NN's affiliate related: NBTel Selects Pixstream Video Networking Solution to Deliver Television Services to its
Customers Over Existing Telephone Lines
Tuesday, May 4, 1999 08:03 AM
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PixStream VDS5000 enables delivery of video from Telco head-end to the
home over ADSL
WATERLOO, ON, May 4 /CNW-PRN/ - PixStream Incorporated, a leading developer of video networking
solutions, today announced that NBTel has selected the PixStream VDS5000 professional video networking
platform as part of its solution to deliver multiple television channels to the home over existing copper
telephone lines using ADSL technology. Customers are able to access a full selection of channels over their
phone lines, providing them with an alternative to traditional cable or satellite dish services.
The PixStream VDS5000 system will act as a complete broadcast video head-end, taking in uncompressed and
compressed video feeds and adapting them to a network suitable for DSL distribution. The system is a flexible,
''carrier class'' video networking platform that enables network service providers to demodulate, descramble,
multiplex, remultiplex, decode, encode and adapt multiple channels from a variety of broadcast audio and video
inputs to a number of telecommunication networks. PixStream video networking solutions can also be used for
interactive video services such as broadband video conferencing, interactive distance learning (IDL),
tele-medicine and monitoring applications.
NBTel is known as one of the most advanced telecommunications companies in North America and has created
the VideoActive(TM) network, a revolutionary high-speed or ''broadband'' network, to provide customers with
innovative services. NBTel is leveraging this network to provide video services to its customers.
''NBTel was the first telephone company in Canada to be given a broadcasting licence and we are committed to
developing enriched and interactive television services for our customers,'' said Kevin Hastings, Technology
Director for Television Services at NBTel. ''The video head-end equipment that we are using to stream video to
the home is very new to us. We have had to choose our partners very carefully and we rely on companies like
PixStream to provide us with the technical expertise and solutions we need to deploy these new services.''
PixStream has been working closely with Cisco Systems, Element 14, iMagicTV and Newbridge Networks on
NBTel technical trials since October 1998. These trials are to be completed shortly and full deployment of the
service will begin later in 1999.
''PixStream is fully aware of the competitive pressures facing telephone companies in this day and age,'' said
Dave Caputo, Vice President of Marketing, PixStream. ''PixStream video networking solutions enable Telcos to
enhance their service offerings with cable-like entertainment without having to significantly alter their existing
networks.''
NBTel and iMagicTV
NBTel is an acknowledged world leader in telecommunications. It provides a full-range of services including
local and long-distance telephone, wireless, Internet, e-commerce, interactive multimedia, data and managed
network services and information technology solutions. NBTel's people use their expertise to deliver advanced
customer-contact and self-serve applications that provide a competitive advantage to businesses and enable
consumers to do everyday things better(TM). NBTel also partners with its affiliate, iMagicTV, to develop and
deliver television services.
iMagicTV is an innovative software company providing interactive television solutions for Telcos worldwide.
The company has developed DTV Manager, a business application software product that enables
telecommunications companies and other service providers to deliver and manage competitive interactive
television services for residential subscribers over copper, or any high-speed access technology. Established in
1998, iMagicTV is based in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. iMagicTV is an affiliate of NBTel Inc., the
principal subsidiary of Bruncor (ME and TSE:BRR), and Newbridge Networks Corporation (NYSE:NN;
TSE:NNC). For more information on iMagicTV and DTV Manager, visit www.imagictv.com.
PixStream Incorporated
PixStream develops, manufactures and globally markets hardware and software solutions that enable network
service providers and enterprises to reliably distribute and manage digital video. Using PixStream solutions,
high quality video and audio can be transported more efficiently over broadband networks, optimizing
bandwidth and enabling customers to introduce leading edge video services and applications. Founded in 1996,
PixStream is based in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. More information is available at www.pixstream.com.
All company and/or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. No
agency relationship, partnership, or joint ownership of a legal entity is to be inferred or implied by the use of the
term partner.
SOURCE Pixstream Incorporated
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