Bridge Technologies (Oslo, Norway), the leading broadcast and telecommunications monitoring provider, has launched the microVB, a breakthrough in miniaturised remote monitoring and analysis for IPTV applications. With the microVB system, IPTV operators can for the first time gather complete and accurate data about the performance at the viewers’ set-top box, using a cost-effective user-installed monitoring device.

Enabling deep packet inspection without requiring a technician to visit the customer’s home to install the device or diagnose problems, the microVB is robust and small enough to be delivered to the customer by mail. Read on in the Briefing Room…

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