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The Network Connection, Inc. Announces Advanced Contract Discussions With Major Cruise Line
ATLANTA, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The Network Connection, Inc. (Nasdaq: TNCX - news; TNCi), an industry leading developer and manufacturer of video and multimedia file-server technologies for the airline, cruise line, train, hotel, education, Internet and corporate Intranet environments, announced today that it is in advanced contract discussions with a major U.S.-based cruise line for installation of the Company's CruiseView(R) in-cabin entertainment system.
The CruiseView all-digital system can utilize an ATM fibre and ethernet network with IP Multicast and Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) routing to support up to thirty-two (32) live-feed, closed-circuit and satellite-based digital television programs in addition to personal interactive entertainment and video/audio on demand, shopping, multi-player games, gambling, shore excursion/event booking and Internet access all simultaneously, independently and with full user control via a wireless television remote control in each cabin. CruiseView can also provide crew interactive training at the same time.
TNCi's Set Top Personal Computer (STPC), which is a Windows(R)/Pentium(R) -processor-based personal computer that combines integrated networking, communications and multi-media applications for LAN-based systems, provides the cabin control functions, which are key to the overall CruiseView system performance.
''CruiseView is the world's first fully interactive, audio/video-on-demand entertainment system,'' stated Wil Riner, chief executive officer of The Network Connection, Inc. ''We are confident that our advanced technology is perfectly poised for the growing cruise line market.'' |
