Artel Video Systems Signs Mega Hertz as a Value-Added-Reseller for the Cable TV Market.Business/Technology Editors MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2002 Mega Hertz to Add Artel's Industry Leading Suite of Dark Fiber Video Transmission Solution to Their Best-of-Breed 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. Product Offerings Artel Artel (Russian: арте́ль) is a general term for various cooperative associations in Russia, historical and modern. Video Systems, a leading technology provider of video transport solutions to the cable television, satellite and telecommunications industries, today announced it has signed Mega Hertz, a provider of best-of-breed end-to-end solutions as a value-added-reseller in the US cable market for its entire suite of fiber-based video transport products. Under the terms of the agreement, Mega Hertz will be responsible for the sales and first line support of Artel's single and multi-channel analog/digital dark-fiber transmission products. "Artel's products strength combined with Mega Hertz' 25-years of experience in the cable television industry brings a full complement of cost-effective solutions to the ever-demanding requirement for increased video transport in cable TV backbones," said Hal Charnley, President and Chief Executive Officer at Artel. "Mega Hertz is excited to add Artel's video transmission products to our roster of broadband system solutions," said Steve Grossman, Product Manager at Mega Hertz. "We are proud to offer Artel's DigiLink and MegaWav product family, equipped with features that allow cable systems operators to cost-efficiently transport video." About DigiLink and MegaWav Artel's DigiLink product family offers unsurpassed transport performance and configuration flexibility. DigiLink offers both single and multi-channel as well as analog and digital transport options and is designed to accept a modular optical laser cartridge in either short haul Short distance. Short haul implies traversing a small geographic area such as a few miles at most. Contrast with long haul. See line driver. , long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. or ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. compliant standard optical wavelengths for use in DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing environments. Artel's MegaWav, a DWDM optical multiplexer enables transmission of up to 16 different wavelengths over a single strand of fiber. This innovative means of multiplexing is an economical solution to fiber utilization and provides maximum flexibility and reliable operation. 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 About Mega Hertz Mega Hertz specializes in marketing and integrating the following MVSS MVSS Motor Vehicle Safety Standards MVSS Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society MVSS Motor Vehicle Storage Shed MVSS Manual Voice Secure Switch Digital & Analog (D/A D/A See: Documents Against Acceptance ) technologies into the U.S. Cable Television Industry: Emergency Alert Systems (D/A); Broadcast & Satellite Processing systems (D/A); Matrix Routing systems (D/A); Digital Ad (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). ) & Photo Classified Insertion systems (D/A); Fiber Optic & Return Path Management systems; Power Generation and Management systems; Fiber Optic Transmission & RF Distribution systems; advanced Character Generation systems; Digital, Analog/RF & Fiber Optic Test equipment (D/A), as well as, Local Origination & Video Production systems. Established in 1975 and headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, Mega Hertz has regional offices in Portland, OR; Phoenix, AZ; Hurst, TX, St. Louis, MO; Ashland, OH; Butler, PA; Chambersburg, PA; Ashland, NH, Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. , GA and Atlanta, GA. |
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