Successfully tested consumer electronics from HTC Connect participating manufacturers become eligible to display the HTC Connect logo. For the consumer, this logo will indicate that wireless audio and video may be sent through their HTC smartphones to in-home and in-car electronics displaying the logo.  Testronic is the first testing center in Europe to become certified by HTC for this program.

Johan Craeybeckx, CTO of Testronic, stated, “At Testronic, we are fully engaged in supporting the evolution of the consumer experience, as it changes and expands. Smartphones are changing the way end-users experience entertainment content, and they can now enjoy rich-media content in almost any environment.  We are delighted to work with our colleagues at HTC in verifying that high levels of connectivity standards are being met with their products.”

Nicklas Jonsson, vice president, global partner management at HTC, commented, “Our vision is for our customers to easily stream their favorite high-quality video and audio from their smartphone into their home or car. The HTC Connect program builds upon our innovation in smartphones with leading consumer electronics brands. We rely upon our authorized test centers, like Testronic, to help us maintain an outstanding level of quality, integration and performance.”

Testronic’s HTC Connect testing and compliance operations will be headquartered out of their Belgium facility.

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Testronic will be opening the doors to a User Experience Lab at its US headquarters, located in Burbank, California, during Q2, 2013. McAllister is playing a key role in designing the new lab, which features the unique combination of biometrics, subject qualifications, and multi-pronged interviews that has proven highly successful for Player Research. The UX Lab will benefit from, and interact with, the powerful end-to-end testing ecosystem Testronic has built out at its First Street facility.

McAllister, a recognized leader in the User Experience community, launched Player Research in Brighton, UK. A respected academic, he earned his PhD in Computer Graphics from the University of Ulster (Ireland). McAllister is a senior lecturer at the University of Sussex on the Human-Computer Interaction and a journalist, writing for the influential games publication, Edge. His motivation in this highly-technical, but very human area of analysis has always been, “…to make better games. It comes down to a scientific approach in making informed choices in the game development process. We have designed the biometrics that track the physical aspect of User Experience, but over the years we’ve discovered that those tests lack meaning without the corresponding questions and an analysis of the combined information. The combination of the subjective and biometric produces powerful insights.”

Testronic is focused on keeping their clients, which include leading games developers and publishers, well ahead of the changing demands of deliverables and consumer behavior. The concept of User Experience is evolving rapidly for video games and entertainment product, and Testronic wanted to go past the horizon of current thought, and establish new benchmarks for quality in this arena.

Johan Craeybeckx, Chief Technology Officer of Testronic, comments, “We are delighted to be working closely with Graham and his team, and look forward to meeting with our clients at GDC to demonstrate the work we are engaged in together. The Player Research approach goes far beyond much of what is being called User Experience today and we see UX as a crucial component of games testing. At Testronic, we have been thinking about this area for a long time, and we see the collaboration and the launch of our new lab in Burbank as a huge benefit to our games customers.”

McAllister concluded, “It’s exciting to work with my colleagues at Testronic, we share a focus on providing our clients with the latest but most thoughtful approach to making sure their products are at the forefront of the marketplace.”

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Don’t miss Testronic’s involvement in two stellar panels; Preparing Content for the Digital Marketplace and The Importance of User Experience!

3 – 3:45 p.m.
Preparing Content for the Digital Marketplace 
Next generation access models (e.g. UltraViolet, other cloud-based multi-screen), next generation formats (e.g. 3D, 4K), and the expansion of content (e.g. 2nd Screen) are all important technologies that impact how we prepare content (and the various pieces of content that accompany the core product) for consumers. What is the customer demand? How are these advances coming to market? How is the supply chain effected by these trends? What opportunities and challenges exist for the digital supply chain to be as efficient and effective as possible while addressing these emerging needs?
Moderator: Mark Teitell, General Manager, DECE
Bryan Barber, Vice President, Global Business and Technology Strategy, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Andrew Fry, Strategic Partnerships and Marketing, Intel Corporation.
Ellen Goodridge, Vice President, Global Digital Operations and Product Development, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Albert Koval, Vice President,UltraViolet Services and Software Testing, Testronic

4:35 – 5:15 p.m.
The Importance of User Experience
Physical media is an excellent example where our industry agreed on standards through the format itself and the user experience (UX) was uniformly excellent. In digital media the user experience across the ecosystem of devices, systems and providers is not as uniform and ultimately the consumer suffers. While tablets and smartphones are highly versatile devices, the fact remains that media consumption is its primary sales engine and source of consumer satisfaction. What impact does UX have on the content being served to the multitude of consumer devices? Will building a robust digital supply chain help drive exceptional user experience for the consumer?
Moderator: Rich Marty,Vice President, Emerging Platform Development & Marketing, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Thomas Hughes, Senior Vice President , Worldwide Digital, Lionsgate
Jim Taylor, Head of Technology and Product Development, UltraViolet/DECE
Steven Chester, Vice President, Global Media & Entertainment, Akamai
Seth Hallen, Chief Executive Officer, Testronic
Matt Kennedy, Chief Creative Officer, Cinram/1K Studios

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At GDC 2013, Testronic will be in located in Business Meeting Room 506. Specializing in QA Localization, Compliance, Functionality, Compatibility and User Experience services, we work on every major platform and have been delivering quality for some of the world’s biggest franchises and publishers for over 10 years.

Talk to us at Business Room 506… GDC 2013!

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A fully independent testing provider, Testronic offers services for System Integrators, Digital TV Network Operators, and device manufacturers that are crafted to cater to their specific needs. We have amassed a wide range of in-depth functional interoperability, design, and ergonomic test cases for DTV. Our QA services have supported numerous Digital TV Distributors, STB hardware, embedded software, middleware, and application releases all over Europe. Our Digital TV operations specialise in testing services for many aspects of DVB, STB, TV, and Conditional Access (CA) hardware, as well as Digital TV and VOD systems, testing both the application and back-office side.  We are an active member of the Open IPTV Forum, HbbTV, BDA, DLNA, USB Implementers Forum, WPC, and SATA-IO.

Talk to us at Stand 71!

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The CCC is driving global innovation for phone-centric car connectivity, developing open industry standards and solutions. To maintain a high level of quality and functionality, the CCC has put a certification protocol in place through a highly qualified network of ATL’s. Testronic has met the CCC’s stringent requirements and is now engaged in testing for companies seeking certification.

The CCC’s certification process and conformance test tools are relevant to software developers, as well as manufacturers and automakers, who are building applications within the vehicle’s environment and controls and designing MirrorLink-enabled mobile apps. The CCC is focused on giving mobile app developers open access to their technology so that they can develop drive-safe apps that are fully interoperable between MirrorLink-enabled smartphone’s and cars.

“Meticulous product certification is one of the cornerstones of MirrorLink’s success,” said Alan Ewing, Executive Director of the CCC. “Our certification guidelines ensure any product bearing the MirrorLink logo carries out the standard’s core duties – not least of which is total interoperability between MirrorLink products. We are pleased to see Testronic Labs, a respected leader in quality assurance and certification, become a partner in safeguarding our standards.”

“We are proud to be able to test and certify these new applications and products for the CCC,” said Testronic Labs CTO Johan Craeybeckx. “The transformation of the car into a highly connected, information-rich environment is one of the most significant developments for consumers, and Testronic is uniquely qualified to work with all of the contributors, be they software, hardware, or entertainment content providers. We are thrilled to support new standards and the development in this exciting area.”

About the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC)

The CCC is dedicated to cross-industry collaboration in developing MirrorLink™ global standards and solutions for Smartphone and in-vehicle connectivity. Members include more than 80 percent of the world’s automakers, more than 70 percent of global Smartphone manufacturers and a who’s who of aftermarket consumer electronics vendors. For further information, please visit www.carconnectivity.org

Read more about our Certification services or speak to one of our specialists.

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UltraViolet is the cloud-based home entertainment industry standard that allows consumers to download and stream movies and TV shows for viewing on a wide range of devices. The expansion of Testronic’s File-Based Lab adds UltraViolet Interoperability Testing services, and features independent test stations supporting both hardware and software-based Common File Format (CFF) Players connected to a secure NAS, allowing client files to be quickly tested against a wide-range of CFF Players. UltraViolet Content Providers, Retailers, Download Service Providers (DSPs), and CFF Player manufacturer licensees can bring and transmit CFF content files for testing against available players, and have their players tested against CFF reference files and representative UltraViolet content. Testronic engineers are available to assist in consultation, setup, configuration, and to perform interoperability testing, including end-to-end consumer purchase, download, and playback scenarios.

In addition to supporting UltraViolet testing, the updated File-Based Lab can securely receive and test digital content and all downstream deliverables for Over-the-Top (OTT) services such as iTunes, Netflix and Hulu. To better support website, web portal and content rights redemption testing, Testronic has further expanded its online test lab environment, adding 12 additional test stations and upgrading the Master QC testing suites with greater functionality and additional technologies.

Albert Koval, Testronic’s Vice President of UltraViolet Services and Software Testing US, said, “Adding UltraViolet interoperability testing capabilities for content and CFF playback devices was a natural extension of the work that began when Phase I of the File-Based Lab was unveiled in mid-2011. The Lab has been designed from the ground up to serve the needs of studios, content providers and player manufacturers as the industry transitions to file-based workflows. Our customers are continually engaged in a never-ending cycle of change regarding the creation, management and delivery of content, and we feel that our ability to look ahead of the horizon and help them be prepared is crucial. Testronic is making this investment to stay ahead in critical areas like UltraViolet that relate to OTT and digital distribution, including the testing of desktop and mobile apps, websites, web portals and plug-in services, all of which are a growing focus for our clients.”

Testronic developed the File-Based Lab after careful research clearly showed a need to support clients in performing end-to-end, secure, testing services in the digital space. 1 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit download capabilities ensure fast, secure ingest of large media files; and future growth is secured, with the ability to add additional testing stations and capacity as needed. In Phase I, the company invested heavily in ground-breaking technology, including an innovative, advanced playback system for high-resolution, multi-format A/V, which reduced the time and equipment required to test the many master and distribution content file formats that exist across the entertainment ecosystem. The Phase II expansion is a continuation of thoughtful and advanced creativity by the Testronic team to develop file-based testing services to support clients now and in the future.

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At Apps World 2012 Testronic Labs will be present as Silver Sponsors, fielding experts in Digital TV, Gaming, Web and Home Entertainment in both panel discussions and talks discussing a wide range of QA services, including Consultancy, Certification, Translation, Localization, Usability, Performance and Functionality.

Watch this space for further updates…

Join Testronic Labs at booth #107 at Apps World 2012 to discuss your next project or talk to us here.

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