RealVU, the first “Direct-to-Home” (DTH)
service provider in Bangladesh, has launched electronic program guide (EPG) in
partnership with Gracenote, a provider of the
World’s Largest Entertainment Metadata, powering billions of devices and
entertainment products, apps and services. Gracenote is the industry standard
for music and television metadata, featuring descriptions of more than 180
million tracks and TV listings for 60+ countries.
RealVU EPG provides a preview of ‘Program
Information’ of seven days, so that the subscriber can choose comfortably and
plan what to watch next.
The RealVU EPG technology will provide
subscribers the flexibility to choose their favorite TV program at the press of
a button.
Commenting on the occasion, CEO of RealVU, Dmitry Lapitskiy said “EPG
inclusion will give our subscribers the convenience to choose their favorite
programs. As customer care is our utmost priority we are very happy to have
this service”.
There is another special functionality of
RealVU set-top-box (STB), called personal Video Recorder (PVR) that help the subscribers to record any TV shows, movie
or any other TV program in an external USB storage. To protect any kind of video piracy, the
recorded movie or TV shows can only be played in RealVU STB.
About RealVU
RealVU is a joint venture between BEXIMCO and
GS Group.
BEXIMCO Group is the largest private sector
group in Bangladesh. Since the early days, BEXIMCO Group has evolved from being
primarily a commodity trading company to a leading, diversified group with a
presence in industry sectors that account for nearly 75% of Bangladesh’s GDP.
The corporate mission is “Taking Bangladesh to the world”, and with this
mission the company brings in the DTH service as the next generation
entertainment experience solution. To support this mission of BEXIMCO Group, GS
Group International brought the best technology for RealVU.
GS Group a multispectral holding company
operating in the telecommunication and other innovation markets and actively
developing its own technologies. GS Group acts as provider and technological
integrator of complex solutions not only in Bangladesh but also in a number of
large international broadcasting projects in Cambodia, Pakistan and other
countries. By possessing significant expertise in the field of implementing and
managing national digital TV projects, GS Group successfully exports own
technologies abroad.
About Gracenote
Gracenote
Asia Pacific curates EPGs for 2600+ channels & runs largest multi-platform,
multi-lingual, multi-device electronic program guide (EPG) system. Industry
wide EPG system aggregates forward programming information for most of the TV
channels and powers EPGs into more than 55 million set-top-boxes, recorders and
devices. The EPG & TV Search solution is also available on cloud platform
and can be accessed via simple API’s delivering EPG data on request to
connected platforms and devices. With years of experience and technology
frontiers, Gracenote Asia has revolutionized industry wide EPG and TV Search
Solutions. Recommendation and Personalization engine further add to the
company’s intelligent product offerings. Gracenote Asia Powers Metadata for
100+ channels on Beximco Communication’s DTH platform RealVU covering local
Bangladeshi, Indian & International Channels.
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