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Motorola's end-to-end portfolio, coupled with our proven expertise,
provides advanced video and media delivery technology. Our solutions for
bandwidth efficient, video-capable networks allow the delivery of
ultimate video experiences such as crystal clear high definition TV and
VOD - keeping consumers connected with their entertainment - where,
when and how they want. www.motorola.com/nab2008
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Looking at the latest available telco IPTV numbers, AT&T had 231,000
U-verse TV subscribers at the end of 2007, and it is predicted that it
will hit another 1 million subscribers by year's end. Its competitor,
Verizon Communications, says it topped 1 million FiOS TV subscribers in
the first few weeks of 2008.
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Come by the Tektronix booths and discover how we can help you solve your
video quality and delivery challenges within these key applications:
- Video over IP/IPTV network monitoring/diagnostics
- Automated QC for file-based content
- HD/SD and audio monitoring for field acquisition
- HD picture/video quality analysis
While in the booth, enter to win one of our NEW WFM5000 portable HD
Waveform Monitors. Click
here to receive a free VIP pass to NAB2008 from Tektronix.
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As IPTV operators scramble to deliver more profitable HD programming
over their systems, they are faced with several challenges. First,
strong demand is said to have led to a shortage of IPTV HD set-top boxes
by Motorola, which is the main supplier. And because of slower IPTV
access speeds, satellite and cable TV services in Europe typically have
larger numbers of HD channels, with premium content in HD.
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AT&T's U-verse IPTV system is slated for installation in 700 rooms
in a 547,000sq-ft dormitory at the University of Houston. The
installation is AT&T's first deployment of an IPTV system on a college
campus. Calhoun Lofts, located next to the university's C.T. Bauer
College of Business, will have more than 1000 AT&T U-verse connections
in one- and two-bedroom apartments, the company said. The hall is for
graduate and professional students.
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 StreamScope_ Enterprise Monitor (EM-40)
At the 2008 NAB Show, Triveni Digital will debut its new StreamScope_
Enterprise Monitor (EM-40) enterprise-wide service-quality assurance
solution. The StreamScope EM-40 is aimed at proactive, real-time,
service-based response. It proactively detects, localizes, analyzes,
isolates, and remedies faults impacting video services based on
predefined rules. This allows broadcasters, service providers, and IPTV
networks to reduce customer down-time and complaint response costs by
providing the user with full remote analysis capabilities for any
monitored streams. Alarms are generated when a transport stream has
fallen outside a specified configuration. Integrated trend analysis
enables engineering staff to analyze past issues. The StreamScope EM-40
ensures:
- Network integrity
- Video quality of service
- Viewer satisfaction
- Lower customer service costs, lower churn, higher revenues
www.TriveniDigital.com
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'Reality Check: Solving the Inherent Quality Issues that Slow IPTV
Adoption' will be held April 15, 10:25-11 a.m. Alex Hayward, director of
IPTV for the Digital Foundation, will present the session.
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The Content Distribution Forum, in the Central Hall, booth C7248,
will host four days of interactive case studies led by business leaders,
technology experts and technology consultants — all discussing the
challenges and the emerging trends in content distribution.
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On April 14, 3:30-4:30 p.m., the session 'Carrier Perspective:
Elements of a Healthy IPTV Ecosystem' will be presented by Rich Moran,
director of marketing for Optical Network Systems.
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 $10K High Definition Streaming Encoder for
IPTV Systems
New from Adtec Digital, the mediaHUB-HD is a High Definition Streaming
Encoder for IPTV Systems offered at $10K. The mediaHUB supports
distribution, contribution, live program acquisition, ad insertion and
video on demand (VOD). Go to www.adtecinc.com/products/mediaHUBHD
or NAB Booth SL6110.
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Avail Media, a provider of managed content aggregation services, is
working with Motorola to deliver MPEG-4 Wide Area Video Entertainment
(MWAVE) technology and services to allow IPTV service providers to
launch new entertainment channels over high-speed data networks.
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Distribution platform supplier Intelsat offers an IPTV provider the
ability to distribute programming via satellite. The service, 'Intelsat
IPTV-powered,' is sold on a wholesale basis to distributors and
integrators that are launching new types of subscription services via
IPTV. The company’s end-to-end IPTV solutions can be customized to
specific applications for anywhere in North America.
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Tele2 Nederland, the first IPTV provider in the Netherlands, has
selected provider of solutions for digital media delivery Digital
Fountain's ToughStream system for its IPTV service. After successful
trials, ToughStream is now live and operational on Tele2's IPTV network,
providing protection against glitches, or visible errors that naturally
occur when delivering real-time media over IP networks.
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Residents of one of the largest apartment complexes in New York City
will soon have access to IP-based broadband technology, under an
agreement announced March 24 by Verizon and Tishman Speyer, the
complex's owner and manager. It's the single largest urban agreement the
company has made to date. Verizon FiOS Internet service is now available
in seven buildings in the 110-building Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper
Village complex, owned by Tishman Speyer, who plans to add more
buildings soon.
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 A new high-quality frame synchronizer that
combines the electrical and optical domains is being introduced at NAB
2008 by Network / VPG. The FRS-HD-DMUX frame-synchronizes SD-SDI and
HD-SDI, and its optional features include stereo audio out plus AES out,
or stereo out plus de-embedding of RS-422. Click here for more
details
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IPTV is finally coming of age. Major telcos in the United States and
overseas have launched their services and now compete with cable and
satellite operators in the pay-TV market. In the broader market of
content delivery, consumers have even more choice, as online players and
consumer electronics giants enter the game. The big question is: Who
will triumph in this battle for domination of the living room? In an
increasingly competitive market, will IPTV ever be profitable for
telcos, or is it actually a catch-22 — can't survive without it, can't
make money from it?
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 Effective IPTV encoding isn't just
compression. It's flexibility, supporting your IPTV, Internet and mobile
initiatives simultaneously. It's efficient workflows. And it's
outstanding quality, since looks really can be everything. For live
channels, VOD or both, Digital Rapids can enhance your IPTV encoding.
Learn more at NAB booth SL8724 or our
website.
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Looking to provide end-to-end IPTV solutions and video delivery
systems to communication carriers, NEC will launch a new business
division targeted at IPTV providers with what it calls high-profile
next-generation network (NGN) carrier applications. This initiative will
include the introduction at the NAB Show of a video-on-demand server as
the core system of these new IPTV solutions.
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Osmosys has launched its new end-to-end IPTV SD/HD delivery platform
for deployment of IPTV and multimedia services over broadband networks.
The solution is composed of several best-in-class products, using
Osmosys' EGG 3-D graphics technology, open standards middleware based on
GEM technology and a number of modules for Linux servers, many of which
are designed to generate revenue. The solution is controlled by a
user-friendly front-end system for easy administration.
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Harmonic has reported that its new DiviCom Ion AVC SD encoder, which
will be on display at the NAB Show, has successfully completed encoder
conformance testing for the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV platform. The test
was administered by Microsoft as part of the Microsoft Mediaroom
Interoperability and Qualification Lab (IQ Lab) program, which is set up
to ensure interoperability and compliance of encoders used in
deployments of Microsoft Mediaroom.
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The Concert system's enhanced audio features deliver high-quality
sound over a standard Local Area Network or Internet.
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Net Insight, a Swedish developer of optical transport solutions for
media, IP and broadcast networks, has received a second order from HTN
Communications (formerly Hughes Television Network) to expand its
transport network, which is based on Net Insight's IP-based Nimbra
video, voice and data transport technology.
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 Pilat Media provides airtime sales, traffic
and program management innovations for Broadcasting, IPTV and Mobile
TV.
Support for:
Used by Leading Tier-1 TV Operators
Book now to see a demo at NAB
www.pilatmedia.com
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At the NAB Show (booth SL13109), ViewCast will showcase its Niagara
streaming media encoders in preconfigured plug-and-play solutions that
enable users to quickly capture and broadcast premium-quality audio and
video in multiple codecs at multiple bit rates — all simultaneously.
ViewCast's Osprey video software drivers and video capture hardware
power Niagara's audio/video capture engine. Building on Osprey's legacy
for quality and 24/7 live reliability, ViewCast offers the PCI Express
Osprey-700 HDe and Osprey-240e video streaming cards.
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Latens, a provider of downloadable conditional access (CA) and IPTV
service delivery platforms, has announced the new STIK (set-top box
integration kit). It simplifies the process of integrating Latens
conditional access for IPTV and cable set-top boxes (STB). At the NAB
Show, director Andy Mathieseon will participate in the panel 'The Role
of Internet TV' on April 13, at 3:50 p.m.
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Pixelmetrix, a maker of transport stream analysis monitoring
equipment, is introducing at the NAB Show (booth SU12105) the
DVStation-Mini TSP, a portable device that does transport stream
analysis — including test/measurement and monitoring. DVStation-Mini
TSP has a single test input of ASI or SMPTE-310 and can be used as a
portable test device with an easy-to-carry handle or as a 1RU unit.
Signals can be monitored over a LAN or Internet connection using a
simple Web browser (supporting Macintosh and PC) or VNC remote user
interface, which supports up to four users plus a shared mode for
collaboration with others.
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Envivio, a provider of IP video encoding solutions for a variety of
applications — from mobile to HD — will show its 4Caster M2 and
4Caster C4 encoders in the IPTV Pavilion (booth SU12305) at the NAB
Show. The Envivio 4Caster M2 mobile TV encoder supports both mobile
broadcast and mobile streaming applications. It is currently supporting
more than 50 DVB-H trials and deployments worldwide as well as numerous
Tier 1 3GPP services, such as Orange World TV in France.
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At the NAB Show (booth C4911), EVS will introduce IPEdit, a new
online editing application that offers real-time editing features. Part
of the IPDirector content management suite of applications, IPEdit is
designed for production applications that require an extremely short
time to air.
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