Exterity Signs Systems Integrator Deal With Hospital Systems Company Lincor Solutions |
10 July 2006
New deal set to improve patient bedside IPTV for hospitals around the world
London, 10th July 2006: Exterity, a specialist in network audio-visual (AV), has signed a systems integrator deal with Lincor Solutions, a provider of hospital bedside solutions. As part of the agreement, Lincor will integrate Exterity's IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) equipment into its MEDIVista clinical services and patient entertainment system to deliver digital television and radio services to patient bedsides. Lincor and Exterity will target hospital projects around the world.
"This partnership with Exterity allows Lincor to provide high-quality digital TV and radio to patient bedsides to improve their hospital visit experience," commented Richard Cooke, Chief Executive, Lincor Solutions. "Through this agreement we can deliver a truly converged digital TV solution over IP to our existing and future client base, enabling them to have access to a broader range of services at the patient bedside."
"We have been working very successfully with Lincor for over 18 months supporting the UK patient power licensee Premier TeleSolutions," commented Colin Farquhar, Chief Executive, Exterity. "The move to Lincor becoming an authorised Exterity Systems Integrator will allow Exterity to provide its IPTV equipment into a wider range of hospital patient projects both in the UK and internationally."
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About Exterity www.exterity.co.uk
Exterity Limited was formed in 2001 to create products to deliver broadcast quality digital video over IP networks within buildings. Exterity's products represent a significant advance over the co-axial cable systems in common use today but are viable for deployment in large scale video distribution systems.
Exterity's core technology, in-socket, allows display appliances, such as televisions, to be connected directly to wall-mounted isockets other Exterity receivers to get direct and easy access to all available digital media and services.
About Lincor Solutions www.lincor.com
Lincor Solutions, founded in 2003, developed its patent - pending MEDIVista solution for the provision of patient entertainment services and secure clinical access at the point-of-care to clinical applications such as electronic patient records. MEDIVista is a fully digital solution providing a suite of entertainment services for patients such as digital TV, Video on demand, Internet, games and telephone. Lincor operates internationally from technology centres in Ireland with a current installed base of over 6,500 hospital beds" the largest digital installation of its type worldwide. MEDIVista is provided via a network of in - country systems integrators and channels in Europe, Asia and the Americas. For more information, please visit www.lincor.com
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