OSLO, Norway, June 13, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- At Broadcast Asia 2001, (Stand 1K1-01), TANDBERG Television (OSE:TAT), a leading provider of open solutions for digital broadcasting, will premiere hardware and software solutions for broadcasters, telcos and media companies which create the delivery infrastructure for digital broadcasting and broadband.
"At Broadcast Asia 2001 we want to show Asia why TANDBERG Television has been bucking the financial trend with growth of 37% over Q1 2001," said Jeremy Thorp, CTO of TANDBERG Television. "Our Asia-Pacific focus is to position TANDBERG Television as the leading global innovator of solutions that enable the professional broadcast, telecommunications and media industries to deliver revenue generating digital services."
TANDBERG Television's presentation at Broadcast Asia 2001 will include the Asia-Pacific premiere of solutions to bridge broadcast and broadband, along with professional receivers, MPEG encoders, modulators, multi-plexers, a range of solutions for transport stream processing, easy-to-use control and monitoring solutions, as well as market leading Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) and Digital ENG.
At Broadcast Asia, TANDBERG Television will:
-- Launch a systems architecture created to bridge the broadcast and
broadband worlds, addressing a growing need amongst broadcasters
and content creators to be able to create once distribute
everywhere (CODE), and facilitating the ability to deliver
broadband IP content with broadcast MPEG quality.
-- Expand its network interface solutions range to cater to the needs
of telecommunications operators with the Asia-Pacific launch of
Cortex
-- a state-of-the-art control and management system designed to allow
the transfer of video between multiple sites over an ATM or IP
network through multiple clients and a single server.
-- Increase its news gathering market lead with next generation
solutions for Digital ENG and DSNG.
-- Introduce a fully integrated solution for multi-channel bit-rate
changing.
-- Introduce a unique higher order modulation solution, which can
double bit-rate capacity giving massive cost savings for satellite
links.
-- Demonstrate its system integration skills combining the most
complete open broadcast solutions including system and Transport
Stream monitoring.
Jeremy Thorp emphasized TANDBERG Television's success in the Asia-Pacific market over the course of the last year, with major recent contract wins in China and Australia: "TANDBERG Television has experienced great success in the Australian digital terrestrial TV market, having secured contracts valued in total at over 15 million pounds from Australian capital city broadcasters ABC, Network Nine, Network Ten and SBS. Most recently the company secured the first regional network with Prime Television. TANDBERG Television also secured a significant contract with China's Information Network Center (INC), which will use TANDBERG Television's evolution 5000 contribution and distribution solution in China's first national digital TV network."
About TANDBERG Television
TANDBERG Television (Oslo, Norway, Stock Exchange: TAT) is the market leader in the provision of open solutions for the digital broadcasting of audio, data and video across various networks including cable, satellite, terrestrial, IP and telecom. The company is an innovator in digital broadcasting and its broad offering includes professional receivers, MPEG encoders, modulators, multiplexers, a range of solutions for transport stream processing, easy to use control and monitoring solutions, as well as market leading digital Satellite News Gathering (SNG) and digital ENG.
TANDBERG Television has proven systems integration and global support capabilities. Committed to open systems, the company's solutions are based on international standards and it plays a major part in developing standards such as MPEG-2, DVB, ATSC, SMPTE and DTTV. Headquartered in Norway, TANDBERG Television has sales and 24-hour support and monitoring operations in Asia, Australia, Europe and the US. TANDBERG Television's customers include major broadcasters, network operators and convergence players around the world including Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC), BBC, BSKYB, FOX Television Stations, NTL, StarTV and Telenor. For more information visit: www.tandbergtv.com.