Intelsat Ltd. is now marketing “Ampiage,” a satellite-based “superheadend” that will facilitate what amounts to a quick upgrade to MPEG-4 (Moving Picture Expert Group) for both cable operators and telephone companies, officials said Wednesday.
The content-delivery and management service aims to help cable operators cost-effectively move to MPEG-4 from MPEG-2 without making a big capital investment, according to Intelsat. And Ampiage will also be a service for telcos looking to enter the Internet-protocol-TV market, Intelsat CEO David McGlade said.
Ampiage is meant to help cable companies and telcos in two very different ways, according to McGlade.
“This is a game-starter for phone companies looking to launch IPTV services for their subscribers and make a video play,” he said. “Separately, it is also a cost-effective way for cable companies to upgrade to MPEG-4 without having to invest new capital in equipment.”
Intelsat claimed that telcos can enjoy cost savings by using the Ambiage offering, since if its various combined elements were secured separately, they might cost millions of dollars. The company added that telcos will benefit from its volume relationships with content providers worldwide
Ampiage packages the acquisition, aggregation, encoding, encapsulation and encryption of licensed TV programming from content providers and has the ability to redistribute it in MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 format. This allows cable operators and telcos to either beef up or establish digital-programming lineups.
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The content-delivery and management service aims to help cable operators cost-effectively move to MPEG-4 from MPEG-2 without making a big capital investment, according to Intelsat. And Ampiage will also be a service for telcos looking to enter the Internet-protocol-TV market, Intelsat CEO David McGlade said.
Ampiage is meant to help cable companies and telcos in two very different ways, according to McGlade.
“This is a game-starter for phone companies looking to launch IPTV services for their subscribers and make a video play,” he said. “Separately, it is also a cost-effective way for cable companies to upgrade to MPEG-4 without having to invest new capital in equipment.”
Intelsat claimed that telcos can enjoy cost savings by using the Ambiage offering, since if its various combined elements were secured separately, they might cost millions of dollars. The company added that telcos will benefit from its volume relationships with content providers worldwide
Ampiage packages the acquisition, aggregation, encoding, encapsulation and encryption of licensed TV programming from content providers and has the ability to redistribute it in MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 format. This allows cable operators and telcos to either beef up or establish digital-programming lineups.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6324243.html?display=Breaking+News&referral=SUPP&nid=2226
