Acterna Brings a Comprehensive Test and Measurement Interface to the DVB-T Industry.GERMANTOWN, Md. & AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- DTS-200 and DTS-330 Facilitate Easy and Accurate 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). Stream Analysis of Terrestrial Broadcast Signals Acterna, the world's largest provider of communications test solutions for telecommunications and cable network operators, today announced that its DTS-200 and DTS-330 remote test solutions for MPEG-2 transport streams have been enhanced with interfaces for Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial (DVB-T See DVB. ) testing and measurement. Acterna's DTS-200 and DTS-330 now enable pinpoint analysis of digital video transport streams transported over terrestrial broadcasts, and provide the RF layer measurements that facilitate simple correlation between the physical and MPEG protocol layers. Acterna's complete suite of broadcast and cable network testing tools and solutions will be displayed at 2004 IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention Show stand 8.375. By adding DVB-T testing functionality to the DTS-200 and DTS-330 systems, Acterna becomes the first provider of MPEG protocol test and measurement solutions to all industries - including satellite, cable, telco, terrestrial broadcast, and OEMs - working with the MPEG compression format. "The broadcast industry is exploring every option available for content producers to maximize today's digital media experience," said Kevin Oliver, vice president of marketing for Acterna's Cable Networks Division. "The new DVB-T interface to Acterna's DTS (1) (Digital Theatre Sound) A digital audio encoding system used in movie and home theaters. Popularized by the movie Jurassic Park, the six-channel (5. products allows broadcasters in Europe and Asia, as well as Community Antenna Television community antenna television n. Abbr. CATV See cable television. (CATV (Community Antenna TV) The original name for cable TV. It used a single antenna at the highest location in the community in order to deliver a quality signal to homes in areas with hilly terrain or other interference. ) and telecom clients worldwide, to accurately analyze Digital Video (DV) transport streams coming off air, ensuring that those feeds are error-free. The DVB-T interface allows a customer to identify and isolate problems in the distribution and multiplexing chain quickly, saving time, labor and cost. As a result, our customers can optimize programming on a given frequency while maintaining the highest standards of quality for their broadcast signals." The DTS-200 allows digital network operators and associated equipment vendors to gain remote visibility into their MPEG streams and perform various test applications for rapid provisioning of networks and easy identification of problems with equipment and content. Acterna's DTS-330 digital broadcast test system offers multiple combinations of MPEG-2 -- both DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. and Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) An international digital television (DTV) standard adopted by the U.S., Canada, South Korea, Taiwan and Argentina. ) -- transport stream generation, capture, stream creation, and analysis to meet broadcasters' specific needs. This new test platform also analyzes up to seven unique streams simultaneously across as many different interfaces. Integrated evaluation of the DV stream according to the European Telecommunications Standards (ETS ETS Educational Testing Service (nonprofit private educational testing and measurement organization) ETS Emergency Telecommunications Service ETS Electronic Trading System ETS Engineering (&) Technical Services ) 300-744 specification also allows broadcasters to look at the MPEG data at the terrestrial broadcast point - without RF equipment "tainting" the analysis - to guard against lip-sync or timing errors, or against gross lack of proper audio and video. No additional RF demodulation demodulation: see modulation. See demodulate. (communications) demodulation - To recover the signal from the carrier. For example, in a radio broadcast using amplitude modulation the audio signal is transmitted as the mean amplitude of a devices are required to test the signals' MPEG layer. This is one of several broadcast industry related product announcements Acterna will be unveiling at IBC 2004 in Amsterdam. Learn more about Acterna's complete line of instruments, systems, software, services, and integrated solutions online at www.acterna.com. Note to editors: All company or product names mentioned in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. For a digital image of the DTS-330, use the following URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : ftp://GlobalComm:graphics@ftp.en-ssi.acterna.com/corpcom/DTS330_B.jpg. For the DTS-200, use the following: ftp://GlobalComm:graphics@ftp.en-ssi.acterna.com/corpcom/DTS200.jpg About Acterna Acterna is the world's largest provider of communications test solutions for telecommunications and cable network operators. A trusted communications test partner for more than eight decades, Acterna offers an unmatched portfolio of award-winning instruments, systems, software, and services that help its customers reduce network costs while improving performance and reliability. Headquartered in Germantown, Md. -- with European and Asia-Pacific operations based in Eningen, Germany, and Hong Kong -- Acterna serves nearly every major communications service provider A Communications Service Provider or CSP is a company that transports information electronically. The term encompasses public and private companies in the wireline, wireless, Internet, cable, satellite, and managed services businesses. and equipment manufacturer around the world through a skilled sales and support organization in 31 countries. VISIT ACTERNA AT IBC2004 STAND 8.375 |
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