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WWW.INBROADCAST.COM | ISSUE 12 - SEPTEMBER 2012

InVIEW
Cyprus’ Cablenet Launches With Broadpeak Solution
Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery networks (CDN) and videoon-demand (VOD) servers for cable, IPTV, OTT and hybrid TV operators worldwide, have announced that Cablenet, the cable operator in Cyprus, has deployed Broadpeak’s BkM100 Mediator content delivery network manager and BkS100 ondemand video servers to power its new digital cable service. Using Broadpeak’s highly scalable and flexible CDN technology, Cablenet is able to deliver new VOD and time-shift TV services - such as catch-up, start-over, and NPVR - to its subscribers more efﬁciently, while ensuring the best possible quality of experience. “The capability to deliver highquality VOD and time-shift TV services is critical to our company’s success,” said Nicolas Shiacolas, Managing Director of Cablenet. “Broadpeak content delivery network technology streamlines the deployment of our new VOD and time-shift TV services while providing us with the ﬂexibility to integrate OTT video delivery in the future - all from a single, uniﬁed platform - making it a perfect futureproof solution.” Broadpeak’s BkS100 highperformance VOD server ingests video assets and delivers them to Cablenet set-top boxes based on subscriber demand. Leveraging the server’s highly scalable and ﬂexible architecture, Cablenet can incrementally add storage capacity to support an increasing amount of VOD and time-shift content. In addition to providing a high server throughput, the BkS100 servers enable Cablenet to deliver exceptional video quality and highspeed service to end users. A completely open and scalable solution, Broadpeak’s BkM100 CDN Manager maximises content delivery based on the type of service and customer location. By continuously monitoring the popularity of content based on usage patterns, it automatically pushes popular content to the edge of the servers, while long-tail content remains on the larger central library, dramatically reducing storage use and operating expenses. “Today’s on-the-go generation expects a high-quality television service that can be viewed any time, challenging video service providers to efﬁciently and costeffectively deliver that experience,” said Jacques Le Mancq, CEO, Broadpeak. “Broadpeak’s content delivery network solutions were designed to optimise the delivery of value-added services like VOD, network personal video recording, and network time-shifting, so that operators like Cablenet can deploy new services easily, without sacriﬁcing video quality.” Cablenet is the only cable provider in Cyprus and uses its next generation fully DOCSIS 3.0 network to deliver advanced television, telephony, and broadband services to residential and business customers on the island. Broadpeak’s portfolio of solutions and technologies powers the delivery of movies, television programming, and other content over managed networks and the internet for viewing on any type of device. The company’s systems and services help operators increase market share and improve subscriber loyalty with superior quality of experience. Broadpeak supports simple installations to large delivery systems reaching capacities of several simultaneous million streams. ■

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InFORM
Image Matters Launches Extreme Imaging Board
Image Matters, developer of innovative hardware and software tools for extreme imaging applications, has launched I’mXS, a new high-performance video board for OEMs, integrators, and advanced users. Designed for professional imaging applications, I’m-XS delivers outstanding quality with uncompressed or JPEG2000 images. I’m-XS processes HD and 2K content in real-time at up to 60 frames per second. In addition, I’m XS includes a JPEG2000 processing engine from intoPIX, making it the most valuable choice for production, post-production, distribution and archiving applications, where the preservation of superior image quality is paramount. The advantages of the JPEG2000 format include mathematically lossless compression, constant quality through multiple generations, scalability, low latency and many more. “Image Matters is dedicated to developing the next wave of image handling technologies for professionals,” said Jean-François Nivart, Image Matters CEO. “The I’m XS board is one of the industry’s ﬁrst solutions offering cost-effective and convenientlypacked JPEG2000 processing, with mathematically lossless capability and all the beneﬁts the format entails for a wide variety of applications.” Compact enough to easily ﬁt into the current generation of computers, I’m-XS offers two 3G video inputs and two 3G video outputs, and can connect directly to all SD, HD or 2K, single or dual SDI signal sources. I’m-XS is equipped with a PCI Express GEN2 x8 connector enabling fast picture and compressed data stream exchange with a host PC or MAC. I’m-XS is highly ﬂexible and can be conﬁgured for any data ﬂow for a wide range of applications where the ultimate image quality is required. ■

Jean-François Nivart, Image Matters CEO
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