European Catholic Day Event Streamed Live Using Optibase's Streaming Server.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 leader in digital video encoding and streaming solutions, today announced that its MGW MGW Media Gateway (3GPP) MGW Maximum Gross Weight MGW Morgantown, WV, USA - Morgantown Municipal Airport (Airport Code) MGW Mission Gross Weight (aviation) 2400 streaming server Refers to a dedicated computer system delivering streaming media or to a streaming service within a Web or application server. See streaming audio and streaming video. was selected for the live delivery of the European Catholic Day event, which took place May 21-23, 2004 in Mariazell, Austria. Eight European Bishoprics organized the pilgrimage to Mariazell: Austria, Bosnia-Herzegowina, Croatia, Czech Republic Czech Republic, Czech Česká Republika (2005 est. pop. 10,241,000), republic, 29,677 sq mi (78,864 sq km), central Europe. It is bordered by Slovakia on the east, Austria on the south, Germany on the west, and Poland on the north. , Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. The three-day event three-day event a competition in the pleasure horse sport comprising usually one day each for dressage, cross country and show jumping. attracted over one hundred thousand visitors. Thousands of people who were unable to join the pilgrimage were able to see it streamed live on Austria's National broadcaster's (ORF) website. To give a panoramic multi-angle view of the event, ORF created the concept of the "Internet OB-Van" which housed Optibase's MGW 2400 streaming server, as a core-transmitting component. The Internet OB-Van was linked to five camera teams, which fed analog footage of the pilgrimage into the MGW 2400. MGW 2400 encoded the inputs and sent the live stream over the Internet to a Windows Media Microsoft's audio and video framework for Windows, which embraces playback, encoding and streaming. Windows Media Player is the digital jukebox and media player that comes with every version of Windows. Server, located at ORF's headquarters in Vienna, hundreds of kilometers away. "Streaming such an event posed a great challenge for our technical team," said Thomas Haas from Digitalvideo Engineering. "During our 72 hour transmission we endured difficult weather which influenced transmission conditions. Despite the adverse conditions, the MGW 2400 gave excellent performance, operating continuously without a stop, and producing a top quality Windows Media stream." The complete stream of the event is available for viewing and retrieval from the website at http://religion.orf.at About Optibase Optibase, Ltd. (Nasdaq:OBAS) provides professional encoding, decoding, editing, compositing, 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 . 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These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks related to the evolving market for digital video, 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, its Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed with the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Securities and Exchange Commission and other filings with the SEC. |
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