Artel signs Broadcast Systems & Equipment -- BSE -- as premier reseller for Canada.Business Editors MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2002 BSE See Bombay Stock Exchange. BSE See Boston Stock Exchange (BSE). to carry Artel's industry leading suite of broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). video transmission solutions. Artel Artel (Russian: арте́ль) is a general term for various cooperative associations in Russia, historical and modern. today announced it has signed BSE as the premier reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. in the Canadian market for its entire suite of video transport products. Under the terms of the agreement, BSE will be responsible for the sales and service of Artel equipment. This agreement includes Artel's flagship single and multi-channel dark-fiber products, as well as Artel's Cross Stream(TM) line for transmission of high-quality MPEG-2 video over packet-based networks. The agreement between Artel and BSE will enhance Artel's presence in the Canadian market while delivering superior sales and service support to broadcasters, cable television and telecommunication telecommunication Communication between parties at a distance from one another. Modern telecommunication systems—capable of transmitting telephone, fax, data, radio, or television signals—can transmit large volumes of information over long distances. service providers. "This partnership reinforces Artel's strength in the enhanced television Enhanced Television (ETV) is a collection of specifications developed under the OpenCable project of CableLabs (Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.) that define an ETV Application consisting of resources (files) adhering to the Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format (EBIF) content markets," said Hal Charnley, President and Chief Executive Officer of Artel. "Teaming up with BSE allows us to leverage their system integration expertise and world-class support infrastructure, propelling pro·pel tr.v. pro·pelled, pro·pel·ling, pro·pels To cause to move forward or onward. See Synonyms at push. [Middle English propellen, from Latin our products into new markets." "Broadcasters, cable operators and telco service providers will have even more flexibility to create their own video transport streams," said Peter Bartlett, President at BSE. "BSE currently offers an extensive product range and is committed to a continuous improvement of its product offering in the convergence business." About Artel Video Systems Artel provides video networking systems to cable TV and telecommunications service providers A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. 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 Broadcast Systems and Equipment Inc. Broadcast Systems and Equipment Inc. is a partnership of Jim Eady, Peter Bartlett and Rick Stechly. BSE was created from what was originally Caveco Equipment Ltd., which was purchased by Jim Eady and operated by Peter Bartlett since March of 1998. Caveco was in business for over 50 years supplying hardware and software solutions to the Canadian Broadcast Industry. The new partnership officially started October 1, 1999. BSE main focus will continue to be in broadcast but has expanded to include cable and telco's as well as production and post-production. BSE is headquartered in Toronto with regional offices in Montreal and Cranbrook, B.C. Edmonton and Vancouver. Further information about the company is available on the world wide web at www.bse.on.ca |
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