 Delivering Innovative MPEG Solutions |
| News From Adtec Digital |
| Contact: Mary Anna Brown Public Relations Coordinator (615) 256-6619 ext. 120 maryannab@adtecinc.com |
| April 30, 2004 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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NASHVILLE, TN – Adtec Digital unveiled the evolutionary Soloist HD Digital Media Server at NAB 2004 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, April 19-23. "The digital media appliance is evolutionary, combining the functions of a digital video recorder, player, switcher and server in one device," President, Kevin Ancelin, said. "The product offers users powerful features including multiple-layer with multiple region text and graphic overlays, advanced video scaling and broadcast time delay (time shifting)." The S3DMS offers automated Real Time MPEG 1 and 2 encoding from analog or Serial Digital (SDI) sources as well as Real Time transcoding of DV formats from non-linear editors through IEEE 1394 (Firewire). The innovative two slot design allows for implementation of one of each encoder and decoder module or two of an encoder or decoder, providing flexibility in a system configuration. The S3DMS supports new and future compression CODEC devices, making the appliance economically sound. "We expect the product to have a broad appeal across a wide range of markets, including production and post-production, entertainment, digital signage, surveillance, news gathering and narrow market television," VP of Sales and Marketing, Ron Johnson, said. "The applications for the S3DMS are endless. An advertising agency can manage a national retail chain's digital signage network directly from their production studio. A cable or broadcast channel can integrate local origination programming such as church services, city council meetings or sports events, into their line-up, either live or stored for later playback." Content is played back in Composite and YC or optional SDI formats by time or cue, enabling the device to function as a broadcast play-to-air server/switcher or digital commercial inserter. Control is via the front panel, terminal, remote client web interface, Ethernet or stand alone. Prevailing broadcast automation systems will easily interface with the S3DMS via RS422. The appliance also functions as a network server retrieving and distributing content, boasting internal storage and external Network Array Storage (NAS) via Gigabit Ethernet. Support for Dolby Digital audio encoding and SDI embedded audio is available. Dolby Digital AC-3 and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound decoding are standard features and do not require external audio decoders. Audio outputs include analog, unbalanced and balanced, AES and embedded. Adtec also exhibited its digital ad insertion solutions including Digital into Analog (DIA), Digital into Digital (DID) and Digital into Transport (DIT) or splicing at NAB. "By supporting Analog switched, Digital uncompressed switched and now, Transport-level insertion (splicing), Adtec is positioned to support global broadband operators' ad insertion needs, regardless of their distribution method," Ancelin said. DIT as a solution is new to Adtec. "Nearly four years ago, Adtec worked with the committees involved with authoring the SCTE 30 and SCTE 35 standards," Ancelin said. "This work, along with the development of our digital television infrastructure products such as the edje-2100 encoder and edje-3000 multiplexer, assisted Adtec in developing the DPI-1200 Ad Splicing Server." Adtec's single-rack unit DPI-1200 Ad Splicing Server is ideally suited to serve the multi-channel cable market, as well as the broadcast market by interfacing with Terayon's CherryPicker DM 3200Ad Splicer. Adtec also debuted its Traffic and Billing Gateway Server (TBGS) at NAB. "The TBGS allows seamless integration with a variety of popular analog and digital ad insertion systems," Cable and Broadcast Sales Manager, Scott Pierce, said. "The real value of the TBGS is its ability to unite with the DPI-1200 Ad Splicing Server into any system, facilitating deployment of DIT." Terayon Communication Systems, Inc. is the leading innovator of intelligent broadband access for operators who want to deliver the widest range of advanced data, video and voice services. Terayon maintains its headquarters in Santa Clara, California, and has sales and support offices worldwide. The company is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol TERN and can be found on the web at www.terayon.com. Adtec Digital is the world's leading manufacture of MPEG 2-based digital video players, single channel commercial insertion controllers and automated video control systems. For more information about Adtec and their products, visit www.adtecinc.com. |