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Ipad and Android Support Added

Our tech team have just put the finishing touches to the new SilverCast TV player which now supports Ipad, Iphone and the latest Android devices, OS2.0 onwards.

This makes streaming IPTV on the go a reality for our many thousands of viewers across the globe.

And as more Tablet devices come onto the market, the Silvercast technology will easily adapt making our solutions truly future-proof.  It has already proven popular for users of the new Galaxy Tab device.

Based on the latest HTML5 mark-up and featuring the multi-thread Silvercast encoding algorithms, running native on Ashdown's CDN, Hobbyworld TV will be featured in a major marketing drive from Spring 2011.

Ashdown's innovative software is proudly Made In Britain.

Ashdown.TV at PubEXPO 2011, London

David King, MD of Ashdown.co.uk will be speaking at one of the main seminars at PubEXPO 2011, at Earls Court, London on March 1.

He will be giving a presentation about the conversion process for publishers moving to a broadcast platform.

The event will start at 11.20 am and will be followed by a Q and A session.

Sad News

It is with deep regret that we inform readers that Joyce Dean, editor of Dollshouse World Magazine passed away on Sunday June 20, 2010.

Joyce was admitted to hospital a week previously after suffering a stroke. However, she seemed to be making some recovery and we here at Ashdown were anxiously waiting for her to be back on her feet.

Joyce has been with Ashdown for 26 years after starting with the company as a PA.  During her long, distinguished career in publishing she was involved in all forms of media including newspapers, magazines, advertising and, lately, was a popular presenter on TV.

However it was her passion and knowledge of the world of miniatures that was her first love. Always kind, helpful and enthusiastic, Joyce was the person everyone would go to if they needed help or advice.

David King, MD of Ashdown Broadcasting said:  "Joyce was just unique.  A one-off. Her energy and enthusiasm was relentless and she would pack more into just one day than most people get round to in a week.

We will miss her greatly. As well as our thousands of readers and viewers."

Joyce leaves a husband, Dave.

Ashdown launches LOCALGOVUK.TV

Ashdown Broadcasting officially launches localgovuk.tv as a streaming IPTV platform for councils and government departments across the UK.

The new service provides cost effective information channels which feature multi bit-rate MP4 streaming and HD capability.

Project leader Elizabeth Cornish of Ashdown commented that the new platform and service will be a "god- send" to organisations who are currently seeing their budgets slashed by central government.

"Marketing has always been a costly area for councils and by switching to IPTV they will be able to make massive savings as well as having far more control over content and keeping their householders fully informed and connected," said Elizabeth.

Localgovuk.TV is also available for Iphones and the new generation of tablet devices such as the Ipad.

For further information visit the website http://www.localgovuk.tv or call Elizabeth Cornish on 01903 884988.

Silvercast Pay Per View Launched

Our tech-gurus have done it again!

Sivercast solutions now offer a full Pay Per View system for inclusion on IPTV sites.

This major feature is compatible with the new Ipad and is now being rolled out on all Hobbyworld.TV sites.

See http://www.ashdown.co.uk/comersus/store/comersus_films.asp?id=3 for live demo.

Further news to be added shortly.

Bigger Servers For HD Content

Ashdown has commissioned further Dell servers for their Level 4 secure FMS facility on the outskirts of London for the rapid expansion in HD IPTV and to cope with expected increased demand in the next 12 months.

At the same time line capacity has been upgraded to assist with FTP uploading and multi-threading.

The work will be completed by April 1, 2010 and will not not impact any services on TV sites and customer hosting.

Casco Aviation selects Silvercast IPTV Solution

Top international aviation company Casco has chosen Silvercast as their streaming IPTV solution.

A new corporate website is currently being constructed by Ashdown Media and Casco which will feature a selection of exciting rich media to show off their impressive operation.

Hosting will be provided by the Ashdown FMS Farm on Dell high-end servers running Adobe SMS 3.5.

More news to follow..

West Sussex Council partners with Silvercast.TV

Ashdown Broadcasting is pleased to announce that has been chosen by West Sussex County Council as the preferred partner for streaming IPTV.
The WSCC site now has it's own embedded Silvercast player, driven by dynamic XML playlists, part of the Ver 3.0 release.
Hosting is provided by the Silvercast FMS server farm in the UK.

Silvercast FMS farm now open for business

The new Silvercast.FMS server farm is now installed and serving thousands of films every day across the globe.
This has been a major change for the team at Ashdown and the improvements to our back-end architecture provide us with a solid, resilient and high-performance platform for our customers and our numerous broadcasting channels.
Our server farm is situated just outside London, England in The Bunker, an ultra secure server facility with super fast backbone connection.
In fact The Bunker is well named as it used to be the main NATO nuclear bunker facility in the UK which was decommissioned a few years back but provides a perfect environment for server hosting.
For more information on our gold standard Streaming Service or any other details on Silvercast technology call Elizabeth on +44 (0)1903 884988.

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See us at Publishing Expo 2010

We have partnered with Publishing Expo, which is being held in London on February 24, 25 2010.
We will be streaming the seminars as well as showing off our new Silvercast IPTV platform.

More details to follow but you can find more information on the show at http://www.publishing-expo.co.uk/

Elizabeth