New support for live H.264 streaming via the Adobe Flash family of products brings Digital Rapids’ acclaimed AVC encoding quality to live web audiences
September 12, 2008 — IBC 2008, Amsterdam, Stand 7.G41: Digital Rapids – a leading developer of solutions for bringing television, video and movie content to the latest generation of viewing devices — is further expanding the company’s acclaimed live streaming flexibility with support for H.264 streaming through Adobe Flash Media Server 3 to Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR applications, bringing Digital Rapids’ exceptional H.264 encoding quality to live web audiences.
Support for H.264 (also known as AVC, or MPEG-4 Part 10) streaming through Adobe Flash Media Server is available for the StreamZ Live family of live streaming encoders, and for Digital Rapids’ StreamZ and StreamZHD media encoding servers as an add-on option. more
A New, Flexible Product and Pricing Model for the Broadcast Industry
Montreal, Canada, September 12, 2008 — Algolith Inc. has announced its One Price, One Platform, More Choices program which is designed to deliver unparalleled power and flexibility to broadcasters leveraging the Algogear™ solution. The program lowers the cost of all Algogear applications to one simple price of $5995.00 USD. It also gives the customer the power to switch the Algogear hardware to any of the supported applications as their requirements grow or change. Algolith is effectively delivering all of their applications with every Algogear card, simplifying their customer’s choices, and giving them the flexibility to reconfigure complex solutions as their requirements change. The One Price, One Platform, More Choices program is a new and revolutionary concept in the broadcast industry where solutions have traditionally been built for a single specific function and cannot be repurposed. more
Algolith’s Intellectual Property Cores Allow Quick and Easy Integration for Broadcast Applications
Montreal, Canada, September 12, 2008— Algolith Inc. announces the integration of high-quality Intellectual Property (IP) cores into Altera’s 1080p video framework. The Altera 1080p video framework allows broadcast systems designers to quickly integrate Algolith noise reduction or de-interlacing technology into Altera Cyclone® and Stratix® series FPGAs. Algolith will demonstrate this solution in Altera’s booth at the 2008 IBC Show in the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam, September 12 to 16 in Hall 10, Stand A10. more
New Downconverter and Line Delay Solutions to Launch at IBC 2008
Montreal, Canada, September 12, 2008— Algolith Inc., a leading provider of advanced image processing solutions, has further expanded its Algogear™ series with the introduction of new Downconversion and Line Delay solutions at the 2008 IBC Show in the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam, September 12 to 16 in Hall 12P, Stand A11. The new Downconversion and Line Delay solutions bring even more functionality, flexibility and choices to the repurposable Algogear platform to address the evolving needs of broadcast, cable, IPTV and satellite providers. more
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, September 8, 2008. EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ: EMKR), a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the video, broadband, fiber optic, satellite, and terrestrial solar power markets, will be demonstrating the OTP-1DVI2A1D1KDM dual-link DVI Optiva® video transport module at IBC 2008. DVI or analog VGA may be input to the transmitter, and DVI or analog VGA may be output at the receiver. In addition to supporting DVI resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 @ 60 Hz, the module also supports VGA resolutions up to 2048 x 1536 @ 60 Hz. more
September 3, 2008 – Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids – a leading developer of solutions for bringing television, video and movie content to the latest generation of viewing devices — has released a powerful new version of the Digital Rapids Broadcast Manager enterprise-class live encoder management software.
Digital Rapids Broadcast Manager provides robust management, monitoring and fault tolerance for multiple live streaming encoders. more
Leading video encoding specialist Moving Media is moving to a new specially expanded studio in Woodland Hills Los Angeles on September 1st 2008. The existing state-of-the-art facilities for encoding from tape to file and transcoding of existing digital assets, will be boosted by the addition of several new video capture / encode bays, and a dramatically expanded machine inventory that includes legacy SONY U-Matic formats, JVC SVHS, and Pioneer Laserdisc.
The new studio will be well-equipped to produce output for formats including iPod, IPTV, or Archival and with support for all-important DRM-enabled encoding. Moving Media ensure high quality video outputs from all legacy formats through conditioning via a baseband video processor that stabilizes video levels, clamps out low frequency interference, and automatically corrects Luminance-to-Chrominance Inequality providing the best possible results capable of rivaling DV outputs. more
Montreal, Canada, August 27, 2008 — Algolith Inc. has announced that its new Algogear™ Upconversion and Frame Synchronization products are now available for shipment. The quickly evolving Algogear series is now comprised of Noise Reduction (VNR-1000-SD and VNR-1000-HD), and the new Upconversion (XVC-1001-UC) and Frame Synchronization (FRS-1002-MD and FRS-1002-MD-LG-PA) solutions. All of the products leverage the flexible, modular, and future proof design of the Algogear series to address the evolving needs of broadcast, cable, IPTV and satellite providers. more
August 19, 2008 — Markham, Ontario: Digital Rapids – a leading developer of solutions for bringing television, video and movie content to the latest generation of viewing devices — is one of the key enablers of the unprecedented live Internet coverage of the Summer Games currently being enjoyed by U.S. audiences.
Over 2200 hours of video will be streamed live on the Internet at NBCOlympics.com, powered by Digital Rapids’ encoding and streaming systems. The unprecedented scale of NBC Universal’s online coverage created new challenges going far beyond typical streaming scenarios. more
Buena Park, CA – August 2008… Hosa Technology, the leading innovator of analog and digital connectivity solutions, is pleased to introduce its new HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) cable offerings. Supporting all current HD formats up to 1080P and all current surround sound formats up to 7.1, the new cables are the best possible solution for transmitting uncompressed digital streams and include models for HDMI to DVI-D. more
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September 12, 2008 — IBC 2008, Amsterdam, Stand 7.G41: Digital Rapids – a leading developer of solutions for bringing television, video and movie content to the latest generation of viewing devices — is further expanding the company’s acclaimed live streaming flexibility with support for H.264 streaming through Adobe Flash Media Server 3 to Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR applications, bringing Digital Rapids’ exceptional H.264 encoding quality to live web audiences.
