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RGB Networks Strengthens
Broadcast Network Processor with Enhanced Video Processing
Capabilities for Worldwide Customer Base
RGB Networks
May 26, 2009
BNP Now Supports MPEG-4/H.264 and Emergency Alerts with Enhanced
Picture Quality
Sunnyvale, CA -- RGB Networks, the leader in network video
processing, today announced that it has significantly upgraded its
Broadcast Network Processor (BNP) to support several advanced
capabilities that have become increasingly important to its growing
worldwide customer base. Upgrades include support for the
MPEG-4/H.264 video format, which is rapidly gaining in importance in
international markets, as well as the addition of digital Emergency
Alert System (EAS) capabilities. Enhancements have also been made to
ensure that all services delivered through the BNP continue to offer
superior picture quality under the widest range of network
conditions. The BNP is RGB’s flagship product which is used by many
of the world’s largest video service providers to deliver more high
definition (HD) programming, groom custom channel line-ups and to
generate new ad revenues through the insertion of local ads. |
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“We are committed to ensuring our
Broadcast Network Processor remains the most advanced statistical
remultiplexing solution in the industry, delivering the industry’s
highest video quality, and these new enhancements keep it on the
leading edge,” said Ramin Farassat, RGB’s Vice President of Product
Marketing. “We consulted closely with our customers worldwide in
making these upgrades to ensure we provided them what they need the
most today and into the future.”
Through the addition of new, advanced algorithms, RGB had improved
on the already industry-leading picture quality of the BNP, ensuring
that it delivers the highest quality video in even the most
demanding scenarios. RGB is committed to ongoing research and
development, incorporating customer feedback, to ensure that the BNP
remains the leader in video quality.
The addition of MPEG-4/H.264 grooming and multiplexing support to
the BNP’s existing MPEG-2 capabilities gives operators maximum
flexibility in continuing to deliver MPEG-2 programming while they
launch services based on the MPEG-4/H.264 advanced video codec. This
is becoming increasingly important as cable operators around the
world are taking advantage of the bandwidth efficiencies of
MPEG-4/H.264 to roll out their HDTV services, while continuing to
use MPEG-2 for their standard definition (SD) programming. This
approach enables operators to maximize their existing MPEG-2
infrastructures while delivering new HD services in a format that
consumes far less bandwidth than MPEG-2.
The BNP’s new digital EAS capabilities include support for the SCTE
18 standard, which enables operators to fully integrate the BNP with
their existing EAS management systems. RGB’s network-based approach
enables the delivery of EAS messages simultaneously to all analog
and digital subscribers. By performing all processing in the
network, the BNP addresses the need for supporting multiple set-top
box types or televisions with built-in decoders (such as for HDTV),
while helping to mitigate massive upgrades of legacy set-top box
models.
Other important feature additions to the BNP include program
substitution, enabling operators to seamlessly switch between
programs on a single output channel, which is particularly important
in meeting national programming content rules which often limit the
amount of foreign programming; and SCTE 21 to SCTE 20 conversion,
allowing operators to continue Closed Captioning through the DTV
transition without the massive cost of upgrading legacy set-top
boxes or the loss of service to Closed Caption subscribers due to
the inability of several legacy set-top boxes to support the new
SCTE 21 Closed Caption standard. All of these new capabilities are
included is the latest release of the BNP’s operating software,
version 2.1, which will be available in the second quarter of 2009.
About RGB’s Broadcast Network Processor
RGB’s BNP is the industry’s most advanced digital video processing
solution, enabling cable operators and other video service providers
to deliver highly targeted and personalized video services. Able to
simultaneously process more than 500 video streams in its one
rack-unit platform, the BNP is the highest density solution for
digital video grooming, statistical multiplexing, transrating,
digital program insertion (DPI) and now digital overlays. This
unprecedented stream processing density dramatically reduces the
cost and complexity of deploying HD and other increasingly
personalized services. Enabling this industry-leading processing
density is RGB’s innovative Video Intelligence Architecture™ (VIA),
which is at the heart of the BNP and RGB’s other products.
About RGB Networks
RGB Networks delivers extremely high-density, flexible video
processing solutions that enable video service providers to deliver
highly targeted and personalized video content at considerably lower
costs than conventional solutions. Based on its unique Video
Intelligence Architecture™ (VIA), RGB’s VIA product family
simplifies management and delivers scalable, multi-function
capability in a single, programmable platform, allowing video
service providers to leverage existing infrastructure, while
building an advanced foundation to meet the needs of the rapidly
growing market for personalized video services.
For more information about RGB Networks and its unique video
processing solutions, please visit www.rgbnetworks.com. |
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