Grab your NAB Show floor map. Here are some solutions you might want to get a look at next week if you’re at the convention in Las Vegas.
• ATX is featuring its VidiPlay as part of its end-to-end IPTV solutions for local or private IP networks. The system includes UCrypt gateways, DigiVu II encoders, VersAtive Pro transcoders and VidiPlay middleware. The system can include IP set-back boxes and Smart TV clients to deliver IP video to large format displays (TVs) as well as clients for PCs, tablets and mobile devices. VidiPlay also manages client authentication and access control and provides client UI customization. It supports advanced features such as an interactive program guide, VOD, network nPVR, digital signage and more.
VidiPlay uses ATX’s hardware such as gateways for live TV content ingest, encoders for local content and transcoders for additional video processing to build a comprehensive channel lineup for the local network. The UCrypt QAM to IP (Q2IP) gateway is designed to ingest content from any source in a space-efficient and cost-effective manner, according to the company. It can ingest up to 60 MPEG-2/H.264, HD/SD video streams and output them with Pro:Idiom encryption or in-the-clear IP format.
ATX’s DigiVu II are said to be ideal for local insertion and backhaul applications. They offer multi-input, multichannel and PEG encoding to QAM and IP. Video inputs include HD/SD-SDI, CVBS, HDMI, VGA and component. Outputs include MPEG-2/H.264, SD/HD and multiple output profile encoding. Users can centrally manage and monitor multiple units with the VMS element manager. They feature optional integrated Zixi Feeder or VideoFlow DVP technologies for video delivery over the Internet.
ATX’s VersAtivePro licence-free transcoding platform enables users the ability to transcode “what they want, when they want, and how they want,” according to the company. “The platform was designed to be the most budget-friendly solution in the professional quality transcoder market. A software-only version is also available to run on off-the-shelf hardware for operators preferring to leverage existing servers for their transcoding requirements,” ATX reports. They are manageable by ATX’s VMS element manager which provides centralized management and control of multiple units.
• Among the wares at Artel’s booth willl be the FiberLink 3514 4-Channel 3G/HD/SD-SDI (4K/UHD) Series, which reportedly supports four channels of independent 3G/HD/SD-SDI or DVB-ASI, with or without embedded audio and data, and transmits it over one single mode or multimode fiber. When using all four inputs, FiberLink 3514 supports 4K/UHD resolutions at 60 fps. FiberLink 3514 is capable of transmitting two 4K/UHD signals at 30 fps simultaneously.
• Pico Digital will exhibit its CONDOR end-to-end headend broadcast cable TV system, as well as several new products designed to give cable and broadcast customers more options for streaming, encoding/decoding and routing video signals. The company will also be highlighting upgrades to its mini cable modem termination system (miniCMTS) and X-Digital radio platform.
CONDOR reportedly delivers the improved video and audio quality provided by digital TV technology and an easy-to-use, customizable electronic program guide (EPG) for easy content navigation. The EPG shows viewers what’s on TV and allows them to bring up detailed information about programs of interest, while providing operators with the opportunity to generate advertising revenue. Subscribers can record their favorite programming using the set-top box’s personal video recorder (PVR) and easily access recorded content via a library screen.
New products on display will include the PD100 MPEG-2 or H.264 single-channel encoder, three advanced multiplexers, and two 1-RU edge QAMs. Highlighted multiplexers will consist of the PDATSC-IP for the insertion of local off-air ATSC programming into digital cable or IP headend systems; the PDASI-IP with eight ASI inputs; and the PDMUX for up to 512 IP (SPTS/MPTS) inputs over UDP. Featured edge QAMs will include the IPQC24 for the conversion of IP video signals into 24 QAM channels, and the IPQC24-IP for the addition of 24 IP output streams.
Pico Digital also will be highlighting its miniCMTS200a, which supports up to 400 DOCSIS 2.0 modems, or 250 DOCSIS 3.0 plus 150 DOCSIS 2.0 modems. It offers 16 downstream bonded channels for up to 800-Mbps downstream and four upstream channels offering 120-Mbps upstream data delivery.