| PCCW selects Harmonic to power new MPEG-4 AVC video service - HongKong | | Posted Tuesday, February 06, 2007 1:02:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | (MENAFN - Asia Pulse) Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ:HLIT) today announced that PCCW is deploying Harmonic's new DiviCom(R) Electra(TM) 5400 standard definition (SD) MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) encoders for its entire now TV channel lineup. This expansion enables PCCW--the world's largest IPTV operator with more than 700,000 subscribers--to add services and extend its reach in Hong Kong. Preferred by leading telco operators around the world, Harmonic's Electra 5000 MPEG-2 encoders were also recently implemented at PCCW as part of a channel expansion. The now TV service, launched in 2003, is part of PCCW's comprehensive quadruple platform offering that includes telephony, broadband Internet access and mobile services. The addition of new channels and transition to an on-demand viewing paradigm are driving PCCW to implement the Harmonic H.264-based compression solution which can support more bandwidth-intensive services and multiple television sets.... | |
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| | | Helius Announces Major Digital Signage Release | | Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 3:05:21 PM by Blog57 Team | | LINDON, Utah, BUSINESS WIRE -- Helius Inc., the worldwide leader in IPTV solutions for business, today announced the availability of MediaSignage 3.0. This innovative software upgrade supports the transition of Digital Signage into a live and continuously updated corporate communications network. These new corporate communication networks are delivering high-impact messages to both internal and external audiences. As Digital Signage networks migrate to sophisticated IPTV (Internet Protocol Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblanktelevision');" onMouseOut="setTimeout('hideLayer()',500);" class=hotlink2>Television) platforms Helius is ideally positioned to support that evolution. Helius has built powerful IPTV networks for large Click for the lowest price on dmnobieblankEnterprise');" onMouseOut="setTimeout('hideLayer()',500);" class=hotlink2>enterprise customers with thousands of remote sites in operation today.... | |
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| | | Wegener Corporation Reports Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal ... | | Posted Friday, December 01, 2006 1:09:08 PM by Blog57 Team | | DULUTH, Ga., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wegener Corporation, WGNR a leading provider of products for television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 1, 2006. Revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006 were $4.2 million compared to $4.9 million for the same period in fiscal 2005. Revenues for all of fiscal 2006 were $20.4 million compared to $21.9 million for the same period in fiscal 2005. Net loss for the three months ended September 1, 2006, was $(1,277,000) or $(0.10) per share compared to a net loss of $(5,292,000) or $(0.42) per share for the three months ended September 2, 2005. Net loss for the year ended September 1, 2006, was $(2,883,000) or $(0.23) per share compared to a net loss of $(5,671,000) or $(0.45) per share for fiscal 2005.... | |
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| | | Optibase Delivers IPTV in Hungary | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 11:07:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | Video-encoder vendor Optibase said it sold an Internet-protocol-TV system to TVnet, a Hungarian Internet-service provider, which plans to launch an IPTV service in Budapest in December. TVnet will use the Optibase MGW 5100 encoder to deliver MPEG-4 H.264 channels to IPTV customers. Optibase, based in Herzliya, Israel, worked with a local systems integrator, Ring Net Telecommunications, to install the IPTV solution. .... | |
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| | | Broadcom Unveils Linux-Supported Applications Processor | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:05:34 AM by Blog57 Team | | Broadcom Corporation announced its entry into the applications processor market, with a monolithic high performance system-on-a-chip that combines the industry leading Broadcom VideoCore multimedia processor and an ARM11 applications processor. The BCM2820 fully supports Linux and is optimized for high volume markets including mobile phones, mobile TVs and portable audio/video/game devices, and delivers unprecedented level of integration, multimedia performance, and low power dissipation. The increasing popularity of multimedia features in mobile phones and other portable devices is generating demand for high-end applications optimized to work with video and camera capabilities at price points affordable to mainstream consumers. The new BCM2820 applications processor offers an impressive array of multimedia features including support for an 8 mega-pixel digital camera, MPEG-4/H.264 VGA video decoding at 30 frames per second, video encoding at 30 frames per second, and NTSC/PAL TV output via composite, component and S-video connections.... | |
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| | | MPEG-2, 5.1 sound, AC3 audio heading to Archos 404/504/604 | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 7:31:30 PM by Blog57 Team | | Remember the Archos 604 I reviewed late last week. It seems that the good folks at Archos are offering a free downloadable plug-in that allows their new family of PMPs to rock MPEG-2, VOB, 5.1 sound, and AC3 audio. This isn't the first time that Archos has issued a firmware upgrade of sorts; it's the second (the first added H.264 video and AAC sound). In any case, you can now show off your lovely MPEG-2 movies (either as a .VOB or .mpg) to all your friends and even blast it out in 5.1 channel stereo sound if you picked up the $100 DVR docking station. More importantly, the latest firmware release (version 1.5.52) irons out a few other kinks and bugs from that which preceded it. Check out the plug-ins here/a>. .... | |
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| | | TVN Delivers MPEG-4 VOD Content | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:16:04 AM by Blog57 Team | | TVN Entertainment, a provider of on-demand programming, introduced an MPEG-4 video-on-demand offering for Internet-protocol-TV service providers Monday. The Burbank, Calif.-based company offers multiple categories of VOD content, including studio and independent movies, adult, and specialty VOD networks such as Kids Unlimited and the Karaoke Channel. .... | |
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| | | Phalanx CIWS: The Last Defense, On Ship and Ashore | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 1:00:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | The radar-guided, rapid-firing Mk. 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS, pron. "see-whiz") can fire between 3,000-4,500 20mm rounds per minute, either autonomously or under manual command, as a last-ditch defense against incoming missiles and other targets. Phalanx uses closed-loop spotting with advanced radar and computer technology to locate, identify and direct a stream of armor piercing projectiles to the target (see video: MPEG | AVI, with hat tips to the good folks at Digg.com). Phalanx CIWS is currently installed on approximately 187 US Navy ships and is in use in 20 foreign navies. This will be DID's focus article with respect to the Phalanx CIWS, and it will be backfilled and/or updated as time and circumstances warrant. The latest development is an announcement from the British DLO that indicates its "future contracting for availability" approach to maintenance is paying off.... | |
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| | | Sound Advice: DVD players can be incompatible with videos | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 11:30:43 AM by Blog57 Team | | Q: I have a Sony digital camera and I use a 512 MB memory stick, which will record 30 minutes of video in movie mode. I download the memory stick into an iMac computer and then burn the video on a DVD-R disc. My problem is that the DVD will play on some DVD players but not on other ones. Is this a common problem, and can I do anything about it? DON KRAUSE, Maple Grove, Minn. A: The problem is with the DVD players. Some play different types of media (DVD-R, DVD+R, VideoCD) and different types of files (AVI, MPEG, etc,) better than others. There is not much you can do about it, unfortunately, other than shoot with a DV camcorder and use iDVD to make the DVDs. That is not foolproof, but the DVDs will be more compatible than those you are making now. .... | |
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| | | The Electronic Development Fund of the Ministry of Information Industry of China Provides Funding for the Spreadtrum's | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 3:04:42 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Electronic Development Fund of the Ministry of Information Industry of China publicized recently that it would provides funding for ''AVS core CMOS Chip'' and another project of Spreadtrum Communications (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. Spreadtrum Communications is a leading fabless semiconductor company in China that develops and sells innovative wireless communications products. Its GSM/GPRS baseband chip has been adopted by several leading Chinese handset manufacturers. Spreadtrum is also one of the important manufacturers of handset core CMOS chip for TD-SCDMA (the Chinese own 3G Standard) and it has already seen crucial progress. Currently, Spreadtrum is participating in efforts to develop and industrialize AVS technology with its technical advantages. As the partner of Spreadtrum in the domain of AVS, the Institute of Computing Technology (ICT) of CAS applied to the Electronic Development Fund of the Ministry of Information Industry of China with Spreadtrum.... | |
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