The LodgeNet VOD Basic solution delivers the essential features and benefits of digital VOD in a high-quality, cost-effective solution.

BENEFITS

• Enhances appeal to cost conscious travelers by adding interactive TV to the guest room experience.
• Provides the choice, convenience and control guests expect in the age of instant entertainment.
• Expands your in-room entertainment beyond free-to-guest.
• Extends your brand presence through the television.
• Eliminates the cost, power, cabling, aesthetic and tampering issues associated with set-top box solutions.

KEY FEATURES

• High-quality digital content delivery: All VOD content is delivered digitally to the room.
• Pro:Idiom^® content security for on demand content.
• Comprehensive control: FTG, VOD, guest services and audio are all controlled by a single LodgeNet remote with backlit keys, increasing functionality in darkened rooms.
• Leverage existing coaxial cable (MATV) networks: Coordinates with FCC and CableLabs standards.
• On demand movies: Digital widescreen titles from all major studios – updated monthly and many while still in theaters.
• On demand TV programming: Packaged favorites with TV Unlimited, plus Just Missed TV for episodes as soon as the day after their broadcast premieres.
• Guest-friendly features: Parental controls; playback controls (pause, skip, save); multilingual menus (English, Spanish, French); plus easy return to previously purchased programming.
• Account Review: Folio information in the privacy of the guest room; interfaces with more than 80 PMS solutions.
• Screen customization: Including branding with hotel logo and your choice of background (from library options).

Over 25% of frequent travelers view VOD as important in judging hotel quality.
(Zoomerang, May 2008)

35% of travelers browse a VOD system nightly.
(LodgeNet usage data, 2006-2008)

50% of consumers intentify VOD as the most compelling feature of an “enhanced TV service.”
(Accenture Consumer Broadcast Survey, 2008)