SeaChange's Enhanced Recording System Brings Live TV to VOD; Industry's Only Deployed Content Recorder Now Serving Over 65 On-Demand Television Operations.MAYNARD, Mass. -- SeaChange International's (Nasdaq: SEAC SEAC Student Environmental Action Coalition SEAC Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee SEAC Southeast Archeological Center (National Park Service) SEAC South East Asia Command (Allies WWII) ) enhanced Recording System 2.5 now enables television operators to offer broadcast programs with on-demand control even while they're being aired. Featured this week at SCTE SCTE Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers SCTE Society of Cable Television Engineers SCTE Serial Clock Transmit External Cable-Tec Expo, simultaneous content recording and on-demand access is the newest capability of the only widely deployed recording solution for on-demand television. Recording System 2.5 builds on the "record, then play" functionality of the previous version. The new software accelerates on-demand server I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output performance, ingesting hundreds of Standard Definition or High Definition channels simultaneously. It populates on-demand servers with broadcast programs within seconds of their on-air start and Electronic Program Guides immediately display the new on-demand assets. Now, subscribers can begin watching the 11 p.m. local newscast at 11:01 p.m., for example, with pause and rewind control. Today, SeaChange Recording Systems automatically capture and distribute broadcast programming for more than 65 on-demand system deployments. Across the U.S. SeaChange customers including Buckeye, Comcast and Insight collaborate with local television stations and network affiliates, national networks, sports franchises and schools to give subscribers on-demand control of the evening news, regional sports and events, series and other original content. Internationally, ntl and Telewest (United Kingdom), Cablevision (Mexico) and others have also rolled out Recording Systems with their SeaChange VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand systems. "Operators are taking charge of the greatest range of on-demand content possibilities through the economy and automation of our on-demand systems and incremental options like the Recording System," said James Kelso, vice president and general manager of broadband systems, SeaChange. "Recording Systems help to drive the millions of subscriber requests fulfilled by SeaChange's on-demand systems every month. They're major contributors to our customers' content acquisition efforts and let them offer truly differentiated service Differentiated Service is a design pattern for business services and software, in which the service varies automatically according to the identity of the consumer and/or the context in which the service is used. ." Recording System at work SeaChange's Recording System is a 'set and forget' software extension of SeaChange's Axiom IP video platform. It automates the entire recording process, from capturing the video content from SD and HD sources, to generating metadata from television schedule information (including TVG TVG TV Guide (magazine) TVG Televisión de Galicia TVG Tierversuchsgegner (German: Antivivisection) TVG Television Games Network TVG Toronto Venture Group TVG Tri Valley Growers TVG Time-Variable Gain , TV Data and Nielsen) and securely propagating assets to servers and updating electronic program guides to reflect the changes in VOD line-ups. The Recording System adheres to strict business rules based Using "if-this, do that" rules to perform actions. Rules-based products implies flexibility in the software, enabling tasks and data to be easily changed by replacing one or more rules. on contracts with broadcasters, allowing operators to predetermine pre·de·ter·mine v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines v.tr. 1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: the lifecycle and usage of recorded content. SeaChange will demonstrate the Recording System and a range of other advanced television applications this week at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , booth 2107. Supporting television's evolution worldwide First deployed in 2000 and now supporting over 100 broadband networks  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. delivering video services, SeaChange's VOD servers and software are the foundation for the majority of commercial on-demand television services around the world. In multichannel Using two or more paths for transmission or processing. It can refer to a variety of architectures including (1) multiple I/O channels between the CPU and peripheral devices, (2) multiple wires in a cable, (3) multiple "logical" channels within a single wire or fiber or (4) multiple advertising, SeaChange(R) Spot(TM) Systems are responsible for the delivery of hundreds of thousands of ads each day. SeaChange is leveraging its unique expertise to create pragmatic solutions that bring new targeted advertising opportunities to on-demand television. Additionally, the Company's server systems are supporting the storage and delivery of video content for hundreds of broadcasters, studios and television networks around the world. About SeaChange International SeaChange International provides digital video systems that are changing television. Its powerful server and software systems enable television operators to provide new on-demand services and to gain greater efficiencies in advertising and content delivery. With its Emmy-winning MediaCluster(R) technology, thousands of SeaChange systems are helping broadband, broadcast and satellite television companies to streamline operations, expand services and increase revenues. SeaChange is headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts and has product development, support and sales offices throughout the world. Visit www.schange.com. SeaChange and MediaCluster are registered trademarks of SeaChange International, Inc. |
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