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Company History Vidiom Systems Inc was founded in 1997 In Boulder, Colorado. Vidiom began as an engineering consulting company, with a small number of employees searching for projects that would help move the promise of interactive television forward. Between 1997 and 2000, Vidiom undertook a number of consulting projects that would both build the company’s credentials and support of interactive television. The initial projects involved work with OpenTV on documentation and tools development projects to support the company’s HPK, SDK and OpenAuthor projects. In addition to supporting documentation efforts, Vidiom designed and implemented training curricula for Open TV. In 1998, Vidiom Systems also began its long standing (and current) relationship with CableLabs, the cable industry’s organization with the mandate of developing standards and certifying products used in the cable industry. These projects started as engineering support in a number of areas but also permitted Vidiom to demonstrate its commitment to interactive television. As a result, in 2001 Vidiom was engaged by CableLabs to assist with the development of the standards and specifications for the OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP). This process continued through 2004. At the same time that Vidiom Systems was working with CableLabs on the development of standards and specifications for OCAP, the company was engaged by Time Warner to be part of their revolutionary Mystro project. Mystro was designed to allow cable subscribers to pause, rewind and fast-forward programs on live television.. Between 2001 and 2004, Vidiom worked on many components of the Mystro system including assisting with the design of the Digital Navigator User Interface requirements, the PSM set-top box middleware, the Mystro Server as well as the technical documentation, training and integration and deployment. With the OCAP specifications nearing completion, in 2004, Vidiom Systems began work on a number of different components to enable OCAP. This included the development of a middleware stack for Time Warner Cable, the VISION Workbench Application Development toolset and the monitor application for Cox Communications. As a result of Vidiom’s central role in the development of OCAP, the company was contracted for a wide range of projects for a variety of companies through 2007. Some of these included:
With a growing wealth of knowledge and experience in OCAP, in 2005 Vidiom was asked by a number of companies to begin work on applications for the OCAP platform that would enable true interactivity. Some of these applications included:
Vidiom Systems’ understanding of the interactive television market demonstrated by the company’s central role in the cable industry made them the clear choice for migrating applications across multiple delivery systems. In 2005, Vidiom was asked by Sprint/Nextel to develop demo applications that showed the cross-platform capabilities between cable and wireless networks using OCAP and Java. In 2006, Vidiom was asked to port OCAP to the JABIL Platform for a 2007 CES demonstration. Also in 2006, Vidiom began work on a Polycipher DCAS project. In 2007, The Weather Channel asked Vidiom to develop an ETV/EBIF Interactive weather application. Also in 2007, Vidiom worked closely with CableLabs and Microsoft to port OCAP to OCUR and BOCUR devices in order to support the development of CABLEPC. With the rollout of OCAP devices and applications in late 2007 and continuing in 2008, Vidiom is now being asked by companies to assist in the integration and deployment efforts. Vidiom is providing integration services to the industry. In early 2006, Vidiom Systems Inc. was acquired by the Geneva based ADB Group. More Info |
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