MAKING ALL THE RIGHT CONNECTIONS -- Deputy Chair of Nassau-based IP Solutions International recently attended the Connected TV Summit in London to discuss the future of the global home entertainment industry. (Pictured left to right: Brian Quinn, Deputy Chairman IP Solutions; Harris Morris, President Harris Broadcast; Nick Fielibert, Chief Technical Officer, Cisco IPTV)

Nassau, Bahamas - Brian Quinn, Deputy Chairman of IP Solutions International, the Nassau-based company newly licensed to supply high-speed broadband TV and data across The Bahamas attended the internationally recognised Connected TV Summit in London last week. The special meeting brought together some of the sharpest minds in the home entertainment industry to discuss the future of television.

Connected TV is the newly minted term used to denote the coming integration of the domestic television set with data access, pay TV, video on demand, and social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. The event was watched around the world in real time via global internet circuits and remote viewers were able to pose questions directly to the panelists. A variety of topics relevant to the changing Bahamian home entertainment environment were covered including new video trends, combining the best of broadcast and broadband and how much Connected TV will truly change the television business.

"We had a major presence at this event as these are the developments we are providing here in The Bahamas in our deployment of state-of-the-art transmission equipment," said Edison Sumner, President and CEO of IP Solutions International. "We are utilizing top equipment from well recognized global leaders in our initial rollout of IPSI infrastructure in Abaco and like them, we know it is vital that rapid change in user demands are fully anticipated and catered for."

The global summit addressed the transition from the standard home TV set to an advanced consumer electronic (CE) box. CE kits will allow consumers to access an almost limitless array of high-definition content including sports, films and popular TV shows from other countries at will via the worldwide internet. The home equipment already exists and suppliers like IPSI are hastening to install high-bandwidth broadband connections to allow the transformation to take place locally. While the social network scene is still trapped in the computer or mobile phone, Quinn says Connected TV will offer viewers the option of instantly updating their Facebook page or sending a Twitter update (tweet) while watching their favourite TV programme.

In addition to receiving the first individual operator’s licence awarded by the newly-created Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority, IPSI has entered into an agreement with STS Capital Partners to identify strategic partnerships and has made strides in infrastructure development with several residential and commercial projects throughout the country.