Artel Video Systems Rises to Olympian Challenge; Artel Helps Broadcasters Deliver Live Footage of 2000 Olympic Games to Millions of Viewers.Business/Technology Editors MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 21, 2000 Artel Artel (Russian: арте́ль) is a general term for various cooperative associations in Russia, historical and modern. Video Systems today announced that its optical video networking solutions will provide live, uncompressed images from the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. to millions of viewers. As part of the contract with host broadcaster Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organization (SOBO SOBO Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation SOBO Small Office/Branch Office Sobo South Bounder (a person hiking the Appalachian Trail from North to South) SOBO Southbound Train Blues Band (Israeli delta blues band) ), Artel's DigiLink and MegaLink fiber optic video networking systems will enable SOBO to meet the video networking needs of international broadcasters. Beginning Friday, Sept. 15th in Sydney, Australia, Artel's DigiLink and MegaLink will transmit a mix of analog signals in PAL and NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. formats and digital signals from the Olympic venues to the International Broadcast Centre, which is a radio and television production complex located adjacent to the Olympic Stadium The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece stadium of the Summer Olympic Games. Traditionally, the opening and closing ceremonies and the track & field competitions are held in the Olympic Stadium. . From the International Broadcast Centre, Artel's DigiLink 1220 will distribute signals to Rights Holding Broadcasters spanning the globe. "The benefits of using Artel's DigiLink and MegaLink products are twofold - they provide us with a video networking solution that offers critical analog and digital transmission capabilities within the same box, and, as proven during recent technical beta tests, the industry's highest quality and most reliable optical video networking equipment on the market," said John Stokes, sales director at Amtech Australia Pty Limited, Artel's Australian distributor. Artel's DigiLink 1220 is the industry's only single-channel, non-compressed optical video transport system, which is capable of transmitting NTSC, ITU-601 serial digital component or DVB-ASI DVB-ASI Digital Video Broadcasting - Asynchronous Serial Interface signals. Combined with Artel's MegaLink transceiver, the DigiLink system will provide analog and digital video connectivity between the Olympic venues and the International Broadcasting Centre. "Artel's DigiLink and MegaLink networking solution will enable viewers worldwide to receive the highest performance broadcast-quality images from the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games," 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. "Our technological leadership, combined with an understanding of the unique commercial needs of large scale events like the Olympic Games, enables us to provide world class video transport solutions." About Artel Video Systems Artel supplies telecommunication service providers, cable television operators and enterprise customers with products that service the rapidly growing enhanced television and DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. services market. Artel is headquartered in Marlborough, Mass., U.S. and operates worldwide through a direct sales force and distributor network. Further information about the company is available on the World Wide Web at www.artel.com. |
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