Artel and BarcoNet Enter Into OEM Agreement Involving Artel's Cross Stream Technology.Business/Technology Editors MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2001 Artel's Cross Stream 155D will be integrated into BarcoNet's suite of headend and playout solutions Artel Artel (Russian: арте́ль) is a general term for various cooperative associations in Russia, historical and modern. announced today an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and relationship with BarcoNet involving Artel's Cross Stream(TM) 155D product. Under the terms of the agreement, BarcoNet will sell Artel's Cross Stream 155D Video Access Demultiplexer under private label. The BarcoNet product version, named Calisto, will complement BarcoNet's product line of digital headend systems for cable TV networks and multimedia playout centers. Incorporating the Cross Stream 155D product with BarcoNet's versatile digital headend product solutions enables improved transport of digital television programming over packet networks. Headend and playout deployment of Calisto will enable demultiplexing of 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). compressed digital video, reduction of network jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle , and program identifier (PID (1) (Process IDentifier) A temporary number assigned by the operating system to a process or service. (2) (Proportional-Integral-Derivative) The most common control methodology in process control. ) switching. The OEM relationship between BarcoNet and Artel will allow BarcoNet customers to remultiplex video across 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 between master and regional headend locations. This solution enables network operators to converge digital video onto packet-based networks creating readily scalable transport infrastructures that are well suited for video-on-demand and interactive TV services. "Artel is experiencing unprecedented interest in the Cross Stream 155 product," said Artel 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. "We believe the Cross Stream 155 is an exceptional product that will play a significant role in the convergence of digital television and rich media applications and we are very pleased to be working with a premier supplier of digital headend systems like BarcoNet, and look forward to a productive relationship." "Cable operators will have even more flexibility to create their own ATM transport streams at their remote headends," said Jos Vancoppernolle, Senior Vice President and COO of BarcoNet. "BarcoNet offers an extensive product range including ATM solutions which enable operators to share their ATM network with other services, such as data. BarcoNet is committed to a continuous improvement of its product offering in the convergence business." About the Cross Stream 155 The Cross Stream product line meets the needs of telecommunications and cable TV operators who are building out rich media networking infrastructures. Cross Stream products are built around Artel's high performance reconfigurable hardware switching engine a locomotive for switching cars from one track to another, and making up trains; - called also switch engine ltname>. See also: Switching called VideoStorm, which provides a backbone capable of operating at speeds in excess of a gigabit. This powerful combination of a network edge device and sophisticated MPEG switch is capable of handling the complex interface conversions and adaptations associated with MPEG video. The Cross Stream products provide a simpler, more direct path for all streams destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for the network, while extending the local video connections across vast distances jitter free. For existing ATM network users, it replaces the need for a separate network to solely carry video traffic. The Cross Stream products are able to accept video feeds from video-on-demand servers, satellite transceivers, disk servers, codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
About BarcoNet BarcoNet (Euronext: BARN) is a leading provider of multimedia distribution solutions for broadband and broadcast applications. BarcoNet's core activities include headends for integrated multimedia services, high-speed fiber optic backbones, network management, digital TV distribution and broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. solutions. BarcoNet's systems are currently used and appreciated by the world's largest broadband operators, in cable as well as terrestrial, telecom, satellite and wireless applications. The company employs more than 700 people, has more than 20 offices around the world and operates an established distribution and services network. Formerly part of Barco, BarcoNet has been listed on the Euronext Brussels stock exchange Brussels Stock Exchange (BSE) Stock exchange that handles the majority of securities transactions in Belgium. as a separate company since November 13, 2000 (BARN). More information on BarcoNet is available on the company's Web site at www.barconet.com. 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, Mass., 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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