ADC Invests in Optivision Video Compression Technology.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 1995--ADC Telecommunications Inc., and Optivision Inc., today announced that ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. has made a $6 million investment in Optivision, a Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.-based leader in developing products based on MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). (Motion Picture Experts Group (spelling) Motion Picture Experts Group - Incorrect expansion of MPEG, which stands for Moving Picture Experts Group. ) digital video compression Encoding digital video to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. See video codec and data compression. video compression - Compression of sequences of images. technology. "The investment by ADC will enable Optivision to expand more rapidly in the digital video compression market," stated James Tyler James Tyler is the name of:
Fred Lawrence, senior vice president of ADC's Transmission Group, said, "The video compression technology that will be available from Optivision will greatly enhance our video product portfolio and differentiate ADC as the most complete supplier of video transmission and switching solutions in the marketplace. Applications for the combined product lines of ADC and Optivision are huge in the cable TV, distance learning and broadcast video markets." Optivision's product initiatives include a complete line of OPTIVideo(a) MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 encoders and decoders designed to meet the needs of the transmission and video-on-demand markets. Key to the success of these products is the company's in-depth knowledge of core MPEG technology. This knowledge, coupled with Optivision's close relationship with C-Cube, the world's leading supplier of chips for MPEG CODECs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
Optivision's MPEG-2 encoder will deliver professional quality MPEG encoding at data rates that are well tuned to the transmission industry and at a price point well below the industry competition. Optivision also produces a complete line of MPEG decoders, including the new MPEG-2 Genlock decoder and high-speed quad (four-channel, rack-mount) decoder. These decoders can operate at data rates from 600 Kbps to 15 Mbps and support a wide variety of data transport formats, including MPEG-1 System, MPEG-2 Program and MPEG-2 Transport. ADC's video transmission and switching family includes the DV6000(TM) digital transmission system, the Homeworx(TM) access platform and the PixlNet(TM) videoconferencing system. The DV6000 operates at 2.4 Gbps and simultaneously transports up to 16 channels of digitized broadband traffic, is completely modular, and supports diverse network configurations and multiple video formats. Ameritech, SNET n. 1. The fat of a deer. v. t. 1. The clear of mucus; to blow. and Viacom Cable use the DV6000 digital video transmission system in their video networks. The Homeworx platform transports both digital and analog broadband signals, as well as narrowband telephony and data services over a hybrid fiber/coax (HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax. 2. (hardware) HFC - hydrofluorocarbon. ) architecture to residential and small business customers. The platform is being deployed by or has been in field trials with Ameritech, Cable Bahamas, Comcast, Nynex, Optus Vision, Rochester Telephone, SNET and Time Warner. The PixlNet system is an H.320-compliant multipoint video conference control and switching unit compatible with all brands of H.261 CODECs. Founded in 1983, Optivision Inc. is a leading developer of high performance MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 compression and decompression products supporting applications in three distinct areas: authoring systems, video transmission/broadcast systems and video-on-demand/video server systems. The company also custom-develops still image and video compression solutions, as well as photonics-related products, for the government and military markets. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif., Optivision has a manufacturing, engineering and testing facility in Davis, Calif. and a sales office on the East coast. ADC Telecommunications Inc., is a leading supplier of transmission and networking systems used to deliver voice, data, video and wireless services. The company holds a preeminent market position in physical connectivity products for fiber-optic, twisted-pair and coaxial networks. Wholly owned business units include ADC Fibermux, ADC Kentrox, ADC Video Systems and AOFR AOFR Assumption of Financial Responsibility . The company also operates international business units in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, England, Mexico, Singapore and Venezuela. Fiscal year 1994 revenues were $448.7 million. DV6000, Homeworx and PixlNet are trademarks of ADC Telecommunications Inc. (a) OPTIVIDEO and its associated products are trademarks of OPTIVISION Inc. All other products mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: ADC Telecommunications Inc., Minneapolis Lynne High, 612/946-3136 or Faiola Davis Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Sara Faiola, 213/933-4959 |
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