Network Ten Extends Commitment to Omneon Video Networks; Australian Broadcaster Signs Contract to Add Additional Omneon Media Server Systems in its Sydney Broadcast Facilities.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, White Plains, NY, www.smpte.org) A professional society for motion picture and TV engineers with more than 9,000 members worldwide. It prepares standards and documentation for TV production. Australia SUNNYVALE, Calif. & SYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2003 Omneon Video Networks, a recognized leader in networked media server platforms, in conjunction with its Australian distribution partner, Quinto Communications, is expanding its system installations at Network Ten Pty Ltd PTY LTD Propriety Limited (company structure in Australia) . At the SMPTE Australia conference this week, the network announced that it has signed a major contract with Quinto Communications for the supply of two new Omneon Media Server systems for use at Ten's broadcast facilities in Sydney. This additional order follows on the success of the Omneon Media Server systems already purchased and installed by the network for transmitting AFL AFL: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. football each week. The first system will have three 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. channels together with ten playout channels split across two Omneon MediaServers and interconnected to share 300 hours of storage. The system is designed to provide additional redundancy such that in the unlikely event of a failure of any one MediaServer, the remaining server can continue to access all of the storage media. The system will be controlled by Ten's existing Encoda automation system via VDCP VDCP Video Disk Control Protocol VDCP Virginia Diabetes Control Project VDCP Video Display Control Panel VDCP Video Data Collection Program control, while ingest and confidence replay channels will be controlled via Encoda's ingest automation software. The second system will function as a time delay server and will be configured with one ingest channel and four playout channels with 27 hours of storage. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Ten's Network Manager Engineering, Jeff Yeates, "We were extremely pleased with the performance and reliability of our first Omneon system. The commissioning was extremely simple and we like the ease of operation and technical support capabilities of both Omneon and Quinto." This latest purchase by the Ten Network adds to the growing list of satisfied Omneon customers around the world, including broadcast facilities for BSkyB, BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. , PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, , CBC (1) (Cell Broadcast Center) See cell broadcast. (2) (Cipher Block Chaining) In cryptography, a mode of operation that combines the ciphertext of one block with the plaintext of the next block. and GlobeCast. About Quinto Communications The name "Quinto" has been synonymous with the Australian television and radio industries for over 20 years. Formed during the latter half of the 1960's, Quinto has steadily established itself as one of Australia and New Zealand's leading suppliers of high technology broadcasting equipment. To date, Quinto Communications has continued to maintain an impressive growth record. With Melbourne as the company's marketing and financial center, Sydney as the technical support base and sales centers in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, Quinto prides itself with a fully qualified staff, a full knowledge of the industry and a rapid response time to the service demands of our customers. Quinto's web site is http://www.quinto.com.au. About Omneon Video Networks Omneon Video Networks provides a cost-effective and scalable video server platform for the professional broadcasting industry. Built around the concept of a modular, shared storage infrastructure, Omneon's Media Server System delivers a dramatic reduction in cost along with improvements in workflow flexibility for continuous on-line media delivery. Omneon's platform is supported by an impressive array of third-party applications -- control and transmission, media management, archiving, and collaborative production -- giving broadcasters flexibility to work with best-of-breed providers. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Omneon is privately held and funded by prominent venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] . For more information visit www.Omneon.com. |
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