Path 1 to Use Public Internet as Broadcast Video Gateway

Path 1 Network Technologies has announced its plan to use public Internet infrastructure as a network for broadcast video. Path 1 has launched two products that support this initiative--the Vx8000 2.0, a multiport, bi-directional, IP video gateway that combines standards and proprietary-based forward error correct

Author:: TVTechnology
Publish date:: Oct 27, 2005

Path 1 Network Technologies has announced its plan to use public Internet infrastructure as a network for broadcast video.

Path 1 has launched two products that support this initiative--the Vx8000 2.0, a multiport, bi-directional, IP video gateway that combines standards and proprietary-based forward error correction (FEC) technologies for live broadcast applications, and NET, an evaluation and analysis tool that enables network administrators to determine the condition of IP networks and their ability to transport video.

Broadcast and teleport companies--LBiSat, PCM and RTVi, among others--have selected Path 1's products to transport broadcast video worldwide.

Path 1 Network Technologies Inc., a leading provider of IP video gateway products that enable transmission of broadcast-quality video over IP networks, today unveiled its strategy for utilizing the public Internet infrastructure as a reliable network for broadcast video contribution. Path 1 will also launch two new products today that support this initiative: the Vx8000 2.0 -- a multi-port, bi-directional IP video gateway that combines standards and proprietary-based forward error correction (FEC) technologies for live broadcast applications, and NET -- a network evaluation tool that intelligently analyzes the condition of IP networks and their ability to transport broadcast-quality video.

Path 1 Network Technologies Inc. , a San Diego, Calif. provider of IP video gateway products, rolled out a multiport, bidirectional IP video gateway for live broadcast applications. The Vx8000 Version 1.2 offers a redundant Gigabit Ethernet port, optional forward error correction, stream replication, variable port lic

Video over IP will take center stage at the Path 1 Network Technologies booth at NAB2006, with the company demonstrating its Vx8000 multi-port IP video gateway with ClearPath Pro forward error correction (FEC) technology. The company will also demonstrate its Cx1020 SDI over IP video gateway and its professional se

Using Pro-MPEG standards (COP 3) for Forward Error Correction, the Vx8000 will be set up in a live network scenario

A full lineup of broadcast-quality video over IP network applications will be demonstrated at the Path 1 booth at NAB. The company will show its suite of video over IP gateways, the Vx8000, which uses Pro-MPEG (COP 3) standards for forward error correction. The Vx8000 carries MPEG-4 video from an external locatio

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The company has identified key technologies and tools that will help make the Internet a viable and cost-effective option for delivering broadcast video

Path 1 uses Internet for broadcast video contribution promo image

The company has identified key technologies and tools that will help make the Internet a viable and cost-effective option for delivering broadcast video for satellite and broadcast operators

At N+I, Path 1 will showcase its Pro-MPEG compliant Vx8000, a multi-port, bi-directional video-over-IP gateway