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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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The top content executives at the top two telcos-turned-video
distributors would like to partner and cooperate more with broadcasters
and content developers. Terry Denson, VP of programming and marketing
for Verizon FiOS TV, and Dan York, executive VP of content for AT&T,
both extolled the mutual benefits of greater cooperation with
broadcasters in an IPTV panel discussion at the NAB Show.
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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
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Waveform Monitors. Click
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Phil Erli was an early IPTV convert. The executive VP of
Georgia-based ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier) Ringgold Telephone
has been 'doing' IPTV for five years, deploying well ahead of AT&T and
other major global carriers. But as he told a NAB audience Monday,
real-life experience has made him somewhat cynical about IPTV’s
real-world prospects.
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While all-IP networks may be attracting all the attention, OpenTV,
for one, is not ready to cede the market to pure-play providers. The
interactive television and advertising company is confident that hybrid
set-top boxes (STBs) are not going anywhere and that telcos are better
served not going it alone. Tracy Geist, senior VP of market development
for OpenTV, said that sticking with a hybrid STB gives telcos — both
new entrants to the IPTV market and the early pioneers — the best of
both worlds.
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Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) providers sell much more IPTV in the United
States than those selling copper-based services, the head of the
Fiber-To-The-Home Council said today. Joe Savage, speaking at a
Telecom2008 conference session, said IPTV penetration is 28 percent on
average among FTTH deployments, compared to about 20 percent for other
IPTV providers.
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Telecom companies rolling out IPTV have to market it on a
'hyper-local' basis to reach the customers who can receive their
service. In some cases, that means going door-to-door, and in others, it
can mean guerilla marketing, according to both telco execs and industry
analysts.
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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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'Winning the Couch Potato: Differentiating your IPTV Service' was
held Tuesday, April 15, from 9 to 9:30 a.m. Presenters included Jason
Dolvane, president, Espial; Jonathan Hurd, director, Altman Vilandrie;
Michale Kazmier, CTO, Avail Media; and Chris Winn, director of content
partnerships, RealPage.
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'Billions in Infrastructure Not Required: Achieve the Elusive Triple
Play' was held Tuesday, April 15, from 3 to 3:30 p.m., and was presented
by Dr. Bruno Pati, co-founder and CEO of Building B.
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'The Business of IPTV: How Targetability Will Change the TV Game,'
was held Tuesday, April 15, from 11:10 a.m. to 12:10 p.m., with
moderator James McQuivey, VP, Forrester Research.
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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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Portugal Telecom, the leading operator in the Portuguese
telecommunications market, will use DS2’s UPA-compliant 200Mb/s Power
line technology to offer a remotely managed, multichannel IPTV service
over power lines or coaxial cable that substantially reduces
installation time and costs.
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RealPage, a provider of on-demand software and services to the
multidwelling unit (MDU) industry, has selected BitBand as its affiliate
vendor for implementing on-demand IPTV services. This partnership
reinforces the growing emphasis by the MDU industry of bringing
interactive TV entertainment to its residents.
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VBrick Systems, a provider of online networked video, has announced
a partnership with Glowpoint enabling the broadcast and management of
live events over the Internet. Under the terms of the agreement, both
Glowpoint and VBrick will promote and sell a bundled service combining
the VBrick Online Streaming Service (VBoss) and Glowpoint's Quality of
Service (QoS) Managed Video Network Services. The combined solution
creates unique plug-and-play capability for clients to manage and
monetize video content and leverage the power of Internet distribution
by making it easy for them to distribute live and on-demand video on the
Internet in their own branded Internet TV.
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 The alphabet soup of formats that professional
video transport service providers must support is daunting. Equipment
for NTSC, ATSC, DVB-ASI and SD- or HD-SDI carried at multiple rates must
be provisioned, and not just for today, but to support predicted demand
over the coming months. Wouldn't it be a relief if you didn't have to
purchase different equipment to transport different formats? Click here for more
details.
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Shortcomings in middleware are causing headaches among some rural
telcos, interfering with their plans to offer HD video and digital video
recorder (DVR) services.
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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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Accordent Technologies is introducing new versions of its capture
and multimedia presentation management systems this week. Among the new
capabilities being demonstrated this week are additional viewer tracking
and reporting to one-time guests for externally facing webcasts.
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DigiSoft has partnered with Sun Microsystems for the distribution of
an IPTV set-top box software stack based on the Java Platform Micro
Edition (Java ME). Sun's Java-based media client will be combined with
DigiSoft’s IPTV middleware to deliver HD services including video on
demand, karaoke, home shopping, network-based recording, time-shifted
TV, music and games using STBs with H.264 HD and SD video. The offering
also supports encryption and watermarking technologies from third-party
partners.
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Globecomm Systems is demonstrating a range of technologies it says
are designed to 'future-proof' TV distribution systems. Mixing available
products with glimpses of possible future technologies, the satellite
provider will exhibit, for example, middleware capable of delivering
both IPTV and Internet video to the same set-top box (STB).
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Mogulus announced a new version of its Internet video platform at
the NAB Show that is focused on media companies looking to broadcast
live video over the Internet. Mogulus’ previous offering, launched in
November, has already been used by more than 50,000 users to produce
live video broadcasts.
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story
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FastVDO is announcing a new version of its USB-based SmartCapture
capture board at the NAB Show this week. The company’s SmartCapture
USB product captures analog video and analog stereo audio and digitizes
and compresses it using H.264/AAC encoding.
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story
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