The expanded portfolio includes digital signage and on-line training applications. The Helius Business IPTV solutions are comprised of Helius MediaAuthor: an application designed to support small-scale, digital signage installations in retail outlets; Helius Portal and Presenter: an eLearning platform which enables management to provide on-line training, monitor compliance, and automatically issue certifications for internal and external users; and Helius Mediagate router and the Mediagate software suite.

Mike Tippets, president of Helius, said: These products are designed for rapid deployment and can be simply and quickly added to existing HughesNet solutions. Customers such as General Motors, Safeway, JCPenney, Raytheon, General Dynamics, and others have benefited from the power and flexibility of Helius applications-and we are implementing pilot installations of these products and services with customers of Hughes today.