Guest-Tek and Datatel to Provide OneView in Latin America
CALGARY, Canada / PANAMA CITY, Panama, January 22, 2008. Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd. ('Guest-Tek') (TSX:GTK) and Datatel, S.A (A Grupo Comtel company) have announced deployment of Guest-Tek's OneView Media platform into The Bristol Panama, a sophisticated luxury hotel set in the heart of the bustling financial center of Panama City, Republic of Panama.
Guest-Tek's and Datatel S.A.'s relationship allows Latin American hoteliers like the Bristol Panama hotel the ability to provide Guest-Tek's OneViewtm Media platform with the regional support. As a global provider of media and entertainment platforms Guest-Tek has leveraged Datatel experience and strength in serving the Latin America Hospitality marketplace.
"Guest-Tek's deployment of the OneViewtm Media system into The Bristol Panama is a step in the continued growth of our company in Latin America. Working with an established partner, Datatel, S.A. that utilizes the highest industry standards creates a powerful team for the hospitality inroom entertainment industry in Central America," said Arnon Levy, CEO of Guest-Tek.
"We researched many companies before making the final decision on a company to provide interactive entertainment," said Ing. Marco Gate~no Ch., President of Datatel, S.A. "Our final decision was based on Guest-Tek's global dominance with their OneViewtm Internet and their past abilities to support this system throughout the world. We chose Guest-Tek's OneViewtm Media solution based on the company's implementation standards, strength as a global provider, speed of delivery, as well as their strong relationships with Hollywood's largest entertainment studios."
Guest-Tek's OneViewtm Media system provides for the delivery of Digital content securely over Internet Protocol (IP) using industry standards for conditional access and content encryption featuring Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) 128-bit encryption technology, as well as aiding content protection from piracy with session based forensic watermarking. The additional value of this technology provides flexibility through a software-based approach to content protection supporting easy renew-ability, revocability, and even complete replacement - instead of costly and inflexible hardware based solutions that are dependent upon proprietary embedded hardware in the television.
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