TANDBERG Television EMR5520S/40S Edge Media Router

09/18/2009
The TANDBERG Television Edge Media Router-5520S and 5540S are versatile and powerful satellite networking platforms that receive and manage content at the network edge. Using the EMR-5520S/40S, service providers and enterprises can deliver mission critical real-time information to large communities of users over broadcast and broadband networks. The modular and highly reliable design allows providers to customize and deploy the EMR-5520S/40S for applications today and easily add future services.

Residing at the edge of the data-delivery network, the EMR-5520S/40S can extract or pass through encrypted IP content from incoming DVB MPEG-2 transports streams. It decrypts and routes content to edge networks for delivery over 10/100 Fast Ethernet connections. Supporting a wide range of intelligent distribution capabilities, network topologies and performance options, the EMR-5520S/40S is fully integrated with TANDBERG Television’s Source Media Routers, zBand® Content Delivery Platform and E-Manager management suite.

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TANDBERG iPlex™ Video Processing Platform

08/21/2009
The TANDBERG iPlex™ is a high density, multi-functional, high performance IPTV video processing platform. Designed for the unique requirements of telco operators, TANDBERG’s iPlex™ is also suitable for cable and satellite operators looking to augment their service delivery using IPTV over DSL infrastructure.

The iPlex video processing platform has a compact 1RU form factor with up to 8 encoded or 36 transrated streams, making it an ideal choice for small or large head-end deployments alike. The iPlex supports a comprehensive set of stream processing options, including MPEG-2 SD encoding and transrating, MPEG-4 AVC SD and HD encoding, and MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 transcoding for SD and HD streams. The platform’s modular design allows service providers to upgrade functionality and add new services incrementally, avoiding costly head-end upgrades. The iPlex is also unique in its support of multiple network interfaces and multiple program outputs, allowing it to be deployed in a mixture of Ethernet, ATM, PON or FTTN environments.

The iPlex video processing platform offers service providers the most advanced video and audio compression technology available today and is part of TANDBERG Television’s portfolio of products including receivers, decoders, and descramblers all seamlessly integrated into a complete head-end system with TANDBERG nCompass Control.

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