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Imagine Communications Announces Unrivaled Service Resiliency in ICE Video Platform Version 4.2 Software Release
SAN DIEGO, CA, Dec 10, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Imagine Communications, a leading innovator in advanced digital
video solutions, today announced version 4.2 of the ICE(R) Video
Platform, a significant software update to the widely deployed video
processing platform. Although the software update provides new video
quality enhancements, the principle feature set of the upgrade is a
set of advanced redundancy features that separate the ICE Video
Platform from all other video transcoding solutions.
Imagine's ICE Video Platform is a powerful video processing solution
providing service providers the ability to deliver an unparalleled
viewing experience, while realizing the most efficient network
resource utilization. Imagine's technology serves thousands of live
streams to more than half of all US digital cable subscribers.
Version 4.2 of the ICE Video Platform is now in deployment at several
large North American service providers for IPTV, broadcast
multiplexing and switched digital video staging.
"At Cogeco we consider it essential to have full source redundancy,"
said Cogeco's Senior Director of Digital Video Engineering Kevin
Cuffling. "With Imagine's 4.2 release, we are able to seamlessly
switch to a secondary source should the primary source be lost or
even degraded."
"The ICE Video Platform 4.2 is a direct response to the needs of
Imagine's Tier 1 customers, enabling them to provide more quality,
flexibility and service resiliency to their digital video
subscribers," said Imagine Communications' VP, Product and Marketing
Chris Gordon. "We are always focused on better video quality, higher
system density and unsurpassed stream reliability. With the 4.2
update, we're thrilled to announce enormous gains across all of these
dimensions."
Key features and benefits in the ICE Video Platform version 4.2
include:
-- Increased Service Resiliency - A complete service resiliency solution
that includes not only input source redundancy based on PID loss,
service degradation, and continuity count errors, but also provides a
full mesh output for ensuring no one physical point of failure within
the platform and within the IP routing network moving video services
both in and out of the platform.
-- Increased Flexibility & Interoperability - Multi-codec and
Multiscreen audio and video transcoding, allows service providers to
receive content in any format and distribute in any format to any
device, over any service delivery network.
-- Hardware Reliability and Density - Imagine's ICE Video Platform is
available on a carrier-class blade system chassis with proven
resiliency systems ensuring the highest degree of system uptime and
reliability. The ICE Broadband System is also available on a
high-density 1 RU (rack unit) platform capable of delivering up to 16
1080p HD or 32 SD video channels with unmatched power savings and
cooling efficiencies.
-- Automatic Gain Control for Audio - With dual mode automatic audio
loudness leveling, the ICE Video Platform can adjust both quickly to
rapid changes in audio level (typical of program or ad insertion) as
well as slowly to allow for the dramatic integrity of loud or quiet
scenes to be maintained.
-- Local Broadcast Channel Multiplexing - Local broadcast channels have
special requirements with regard to the PSIP (Program and System
Information Protocol) data carried along with the video and audio
streams. The ICE Video Platform 4.2 not only offers service providers
with a mechanism to maintain support for PSIP data, but additionally
provides a unique PID remapping and redundancy solution without the
use of any additional equipment or licensing.
About Imagine Communications
Imagine Communications is a leading
innovator in digital video solutions, enabling content providers and
system operators to deliver bandwidth-intensive services with optimum
video quality and Quality of Experience (QoE). Imagine's products
serve the digital IPTV and broadcast markets as well as emerging
PersonalizedTV(R) applications such as Multiscreen TV Anywhere,
Network PVR (nPVR) and Mobile Video. Imagine is based in San Diego,
Calif. with R&D in Israel. Imagine's management team includes
industry leaders with decades of experience delivering innovations in
video communications. For more information, visit
www.imaginecommunications.com.
The Imagine logo, ICE-Q, ICE, ICE Illustrate, Enabling PersonalizedTV
and PersonalizedTV are registered trademarks of Imagine
Communications, Inc. Other company, product and service names
mentioned herein may be trademarks or service marks of their
respective owners.
SOURCE: Imagine Communications
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