Movea and SMK Partner to Deliver SmartMotion Enabled “RemoPad”

New motion enabled remote control creates opportunities for Cable, Satellite & IPTV Operators to enhance Digital TV services.

“We are excited to see SMK, the world’s largest remote control manufacturer, expanding our partnership around Movea’s MotionIC® platform,” said Sam Guilaumé, CEO of Movea, “and we are delighted that they have built on it to create an innovative device that will set the standard for the next generation of interactive multimedia entertainment.”

Patrick Delanoeije, General Manager of SMK Europe, added, “At IBC 2011, SMK will showcase new and intuitive paradigms for navigating and consuming rich digital media, based on Movea’s SmartMotion Technology and SMK’s advanced remote control devices. Movea has been a very supportive partner in helping us rapidly develop exciting new motion-driven capabilities that enable unique ways of interacting with content, drive adoption of TV applications such as interactive games, and improve User Interface navigation for an enhanced entertainment experience that drives subscriber retention.”

As the world leader in the development and production of remote control solutions, SMK has partnered with Movea to drive technology and create control devices for the new wave of Set-Top Boxes (STBs) and Interactive TV services. Through product demonstrations and discussions with Service Providers and STB suppliers, SMK is reinforcing its commitment to integrate motion sensing with advanced pointing devices that deliver the vision of motion-driven UI’s for navigating digital media.

Movea’s SmartMotion technology, perfected and commercially proven with over more than 20 years of development, ensure jitter-free, pixel accurate control with smooth and precise movement that is as simple and intuitive to use as “point and click”. Advanced gesture recognition is also available for an even more interactive user experience. Libraries of gestures can enable remote controls with custom gestures to interact with content and applications, as well as air signature authentication for each member of the family which loads up a personalized set of favorite stations and preferences, as well as enabling targeted advertising and more.

SMK will be exhibiting within RAI Convention Center in addressing leading Service Providers and STB suppliers on September 9-13th within Stand 1.C90, in addition to hosting private meetings rooms on September 10th & 12th. Through these product demonstrations and discussions with Service Providers and STB suppliers, SMK is reinforcing its commitment to integrate motion sensing with advanced pointing devices, using Movea’s MotionIC technology, and deliver on the vision of motion-driven UI’s for navigating digital media. Additionally, SMK will make a limited production of “RemoPad” prototypes available to strategic Middleware, Service Provider and STB targets to enable partners to validate business case, feature-set, and his extended pointing device capabilities.