Windows Media Center: Solution Providers

Pixelpark is the best-known brand for all services involving the Internet and has set the pace in the industry for more than 15 years. As the head of a group of companies with holdings in the communications and system technology sectors Pixelpark AG has a network of experts forging new developments in media and technology for the long-term benefit of a wide range of industries. They develop creative communications, e-business and technology solutions which add sustainable value to their clients' businesses.

Axinom, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and Vendor, creates value for its customers by leveraging Microsoft enterprise technology to design, build, and deploy customized, reliable solutions and scalable application infrastructures to increase profitability, improve speed-to-market, and accelerate growth. Axinom has received a number of awards for innovative high quality solutions for mid-size and large enterprises.

Xplain combines their deep know-how of user-centric software development with concern for accessible user interface design. They strive to create solutions so intuitive that the underlying technology is not felt.

Informare provides consulting and software development services for a variety of industries. Recent projects include services for Windows Media Center such as FotoQuelle and Yavido.

Miomni, part of the Ether Group, specializes in Windows Media Center Applications. We enable content owners and brands to have their own Interactive TV Channel. Miomni also supports Web TV and mobile and video desktop gadgets. Miomni has been selected by broadcasters such as the BBC, major sporting brands such as Arsenal FC, and entertainment companies such as Universal Studios for cross-platform delivery of video over IP, video on-demand, IPTV, download-to-own, and streaming media.

Narrowstep™ Inc. (Nasdaq:NRWS.OB) is a leading provider of Internet TV services supporting more than 180 channels worldwide. Narrowstep's clients include ITV Local, Virgin Media, Dutch telco giant KPN, Telefonica's Terra TV, and Land Rover. Narrowstep supports the Windows Media platform for streaming video at the highest quality and with the most TV-like experience available on the Internet. A pioneer in delivering Internet TV, Narrowstep offers the expertise and technology to move, manage and monetize video content across the Internet.

Fernhart has a ten-year tradition of bringing clients services onto new consumer channels. We have specialist teams who bring a wealth of design and development experience, having delivered interactive TV, rich web and Media Center services for a number of clients in the media and other sectors. Media Center Projects include BBC 7 Radio, SKY, ITN, BBC and Channel 4.

Open Interface, Inc. provides testing services, product solution, and original application software. We are also forging ahead as an integrated solutions provider, designing MCML pages running on Windows Media Center, and also developing .NET applications including WPF and Silverlight.

VASARA Co., Ltd. located in Tokyo, develops virtual space services and online games. We provide our "strength of expression" technologies, which we have developed through our core business, to MCML-based Media Center applications.

Shipoo is a Tokyo-based interactive agency that provides ideas-led solutions for digital media. We have a branch office in Los Angeles, and operate globally across our customers' needs. Our multi-discipline team specializes in web, computer graphics, and mobile content. With Microsoft Japan, Shipoo co-produced Windows Media Center content for TBS, which launched in summer 2007.