KartinaTV & PeerTV Join Forces to Offer Supreme Smart TV Solutions Worldwide

PETAH TIKVA, Israel - March 11, 2013 - PRLog -- Thanks to years of experience in Set-top-Box (STB) design, PeerTV end-customer devices arrive with a fast, intuitive user interface (UI), uniquely powered by OpenGL and 3D elements providing an exceptionally fluent, fast zapping and impressive user experience. A sophisticated synchronization system and advanced video stream handling eliminates the "please wait" user experience that characterizes Internet-based applications. The customer literally forgets that the content on screen comes from the Internet and enjoys a full, natural TV experience.

KartinaTV is a Services and Broadcasting company focused on broadcasting IPTV Russian-based content for Russian speaking audiences outside of Russia all over the world. The cooperation between the companies includes using PeerTV solutions for KartinaTV customers, including PeerTV-Android based STBs. Peer TV Android-based STBs, enhanced by PeerTV R&D teams, surpass functionality of current Linux based-STBs in the market and meet the high exceptions of customers for intuitive and impressive UI found worldwide in smart phones and game consoles.

"PeerTV platforms for the Smart TV market are the most advanced solution offered today. They open a wide range of customization options for partners. PeerTV STB is the smallest, fastest and smartest STB that KartinaTV offers its customers“, Says Avi Vermus, PeerTV CEO. „Our cooperation with KartinaTV is based on 5-year old relationship and creates a long lasting win-win solution for both companies that stimulates a worldwide growth of KartinaTV customer base".

Andreas Reich, the CEO of KartinaTV, says: “We are satisfied with characteristic and appearance of the product supplied by PeerTV, and is sure that it will fulfill all expectations of our customers and will help us to consolidate the leading position in the market.”

Peer TV focuses on end-to-end Smart TV solutions presenting ground-breaking, intuitive user experience to surpass traditional TV. PeerTV modularized solution can be offered as end-to-end solution or as a replacement of one of the solution components, such as CMS (Content Management System) or STB (Set-Top-Box) in an existing service. Peer TV seamlessly combines standard cable & satellite TV features, such as LiveTV and VOD with new features, such as Internet browsing, social networking, Gaming and Voice communication without compromising speed, viewing quality, and simplicity.

Opening new horizons for both end customers and partners, PeerTV combines exceptional user experience for viewing and interacting with Smart TV platforms as well as innovative methods to manage quick, cost effective pilots, earn substantial revenue and acquire new customers and market share. Thanks to the high levels of modularity and customization possibilities in hardware and software, PeerTV offers tailor-made solutions that are both cost effective and short time-to-market.

About KartinaTV:
KartinaTV provides IPTV services to Russian-speaking residents and communities across the globe. With more than 100 live Russian TV channels, company delivers the most complete set of high-quality TV content to its customers in Germany, USA, Canada, Israel and other countries. Its subscribers enjoy the stable, high-quality live video streams and unique time-shifting capabilities provided by KartinaTV. An advanced hardware and cross-platform software solutions offered by the company enable a new on-line experience of the unlimited access to the world of Russian television without cable and satellite dish at any time and anywhere.

About PeerTV:

PeerTV Limited is a leading vendor of end-to-end technologies and solutions for the OTT (Over-The-Top) TV market. PeerTV solutions enable customers to deliver Broadcast Quality Multi Channel, Live and On Demand Pay TV services.
Founded in 2007, PeerTV has successfully deployed large scale solutions to Telcos looking to provide PayTV services as well as operators providing ethnic content in a global, cross-border deployment. Its end to end solutions deliver a cost-effective range of solutions which are paramount to converging TV and media services ensuring monetization of services while TV viewers enjoy a personalized, rich user experience and access to their preferred content.

The company is head-quartered in Israel and is a subsidiary of UK-based PeertTV PLC (AIM: PTV.L).

For more information, please visit http://www.peertv.com or email info@peertv.com.

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