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TANDBERG Television
Recognized for Best IPTV Head-End & Video Processing
Other Topics: IPTV Lifestyle
Media, IPTV Security Solutions
Platform PR
March 7, 2007
IPTV World Forum judging panel confirms best-in-class position
for TANDBERG iPlex UltraCompression HD and SD IPTV head-end
Southampton, UK -– TANDBERG Television’s (TAT.OL) IPTV market
leadership was once again confirmed as the company received the
award for Best IPTV head-end & video processing technology at IPTV
World Forum in London. At the awards ceremony yesterday evening,
TANDBERG’s latest telco solution, the iPlex UltraCompression HD and
SD IPTV head-end, was chosen by a prestigious group of judges.
Based on TANDBERG Television’s world-first, second-generation AVC
platform - Intelligent Compression Engine (ICE3) – the new iPlex
UltraCompression video processing system brings a step change in
IPTV digital video distribution. It combines the broadest choice of
density and enhanced features with the industry’s leading picture
quality performance. The new system delivers bandwidth improvements
of up to 50% over previously deployed MPEG-4 AVC units. |
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“I am extremely proud
that the IPTV World Forum has chosen to recognize the hard work and
innovation of our video compression development team and the
industry leading performance of our new iPlex UltraCompression
solution. This innovative new product is a complete integration of
TANDBERG Television’s best-in-class encoding with the iPlex’s
advanced density and IPTV feature set. It builds on our industry
leading position in the global IPTV market and further extends our
ability to provide telcos with the technology and expertise on which
to base their next generation television services,” says Eric
Cooney, President and CEO of TANDBERG Television.
The iPlex is a flexible video processing platform, rather than just
being an encoder chassis. It offers the industry’s most complete
IPTV head-end solution and includes MPEG-2 SD encoding, MPEG-4 AVC
HD and SD encoding, MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 AVC transcoding, MPEG-2
transrating, and picture-in-picture (PIP) service generation. With a
high density, NEBS-certified, telco-designed chassis, the iPlex
delivers new bandwidth benchmarks thanks to a number of innovative
features. These include improved motion estimation processes, single
slice video processing architecture, dedicated processing for low
resolution encoding of PIP services, and a number of performance
boosting features such as Multi-Pass analysis and enhanced video
pre-processing, which are the basis of 12 new patent applications.
The launch of the iPlex with ICE3 based technology continues
TANDBERG Television’s market leading momentum in the MPEG-4 AVC and
IPTV arenas. TANDBERG Television is the recognized leader in video
compression with a focus on providing its customers with
flexibility, choice and best-in-class performance across multiple
formats. The company is the only player to offer complete solutions
for HD and SD MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC and VC-1. With over 4,000 MPEG-4
AVC HD and SD encoders commercially deployed, TANDBERG Television is
the leader in global IPTV with over 180 deployments around the
world.
About TANDBERG Television
Whether it’s advanced compression systems, on-demand or interactive
television, TANDBERG Television (TAT.OL) delivers the technology and
expertise that is moving digital video forward. The company’s
award-winning solutions are used by the world’s leading network
operators, broadcasters and content owners to deliver new viewer
experiences and advertising opportunities. With a broad suite of
open, standards-based products, TANDBERG Television offers the
highest quality digital TV solutions including IPTV, HDTV,
video-on-demand, advertising on-demand, and interactive TV
applications to customers in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe,
Middle East and Africa. For more information, please visit
www.tandbergtv.com. |
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