VideoTele.com Enhances Its Home Entertainment Offering with Digital Content Provider, TVN Entertainment, and New ProSelect Channel Customization.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LAKE OSWEGO, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 2000 Upgrades to the Video/Audio Demultiplexers Provide Fuller Utilization of Content and Satellite Equipment Resources for a More Cost-Effective Digital Video Head-End System VideoTele.com, Inc. (VT.c), a Tektronix company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TEK See TeX. ) and the single source for service providers deploying innovative home entertainment solutions via the broadband Internet, announced today the addition of ProSelect(TM) functionality to both elements of its M2 Series product offering: the M2-VMX video demultiplexer, and the M2-AMX audio demultiplexer. The added capabilities allow service providers to more fully utilize their satellite equipment resources, thus generating substantial future revenues resulting from the delivery of home video and audio entertainment. The newly enhanced demultiplexers are equipped to manage a full complement of programs from up to three satellite transponders, thereby providing a cost-effective solution that maximizes the use of facility space while providing a highly supportable, self-contained configuration that avoids the complexities inherent in multi-vendor solutions. Engineered to perform video or audio processing, demultiplexing and packetizing functionality in a compact, single-vendor chassis, the enhanced demultiplexers have also added TVN TVN Televisión Nacional de Chile (Chilean official TV network) TVN Televisora Nacional (Panamanian TV Network) TVN Total Volatile Nitrogen TVN Telewizja Nowa (Polish TV network) Entertainment Corporation and DMX See DMX512. MUSIC to the growing list of certified content providers. TVN Entertainment, a leading digital content distributor and rights manager of TV quality video and CD quality audio, is proud to partner with VideoTele.com for their ProSelect channel customization feature. "Providing our Near Video On Demand services presents an exciting prospect in terms of attracting new viewers," said Jim Riley, senior vice president of business development, TVN Entertainment. "It also positions TVN to deliver true VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand product, empowering service providers with a more robust content offering. VideoTele.com customers will have the opportunity to deliver a new definition in home entertainment with our unparalleled digital distribution system." VT.c's customers now have the advantage of selecting program streams from various transponders to "mix-and-match" a desired channel line up. VT.c's ProSelect technology is specifically engineered to manage MPEG-2 pre-compressed content from the Motorola (formerly General Instruments) DSR (1) (Data Set Ready) An RS-232 signal sent from the modem to the computer or terminal indicating that it is able to accept data. Contrast with DTR. (2) (Dynamic Source R 4400MD DigiCipher(R) II Satellite Multiplex Decrypter either directly or through program aggregators that support the standard. The M2-VMX demultiplexer accepts the statistically multiplexed MPTSs provided by the uplink facility, "peels" off the individual SPTS SPTS Single-Program Transport Stream SPTS SharePoint Team Services (Microsoft) SPTS Service Provider Trunking Solutions (Lucent) SPTS Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper (bird species) , then converts the feeds into data-intact CBR (1) (Computer-Based Reference) Reference materials accessible by computer in order to help people do their jobs quicker. For example, this database on disk! (2) (Constant Bit Rate) A uniform transmission rate. streams for placement onto the emission network. The demultiplexer's ProSelect functionality allows for service providers to select any combination of 12 streams from up to 3 different transponders - a feature previously unattainable. Other key upgrades to the demultiplexers include easily-managed configurations for reduced operating expenses such as an enhanced, user-friendly graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) for mapping onto the equipment of leading emission technology vendors. Additionally, VideoTele.com's software tools enable rapid installation, reconfiguration and alarm notification. All functions can be performed remotely over an Intranet, a Virtual Private Network (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ), or -- with the appropriate passwords -- even over the Internet. This ease of maintenance is particularly beneficial for small-staff organizations. VideoTele.com is continuing to offer communication service providers the very latest in emission technology for high-revenue home entertainment opportunities. "The combination of ProSelect's flexibility and our commitment to seamless interfaces with other leading emission vendors and content providers enables our customers to better leverage all available resources within the VDSL See DSL. VDSL - Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line emission market," said VT.c's vice president of marketing, Lee Rainey. Pricing and Availability With the enhanced M2-VMX, M2-AMX and companion M2-T310 encoder, a typical digital head-end can be equipped at a price well below that of traditional solutions. This additional functionality is available immediately. TVN Entertainment TVN is a leading digital distribution services company. The company has more than ten years of experience in the secure management and delivery of professional grade video and audio content, including movies, sports, special event pay-per-view programming, infomercials and advertising. Additionally, TVN is now enabling the deployment of Video-On-Demand (VOD) programming through its Digital Content Express suite of services. The company's proprietary content management system, ADONISS, provides content owners and distributors with the ability to securely control, manage and deliver their digital assets independent of vendor hardware to multiple distribution platforms, including cable, DSL, broadcast, theaters and DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) A one-way TV broadcast service from a communications satellite to a small round or oval dish antenna no larger than 20" in diameter. . TVN recently opened a state-of-the-art broadband Digital Network Operations Center See NOC. Network Operations Center - (NOC) A location from which the operation of a network or internet is monitored. Additionally, this center usually serves as a clearinghouse for connectivity problems and efforts to resolve those problems. at its Burbank headquarters, that is completely operational and has the capacity to deliver billions of dollars of digital content on a global basis. The fully redundant center provides digital encoding, storage, encryption, compression, playback, uplink, monitoring, space segment, scheduling, conditional access and royalty administration. TVN is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , whose lead investor is Princes Gate Investors II, L.P., an investment fund managed by Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. VideoTele.com VideoTele.com is the single source for service providers deploying innovative home entertainment solutions via the broadband Internet. With over 20 years of helping service providers provision successful video offerings, VideoTele.com is a leading provider of MPEG-2 digital encoding, demultiplexing and grooming products and turn-key head-end solutions within the Full Service Network environment. Headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon Lake Oswego (IPA: ɔs wiː ɡo) is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. (Small parts of the city extend into Multnomah County to the north and Washington County to the west. , VideoTele.com is a subsidiary of Tektronix, Inc. Additional information on the company can be found by accessing the VideoTele.com Corporate website at: http://www.videotele.com. Note to Editors: VideoTele.com is a trademark of VideoTele.com, Inc. Tektronix is a registered trademark of Tektronix, Inc. All other trade names referenced are the service marks, trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion