WEGENER Showcases MPEG-4 IPTV Solutions

WEGENER Corp. (Booth 104), a provider of television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide, is showcasing its latest MPEG-4 HD set-top box at TELECOM 05.

Launching video services to high-speed Internet customers is part of a triple play strategy for telco operators to increase market share. MPEG-4/h.264 is an advanced video coding scheme seen as a key enabler to drive large scale deployments of video services, such as, multichannel broadcasts, VoD and HD programming.

WEGENERs streaming media decoder, SMD-515, supports MPEG-4/h.264, MPEG-2 and VC-1 decoding. The IP set top fully supports both SD and HD video, optional PVR and rapid integration of third-party applications.