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Unique OEM Product Suite from Pleora Allows Post-Production Video Applications to Run on Standard PCs and IP/Ethernet (24/4/2006)

Innovative EtherCast(TM) IP Studio products drive down post-production costs by replacing routing switchers, VTRs, and video capture cards with standard PCs and IP/Ethernet gear

Innovative EtherCast(TM) IP Studio products drive down post-production costs by replacing routing switchers, VTRs, and video capture cards with standard PCs and IP/Ethernet gear

Today, to manage increasing volumes of high-quality digital video and audio, post-production studios have little choice but to deploy specialized video networks. These networks are expensive, difficult to integrate, and costly to maintain and upgrade. With Pleora's EtherCast IP Studio products, equipment suppliers can quickly develop more affordable, less complex solutions that leverage the widely deployed, low-cost PC/Ethernet platform.

The four-product EtherCast IP Studio suite allows almost any application that distributes, captures, records, archives, and/or plays back digital video to be implemented using standard PC and Ethernet hardware. PCs can be used, for example, as video recorders, playback machines, and servers, eliminating the need for costly video capture cards. Similarly, Ethernet switches can be configured as routing switchers, and Ethernet networks can support real-time workgroup collaboration.

"It's only a matter of time before digital video applications in post houses follow the other broadcast sectors that are migrating to IP networks," said George Chamberlain, President of Pleora Technologies. "Our EtherCast IP Studio products speed time-to-market for systems integrators and OEMs that are targeting this lucrative opportunity, allowing them to gain early market advantage."

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