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Broadcast Store Announces New Video Server System.


LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  -- Broadcast Store, Inc. (BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. ) is proud to announce an exclusive agreement with Digital Media Technologies, Inc., to distribute their Playbox line of software products under the Convergence brand name. The software, when combined with custom-configured hardware, provides a complete ingest-to-playout video server solution at an incredibly low price point. With over 3000 customers worldwide, the new technology has been well received by broadcasters, churches, hotels and universities.

The server consists of five core programs: Airbox for automated content playout; Listbox for program schedule creation; Capturebox for automatic and manual ingest in·gest  
tr.v. in·gest·ed, in·gest·ing, in·gests
1. To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. See Synonyms at eat.

2.
 of video and audio; Databox for content management; and Titlebox for interactive on-air graphics. All the video content is stored digitally in MPEG-2 or in one of the many DV flavors. HDV (High Definition Video) The high-definition, wide screen version of the DV magnetic tape format. Like DV, HDV recording moves at a constant data rate and stores data on the same DV and MiniDV tapes as SD camcorders.  and HD MPEG-2 support was announced at NAB 2005, and will be shipping soon.

IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. , an international satellite television company based in Los Angeles, is the Broadcast Store's flagship customer of the server. Nop Wong, who has numerous server products, was surprised at the power and performance of the robust Playbox system. "The features of this server rival other systems costing hundreds of thousands more. We are very pleased," Wong said.

Having been in business over 25 years, Broadcast Store is the world's largest full service used and new broadcast equipment dealer. They offer complete system design, integration, and service for all makes and models. With offices in Los Angeles and New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, they serve clients worldwide.

Dealer inquiries welcome. For more information, contact Lou Claude at 818-551-5858 or visit www.broadcaststore.com.
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