inview see jisc digitisation programme . inview technology ltd type broadcast and ott solutions industry media & telecoms founded 1996 rebranded 2006 headquarters northwich united kingdom key people nick markham chairman ken austin vice chairman julie austin ceo products inview inside epg video on demand set top boxes analogue switch off number of employees 85 parent private company slogan more than just tv website http inview.tv inview technology inview technology ltd or simply inview is a uk based digital tv software company . it specialises in advanced epgs 1 interactive broadcast ip services and solutions for pay tv and analogue switch off markets . 2 their ott tv platform allows television broadcast and internet content to be simultaneously accessible to the viewer . the company is based in northwich cheshire uk and is privately owned . inview have been involved in digital tv in the uk since the late 1990s providing software for set top boxes manufactured by digifusion thomson and sony alongside the teletext extra epg later renamed radio times extra . nick markham inview s chairman developed the concept of freeview alongside the bbc and previously worked for top up tv . 3 by late 2016 inview were enabling digital switchover for whole countries such as nigeria started in june 2016 and which will provide a freeview freesat type broadcasting platform and implement a bbc style licence fee system to 30 million tv households . 4 5 inview has also been awarded contracts by other countries undergoing analogue switch off in affrican asian and south american countries . inview technology was appointed in march 2015 by national broadcasting commission nbc run by the government to enable digital switchover from analogue 6 throughout the country ; it will also provide a conditional access system set top box software and services including full epg push video on demand a range of broadcasting applications such as news public service information and audience measurement services over the digital terrestrial and satellite networks in nigeria . 7 8 within a year of signing the contract set up boxes created by inview were being distributed in jos by the nbc to give an additional 30 free channels to the customer . 9 one of mexico s leading pay tv companies dish mexico has appointed inview to provide an end to end dth ecosystem and broadcast software and services that will allow dish mexico to create an improved user experience using a dth set top box system . 10 11 12 also in 2016 inview was contracted to supply middleware for cignal the largest satellite provider in the philippines which enabled cignal to directly communicate with their customers through an the user interface inview s new epg and other services such as advertising . this is all supplied within zapper satellite boxes . 13 in 2014 5 their partners include humax and skyworth china s largest set top box company 14 and silicon partners include mstar and broadcom . they have signed a deal with pico digital inc. to develop the next generation set top box for the latin american market as well as dish mexico . 15 martin edwards honorary life president of manchester united and koen van driel ex ceo of thomson and grundig set top box divisions joined the board of directors in february 2014 . 16 in early 2016 ang lique boissy formerly manager at skyworth and utstarcom was appointed svp global sales & alliances raza ansari became svp asia pacific and diego martinez spearheads the americas . contents 1 history 2 services 2.1 liberator 2.2 broadcast solutions 2.3 legacy upgrades 2.4 lolipop 3 board members 4 partnerships 5 key staff 6 see also 7 references history edit inview s roots go back to 1996 when ken and julie austin built a team of engineers specialising in digital tv software . inview provided a chip based epg broadcast data service and a digital tv software platform for the free to air terrestrial market . it provided the first freeview epg service and the first freeview pvr for the uk . these new products provided an epg that could be deployed on low cost set top boxes without incurring additional costs . 10 million products have been deployed in the past 15 years and morar independent brand measurement company established that the end user satisfaction levels were as high as 96 % . it was one of the first companies to launch a broadcast tv listings service known as 4tvinteractive . however in 2010 inview ceased support for this service and this affected a number of digifusion inverto thomson and sony set top boxes 17 and caused them to show only now and next information rather than a full epg . 18 in recent years inview platforms have appeared in retail outlets in a number of countries including spain italy germany france poland australia africa and the middle east and in partnership with farncombe in latin america . 19 20 21 the platform recognizes which country it s in and shows content relevant to that country as well as international content . services edit these include whole country switch over ott services broadcast solutions advertising epg video on demand push vod push video on demand catch up tv pvr legacy upgrades for older boxes . liberator edit a set top box with inview inside which allows terrestrial tv and simultaneous internet connection . in october 2012 inview developed liberator 3 an ott cloud based platform for pay tv operators and telcos wishing to equip their customers with tailor made connected set top boxes for broadcast and broadband internet content . the inview platform has a small footprint low initial cost cloud based system low maintenance cost for large volumes and modular design easy adaptation . inview s latest platform provides viewers with access to movies on a transactional video on demand tvod basis and a library of on demand tv content available on an svod basis including tv series children s programming classic movies and music videos . 22 inview have also created a content management system cms to manage the platform and support the integration with an operator s existing delivery equipment subscriber and billing systems and provide additional services such as multiscreen functionality search and program recommendations . 23 broadcast solutions edit in territories where the broadband infrastructure is underdeveloped inview offers a broadcast solution with advertising push vod catch up tv and pvr . these services are delivered more cost effectively on lower end set top boxes using overnight broadcast bandwidth meaning users can choose what they want to watch when they want to watch it . operators are able to charge for interactive services and integrating advertising directly into the epg and available applications . 24 as internet services improve operators can easily upgrade each broadcast vod user with an over the air update to also offer connected functionality . 25 legacy upgrades edit inview s solution for existing older deployed set top boxes is to offer applications including an epg tv apps and content discovery in very lightweight code that can run in devices with limited memory and processing power . 26 this improves the user s experience and introduces revenue generating services through an over the air update creating a unified ui and services across all platforms . 27 by june 2015 inview had upgraded over 10 million legacy set top boxes worldwide . 28 lolipop edit inview has developed the platform for a low cost hdmi dongle streaming device called lolipop which is controlled through a smartphone using gesture control . this allows content such as vod live streamed channels and social networking apps to be viewed on a mobile device or on another tv without the need of a set top box . 29 30 board members edit in february 2014 martin edwards honorary life president of manchester unites and koen van driel ex ceo of thomson and grundig set top box divisions were appointed board directors of inview technology . at thomson koen grew the company to be the world s largest set top box manufacturer . martin edwards was chairman of manchester united for 23 years from 1980 2003 and holds the position of honorary life president . partnerships edit in 2014 their partners included kaon humax skyworth broadcom alitech mstar novatek farncombe goosat hopeful atech giec mtc and mico . kaon and inview recently collaborated to provide a free to air set top box solution with features such as push vod interactive services advertising and early warning services alongside live digital channels ideal for regions that are still to undergo analogue switch off . 31 in previous years inview has been in partnership with companies such as top up tv the on demand group odg and teletext . 32 key staff edit as well as markham ken and julie austin staff also include diego martinez svp americas . martinez has held senior vp roles at at & t and lucent technologies americas president at utstarcom and most recently as coo at logicalis . raza ansari svp asia pacific . ansari has past experience of working with conax and zappware . mark rooney past head of european operations for terayon and entone ceo of helsinki s vdsl systems oy and pace plc. the founder ken austin is a self taught expert in the electronic programme guide field 33 who was technical director and vice chairman of pilkington micro elec ltd. 34 35 see also edit television portal enhanced tv hybrid broadcast broadband tv hybrid digital tv interactive television list of digital distribution platforms for mobile devices over the top content references edit inview technology partner with novatek to launch innovative digital tv platform . sys con.com media . 2012 04 16 . broadcast asia 2014 . broadcast asia.com . retrieved 22 july 2014 . today s media stories from the papers . the guardian . digital tv europ ; august 2015 . accessed 10 august 2016 . business live bbc world ; interview with nick markham chairman of inview technology ; published aug 17 2016 ; accessed 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