Services
The NxTV System was designed to provide an ever-increasing set of digital entertainment and data services for the hotel
guest. This flexibility is enabled by the technological capabilities
of NxTV's innovative system design, allowing the quick and easy addition
of new services, ensuring a superior guest experience.
NxTV in-room services that are currently announced include:
High Definition and Digital Video on Demand
(VOD) - VOD is the cornerstone of the NxTV System. NxTV offers
the broadest selection of VOD first-run movies at digital quality. NxTV
VOD provides Personal Video Recorder (PVR) capabilities to the guest,
including pause, fast forward, rewind and save.
"NxTV
has so much POWER in the set-top box, lots of functionality, ease
of use; in summary
- it's SLICK."
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Rod Mano
Senior
Director,
Property Technology Applications
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide |
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High Definition TV (HDTV) - Guests will enjoy
high definition television programming with the NxTV in-room entertainment
system. As more and more hotel rooms are appointed with the latest in
television technology, such as flat-panel plasma displays, HD offers
viewers a free to guest (FTG) television viewing experience that is
truly luxurious.
Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) - IPTV
is an innovative offering that provides guests with the same digital
picture quality as Video on Demand. NxTV is the first company to offer
FTG programs over the same IP-over-Ethernet network that is used to
deliver other NxTV services. IPTV offers guests Personal Video Recorder
(PVR) capabilities - including fast forward, pause, rewind and time-shifted
record - that have previously only been available with our Video on
Demand product.
High Speed Internet Access (HSIA) - NxTV offers guests a variety of high speed Internet access options. We provide both
wired and wireless laptop access in the guestroom, conference rooms
and public areas on the hotel property. Guests can also access the Internet through the guestroom television.
Voice over IP (VoIP) - With the ubiquity of cell phones, many hotels have difficulty generating revenue from telephony services. Now, NxTV enables hotels to offer their guests pure digital VoIP telephone services at an attractive price. In addition to long distance calling, NxTV's VoIP solution includes a one-stop messaging service for e-mail, voicemail, incoming fax, conference calls and call forwarding. The NxTV VoIP application utilizes existing in-room phone equipment, eliminating the need for additional capital investment.
My Hotel - The NxTV in-room entertainment
system provides a customizable menu category that allows each hotel
to provide their guests with a rich range of services. Basic features
include folio review, guest checkout, parental controls, room service
ordering and guest services. With NxTV, hotels can quickly and easily
tailor the guest welcome screen, create a custom menu of hotel services
and integrate text, graphics and even video into guest service segments.
The System also has the capability to be personalized for each individual
guest and can send text messages to specific rooms or groups of rooms.
Free To Guest (FTG) - Hotels with
the NxTV in-room entertainment system allow their guests to enjoy higher
quality video and a wider selection of channels when viewing FTG programming.
When a hotel adopts IPTV technology, FTG capabilities will expand with
Personal Video Recorder (PVR) functionality - fast forward, rewind,
pause and time-shifted recording.
NxTV Guide - The NxTV Guide is an
interactive real-time display of all free to guest programs, with the
ability to look ahead up to 14 days. With the guide, guests can easily
see what's on every channel and find the shows they want to watch, with
descriptions of each scheduled program. The NxTV Guide is refreshed
every day so that channel lineups and program information are always
current.
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