Alcatel Introduces Open Media Suite for Triple Play

Alcatel introduced its Open Media Suite for delivery of rich media in a triple play service mix (voice, data, video). The Alcatel Open Media Suite is an end-to-end portfolio of products and professional services, encompassing user interface customization, integration with third party equipment such as set top boxes and digital video head ends, as well as facilitating negotiations with content owners and suppliers. The portfolio includes the 5950 Open Media Platform, the 5950 Open Media Applications and the 5959 Open Media Content Management and Delivery system, including the 5959 Open Video Server.



The Alcatel 5950 Open Media Platform is a software middleware platform for managing and delivering broadband applications such as Broadcast TV, Video on Demand and Personal Video Recording, Web browsing and e-mail as well as support for third-party applications, such as gaming. Alcatel supports a choice of head-end, network, and CPE components.



The Alcatel 5959 Open Video Server provides video streaming over broadband IP, xDSL, cable, fiber and satellite networks. The platform supports multiple encoding standards, including ISO MPEG-1, 2, 4, and porting of other streaming codecs.. http://www.alcatel.com