iBahn, Bang & Olufsen partner

Hospitality industry IP systems and broadcast technologies specialist, iBahn, and manufacturer of audio products, TV sets and telephones, Bang & Olufsen, have signed an agreement to combine Bang & Olufsen's audiovisual products with iBahn's digital entertainment and broadband services for the hospitality market, Telecom Paper states.

iBahn has fully tested iMedia, its IP-based information and entertainment platform for hotels, with Bang & Olufsen's products, to enable compliance with all digital services, including integration with Bang & Olufsen's Remote, Beo4 and Beo6.

Real Wire says this means iBahn is one of the selected hotel system providers able to deliver services directly through existing Bang & Olufsen controllers.

The first hotel to install the joint iBahn and Bang & Olufsen offering is the prestigious 45 Park Lane, Dorchester Collection's latest hotel, in Mayfair, London.

Graeme Powell, MD EMEA, iBahn, comments: “This partnership is extremely valuable to both parties and will offer our joint customers an unrivalled combination of the latest in-room entertainment and digital services that will bring the best out of Bang & Olufsen's inspirational design and functionality.”