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SeaChange International and Omnibus Systems Launch Broadcast Development Effort
PR Newswire - November 12, 1997 10:09
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MAYNARD, Mass., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- SeaChange International, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SEAC) announced today that it is developing an interface between its
Broadcast MediaCluster video server and OmniBus Systems' broadcast network
operation system. This interface will allow the Broadcast MediaCluster to be
efficiently used in television transmission systems which have selected
OmniBus Systems as their broadcast automation vendor. SeaChange currently
supports Louth Automation's Video Disk Protocol and this additional
development is consistent with SeaChange's strategy to provide television
broadcasters with a variety of automation products and capabilities.
"Development of the OmniBus Systems interface is another step toward
establishing the Broadcast MediaCluster as the leading MPEG-2 video server
worldwide," said John Pittas, broadcast products manager, SeaChange
International. "Our cooperation with OmniBus Systems will strengthen our
MPEG-2 4:2:2 MediaCluster product and generate further enthusiasm from
broadcasters around the world."
OmniBus is the real-time network operating system that enables distributed
control of a wide range of broadcast television equipment from simple
intuitive user interfaces. Among its customers OmniBus counts several BBC
studio centers and Granada and Central TV in the U.K., TV4 Sweden, NRK Norway,
TMF in the Netherlands and Premiere in Germany.
"With its expertise in MPEG-2 digital video systems, SeaChange will have a
dramatic effect on the broadcast industry," said Glyn Powell-Evans, chairman,
OmniBus Systems. "The capture and delivery of digital video is critical in
television. We look forward to building a strong cooperative relationship
with SeaChange."
At IBC '97, SeaChange publicly demonstrated the broadcast industry's first
multi-channel capable MPEG-2 4:2:2 video server using SeaChange's patent-
pending MediaCluster technology. The demonstration showed multiple 24Mb/s
MPEG-2 4:2:2 streams played from a fault-resilient MediaCluster server under
control of a Louth Automation system.
Product availability
SeaChange's Broadcast MediaCluster servers are scheduled to enter beta
testing with broadcasters in the U.S. and Europe in the first quarter of 1998.
Full product availability is scheduled for the first half of 1998.
About the companies
Based in Stanford-on-Soar, Leicestershire, U.K., OmniBus Systems was
launched in 1994. Since then, OmniBus Systems has rapidly established a
worldwide reputation as a premier system for total automation, encompassing
all aspects of station operation from incoming feeds to transmission
automation and from remote camera control to routing.
Founded in 1993, SeaChange International, of Maynard, Mass.
(www.schange.com), is a leading provider of software-based products to manage,
store and distribute digital video for television operators and
telecommunications companies. The Company's products automate the management
and distribution of short- and long-form video streams including
advertisements, movies, news updates and other video programming requiring
precise, accurate and continuous execution. SeaChange's products are
installed in hundreds of geographic markets and serve more than 11,500
channels worldwide.
NOTE: MediaCluster is a trademark of SeaChange International, Inc. All
rights reserved.
SOURCE SeaChange International, Inc.
/CONTACT: John Coulbourn of SeaChange International, 508-897-0100 x3098,
johnc@schange.com/
/Web site: schange.com
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