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Recreate Solutions joins IBM consortium for IPTV
MUMBAI: Recreate Solutions, a London-based company floated by ex-Zee employee Bhaskar Majumdar, is part of a consortium led by IBM bidding for IPTV projects in the Asia Pacific region.
The consortium has expressed intent to participate in developing a content delivery platform for state owned MTNL’s plan to roll out triple play – voice, data and video services.
VSNL is the other telecom giant in which the consortium has expressed intent to bid. Other players in the consortium are Seachange, Orca & Widevine. While Seachange will provide hardware, video sourcing & set- top box solutions. Orca will handle the middleware platform for IPTV. Widevine will look after conditional access system (CAS) and digital rights management. Recreate Solutions will provide technology for multi-player gaming & system integration solutions.
“IBM has invited us into a consortium for participating in the IPTV bid in the Asia Pacific region. We provide solutions to various interactive channel operators, video on demand service providers and broadcasters. We have built multi-player gaming engine on IPTV platforms,” says Recreate Solutions vice president, Ved Sen.
Recreate Solutions is already working with AssetHouse as an implementation partner in the UK. AssetHouse has won a contract from Britsh Telecom which plans to roll out IPTV in mid 2006. The company is also doing product development work for Espial, a company which specialises in browser solutions on the set top boxes.
In the interactive TV space, Recreate Solutions is also into gaming application solutions and is a technology partner for Yoo Media. The company is building applications for Yahoo Media’s Avago gaming channel.
Recreate Solutions is doing development work for Visiware, the largest game publishers on the interactive TV space .Exit Games, a gaming engine provider is also Recreate Solutions’ client.
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UDF poised to return to power in Kerala, says Manorama-CVoter survey
Massive opinion poll projects shift in Kerala politics ahead of 2026 Assembly elections.
MUMBAI: The winds of change appear to be blowing through Kerala’s political landscape and this time, they seem to favour the United Democratic Front. A comprehensive mega opinion survey conducted by Manorama News in partnership with CVoter projects a potential comeback for the UDF in the upcoming Kerala Legislative Assembly Elections 2026. The survey, covering all 140 constituencies with a massive sample size of nearly 90,000 respondents, predicts the UDF could win between 69 and 81 seats.
The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) is expected to secure 57 to 69 seats, a significant drop from the 99 seats it won in the 2021 elections. This would mean the LDF losing 30 to 42 of its sitting seats. Meanwhile, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which drew a blank in 2021, is projected to open its account with 1 to 5 seats.
Region-wise, the UDF is expected to make strong gains in Malabar, winning 25 to 34 out of 48 seats, and in Central Kerala, where it could bag 29 to 33 out of 53 seats. In South Kerala, the LDF is likely to retain an edge with 21 to 25 seats, while the UDF may improve to 12 to 16 seats. The NDA could pick up 1 to 3 seats in the southern region.
The survey was conducted between 14 and 26 March 2026, with additional tracker and snap polls carried out from December 2025 to March 2026. A total of 89,693 respondents participated, ensuring representation across all demographics and social segments.
Manorama News has a strong track record of accuracy, with its previous projections closely matching the actual results of the 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha elections as well as the 2021 Kerala Assembly polls.
In Kerala’s famously fierce political battles, this survey suggests the pendulum may be swinging back. Whether the final verdict matches these numbers or throws up another surprise, one thing is clear, the 2026 Assembly elections are shaping up to be one of the most keenly watched contests in the state’s history.
