1-800-Video-on! Chooses Accord's MGC-100 MCU to Provide Enhanced Offerings of Continuous Presence and Transcoding Services.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1997--1-800-Video-on! announced today that it has officially purchased two MGC-100 Multipoint Gateway & Control systems from Accord Video Telecommunications. One system has already been delivered and is currently in production and the second system will be delivered in December 1997. The order totals over one half of one million dollars. In May 1997, the two companies announced a strategic relationship combining the conferencing service expertise of 1-800-Video-on! together with Accord's new generation MGC-100 Multipoint Control Unit See MCU. (MCU (1) (MicroController Unit) A computer on a single chip. See microcontroller. (2) (Multipoint Control Unit) A device that is used to moderate a videoconference of three or more end points (users at computers or groups of users ) toward the goal of delivering simple, reliable and effective multimedia communications. 1-800-Video-on! has been using the Accord MGC-100 since June 1997 to offer enhanced continuous presence and transcoding services to their customers. The MGC-100's transcoding services enable 1-800-Video-on!'s customers to hold cost-effective multimedia conferences with virtually anyone, without having to go down to the lowest common denominator low·est common denominator n. 1. See least common denominator. 2. a. The most basic, least sophisticated level of taste, sensibility, or opinion among a group of people. b. , no matter what bit rates, frame rates, resolutions and audio compression Encoding digital audio data to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. Audio compression typically uses lossy methods, which eliminate bits that are not restored at the other end. ADPCM and MP3 are examples of audio compression methods. See audio codec and data compression. algorithms their H.320 endpoints support. In addition, the MGC-100's enhanced continuous presence feature allows multipoint conference participants to view their colleagues in a flexible and natural fashion. The companies have worked together extensively to test the MGC-100 and ensure that it will meet the stringent needs of 1-800-Video-on! 1-800-Video-on!'s customer base consists of multinational organizations and Fortune 1000 companies who use multimedia conferencing See videoconferencing and data conferencing. services for many of their business-critical meetings. 1-800-Video-on! is dedicated to providing these customers with world class service and a broad feature set to ensure maximum productivity for all their meetings. Accord's MGC-100 met these criteria with its Telco-grade architecture and such features as enhanced continuous presence and transcoding for calls that involve diverse endpoints. The MGC-100 also provides ease-of-management and comprehensive maintenance tools which allow 1-800-Video-on! to cut down on its operational costs. "1-800-Video-on! has been very impressed with the service and support we received from Accord. It demonstrates a sincere commitment to customer satisfaction which compliments 1-800-Video-on!'s philosophy," said Frank Cooke Frank Cooke was an American entrepreneur who lived within, and started a high-tech optical business in North Brookfield, Massachusetts. He was born in 1913 and died at the age of 92 in 2005. [1] Education and experience Mr. , chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of 1-800-Video-on! "Meeting the highest level of customer satisfaction is an essential part of today's business Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. success; We are confident that the MGC-100 will be instrumental in achieving this goal and we anticipate a long and fruitful relationship with the Accord team." 1-800-Video-on! has a dedicated team of conference producers, technical support staff and engineering professionals to ensure that they not only meet, but exceed customer expectations. "1-800-Video-on! has been a valuable partner in evaluating the MGC MGC Mammalian Gene Collection MGC Media Gateway Controller MGC Middle Georgia College MGC Museums and Galleries Commission (UK government) MGC Mississippi Gaming Commission MGC Manual Gain Control 100 and providing Accord with insightful feedback on the features and user interface," said Amir Shaked, president of Accord Video Telecommunications Inc. "The level of cooperation between 1-800-Video-on! and Accord demonstrates both companies' commitment to providing next generation conferencing services to the multimedia industry. We are very pleased with their purchase decision and look forward to growing our relationship in the future." ABOUT 1-800-VIDEO-ON! 1-800-Video-on! is a full-service videoconferencing A real time video session between two or more users or between two or more locations. Although the first videoconferencing was done with traditional analog TV and satellites, inhouse room systems became popular in the early 1980s after Compression Labs pioneered digitized video systems bridging provider that offers innovative solutions to complicated multimedia conferencing requirements. As one of the most technologically advanced bridging service companies in the market today, 1-800-Video-on! is first in the industry to offer bleeding edge A pun on "leading edge." It implies that using the latest technology is often risky because it has not been tested with enough users and may not perform as expected. Introducing an advanced product or service is also risky because the user community may not be ready for it or really want communications tools to our broad range of customers. The full suite of videoconferencing products and services offered includes value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. conference producers available for every call, worldwide public room rentals, conference room scheduling, satellite services and more. 1-800-Video-on! created the standard for video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. when it became the first to market true Continuous Presence Imaging, and full T.120 document conferencing. 1-800-Video-on! meets all the demands of today's global workplace and sets the pace for tomorrow. For additional information, please call Wendy Shaya at: (303) 448-7813 or fax: (303) 448-7803, or visit the company's web site at www.one800video-on.com ABOUT ACCORD Accord Video Telecommunications develops, markets and supports multipoint gateway and control systems for the multimedia conferencing industry. Enabling live, interactive, multimedia communications between two or more multimedia conferencing endpoints, the MGC family of MCU products is designed with a revolutionary new telecom architecture and unparalleled throughput capabilities. The multi-shelf MGC will boast the industry's largest port capacity - up to 1200 sites, while the currently available single shelf model, the MGC-100, supports 4-80 sites. All systems use the same card set for easy expansion and investment protection. All of Accord's MGC products comply with today's ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. standards for multimedia conferencing including H.320, H.323, the G series for audio compression and the T.120 standard suite for data transfer and application sharing A data conferencing capability that lets two or more users interactively work on the same application at the same time. The application is loaded and running in only one machine; however, keystrokes are transmitted from and screen changes are transmitted to the other participants. . However, the MGC-100 is anything but standard...With its Universal Transcoding Gateway function, On-demand Conference Set up, Advanced Continuous Presence and Scaleable Architecture, the MGC-100 presents a new generation of multimedia conferencing infrasturcture. For more information, please call Accord Inc. at: (770) 509-4863 or Andrea Lempel-Federmann at +972 3 925-1405 or see the company's web site at www.accord.co.il CONTACT: 1-800-Video-on! Wendy Shaya, 303/448-7813 fax: 303/415-3540 email: wshaya@one800video-on.com or Accord International Headquarters Andrea Federmann, 972 3 925-1405 fax: 972 3 921-1571 email: andrea@accord.co.il or Accord USA Headquarters Susan Rutherford, 770/509-4863 fax: 770/509-4859 email: accordvid@aol.com |
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