Singapore Telecom Uses Oracle(R) Video Server to Deliver
the First Nationwide Video-on-Demand Service-Magix
PR Newswire - December 17, 1997 12:18
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SINGAPORE, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL) today
announced that Singapore Telecom (SingTel) has successfully deployed Oracle(R)
Video Server to deliver the first Video-On-Demand (VOD) entertainment and news
service through the first nationwide broadband multimedia program, Magix.
Oracle Video Server is an end-to-end software solution that enables customers
to store, manage and deliver full-motion, full-screen TV-quality video and
high fidelity audio from a server to a client such as a TV set or PC.
Magix (http://www.magix.com.sg/) is a premier broadband service on the
SingaporeONE network. SingaporeONE is an integral part of the Singapore
IT2000 masterplan to transform the nation into an "Intelligent Island" where
the quality of life is enhanced by the extensive use of information
technology. The SingaporeONE network is a national high-capacity network
platform that will deliver a potentially unlimited range of broadband
multimedia services to homes, workplaces and schools in Singapore. Magix
leverages the extensive network infrastructure built by SingaporeONE to
deliver a suite of services including Shows, News, Magix ShopStop, Speednet,
Interactive Learning, Games, Music and Magix City to its subscribers.
"Oracle has long been the leader in multimedia asset management, and
is proud to provide the enabling technology for the first nationwide VOD
service," said Mark Porter, vice president of the Media Server Division at
Oracle. "Oracle Video Server provides a scalable, mission-critical foundation
to help Magix manage and deliver its VOD services to subscribers securely,
reliably and economically."
Enabled by Oracle Video Server, Magix is being made available using
high-speed ADSL modems to more than 50,000 SingTel subscribers. The
scalability of Oracle Video Server is limited only by the supporting hardware
capacity and network infrastructure. Portable across all major
industry-platforms, networks and set-up boxes, Oracle Video Server allows
SingTel to choose the components that best meet its needs.
"Oracle database, video server, application server and the
tracking/billing applications play an important role in providing SingTel the
back-end support to ensure high performance, scalability and reliability that
the Magix system requires to deliver value-added services in a convenient and
economical manner to our customers," commented Roland Tan, general manager,
Multimedia Services Division, Singapore Telecom.
About Singapore Telecom
Singapore Telecom is a telecommunications operating company and a holding
company for over 50 subsidiaries. The companies in the Group provide a wide
range of domestic, international and mobile telecommunications as well as
postal services. Turnover and operating profit for the Group in 1996/7 were
S$4.4 billion and S$2.1 billion respectively. With a market capitalization of
about S$40 billion, Singapore Telecom is one of the largest companies in Asia.
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information management, and the world's second largest software company. With
annual revenues of over $6 billion, the company offers its database, tools and
application products, along with related consulting, education and support
services, in more than 140 countries around the world.
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