SkyStream Collaborates with Alcatel on IPTV

SkyStream Networks will collaborate with Alcatel on IPTV and contribute to its integrated solution for delivery of broadcast video over DSL. SkyStream also announced that it has signed a reseller agreement with Alcatel, in which Alcatel will be offering SkyStream Networks' Mediaplex-20 video headend platform as part of its IPTV Open Media Suite of solutions to telecom operators worldwide.



SkyStream's Mediaplex-20 is a single chassis, all-in-one video delivery system. It receives video content via satellite and analog channels for advanced MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 encoding. Mediaplex also provides video multiplexing and demultiplexing, video rate-shaping, transrating, stream replication, routing and ATM to IP conversion. Mediaplex-20 enables a new level of converged services over any last mile (ADSL, FTTH, and CATV) delivered with carrier-class security, reliability and scalability. http://www.skystream.com