Optibase MGW Decoder Decodes Up to 12 Channels of H.264 IP Video
Streams in a Compact, Dense Platform
Optibase (NASDAQ:OBAS), a leading provider of advanced video
solutions, today announced that US armed forces units and other branches
of the US government have purchased its newly released MGW Decoder
platform to decode H.264 and MPEG-1/2 video streams received from the
GBS network.
With the GBS network and TV content providers increasingly moving to
highly efficient H.264 compression in order to reduce bandwidth costs
and serve more content in existing bandwidth, organizations with legacy
video networks need a fast, cost effective solution for decoding the new
format to baseband video.
MGW Decoder is a dense solution that decodes up to 12 streams of H.264
and MPEG-1/2 streams in a compact 2 RU rack-mountable platform and does
not require any changes to the network infrastructure. The
hardware-based decoding appliance offers remote management as well as an
auto-start mode for fast service start during tactical deployments. MGW
Decoder supports a range of video resolutions from QCIF to FD-1, frame
rate of 1 to 30 frames per second and ancillary data. It is designed to
decode H.264 streams for monitor walls, re-encode DVB over IP content to
different formats and bit rates, and feed local legacy RF cable systems.
“Content providers enjoy clear economic benefits from upgrading to
H.264. For organizations with legacy networks, however, upgrading
infrastructure can be complex,” said Eli Garten, VP of Product
Management at Optibase. “Our customers have responded enthusiastically
to the MGW Decoder’s ability to decode 12 H.264 streams in a single
compact, easy-to-deploy platform.”
Visit Optibase on stand 1042 at AFCEA Technology Showcase, DISA
Customer Partnership Conference, April 20-24, 2009.
About Optibase
Optibase provides video over IP solutions, specializing in video
encoding, decoding and streaming for federal and state government
agencies, Telco operators, enterprise organizations and the world's
leading broadcast service providers. With a collection of open,
standards-based products, Optibase enables its customers to take full
advantage of video distribution over their IP network, ensuring superb
video quality in a scale of bit-rates for simple and effective video
streaming to desktops, STBs and VOD applications. For further
information, please visit www.optibase.com.
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Optibase, Ltd.
Talia Rimon, 011-972-9-9709-125 (Media)
Director
of Marketing Communications
taliar@optibase.com
or
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