Artel Adds Industry Veterans To Its Technical Advisory Board; TAB Members Bring Experience, Insight As Artel Delivers First Intelligent GbE Transport Solution For VoD Roll-Outs.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MARLBORO Marlboro or Marlborough (märl`bərō), city (1990 pop. 31,813), Middlesex co., E Mass.; settled on the site of a Native American village 1657, inc. as a city 1890. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2003 Artel Video Systems, Inc. today announced the addition of three new members to its Technical Advisory Board (TAB). The new members include Thomas Elliot, Executive Consultant at CableLabs, Robert A. Luff, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Nielsen Media Research and David Feldman, Corporate Vice President of Technology at Charter Communications. These new members will join founding TAB member, Wendell Bailey, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Strategic Technology International, in working with Artel on the development and roll-out of a range of new products targeting the 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. ) industry. Artel announced it VSG VSG Variable Surface Glycoprotein VSG Vector Signal Generator VSG Lugansk, Ukraine (Airport Code) VSG Virgin Sun Grown (cigar) VSG Variable Spreading Gain VSG Vibrating Structure Gyroscope suite of GbE video-on-demand transport solutions in June 2003 at the NCTA NCTA National Cable & Telecommunications Association (fka National Cable Television Association) NCTA National Cable Television Association (now the National Cable & Telecommunications Association) National Show in Chicago. "We are delighted to have such a world-class group of industry experts on our team. Their knowledge, insight, and experience will be invaluable as we chart our technology course and product plan in the cable arena," said Hal Charnley, President and CEO of Artel. "Each of the Technical Advisory Board members brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in different, but complementary, aspects of the cable industry. As Artel delivers new products and services to the market, the insights and talents of our board members will be crucial in guiding our expansion and ensuring we have solid products and leading-edge technology. The technical advisory board is a an exciting and valuable asset upon which we can draw." About the Artel TAB Members Thomas Elliot With more than 30 years experience, Mr. Elliot has an impressive list of "firsts" to his credit: he was involved in building the first non-Bell network TV microwave distribution system in the United States; the first commercial transportable video uplink in the world; and the engineering, installation and operations of the first commercial fiber link for the U.S. Air Force at NORAD NORAD abbr. North American Aerospace (formerly Air) Defense Command . He has also been involved in worldwide consulting on microwave, CATV, voice, data and video systems; and the building of TCI's National Addressable Center. Currently Mr. Elliot serves as an Executive Consultant to CableLabs. A frequent speaker on both CATV and microwave, Mr. Elliot has also published numerous papers on these subjects. He is past Chairman of the Board and at-large Director of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, founder of the SCTE SCTE Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers SCTE Society of Cable Television Engineers SCTE Serial Clock Transmit External Interface Practices Committee, and serves on the NCTA Engineering Committee and the Education and Training Committee for the CATV Center and Museum. In addition, Mr. Elliot is Chairman of the CableLabs TAC 1. TAC - Translator Assembler-Compiler. For Philco 2000. 2. TAC - Terminal Access Controller. Operations Subcommittee, the holder of a patent on F-fittings and, along with two co-honorees, was named 1992 CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) An earlier videodisc technology from RCA that was released in 1981 and abandoned five years later. Like phonograph records, the analog disc contained grooves that a stylus rode over. Man of the Year. He received the 1993 NCTA Vanguard Award for Science and Technology, and was inducted into the SCTE Hall of Fame in 1998. Mr. Elliot is a graduate of Colorado Technical Institute. Robert A. Luff Mr. Luff is a cable television industry veteran with more than 25 years technical experience and industry knowledge in cable-TV, broadcasting, manufacturing, satellite, telecommunications, and regulatory issues. As a frequent columnist for Communications Technology and a regular speaker at The National Cable Television Association convention, Mr. Luff is considered to be an industry luminary. Currently he is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Nielsen Media Research. Previously he held executive level positions at NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , Scientific Atlanta, Bell Atlantic, and the FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. . Mr. Luff is a graduate of the University of Delaware [3] The student body at the University of Delaware is largely an undergraduate population. Delaware students have a great deal of access to work and internship opportunities. . David Feldman Mr. Feldman has 25 years of experience in architecture, design, and delivery of broadband, data and video services and technology platforms. He has balanced experience in both the Cable Television and wireless/satellite industries. In the Cable Television industry, Mr. Feldman has held engineering and technology-focused roles with American Television and Communications, several hardware vendors, and has served as Vice President of Technology at Jones Intercable. Currently, Mr. Feldman is corporate Vice President of Technology for Charter Communications. Mr. Feldman earned Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Denver
In 1912, the University of Colorado established a downtown Denver campus to meet the needs of the city's rapidly expanding . About Artel Video Systems, Inc. Artel Video Systems Inc., headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA, is a leading developer of video networking solutions to Cable Television (CATV) and Telecommunications service providers worldwide. The Company supplies innovative analog and digital video transmission and processing equipment to the world's premiere companies. Artel's newest innovation "VSG" (video session gateway) is a platform purpose-built for cable operators rolling out Video-on-Demand (VoD) services. VSG defines new benchmarks for cost, density, quality, and scalability enabling the cost-effective deployment of narrowcast interactive television services - VoD. Further information about the company is available on the World Wide Web at www.artel.com |
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