Artel Video Systems Introduces QuickSilver, A Comprehensive Guide to Defining and Launching New Video Services.MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 11, 1998-- QuickSilver quicksilver: see mercury. (1) (QuickSilver Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA, www.qstech.com) A mobile communications company that specializes in a reconfigurable logic chip for cellphones and PDAs. See adaptive computing. program opens the door to new revenue opportunities for service providers Artel Artel (Russian: арте́ль) is a general term for various cooperative associations in Russia, historical and modern. Video Systems, Inc., today announced QuickSilver, a program developed to help service providers define and launch professional video service offerings. The QuickSilver program consists of a comprehensive source book designed to: -- promote development of differentiated, contribution quality video services, -- bring new video services to the market faster, -- increase return on video services investment. Developed in cooperation with TeleChoice, Inc., a leading telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects firm, Artel's QuickSilver program is a step-by-step guide to developing and promoting new video services to meet the needs of the broadcast and entertainment industries. Tight production deadlines, increased programming volume and requirements for increasingly sophisticated video content in television, advertisements and the movies, are creating a growing demand to transport large volumes of broadcast-quality video locally, nationally, and internationally. With the Federal Communications Commission's (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. ) mandated shift to HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates on the horizon, demand for video transmission services will increase as the broadcast world produces content in multiple formats during this transitional period. The requirement to transport high bandwidth, high quality multi-format video presents many opportunities for service providers in today's highly competitive market environment. QuickSilver is designed to accelerate the definition and launch process for new video services, thereby enabling providers to respond quickly to these opportunities. "As the broadcast world migrates from analog to digital and beyond to HDTV, Artel's goal is to team closely with its service provider customers to ensure that they are able to respond quickly to their customer base's changing needs," said Artel Video Systems 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. Hal Charnley Charn·ley , Sir John 1911-1982. British orthopedic surgeon who pioneered total hip replacement surgery. He also developed the technique of arthrodesis for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in the knee and hip. . "We believe that QuickSilver will be a valuable tool in this process and are excited by the prospect of working with our customers to launch new high performance video services in the new world of HDTV." For more information about the QuickSilver program visit Artel's Web site: http://www.artel.com. About Artel Video Systems Headquartered in Marlborough, MA, U.S., Artel is an industry leader in the distribution and transmission of non-compressed, broadcast quality analog and digital video. Artel delivers to the post production, broadcast and service provider marketplace a seamless digital connection between the video origination Origination The process through which a mortgage lender creates a mortgage secured by some amount of the mortgagor's real property. Notes: Also known as loan origination, everyone must go through the origination process when securing a mortgage for a piece of real and the video distribution markets. Artel's mission is to provide innovative products and services to enable the video distribution and transmission markets to seamlessly migrate from analog to digital video and to the new technologies of high definition television (HDTV).
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