Oberhausen, Germany, 5th January, 2023 – ACCESS Europe GmbH today announces that ACCESS Twine™ for Car (Twine4Car) In-Vehicle Infotainment (IV) solution features in CES demonstrations with multiple companies at the show this year (Las Vegas, 5-8 January).
Robert Guest
Robert is VP Product and Content at ACCESS Europe, with a focus on HTML5 platforms and media sharing solutions, including industry specific extensions such as HbbTV and W3C Vehicle APIs, so that ACCESS customers can deploy standards based state of the art products. He has been involved in projects with major customers in both automotive and TV and ensures a customer focused development strategy for ACCESS. His role involves working with telcos, middleware suppliers, STB OEMS, automotive tier 1s and automotive OEMS to ensure that ACCESS products deliver the features needed in these fast evolving markets.
The Concept Car and the future of the automobile industry
At CES 2023, our In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) solutions are part of demonstrations from several companies, including Bosch, ivee, Qualcomm and Visteon. We are providing IVI solutions for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis Connected Services. If you’re at CES, this can be best experienced through Qualcomm’s CES 2023 concept car, which includes Ecosystem Partners from ACCESS, through Amazon Music and Bose to Zoom, a real A to Z of IVI expertise.
Nextv CEO Europe thoughts: AVOD, FAST and Operators as digital destinations
Along with my colleague Joop van Kammen, I recently attended the Nextv CEO Europe, where gather leading CEOs from the TV, Telco, OTT and Entertainment industries to share insights, spotlight opportunities and define the way forward.
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Stingray and ACCESS make every journey a sing-a-long
Oberhausen, Germany, 22 November 2022 – ACCESS Europe GmbH announces that it will integrate Karaoke services, powered by Stingray, into the ACCESS Twine™ for Car (Twine4Car) in-vehicle infotainment platform. Stingray Karaoke supports both a touch screen and voice-controlled in-car experience that is designed to enable drivers and passengers to safely learn, practice, and perform their favourite songs and make every journey more fun!
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