CANAL+ Group Chooses Optibase for Video Over IP.HERZLIYA, Israel -- Optibase, Ltd. (Nasdaq:OBAS OBAS Ofotbanen AS (Norwegian) OBAS Optical Bench Alignment System OBAS On-Board ATM-Switched (communication satellite protocol type) ), a leading provider of advanced digital head-end solutions, today announced that France's leading pay TV operator, CANAL+ Group, has chosen Optibase 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. platforms to provide video over IP capabilities throughout the facility's premises. Optibase supplied CANAL+ with its integrated MGW MGW Media Gateway (3GPP) MGW Maximum Gross Weight MGW Morgantown, WV, USA - Morgantown Municipal Airport (Airport Code) MGW Mission Gross Weight (aviation) 1100 platforms that offer high quality video encoding and streaming functionalities. Optibase's suite of management solutions complements the MGW 1100 and offers sophisticated control and motoring capabilities, while its carrier-grade architecture ensures high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , reliability and robustness. "We are proud to add CANAL+ Group to our list of broadcast customers," said Udi Shani, vice president of International Sales at Optibase. "With the Optibase platforms as part of its digital connectivity solutions, CANAL+ is assured of highly reliable quality video streaming See streaming video and video stream. ." "We had specific requirements for a flexible platform with time stamping time stamping The stamping of order tickets with the time of entry and execution. For example, options exchanges require stamping of order tickets with the times of execution to the nearest minute. capabilities," said Marcel VIOLANTE , IT Project Manager at CANAL+. "Optibase's outstanding customer-oriented approach resulted in a solution perfect for our needs. Furthermore, smooth migration options ensure that we can easily expand and upgrade our services to ensure that we are at the forefront of video technology." Optibase's extensive range of streaming gateways and 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). encoders/decoders are widely deployed in advanced video streaming solutions worldwide. Video streaming is a crucial communication tool at the office, for training and in the classroom. About Optibase Optibase provides professional encoding, decoding, video server upload and streaming solutions for telecom operators, service providers, broadcasters and content creators. The company's platforms enable the creation, broadband streaming and playback of high quality digital video. Optibase's breadth of product offerings are used in applications, such as: video over DSL/Fiber networks, post production for the broadcast and cables industries, archiving; high-end surveillance, distance learning; and business television. Headquartered in Israel, Optibase operates through its fully owned subsidiary in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. and offices in, Japan, China, India and Singapore. Optibase products are marketed in over 40 countries through a combination of direct sales, independent distributors, system integrators and 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 partners. For further information, please visit www.optibase.com. About Canal+ Canal Plus Group (Canal+) is a French film and television studio and distributor. It is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Vivendi Universal and has a film library in excess of 5,000 films and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the suburbs of Paris. This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning our marketing and operations plans for specific sales to Canal+. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this press release are made based on management's current expectations which involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks related to the evolving market for digital video in general and the infancy of the IPTV market in particular, competition, our ability to manage growth and expansion, general economic conditions and other risk factors. For a more detailed discussion of these and other risks that may cause actual results to differ from the forward looking statements in this news release, please refer to Optibase's most recent annual report on Form 20-F. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements made herein. |
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