Artel's CopperTV Breakthrough For Digital TV Transport Over DSL.Business/Technology Editors MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2001 Telecommunications service providers can finally transport digital TV services over ATM networks for xDSL distribution to subscribers via CopperTV CopperTV will premier at the Supercomm 2001 exhibition in Atlanta, Georgia June 5th-7th at Booth #8012 Artel today introduced its new CopperTV(TM) Multiplexer, designed to transport 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). digital TV content over wide area networks, opening up new market opportunities for telecommunications service providers. CopperTV enables broadcast quality, full screen digital television to be distributed over copper lines to the home utilizing various digital subscriber line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (xDSL) technologies including Very High Bit Rate (VDSL See DSL. VDSL - Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line ). CopperTV is designed to transport MPEG digital television services from satellite downlinks and video servers over asynchronous transfer mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. (ATM) networks to DSL access multiplexers (DSLAMs) and utilizes existing ATM network infrastructures, requiring a minimum investment to launch services. Bundling digital entertainment along with telephony and data services over DSL for distribution to the home broadens the market for telecommunications service providers, enabling them to compete directly with cable TV and satellite TV operators. "Content-based services like video are the revenue cash cow for the service providers in this decade, and Artel's approach of laying video directly on MPEG/ATM rather than requiring an IP layer is an exceptionally savvy response to market needs," commented Tom Nolle, President of CIMI CIMI Certified Infant Massage Instructor CIMI Catalina Island Marine Institute CIMI Consortium for Interchange of Museum Information CIMI Canadian Institute for Market Intelligence CIMI Committee on Integrity and Management Improvement (US EPA) Corporation. "This should lower the cost of video deployment, and make video distribution more accommodating to regulatory trends. This may be the best idea in DSL video distribution to hit the market!" CopperTV is a video aware network edge device evolving from Artel's VideoStorm(TM) technology. It is a high-powered, scalable MPEG switching engine, able to transport high-quality compressed digital video over ATM-based wide area networks at up to 155 Mbit/s OC-3 speeds for transport to DSLAMs. ATM multicasting (point to multi-point) can be used to deliver the video content to multiple DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexor) A central office (CO) device for ADSL service that intermixes voice traffic and DSL traffic onto a customer's DSL line. It also separates incoming phone and data signals and directs them onto the appropriate carrier's network. See DSL. locations within a network from a centralized satellite downlink or video server facility. High speed ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. digital subscriber line) or very high speed DSL (VDSL) is then used for the delivery of video services to the home from the DSLAM. The most powerful, full-featured video edge device available today, CopperTV offers a solution for telecommunications companies that need to deliver real-time applications like Video-on-Demand and interactive TV to the home. CopperTV has the ability to accept DVB-ASI DVB-ASI Digital Video Broadcasting - Asynchronous Serial Interface multi-program and single program transport stream (MPTS MPTS Multi Protocol Transport Services MPTS Multipurpose Tree Species MPTS Modem Pooling for Terminal Server (software package from PC Micro) MPTS Multiprogram Transport Stream (MPEG-2) MPTS Metal Parts and SPTS SPTS Single-Program Transport Stream SPTS SharePoint Team Services (Microsoft) SPTS Service Provider Trunking Solutions (Lucent) SPTS Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper (bird species) ) content and can re-multiplex selected programs into a single-program transport stream for distribution across an ATM network to a DSLAM. CopperTV can accept variable and constant bit rate (VBR and CBR) content for output as a constant bit rate stream over ATM to feed a DSLAM. The ability to handle both VBR and CBR is critical for Video-on-Demand services and advertisement insertion. "We are continuing to bring to market innovative solutions that support our telecommunications customers' needs," said Mike Riley, Artel's senior vice president of sales and marketing. "CopperTV is a complementary addition to our product lines and an example of our commitment to the highest quality solutions for the video transport market." About Artel Video Systems Artel provides video networking systems to cable TV and telecommunications service providers who need to satisfy the consumer's ever growing appetite for broadband digital entertainment. Artel's products are transforming the world's networking infrastructures by enabling the transmission of broadcast and interactive TV over standards based multi-service networks. Artel is headquartered in Marlborough, MA, USA, with sales and service centers worldwide. Further information about the company is available on the World Wide Web at www.artel.tv. |
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