RGB Networks, the leading provider of scalable multiscreen IP video delivery solutions, today announced that its enhanced Video Intelligence Architecture (eVIA) product suite won a coveted 2011 TelcoTV Vision Award, which was presented at last week’s annual TelcoTV trade show. Determined by a distinguished independent panel of industry executives, the Vision Awards honor the most innovative, leading-edge telecommunications solutions introduced or upgraded over the past year.

RGB’s first-of-its-kind eVIA suite is anchored by the company’s Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG™) and TransAct Packager, which together form the industry’s most complete, flexible and highly scalable IP-based solution for delivering and monetizing live and on-demand TV Everywhere content for TVs, PCs, tablets and other mobile devices.

“To be selected for a TelcoTV Vision Award is an achievement worth commending,” said Joseph Braue, Executive Vice President and Group Director of UBM TechWeb’s Light Reading Communications Network, which co-produces the event with the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association. “Our judges found that RGB’s unique eVIA solutions stood out among its peers.”

A Vision Award winner in 2009, the widely-deployed VMG is the industry’s highest capacity transcoder, capable of simultaneously transcoding 500+ MPEG-2 and MPEG-4/H.264 video streams into optimal video codec output for any access network, as well as instantly adapting bitrate and resolution levels for delivery to any mobile device. Additionally, the multi-function VMG performs high-density transrating, grooming and ad insertion, all within a single highly-scalable, carrier-class platform.

Praised by customers for its many unique features, the TransAct Packager – a Vision Award finalist in 2010 – is RGB’s adaptive streaming solution. This flexible platform “packages” video programs into multiple versions for viewing in Apple HTTP Live Streaming, Microsoft Smooth Streaming and Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming formats. This technology is leading the way for a new adaptive bitrate ad insertion ecosystem that allows service providers to target advertisements at a very granular level, ushering in a new era of lucrative hyper-targeted advertising with personalized messages reaching their target audience at the regional, neighborhood or even subscriber level.

“The Vision Award judges recognized that the growing popularity of tablets and other mobile devices requires telco carriers to adopt a standards-based solution to not only deliver top-quality multiscreen video, but to also reap the revenue benefits of hyper-targeted ads,” said Ramin Farassat, Vice President, Product Marketing and Business Development for RGB Networks. “Our eVIA solution meets that need, and its TelcoTV Vision Award victory shows that industry experts also recognize the ability of its winning combination of performance and features to make carriers successful in TV Everywhere.”

About RGB Networks
RGB Networks enables video service providers to migrate to a multiscreen environment for the delivery of linear and on-demand video over managed and unmanaged IP networks. Wide adoption of the company’s IP video solutions is based on core strengths in transcoding, advertising and overlay insertion, and statistical multiplexing. RGB’s solutions for video delivery to TVs, desktop and mobile devices are built to deliver the highest video quality at the best price-performance on the market—they uniquely offer the density and scalability required to support the growing demands of consumers with integrated functionality that simplifies operators’ network architectures and minimizes operational costs. RGB’s products are deployed by over 200 cable, telco, satellite, OTT and mobile operators in 30+ countries. Venture capital investment firms include Accel Partners, Comcast Interactive, Focus Ventures, Granite Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners. RGB is a private, profitable company based in Sunnyvale, California with offices around the world. For more information, please visit our website – www.rgbnetworks.comwww.rgbnetworks.com – and IP video blog – www.rgbnetworks.com/blog – and follow us on Twitter @RGB_Networks.

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Tektronix, the market leader in broadcast video test, monitoring and analysis solutions, today announced its Sentry® digital content monitor now enables cable television operators to ensure the quality of their live and on-demand services delivered using adaptive streaming through the quick identification and diagnosis of video and audio quality issues that can impact viewers’ quality of experience (QoE).

“Cable operators are realizing as they utilize adaptive streaming technology to compete with the growing number of over-the-top (OTT) providers, that an exceptional QoE is the best way to ensure the superiority of their services,” said Eben Jenkins, general manager, Video Product Line, Tektronix. “Sentry’s combination of advanced audio and video quality monitoring capabilities and proven performance make it an ideal solution for ensuring adaptive streaming quality and is another demonstration of our commitment to ensuring that Sentry addresses operators’ most pressing QoE requirements.”

The key to Sentry’s new adaptive streaming monitoring capabilities is its ability to perform its unique Perceptual Video Quality (PVQ) analysis on video streams encoded in the H.264 codec used for adaptive streaming. PVQ enables Sentry to identify video artifacts that are due to over-compression, which commonly happens with motion-intensive programs like sports and action movies. Such over-compression artifacts are virtually undetectable by simply looking for packet loss and represent a major threat to video quality.

In an adaptive streaming monitoring application, Sentry examines H.264 video streams immediately after they have been transcoded from MPEG-2 and just prior to them being fragmented and encrypted. This is a critical point in the adaptive streaming process as transcoding can introduce QoE-impacting video errors that are virtually undetectable after encryption. Simultaneously with the H.264 monitoring, Sentry examines the accompanying audio programs encoded in the AAC codec predominantly used in adaptive streaming. This combination ensures that operators can detect video and audio issues that will propagate downstream and degrade customers’ viewing experience.

Tektronix will demonstrate Sentry’s H.264 video PVQ, and AAC audio QoE and loudness monitoring capability, and other advanced capabilities at the upcoming Cable-Tec Expo, November 15-17 in Atlanta.

Sentry is an award-winning, comprehensive content monitoring solution for cable, telecom, IPTV and other video service providers. Sentry enables the early detection and diagnosis of video and audio issues (i.e., video freeze, macro-blocking, loss of audio, etc.) whenever or wherever they occur in the network, so service providers can deliver services with excellent quality, thus ensuring an optimal QoE for subscribers. Sentry accomplishes this insight through its unique combination of an unprecedented visibility into network anomalies at the IP and content layers, scalability to monitor every program in the network, and its real-time, 24/7 operation.

For more information about Sentry visit http://www.tek.com/products/video-test/digital-content-monitors.html or call 310.227.8620.

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About Tektronix
For more than sixty years, engineers have turned to Tektronix for test, measurement and monitoring solutions to solve design challenges, improve productivity and dramatically reduce time to market. Tektronix is a leading supplier of test instrumentation for engineers focused on electronic design, manufacturing, and advanced technology development. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix serves customers worldwide and offers award-winning service and support. Stay on the leading edge at www.tektronix.com.

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Tektronix, the market leader in broadcast video test, monitoring and analysis solutions, today announced its Sentry® digital content monitor has received a 3.5 Diamond rating in the Broadband Technology Report’s prestigious 2011 Diamond Technology Reviews, marking the fifth consecutive year in which Sentry has been recognized in this annual review of the top products and solutions available to the cable television industry.

Established by Broadband Technology Report in 2005, the Diamond Technology Reviews (commonly referred to as “the Diamonds”) are determined by unbiased evaluations from a distinguished and independent panel of Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) national board members and cable engineering experts, including senior executives from the largest U.S. cable operators.

“The judges always seem to be impressed with the Sentry’s upgrades, and this year was no exception. Once again Tektronix received an excellent Review score,” said Rob Stuehrk, president and publisher of Broadband Technology Report.

Beyond application of the newest technology, entries are judged by innovation, ease-of-use, efficiency, reliability and contribution to profitability. This year’s Diamond judges noted Sentry’s newly-enhanced audio monitoring features, of special importance in the wake of the Commercial Advertising Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act which will soon require that ads be no louder than the programs they accompany. The advanced monitoring capabilities of Sentry make it an ideal solution for this non-trivial task given the hundreds of channels that cable operators will have to continually monitor.

“Scoring so well in its fifth Diamond Technology Reviews is a reflection of Sentry remaining the industry’s most advanced content monitor as well as a recognition of its success in the market, with nine of the 10 largest U.S. cable operators using it provide an optimal quality of experience QoE for their subscribers,” said Eben Jenkins, general manager, Video Product Line, Tektronix. “Adding the ability to detect overly loud commercials in the multi-channel cable environment is just the latest example of our commitment to ensuring Sentry can address operators’ current and future needs.”

Tektronix will demonstrate Sentry’s audio loudness monitoring and other advanced QoE monitoring capabilities at the upcoming Cable-Tec Expo, November 15-17 in Atlanta.

Sentry is an award-winning, comprehensive content monitoring solution for cable, telecom, IPTV and other video service providers. Sentry enables the early detection and diagnosis of video and audio errors (i.e., video freeze, macro-blocking, loss of audio, etc.) whenever or wherever they occur in the network, so service providers can deliver services with excellent quality, thus ensuring an optimal QoE for subscribers. Sentry accomplishes this insight through its unique combination of an unprecedented visibility into network anomalies at the IP and MPEG layers, scalability to monitor every program in the network, and its real-time, 24/7 operation.

For more information about Sentry visit http://www.tek.com/products/video-test/digital-content-monitors.html or call 310.227.8620.

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About Broadband Technology Report
Broadband Technology Report (BTR), celebrating its 7th anniversary in 2011, is the cable and telecom industry’s premier source for product and technology news, and is the most successful and fastest growing online outlet for product information and deployments; reviews and rankings; technology expertise; and buyer/seller facilitation. BTR’s portfolio includes online, print and video assets, all designed to help network operators build, upgrade and maintain high-performance communications networks. BTR, backed by over 70 years of combined industry experience, delivers its email, online, print and video production services to more than 21,000 subscribers. If you are interested in subscribing, consult http://broadbandgear.net/subscribe/. BTR is owned by Hermes Media, LLC.

About the Diamond Technology Review program
The BTR Diamond Technology Reviews (“the Diamonds”) is a renowned industry program now in its sixth year – that was developed to recognize some of the top products and solutions available to the cable industry as determined by a stellar panel of MSO engineering experts. Engineering executives from Bright House, Charter, Comcast, Cox, Suddenlink, Sunflower Broadband and Time Warner Cable served as third-party judges for the 2011 Diamonds. Every year, BTR invites vendors to submit written information about products/solutions that have been released or upgraded since the previous year’s SCTE Cable-Tec Expo (October 2010). Criteria used in the Diamonds rankings include, first and foremost, unique technology or application thereof, innovation, ease of use, efficiency, reliability and contribution to profitability.

About Tektronix
For more than sixty years, engineers have turned to Tektronix for test, measurement and monitoring solutions to solve design challenges, improve productivity and dramatically reduce time to market. Tektronix is a leading supplier of test instrumentation for engineers focused on electronic design, manufacturing, and advanced technology development. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix serves customers worldwide and offers award-winning service and support. Stay on the leading edge at www.tektronix.com.

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RGB Networks, the leading provider of scalable multiscreen IP video delivery solutions, will be demonstrating how its solutions can facilitate the next step in the delivery of content to multiple screens at IBC 2011 in Amsterdam (stand 4.C78). Utilizing its award-winning solutions and leveraging key relationships, RGB will highlight how Video Service Providers (VSPs) can advance their multiscreen deployments and implement effective monetization strategies to capitalize on new market opportunities.

Highlighting RGB’s recent successes in multiscreen deployments around the globe, a European customer will give live demonstrations of its RGB-based multiscreen service. RGB will also detail how its new products enable VSPs to realize new avenues of revenue generation across an integrated multiscreen environment.

Swisscom Broadcast, the leading Swiss provider of fully managed multiscreen TV services, will be demonstrating its IP-based video service live on RGB’s stand using RGB’s Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG™) and TransAct Packager delivery video to multiple devices, including a TV, laptop, iPhone and iPad. Visitors will be provided with unique insight into the robust capabilities of multiscreen deployments with RGB’s solution.

RGB will also showcase its new Enhanced Video Intelligence Architecture (eVIA), a multiscreen IP video delivery and ad insertion ecosystem, which utilizes adaptive bitrate streaming to facilitate hyper-targeted advertising down to the neighborhood, device or even individual subscriber. This standards-based architecture gives VSPs a simpler, cost-effective and more scalable solution for integrated delivery and monetization of video to multiple screens compared to traditional methods.

The company will also be demonstrating its latest addition to the award-winning VMG product line – the recently launched VMG-8. The product inherits all the field-proven advanced video processing capabilities of the VMG family, and packages them in a new seven rack unit high carrier-grade chassis, with enhanced transcoding capabilities, providing VSPs with the capacity and scalability required to meet their growing TV Everywhere requirements.

“Over the past year we’ve seen a great progression in multiscreen, going from trials on a single device to deployments across multiple screens,” said Ramin Farassat, Vice President, Product Marketing and Business Development for RGB Networks. “At IBC 2011, RGB Networks will show video service providers how to advance their multiscreen strategies to the next level, and see a real return on their investments. Our solutions ensure that our customers have both the tools and the expertise to make these changes happen, while also providing a real competitive differentiator.”

Executives from RGB Networks will be available on stand 4.C78 throughout IBC 2011, taking place from September 9th – 13th September in Amsterdam, to answer questions and provide a hands-on demonstration of the unique advantages of RGB’s delivery and monetization solutions for TV Everywhere.

About RGB Networks’ TV Everywhere Solutions
RGB’s TV Everywhere solutions includes its award-winning VMG, the industry’s highest capacity transcoder, capable of simultaneously transcoding 500+ MPEG-2 and MPEG-4/H.264 video streams into the growing number of formats required to serve an ever-expanding array of end user devices. The VMG utilizes a truly carrier-class chassis with extensive redundancy features to ensure reliable operation at all times.

Complementing the VMG is RGB’s TransAct Packager, an advanced adaptive streaming solution that ingests MPEG-4/H.264 video programs and outputs multiple versions of each program encoded at different bit rates which are then packaged in the Apple HTTP Live Streaming, Microsoft Smooth Streaming and Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming formats.

Working together, the TransAct Packager and the VMG comprise the industry’s most complete, flexible and highly scalable solution for delivering live and on-demand video to PCs, tablets, mobile devices and set-top boxes.

About RGB Networks’ Enhanced Video Intelligence Architecture (eVIA)
eVIA from RGB Networks provides a suite of standards-based products that provides advanced HTTP streaming video services for the delivery and monetization of video to multiple screens. Designed to be highly flexible, the eVIA ecosystem provides the scalability necessitated by the accelerating growth of multiscreen services, with industry-leading density and reliability designed into every component.

Leveraging RGB’s years of ad insertion expertise, eVIA enables service providers to monetize HTTP streaming services, whether on managed or unmanaged networks, finally providing true targeted advertising capabilities, leading to a new revenue source for operators.

This first-of-its-kind architecture will take HTTP streaming services well past today’s capabilities with shorter adoption time than ever seen with new technologies.

A white paper providing more details on RGB’s eVIA can be downloaded at www.rgbnetworks.com/resources.

About RGB Networks

RGB Networks enables video service providers to migrate to a multiscreen environment for the delivery of linear and on-demand video over managed and unmanaged IP networks. Wide adoption of the company’s solutions is based on core strengths in transcoding, advertising and overlay insertion, and statistical multiplexing. RGB’s solutions for video delivery to TVs, desktop and mobile devices are built to deliver the highest video quality at the best price-performance on the market—they uniquely offer the density and scalability required to support the growing demands of consumers with integrated functionality that simplifies operators’ network architectures and minimizes operational costs. RGB’s products are deployed by over 200 cable, telco, satellite, OTT and mobile operators in 30+ countries. Venture capital firms Accel Partners, Comcast Interactive, Focus Ventures, Granite Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners have invested $63 million in the company. RGB is a private, profitable company based in Sunnyvale, California with offices around the world. For more information, please visit www.rgbnetworks.com.

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Tektronix, the leading provider of digital content monitoring solutions, today announced that its award-winning Sentry® digital content monitoring solution is a finalist in this year’s Cable & Satellite International magazine’s Product of the Year Awards. The CSI Awards, which are presented at the IBC tradeshow in Amsterdam in September, recognize technical excellence and innovation in the cable, satellite, terrestrial broadcasting and IPTV industries.

Sentry was selected as a finalist in the “Best Monitoring or Network Management Solution” category in recognition of its new Perceptual Video Quality (PVQ) monitoring feature. Sentry’s new PVQ capability helps video service providers (VSP) tackle content errors when the program suffers artifacts due to over-compression which is common in motion intensive programs like sports.

“Reaching the finals of the prestigious CSI Product of the Year Awards is the latest accolade for Sentry and a further acknowledgement that Sentry remains a state-of-the-art solution for the detection and diagnosis of video and audio errors that impact viewers’ quality of experience (QoE),” said Eben Jenkins, general manager, Video Product Line, Tektronix. “Sentry has been proven in deployments with the top U.S. cable operators and many other VSPs who use Sentry to ensure they deliver programming with the best possible picture and sound quality.”

Cable & Satellite International launched the Product of the Year awards back in 2003 and have attracted over 150 entries every year, gaining the endorsement of the industry’s leading technology suppliers.  This year’s winners will be announced at the award ceremony held at IBC on Friday, September 9 at 6 p.m.

About the Sentry Monitoring Solution

Sentry is a comprehensive content monitoring solution for cable, telecom, IPTV and other video service providers. Sentry enables the early detection and diagnosis of video and audio errors (i.e., video freeze, macro-blocking, loss of audio, etc.) whenever or wherever they occur in the network, so service providers can correct these issues, thus ensuring an optimal quality of experience (QoE) for subscribers.  Sentry accomplishes this through its unique combination of unprecedented visibility into network anomalies at the IP and MPEG layers, scalability to monitor every program in the network and its real-time, 24/7 operation.  Sentry is proven in deployments with service providers worldwide, including nine of the top 10 U.S. cable operators.

For more information visit www.tektronix.com or call 310.227.8620.

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About Cable & Satellite International

Cable & Satellite International (CSI) is a technology publication targeting the global video market, including cable, satellite, IPTV, mobile and terrestrial broadcast platforms. CSI assesses technology trends and provides detailed product analysis relevant to the core video delivery functions – namely content contribution/backhaul, distribution/transport, playout/transmission and home networking. CSI also analyzes the wider triple and quadruple play landscape.

About Tektronix

For more than sixty years, engineers have turned to Tektronix for test, measurement and monitoring solutions to solve design challenges, improve productivity and dramatically reduce time to market. Tektronix is a leading supplier of test instrumentation for engineers focused on electronic design, manufacturing, and advanced technology development. Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Tektronix serves customers worldwide and offers award-winning service and support. Stay on the leading edge at www.tektronix.com.

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RGB Networks, the leading provider of scalable multiscreen IP video delivery solutions, today announced the launch of its Enhanced Video Intelligence Architecture (eVIA), a suite of products and technologies including RGB’s award-winning Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMGTM) and TransAct Packager, that provides hyper-targeted ad insertion capabilities for the integrated delivery and monetization of video to multiple screens over adaptive streaming delivery protocols.

Online and mobile viewing of premium video content is increasingly complementing and augmenting the traditional TV experience. In order to monetize premium video services over new adaptive streaming protocols, a new video ad insertion infrastructure, based on open-standards, is required. To meet this need, RGB Networks, leveraging years of industry-leading ad insertion expertise, is bringing a first-of-its-kind product suite to the market with eVIA based on adaptive bitrate ad insertion technology.

RGB’s eVIA multiscreen IP video delivery and ad insertion ecosystem utilizes advanced adaptive bitrate streaming to facilitate targeted advertising down to the neighborhood, device or even specific individual subscriber demographics. The key benefits of delivering ad insertion in this manner is that video service providers have a simpler, cost-effective and more scalable solution than offered by traditional ad insertion methods while allowing hyper-targeting down to the most granular level. With increased revenues from targeted advertising, video service providers will be able to offer subscribers enhanced multiscreen services, such as OTT video delivery, nPVR, and Catch-up TV. The eVIA framework also gives providers the added benefits of cost-effective and seamless program substitution, blackouts and channel switching utilizing the same infrastructure.

“With end-users expecting personalized video services to be accessible on any network connection and on any device, providers are searching for options to increase revenues and lower the cost of delivering TV Everywhere services,” said Yuval Fisher, Chief Technology Officer for RGB Networks. “With eVIA’s hyper-targeted ad insertion capabilities, providers can increase revenue while simultaneously upgrading their networks to support large scale deployments of both on-demand and linear content to multiple devices.”

According to a Digital TV Research study, the average revenue per user for TV services will fall over the next five years. Two trends contributing to this decrease are consumers going to sources other than traditional video providers for video content, and at the same time video service providers being unable to increase their ad revenues. Adaptive bitrate ad insertion combined with OTT delivery opens the door to the possibility for operators to deliver advertising content to specific interest-based segments in a network, raising their revenues.

“With eVIA’s adaptive streaming ad insertion capabilities, providers can take charge of and monetize content in a way they were unable to before,” continued Fisher. “As providers accelerate the rollout of their TV Everywhere services, the investment in new IP infrastructure means they must look beyond the traditional ad insertion methods. Utilizing this new hyper-targeting adaptive streaming architecture, eVIA ensures providers around the world can truly monetize their content, off-set costs and successfully future-proof their business models.”

About RGB Networks’ Enhanced Video Intelligence Architecture (eVIA)
eVIA from RGB Networks provides a suite of standards-based products that provides advanced HTTP streaming video services for the delivery and monetization of video to multiple screens. Designed to be highly flexible, the eVIA ecosystem provides the scalability necessitated by the accelerating growth of multiscreen services, with industry-leading density and reliability designed into every component.

Leveraging RGB’s years of ad insertion expertise, eVIA enables service providers to monetize HTTP streaming services, whether on managed or unmanaged networks, finally providing true targeted advertising capabilities, leading to a new revenue source for operators.

This first-of-its-kind architecture will take HTTP streaming services well past today’s capabilities with shorter adoption time than usually seen with new technologies.

At IBC 2011, stand 4.C78, RGB Networks will demonstrate for the first time adaptive bitrate streaming in Apple HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) format utilizing its eVIA product suite. A white paper providing more details on RGB’s eVIA can be downloaded at www.rgbnetworks.com/resources.

About RGB Networks

RGB Networks enables video service providers to migrate to a multiscreen environment for the delivery of linear and on-demand video over managed and unmanaged IP networks. Wide adoption of the company’s solutions is based on core strengths in transcoding, advertising and overlay insertion, and statistical multiplexing. RGB’s solutions for video delivery to TVs, desktop and mobile devices are built to deliver the highest video quality at the best price-performance on the market—they uniquely offer the density and scalability required to support the growing demands of consumers with integrated functionality that simplifies operators’ network architectures and minimizes operational costs. RGB’s products are deployed by over 200 cable, telco, satellite, OTT and mobile operators in 30+ countries. Venture capital firms Accel Partners, Comcast Interactive, Focus Ventures, Granite Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners have invested $63 million in the company. RGB is a private, profitable company based in Sunnyvale, California with offices around the world. For more information, please visit www.rgbnetworks.com.

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RGB Networks, the leading provider of scalable multiscreen IP video delivery solutions, today announced that at IBC 2011 Swisscom Broadcast, a leading Swiss provider of fully managed multiscreen TV services to the European B2B customer segments, will be demonstrating the transmission of its IP-based multiscreen TV services utilizing RGB’s Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG™) and TransAct Packager. The RGB multi-device delivery solution forms a key component in Swisscom Broadcast’s technology blueprint to support streamed media over private and public Internet to televisions, PCs and mobile devices, and will be showcased at RGB’s stand (4.C78) delivering live video over the Internet from Swisscom Broadcast’s headend to multiple devices on the stand.

Operating one of the major headends in Switzerland with approximately 400 TV channels, Swisscom Broadcast is quickly developing into a key supplier of fully managed IP-based video and audio services. Using the latest IP video distribution techniques, Swisscom Broadcast is building standards-based architectures to supply complete IPTV and OTT services to new and existing operators looking to update their legacy technology deployments.

To be demonstrated at RGB’s IBC 2011 stand will be live streams from Swisscom Broadcast’s headend utilizing RGB’s VMG to transcode program streams. These streams are formatted for a large number of different end user devices of varying resolutions and decoding capabilities for delivery via both adaptive streaming and traditional single bitrate environments. Working in conjunction with RGB’s TransAct Packager, this integrated solution provides streams in Apple HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) standard delivery format, Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming and Microsoft Smooth Streaming outputs, enabling them to fully address adaptive streaming for HLS-compatible devices, and the new Flash/Silverlight-powered platforms such as Android and Windows-based devices.

“Swisscom Broadcast is truly changing the face of the IP video market with its innovative solutions,” said Simone Sassoli, Vice President, International at RGB Networks. “Swisscom Broadcast has identified a growing market opportunity and is strategically adapting its infrastructure to scale to meet this and future industry needs. We are delighted that RGB was one of the key technology providers selected to help facilitate this change.”

At IBC 2011Swisscom Broadcast’s live IP-based video service will be demonstrated using RGB’s VMG and TransAct Packager on multiple devices including a TV, laptop, iPhone and iPad on RGB’s stand (4.C78).

About Swisscom Broadcast

Swisscom Broadcast Ltd. has been an independent subsidiary of the Swisscom Group since 2002. With around 240 employees and over 500 transmitter sites, Swisscom Broadcast is the leading Swiss transmitter of terrestrial radio and television signals throughout Switzerland. Swisscom Broadcast’s service offering ranges from the transmission of audio and video signals and the aggregation, preparation and broadcast of TV programs and video content to complete, multi-screen IPTV solutions. A broad spectrum of forward-looking, temporary communication, information and IT services for event organizers and media enterprises completes its service portfolio. For more information, visit: www.swisscom.ch/broadcast

About RGB Networks’ TV Everywhere Solutions

RGB’s TV Everywhere solutions include its award-winning Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG), the industry’s highest capacity transcoder, capable of simultaneously transcoding 500+ MPEG-2 and MPEG-4/H.264 video streams into the growing number of formats required to serve an ever-expanding array of end user devices. The VMG utilizes a truly carrier-class chassis with extensive redundancy features to ensure reliable operation at all times.

Complementing the VMG is RGB’s TransAct Packager, an advanced adaptive streaming solution that ingests MPEG-4/H.264 video programs and outputs multiple versions of each program encoded at different bit rates which are then packaged in the Apple HTTP Live Streaming, Microsoft Smooth Streaming and Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming formats.

Working together, the TransAct Packager and the VMG comprise the industry’s most complete, flexible and highly scalable solution for delivering live and on-demand video to PCs, tablets, mobile devices and set-top boxes.

About RGB Networks

RGB Networks enables video service providers to migrate to a multiscreen environment for the delivery of linear and on-demand video over managed and unmanaged IP networks. Wide adoption of the company’s solutions is based on core strengths in transcoding, advertising and overlay insertion, and statistical multiplexing. RGB’s solutions for video delivery to TVs, desktop and mobile devices are built to deliver the highest video quality at the best price-performance on the market—they uniquely offer the density and scalability required to support the growing demands of consumers with integrated functionality that simplifies operators’ network architectures and minimizes operational costs. RGB’s products are deployed by over 200 cable, telco, satellite, OTT and mobile operators in 30+ countries. Venture capital firms Accel Partners, Comcast Interactive, Focus Ventures, Granite Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners have invested $63 million in the company. RGB is a private, profitable company based in Sunnyvale, California with offices around the world. For more information, please visit www.rgbnetworks.com.

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RGB Networks, the leading provider of scalable multiscreen IP video delivery solutions, today announced that Waoo!, a Danish broadband provider delivering fiber-based network services to nearly 200,000 households, has selected and deployed RGB’s Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG™) and TransAct Packager, to provide a complete transcoding and packaging solution for its new over-the-top (OTT) video service.

Waoo!’s June 2011 launch of its OTT capabilities, the organization’s first web TV service, further establishes the operator’s leading position in the Danish TV service market. Waoo! is utilizing RGB’s award-winning VMG and TransAct Packager to roll out 36 channels streaming Microsoft Smooth Streaming adaptive format to PC-based consumers, adding to its existing TV service of 190 TV channels, with plans to extend the service to 50 channels with four adaptive profiles for each channel. Selected for its scalability, as well as its high-capacity, redundant carrier-class architecture, the VMG will give Waoo!’s OTT video service high availability, as well as provide Waoo! with a future-proof solution enabling flexible, open-ended growth.

“Not only does RGB’s technology perfectly meet our needs, it also adds value to our long-term business strategy and facilitates our rapid expansion,” said Aage Kudsk, Chief Technology Officer at Waoo!. “It’s clear to us that OTT services are the future of video delivery, and we wanted a solution that could implement our vision to provide cutting-edge TV services to our customers. Upon careful review and testing we chose RGB for its flexible, high-quality video processing platform, which can be scaled up over time to meet customer demand. With the entire deployment, from equipment delivery to live roll out, taking less than one month, we couldn’t be more satisfied with RGB’s solution and service.”

Working alongside the VMG, RGB’s TransAct Packager delivers advanced adaptive streaming capabilities, providing Waoo!’s customers with seamless video delivery by enabling the segmentation of video into chunks that are reliably delivered using HTTP.

“We are very pleased to have helped facilitate Waoo!’s successful launch of its new OTT video service,” said Ramin Farassat, Vice President, Product Marketing and Business Development for RGB Networks. “Waoo!’s business model, like that of any service provider, depends on meeting the needs of its customers today while planning for future growth — our VMG/Packager transcoding and segmentation solution addresses both of these requirements. As more and more providers around the globe are deploying our unique technology, they are experiencing similar results – satisfied end users and an improved bottom line.”

About RGB Networks’ TV Everywhere Solutions

RGB’s TV Everywhere solutions include its award-winning Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG), the industry’s highest capacity transcoder, capable of simultaneously transcoding 500+ MPEG-2 and MPEG-4/H.264 video streams into the growing number of formats required to serve an ever-expanding array of end user devices. The VMG utilizes a truly carrier-class chassis with extensive redundancy features to ensure reliable operation at all times.

Complementing the VMG is RGB’s TransAct Packager, an advanced adaptive streaming solution that ingests MPEG-4/H.264 video programs and outputs multiple versions of each program encoded at different bit rates which are then packaged in the Apple HTTP Live Streaming, Microsoft Smooth Streaming and Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming formats.

Working together, the TransAct Packager and the VMG comprise the industry’s most complete, flexible and highly scalable solution for delivering live and on-demand video to PCs, tablets, mobile devices and set-top boxes.

About RGB Networks

RGB Networks enables video service providers to migrate to a multiscreen environment for the delivery of linear and on-demand video over managed and unmanaged IP networks. Wide adoption of the company’s solutions is based on core strengths in transcoding, advertising and overlay insertion, and statistical multiplexing. RGB’s solutions for video delivery to TVs, desktop and mobile devices are built to deliver the highest video quality at the best price-performance on the market—they uniquely offer the density and scalability required to support the growing demands of consumers with integrated functionality that simplifies operators’ network architectures and minimizes operational costs. RGB’s products are deployed by over 200 cable, telco, satellite, OTT and mobile operators in 30+ countries. Venture capital firms Accel Partners, Comcast Interactive, Focus Ventures, Granite Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners have invested $63 million in the company. RGB is a private, profitable company based in Sunnyvale, California with offices around the world. For more information, please visit www.rgbnetworks.com.

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RGB Networks, the leading provider of scalable multiscreen IP video delivery solutions, today announces the addition of a new member to its award-winning Video Multiprocessing Gateway (VMG™) product family, as well as increased transcoding capacity for its TCM module. The unique VMG line of modular, chassis-based products enables video service providers (VSP) to cost-effectively deliver and monetize video services to TVs, PCs, tablets and other mobile devices in any size deployment.

“With operators going live with TV Everywhere IP video services, it’s becoming clear that consumer usage and the growing number of end user devices is putting a significant strain on network equipment to keep up with the demand,” said Brian Johnson, Director, Product Marketing for RGB Networks. “In consultation with our customers, we have developed the VMG 8 to address their desire for increased capacity, scalability and reliability, while still minimizing rack space and power requirements.”

RGB’s new VMG 8 inherits all the field-proven transcoding, transrating, ad insertion and other advanced video processing capabilities of the VMG family, and packages them in a new seven rack unit (RU) high carrier-grade chassis. The VMG 8 holds up to eight modules, providing a compact alternative to RGB’s larger VMG-14 that can also accommodate RGB’s recently-added AMP module — a flexible Linux-based blade developed initially for real-time audio transcoding — without exceeding the chassis’ capacity when a back-up module is added.

The VMG-8 enables VSPs to better meet their growing TV Everywhere requirements, including addressing an increasing array of applications and supporting an ever expanding range of end user device types, each adding to transcoding capacity requirements. The VMG 8 is ideal for small to medium-sized deployments or deployments at the edge, and is complemented by the widely-deployed VMG 14, which offers even greater capacity, allowing for the simultaneous processing of over 500 streams in a single chassis.

VSPs can utilize the VMG 8 to deliver a complete multiscreen TV Everywhere service with exceptional reliability. In its fully redundant configuration the VMG 8 can be configured with three video transcoder modules, one audio transcoder module and a single controller module for transcoding programs to over 140 streams for delivery to any IP-enabled device. In this redundant configuration, each module type has a back-up which can take over operation should the primary fail. Complementing its module redundancy, the VMG 8’s reliability is further enhanced with back-up power supplies and cooling fans which automatically take over in the event a primary unit fails.

Additionally, the VMG 8 has been designed to be ‘future proof.’ Utilizing higher power cooling fans and power supplies, it can support future modules with greater power or cooling requirements, enabling VSPs to deploy the VMG 8 today to meet their current needs, while ensuring that the chassis will support new modules as they become available. The flexibility of the VMG 8 is further enhanced by its ability to be powered by either AC or DC power supplies integrated within its chassis. This feature enables VSPs to install the VMG 8 in any headend, hub or other network location regardless of the existing electrical infrastructure.

The VMG-8 and the VMG-14 also benefit from recent enhancements to the TCM transcoder module, enabling transcoding of up to 60 SD or HD inputs and 240 adaptive bitrate outputs per VMG 8 chassis and up to 132 SD or HD inputs and 528 outputs per VMG 14 chassis.

All VMG chassis come with intuitive HTTP/Java-based control, while also offering SNMP support for integration into a facility-wide network management system. With reduced input/output Ethernet cabling, in-chassis redundancy and intuitive browser-based control, the VMG product line is unmatched in providing the lowest total cost of operation.

About RGB Networks’ TV Everywhere Solutions

Complementing all members of the VMG line is RGB’s TransAct Packager, an advanced adaptive streaming solution that ingests video programs encoded at different bit rates and outputs them packaged in the Apple HTTP Live Streaming, Microsoft Smooth Streaming and Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming formats.

Working together, the TransAct Packager and the VMG 8 or VMG 14 comprise the industry’s most complete, flexible and highly scalable solution for delivering TV Everywhere to all video-enabled IP devices.

About RGB Networks

RGB Networks enables video service providers to migrate to a multiscreen environment for the delivery of linear and on-demand video over managed and unmanaged IP networks. Wide adoption of the company’s IP video solutions is based on core strengths in transcoding, advertising and overlay insertion, and statistical multiplexing. RGB’s solutions for video delivery to TVs, desktop and mobile devices are built to deliver the highest video quality at the best price-performance on the market—they uniquely offer the density and scalability required to support the growing demands of consumers with integrated functionality that simplifies operators’ network architectures and minimizes operational costs. RGB’s products are deployed by over 200 cable, telco, satellite, OTT and mobile operators in 30+ countries. Venture capital firms Accel Partners, Comcast Interactive, Focus Ventures, Granite Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners have invested $63 million in the company. RGB is a private, profitable company based in Sunnyvale, California with offices around the world. For more information, please visit www.rgbnetworks.com.

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