NEW IPTV NETWORK GIVES MORE TO THE ELDERLY The residents of the redeveloped Mary MacKillop Care’s of the network, said that the decision to bring MVI’s from those commonly used in the rest of Asia Pacific. As Flora MacDonald Aged Care Centre in South Australia software into the solution was an easy one. a result MVI rewrote software to match the Australian have greater access to news, entertainment and “When we were approached to develop a custom IPTV systems in order to make the platform compatible with information following the roll out of a new customised solution for the Flora McDonald redevelopment we saw Australian television,” Tim says. Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) network solution. Auslec/L&H client Exquisite Automation was contracted to deliver the service and in consultation with Auslec/L&H, joined forces with specialist provider TV reception specialist Matchmaster TV Reception Systems to deliver the world class IPTV solution that provides residents and staff with a wide range of content to view on their televisions using broadband and software to create a user interface. According to Kent Smith, Transitional Project Manager for Mary MacKillop Care, the network - which has been active for nine months - has been enjoyed by the an exciting opportunity to bring MVI’s platform to an “Being an aged care home, the accessibility of closed centre’s residents as well as its staff. Australian audience,” Tim said. “MVI’s experience, captions was extremely important. Unfortunately the “The residents have been very positive about the ease offering, and cost eff ectiveness made them the only delivery of Australian closed captioning occurs in an of the system and the quality of the service,” Kent said. choice. They deliver exceptional results and share encoded teletext form which was incompatible with “The staff are excited by the opportunity to broadcast Matchmaster’s commitment to quality and service.” the systems used by our suppliers. our own content to the residents such as facility news “The end result is a user-friendly network and “We worked in collaboration with these suppliers to and information. One such innovation that the IPTV interface that will also allow for services such as Video create new firmware that would support Australian network will allow is to broadcast Mass into the homes on Demand, Foxtel, and facility information to be added closed captioning on the facility’s network, which made of immobile residents.” at a later date should Mary MacKillop Care choose to them available to the hearing impaired residents of the To deliver the solution, Matchmaster drew on its do so.” centre.” exclusive partner MVI, a Hong Kong based IP video The project however, did not come without some services company, to develop a custom interface for challenges. the end user of the IPTV networks. Tim Newport, the Matchmaster representative in “Some of these challenges were software related, like charge of designing and overseeing the implementation digital broadcast techniques for Australia differing THE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR PAGE 31