Advanced Statistical Multiplexing is Available Worldwide; Cable Operators and Broadcasters -- Bandwidth Management is Coming to a Country Near You
09/03/1999
Business Wire
(Copyright (c) 1999, Business Wire)
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 1999--V-Bits, Inc., a pioneering company in DSP-based MPEG-2 video manipulation and multiplexing technologies for the cable, satellite and broadcasting industries, today announced an agreement with Tiernan Communications Inc., a world leader in digital television systems. The terms of the agreement will place V-Bits' cost-effective RateMux(TM) statistical multiplexing technology in the hands of cable operators and broadcasters worldwide, through Tiernan's distribution channels. RateMux(TM) squeezes additional program channels into the available bandwidth by dynamically allocating data rates according to the content of each service.
"Beginning this October, whenever one of our highly-rated encoders gets sold into a digital television system, we can immediately offer stat-mux as an added feature that increases the value of our product to operators," states George Mancuso, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Tiernan Communications, Incorporated. "And as an added plus, by partnering with V-Bits we can retain our reputation of meeting or exceeding international standards of quality. V-Bits' RateMux(TM) product is the best we have seen on the market. It is cost-effective and very easy to integrate, and we should know, since we have integrated more than 1000 digital television systems operating in some 25 countries."
Tiernan products are in use throughout the world under a wide range of environmental conditions. The modular architecture can be tailored to a wide variety of applications and allows for efficient expansion as service requirements grow. Tiernan products are compliant with the MPEG-2 and Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standards, and provide interoperability with equipment from any compliant manufacturer.
"Just by highlighting one of the accomplishments of Tiernan, you can see why we wanted to have them as a strategic partner. They were the first to develop a HDTV encoder which is currently in use by major broadcasters including ABC and NBC," states Larry Grunewald, V-Bits' VP of Sales and Marketing. "By the end of this year we plan to add other strategic partnerships, that will distribute our RateMux digital grooming technology to all of the top communication channels, including cable, broadcast, satellite and telephone."
Applications for the RateMux product include customizing local digital program lineups, performing rate reduction of MPEG program streams, creating 256 QAM data streams, providing a gateway for digital ad insertion and creating statistically multiplexed outputs from VOD servers or local MPEG encoders. A future upgrade will allow multiplexing of HDTV and SDTV programs so that cable bandwidth can be used most efficiently.
About Tiernan Communications, Inc.
Tiernan Communications designs, develops, manufactures and markets a full line of digital television compression and transmission equipment. Tiernan equipment is used worldwide by broadcasters, cable operators, common carriers, software designers, computer engineers and Internet Service Providers, to achieve the highest levels of quality, performance and economy in the distribution of digital video and audio content. The company's products are essential in digital television operations, satellite news gathering, telephony, the distribution of television programming via satellite and terrestrial networks, and Internet and intranet applications. Tiernan products meet or exceed the most rigorous industry quality standards. Tiernan Communications is globally recognized for its excellence in technology, product innovation, overall value and customer support.
About V-Bits Inc.
V-Bits, Inc. is an innovative developer of cost-effective video multiplex/demultiplex solutions for operators and service providers within the cable, satellite and broadcasting industries. V-Bits' core technologies include real-time rate processing and manipulation of compressed digital video signals using high-speed, programmable DSP (Digital Signal Processing) technology.
Headquartered in San Jose, CA, V-Bits has extensive experience in digital video systems, DSP and real-time system design and implementation. The founders of the company are among the preeminent researchers and engineers in the field of video compression and communication networking. As such, V-Bits offers unique technical solutions optimized for the needs of the digital cable and broadcasting market.
For more information, please contact V-Bits, Inc. at: 2199 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95131; (Phone): 408-922-0808; (Fax) 408-922-0688 or visit our website at www.v-bits.com, or contact Tiernan Communications, Inc., 5751 Copley Drive, San Diego, CA 92111 USA; TEL: +1 619 587-0252; FAX; +1 619 587-0257; EMAIL: sales@tiernan.com. Visit our website at www.tiernan.com.
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