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Artel Demonstrates Digital TV Transport over Broadband Networks at NAB 2001
April 23, 2001
Artel Video Systems announced it will team with Marconi on a solutions demonstration showing the transport of digital television programming over an intelligent broadband network at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention and Exhibition, NAB 2001, April 23rd –26th. The telecommunications and video networking markets are the target audiences for this solution. Applications of this technology include video distribution for Video-on-Demand, interactive TV and digital TV for DSL.
The demonstration, to be held in Marconi's NAB booth I6516 at the Sands Convention Center, will feature Marconi's high performance ASX™ series switches, which provide the wide area network switching. Artel's Cross Stream™ 155 Video Access Multiplexer enables the digital television programming, in the form of MPEG-2, to be adapted onto Marconi's broadband network while providing functionality for transport stream remultiplexing and cell delay variation (jitter) management as well as critical quality-of-service (QoS) requirements needed to transport real-time video.
"The demonstration of our Cross Stream product line with Marconi's intelligent broadband switches gives our customers an opportunity to see first hand the transport of digital TV over packet networks," said Mike Riley, senior vice president, sales and marketing at Artel. "Our goal is to show that broadcast quality digital television can be reliably transported over intelligent broadband-based WANs creating a powerful digital television transport infrastructure."
About Artel Video Systems
Artel provides video networking systems to cable TV and telecommunications service providers who need to satisfy the consumer's ever growing appetite for broadband digital entertainment. Artel's products are transforming the world's networking infrastructures by enabling the transmission of broadcast and interactive TV over standards based multi-service networks. Artel is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA, with sales and service centers worldwide. Further information about the company is available on the World Wide Web at www.artel.tv
Artel Video Systems, Inc., 237 Cedar Hill Street, Marlboro, MA 01752. Tel: 508-303-8200; Fax: 508-303-8197.
