Truro, UK - Packet Ship, a leading provider of software for the delivery of on-demand content for vertical markets, today announced successful integration of the company's Streamline video server with Quadriga's new Sensiq communications portal.

Quadriga specialise in providing hotel guests with a gateway to a world of information and content solutions through the TV and guest laptop and Packet Ship Streamline is being used to broaden the on-demand entertainment experience on the TV to incorporate HD programmes and the latest blockbusters.

Marc Budie, Technology Director at Quadriga Worldwide, said, "in selecting Packet Ship's Streamline product we found a perfect fit. Firstly a product that enabled us to enhance the guest experience with HD, and at the same time achieving cost efficiencies by providing a single product which would support both HD and SD formats. Packet Ship worked closely with us to fully integrate their software with our solution."

The Packet Ship Streamline video server provides on-demand RTSP streaming of MPEG-2 and H.264 video to hotel guest televisions, with full DVD-like controls.

Paul Clark, CEO of Packet Ship, said, "we are delighted to have helped Quadriga build the next step in their hugely successful hospitality product line, and look forward to working with them to provide many more exciting new features in the future."

About Packet Ship: Packet Ship specialises in Linux-based software components and solutions for media on demand. The company focusses on sales through integrators in specific vertical markets such as hospitality, healthcare and education, and through OEM agreements with hardware vendors. Packet Ship's products have been successfully deployed in the UK, Europe, Scandinavia, Middle East, Africa and the Far East, and the company's focus on vertical markets, and hospitality in particular, is continuing to achieve major design wins from sector leaders.

Founded in 2005, Packet Ship is based in Cornwall, UK, and takes its name from the first global content distribution system – the "packet ships" that carried mail quickly and securely from the UK to the rest of the world in the 18th and 19th centuries.

For more information visit www.packetship.com.

About Quadriga: | Quadriga works with the world's leading hotels to support their brand and help them to differentiate themselves from their competition. Quadriga specialises in creating communications solutions for hotels and guests, delivered through the TV and guest laptops, providing guests with a gateway to a world of information and content.

By enabling hotels to communicate with their guests and promote their services and facilities, Quadriga can help hotels to generate additional business value.

The company delivers solutions that evolve with the rapidly changing technology needs of hotels and their guests. It specialises in integrating diverse digital, internet and network technologies and the ability to support existing network infrastructures ensures that it can achieve a high level of efficiencies for its hotel customers.

With 25 years experience and providing services in up to 400,000 rooms, Quadriga provides the single answer to a hotel's guest communications needs and is the trusted partner to the world's leading hotel chains, including InterContinental Hotels Group, Accor, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Marriott International and Hilton.

For more details on the company visit www.quadriga.com.

Media Contacts

Packet Ship: Paul Clark, CEO: [email protected] or +44 (0)8000 430 554

Quadriga: Berkeley PR: [email protected] or +44 (0)118 988 2992

Paul Clark
CEO
+44 8000 430 554

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