Adtec Digital is honored to announce for a second year in a row its innovative technology has been voted into the final three candidates for the World Teleport Association's annual Teleport Awards for Excellence. Adtec's EN-100 Multi-stream Multi-CODEC Encoder product is nominated under the Teleport Technology of the Year category.
The EN-100 is Adtec's 6th generation compression platform. This innovative multi-stream multi-CODEC low delay platform boasts AVC 4:2:2 10 bit, 8 bit, and 4:2:0 plus MPEG 2 4:2:2 and 4:2:0. Concurrent MPEG 4 AVC/H.264 and MPEG 2 encoding enables the delivery of multiple CODEC SD or HD video for use in different receiving environments. The EN-100 represents the new global benchmark for multi-CODEC DSNG, Tier One Contribution and now Tier One distribution platforms.
The EN-100 was instrumental in the encoding and transmission of the world's first 4K live theatre presentation of the National Theatre's (NT) War Horse via satellite into a digital cinema. Adtec is a pioneer in the development technology for the synchronized playback of multiple digital video servers. Having created technology that has allowed Adtec customers to synchronize approximately 100 of their digital video server devices, it was reasonable to assume that similar technology could be used to synchronize multiple encoded streams emanating from Adtec's low latency contribution class encoders so as to provide a 4K encoding solution that could be used by Links Broadcast.
Working in conjunction with Adtec's technical support representatives, Links Broadcast personnel implemented a solution to provide the satellite uplink and downlink facilities to enable the delivery of the War Horse 4K signal from the New London Theatre in to the Curzon Cinema in Chelsea, London. At the event, simultaneous HD and 4K signals were delivered by NEP Visions into two separate Links Broadcast uplink vehicles at the theatre. The Links Broadcast 4K uplink vehicle operated alongside its HD uplink facility which delivered the HD content in to cinemas worldwide. The 4K uplink vehicle encoded the incoming 4K content using four synchronous Adtec EN-100 encoders which combined the incoming signal into a single transport stream via an Adtec DTA-3050 multiplexor for onward transmission via a 1.5m antenna on Links Broadcast's 4K uplink vehicle.
"Innovation has been the core focus for our company for the last 29 years and we are honored to be recognized again by the prestigious World Teleport Association," said Michele Niec, marketing and public relations for Adtec Digital.
WTA will name the winners at a luncheon ceremony on March 11 during the Teleport Awards for Excellence Ceremony and Luncheon at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
dramatic news footage, Meinhardt Productions transmitted video back to New York, using the Adtec EN-81 encoders housed in their satellite Suburban --a specialized SUV outfitted as a crew vehicle and satellite truck.
