Triveni Digital Demonstrates Datacasting, PSIP and ATSC Stream Analysis Solutions at NAB2001
Cable Television Operators can Deliver DTV Over Their Networks With Joint Solution
Las Vegas, National Association of Broadcasters Convention, April 23, 2001
Triveni Digital (booth L3349), the leading solutions provider of high performance and real-time digital television (DTV) datacasting, PSIP and ATSC stream analysis and monitoring solutions, will demonstrate a variety of products and services, along with announcing new partnerships.
Product Announcements
SkyScraper™ Data Broadcasting System for Digital Television
The Triveni Digital SkyScraper data broadcast system provides a turnkey solution for broadcasters to profit from excess digital bandwidth by efficiently and reliably broadcasting large quantities of data in a secure end-to-end environment from information providers through broadcast stations to information customers. SkyScraper’s system includes head-end servers to manage the data flow from information providers to broadcast stations, and customer-site receivers to extract the data from the broadcast and make it available to end-users. SkyScraper works with a wide range of data receiver solutions to give information providers a cost-effective service for data distribution without the bandwidth limitations of the Internet while opening up new revenue streams for DTV broadcasters.
SkyScraper performs two critical functions in DTV broadcast operation:
DataFab collects and organizes content, and prepares data broadcast schedules.
DataHub allocates bandwidth, manages multiple data feeds to insert data into the broadcast stream.
DataReceiver automatically decrypts any encrypted items which the subscriber is entitled to receive and monitors which items have already arrived and been extracted.
GuideBuilder™ PSIP Metadata Generation System for DTV Broadcasters
Triveni Digital’s Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) bit stream generation system for DTV broadcasters collects, translates, manages and generates PSIP data into the ATSC A/65 format, ensuring compliance with ATSC standards. The system is designed to interface with a variety of program listing services and traffic systems. The incoming data is reviewed, modified, and encoded automatically into the outgoing ATSC A/65 stream. This stream is then fed to a multiplexor in a digital broadcast environment where it is multplexed with the audio, video and data streams to produce the ATSC transport stream. GuideBuilder's automated conversion capabilities enable DTV broadcast stations to generate, edit and manage PSIP data for compliance with ATSC standards while avoiding staff additions and expensive staff training.
StreamBridge™ Real-time Translator for PSIP Data in ATSC Transport Streams
Triveni Digital’s StreamBridge real time translator is the perfect solution for broadcast facilities retransmitting incoming ATSC DTV programs from satellite, cable, or over-the-air transmissions, in real-time. StreamBridge is a cost-effective, low-maintenance, around-the-clock "24/7" way to modify PSIP information and verify ATSC standards compliance… automatically. StreamBridge tests the incoming signal for ATSC PSIP table timing compliance and automatically logs errors. StreamBridge’s low maintenance and highly automated technology, makes it a versatile and easy-to-use DTV broadcasting tool.
StreamScope™ Real-time ATSC Transport Stream Monitor and Analyzer
Triveni Digital’s Windows-based StreamScope monitor and analyzer for real-time DTV transport streams records, monitors, measures and analyzes the DTV streams and signals and gives DTV broadcasters the information they need to ensure that their signals are error-free. Broadcasters can measure and monitor reception of their ATSC DTV signals and transport streams throughout their geographic coverage base, while ensuring compliance of their transport streams with ATSC standards. StreamScope’s easy to use format makes for easy operation and understanding with no more than a basic knowledge of computers and ATSC DTV standards.
Services Announcements
StreamDoctor™ DTV Transport Stream Analysis Service
Triveni Digital's experts will analyze transport streams using the StreamScope transport stream monitor/analyzer. The StreamDoctor analysis focuses primarily on ATSC PSIP standard, audio and video buffer usage, and Program Clock Reference (PCR) frequency and jitter. All results are reported directly to the DTV station and are kept confidential and will not be disclosed to any third party without the express permission of the station.
StreamDoctor is available through April 30, 2001 at no charge to DTV stations.
Stations should e-mail StreamDoctor@TriveniDigital.com no later than April 30, 2001 to arrange for a free StreamDoctor analysis.
Custom Solutions: A Business-like Approach to Technology
The opportunities in the emerging DTV market are vast. From enhancing programming with interactive television capabilities, to brokering bandwidth for broadcasting digitized content, revenue streams are being created where there were none before. In short, the digital landscape is full of opportunity. At the same time though, there’s a lot of unexplored territory.
Who should look to Triveni Digital Custom Solutions for advice, guidance or partnering opportunities?
* Content owners and producers looking for new distribution opportunities.
* Broadcasters seeking new revenue streams from current and future infrastructure.
* Any information provider frustrated by the bandwidth limitations of the internet.
Partnership Announcements
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Scientific American Frontiers Trials of PBS Enhanced Programming
Beginning March 27, the trials are the first digital terrestrial (over-the-air) broadcast of interactive TV enhancements using the Advanced Television Enhancement Forum (ATVEF) Transport Type B specification. ATVEF Transport B allows the enhanced content to be broadcast with the program, rather than requiring a connection to the Internet, thereby speeding up the delivery of the enhancements to the viewer.
Chyron
Interface Between Chyron's Lyric Television Graphics Authoring Software and Triveni's SkyScraper DTV Data Broadcast System
The two products working together allow for interactive TV enhancements, compliant with ATVEF transport-B specifications, to be authored and inserted live into the DTV broadcast stream. The Lyric-SkyScraper configuration of products takes advantage of Lyric's ability to not only drive on-air graphics systems for conventional analog TV broadcast, but to also create and insert (using the SkyScraper system) interactive enhancements for DTV. Chyron's Lyric creates ATVEF enhancements and triggers, and sends them to Triveni's SkyScraper system for processing, scheduling, and insertion of interactive content into the DTV signal.
Wavexpress
Demonstration of the Integration of SkyScraper with Wavexpress’ TVTonic™ Wavexpress TVTonic platform blends rich television programming with interactive Web content on one screen to give users the most participatory television experience possible. Using the TVTonic TV/Web browser software plug-in and a digital tuner card on their PCs, users can enjoy single screen integration of television shows and the Web to play games, answer trivia questions, vote in polls, chat and engage in peer-to-peer communication with other TVTonic users. TVTonic integrates with Triveni Digital’s SkyScraper DataHub system to receive broadcast data, which can be any type of digital content. TVTonic then displays the data as interactive, rich media channels. Triveni Digital’s SkyScraper DataReceiver exposes standards-based APIs in support of Wavexpress’ t-commerce receiver applications, making available a wide choice of standards compliant receivers to digital consumers. Broadcasters are now able to securely deliver and charge for movies, eBooks, music, games and software using their digital spectrum.
Scout Information Services
PSIP and Data Bandwidth Management Services for Public Television Stations Scout Information Services is a net sourced solution provider with Scout's Affinity Group producing traffic and revenue generation software for the PBS market. Scout's Programs Plus traffic software, with available PSIP data exporting and channel bandwidth assignment and exporting, is installed at 22 PBS stations nationwide. Programs Plus transports PSIP information to Triveni Digital's GuideBuilder PSIP Generation System, enabling Public Television Stations to use locally branded program guides and schedule information for their Electronic Program Guides (EPGs).
Playlink
Delivery of Interactive Gaming Over A Standard Digital Television Signal Newgold’s PlayLink Corp., the premiere games solutions provider, has teamed up with Triveni Digital to deliver interactive gaming over a standard digital television signal. PlayLink has leveraged Triveni’s platform to deliver ATVEF games. A demonstration "advertainment" game featuring popular consumer products was unveiled today at NAB2001.
SpectraRep
NAB Datacasting
SpectraRep, a pioneer in satellite and digital television data distribution, is delivering multiple live streaming video services, digital rights management and conditional access at NAB2001. Utilizing digital bandwidth from KLAS-DT and content provided from Sun Microsystems and other industry partners, the program material is datacast over digital television using technology developed by Triveni Digital and conditional access solutions developed by Irdeto Access. SpectraRep is coordinating this groundbreaking datacasting event using a digital television signal from KLAS-DT to datacast program material to convention attendees at receiving points in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Sands Expo Center and designated hotels. Live over-the-air events throughout the conference are at the following booths: Irdeto Access (Sands i6842), Sun Microsystems (Sands i7215), Triveni Digital (LVCC L3349).
iSurfTV
Advanced Multimedia Data Delivery Solution For Interactive Program Guides iSurfTV, a developer of next-generation technologies for the emergent interactive television industry, has partnered with Triveni Digital in the development of a complete advanced multimedia data delivery solution for interactive program guides. The jointly developed solution, a prototype of which is being demonstrated in Triveni Digital’s booth (LVCC L3349), showcases the ability to include graphics (e.g. advertisements, pictures and logos) in digital television's ATSC transport stream.
Electronic Billboard (EBT)
Wireless Datacasting of Multimedia Advertising SI Diamond Technology, Inc. through its subsidiary, Electronic Billboard Technology, Inc. (EBT) has teamed up with Triveni Digital to demonstrate the utilization of digital television signals for the wireless datacasting of multimedia advertising to EBT’s electronic display products. EBT has integrated their premier outdoor/indoor display technologies with Triveni Digital’s SkyScraper datacasting architecture to deliver high bandwidth multimedia advertising to many displays distributed locally and nationally. The demonstration is available at the Triveni Digital booth (LVCC L3349).
AccessDTV
Local Broadcasting Turnkey Datacasting Solution AccessDTV, the leading provider of digital media receiver solutions that deliver integrated DTV services to the PC, has formed a strategic alliance with Triveni Digital to provide digital broadcast stations with a local turnkey datacasting solution. By combining accessDTV’s digital media receiver with Triveni Digital’s SkyScraper server technology, broadcasters now have the power to deliver data services—such as local news, weather, sports and program related content to viewers in their markets. AccessDTV and Triveni Digital will be meeting with local broadcasters regarding datacasting opportunities in the Interactive Living Area, E-Topia Exhibit Hall, Sands Lower Level, Booth E5011.
ObjectSoft
High-Speed Digital Terrestrial Broadcasts To Video Entertainment Kiosks ObjectSoft Corporation, one of the leading video entertainment kiosk providers in the United States, has partnered with Triveni Digital to demonstrate the first implementation of high-speed digital terrestrial broadcasts to kiosks. The demonstration will take place at the Triveni Digital booth, L3349 in the LVCC.
About Triveni Digital:
Triveni Digital, Inc., a subsidiary of LG Electronics, develops Digital Television systems, focusing on equipment for management of enhanced data and metadata in digital broadcast streams. Triveni’s products for ATSC PSIP, data broadcasting, stream analysis and monitoring are renowned for their ease of use and innovative features. Triveni’s Custom Solutions business enables the rapid deployment of solutions for data broadcast application. Working with leading industry partners, Triveni Digital employs an open and standards-compliant approach to the digital television market. For more Information, please contact us.
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