Edge-Core Selects Digisoft.tv's Iris OS for Set-Top Box

TAIPEI, Taiwan and CORK, Ireland, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Edge-Core Networks Corporation, the professional networking solution provider, have selected Digisoft.tv as their middleware partner.

Edge-Core is a networking solution provider offering a complete range of enterprise-level, service provider/carrier Ethernet, LAN/connectivity, cable/satellite/terrestrial set-top box, home security networking equipment and services to partners around the world.

By selecting Digisoft's Iris platform, Edge-Core benefit from the expertise that Digisoft offer in the digital set-top box software arena, and can continue to provide customers with technically advanced and cost-effective products.

Michael Liao, VP of Smart Home Media Business Unit at Edge-Core said "As a leading global set-top box provider, Edge-Core has been diligently working together with Digisoft for years to provide the best technology and products. Facing more and more interactive and hybrid requirements from customers, Digisoft's set-top box solution is extremely attractive to manufacturers and operators who want to add IP services to their lineup. I'm proud that Edge-Core is now ready to offer such advanced solutions in the hybrid set-top box market."

Brian Rattray, Head of Global Business Development at Digisoft explains "One of the greatest difficulties faced by operators is finding a hardware provider and a software vendor whose offerings compliment and gel together to provide an overall solution. Digisoft and Edge-Core have a successful history of working together on this challenge. The partnership is a natural progression of this relationship and, by joining forces; Digisoft and Edge-Core are marrying the two usually disparate procurement challenges to provide a complete operator-ready turnkey solution."

About Digisoft.tv & Iris

Digisoft.tv, is a leading global provider of set-top box software for the cable, satellite, terrestrial and telecommunications industry. Digisoft`s Iris platform is designed to meet the needs of service providers who are eager to provide multiple services and want to adapt and grow those services in the face of a rapidly-evolving TV landscape. Iris supports all IP and broadcast standards, including DVB, ISDB-T and ATSC. Built on HTML5, Iris provides operators with the control and flexibility to deliver the right content to the right users.

Digisoft.tv provides software and professional services to brands such as TelstraClear (Vodafone New Zealand), and VideoEzy. Digisoft maintains headquarters in Ireland with sales offices around the world. Visit the company at http://www.digisoft.tv or follow us on Linked In.

About Edge-Core

Headquartered in the Hsinchu Science Park in northern Taiwan, Edge-Core Networks Corporation was spun-off in 2010 into an independent subsidiary responsible for global branded business from the Accton Technology Group. The Edge-Core underlying philosophy is to provide service from wired to wireless and from the edge to the core. With a strong emphasis on complete solutions that generate value for customers and assist with realizing the potential of the digital society, Edge-Core offers solutions to enterprises, large carriers and service providers, as well as to the SOHO, SMB, and MSO markets. More information can be found at http://www.edge-core.com

Digisoft.tv Media Contact:
Pam Dorney
Head of Marketing and Communications
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel. +353-21-491-7272

Edge Core Media Contact:
Daniel C. Konnoff
Marketing Communications
Email: [email protected]
Tel. +886-2-2886-1007

SOURCE Digisoft.tv and Edge-Core