Triveni Digital and Terayon to Collaborate on Digital TV Solutions
Cable Television Operators can Deliver DTV Over Their Networks With Joint Solution
Princeton Junction, New Jersey and Santa Clara, California – November 28, 2001
Triveni Digital Inc. and Terayon Communication Systems, Inc., jointly announced today that the companies intend to market and distribute each others’ digital video products to North American cable television operators. Combining Triveni Digital’s StreamBridge™ real-time translator with the Terayon CherryPicker® digital streams management system provides cable operators with an integrated and robust solution for delivering off-air digital television (DTV) broadcasts over their cable systems.
The companies will demonstrate their integrated solution this week in Terayon’s booth (1338) at the Western Cable Show in Anaheim, California.
"We are delighted to be working with Terayon, which is widely recognized as being a leading broadband solutions provider," said Nandhu Nandhakumar, Vice President of Engineering & CTO of Triveni Digital. "Our expertise in metadata technologies and products are complementary to Terayon’s strengths. The combined capabilities provide powerful and flexible solutions for bridging terrestrial DTV streams into cable networks. These solutions preserve station branding while ensuring signal interoperability and low operational cost for the cable operator. Our collaboration targets novel applications for managing digital cable infrastructure and for serving compelling content."
"Triveni Digital has a well deserved reputation for excellence in DTV which ideally complements our expertise in the cable television space," said Matthew Gregory, product marketing manager for Terayon’s digital video solutions. "The combination of both companies’ know-how, innovative technologies and proven products will allow cable operators to cost-effectively and easily deliver off-air DTV channels to their cable subscribers."
StreamBridge Real-time Translator for PSIP Data in ATSC Transport Streams
Triveni Digital’s StreamBridge real time translator is the perfect solution for terrestrial, cable, and satellite broadcast facilities retransmitting incoming ATSC DTV streams 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.
Terayon CherryPicker
With its unique statistical re-multiplexing technology the Terayon CherryPicker line of digital streams management systems give cable operators unprecedented flexibility in managing their digital video content. Approximately 1,700 have been sold to cable operators worldwide, who have deployed CherryPicker for a variety of advanced digital video applications, including grooming customized programming line-ups, digital-into-digital advertising insertion and maximizing bandwidth.
About Terayon
Terayon Communication Systems provides innovative broadband systems and solutions for the delivery of advanced, carrier-class voice, data and video services that are deployed by the world’s leading cable television operators and telecommunication carriers. Terayon, headquartered in Santa Clara, California, has sales and support offices worldwide, and is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol TERN. Terayon can be found on the web at www.terayon.com
About Triveni Digital
Triveni Digital, Inc., a subsidiary of LG Electronics, develops digital television systems, focusing on equipment for management of data and meta-data in digital broadcast streams. Triveni Digital’s products for ATSC PSIP, data broadcasting, stream analysis and monitoring are renowned for their ease of use and innovative features. Triveni Digital’s Custom Solutions business enables the rapid deployment of solutions for data broadcast applications. 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.
