the Nordic and Russian regions. Hoist also have the right to sell this software in other countries through their dealer network.