lunch@events

CONVERGE EVENT DURING NAB INTERVIEWS AUTHORS OF "IPTV and INTERNET VIDEO" BOOK

CONVERGE, the prestigious press and innovator mixer, welcomed Wes Simpson and Howard Greenfield, who co-authored IPTV and Internet Video, a book that was launched at NAB 2007.  They discuss the changing landscape for the broadcast industry and new business models for content providers.

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MOVE NETWORKS at CONVERGE@PIERO'S

 

Combining several innovative technologies, Move Networks provides a platform that allows content owners and distributors to create and expand new revenue opportunities by providing high-quality, low-cost online streaming of live or on-demand long-form video.

The quality of experience delivered by Move Networks is measured in terms of video quality, the lack of buffering and stalling, and user control and interactivity. Ultimately, this experience drives increased revenue and advertising consumption through longer video sessions and increased viewing frequency.

In short, Move Networks media services deliver the highest quality online viewing experience at the lowest cost to the largest audiences imaginable.

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FUJITSU at CONVERGE@PIERO'S

High definition video is transforming the television broadcast industry requiring content and network providers to transfer large files across long distances without latency or picture denigration.   At NAB, Fujitsu will unveil the IP-9500 video encoder/decoder and demonstrate the ability to deliver live, broadcast-quality high-definition video over IP (Internet Protocol) and DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) networks.   Fujitsu’s IP-9500 delivers HD quality pictures at half the bit-rate of currently available MPEG-2 encoders using technology developed by Fujitsu Laboratories, to deliver best-in-class picture quality and low latency as a result of innovative H.264 compression algorithms. This product was recently used to enable the world’s first HDTV transmission between the U.S. and Japan.  Using the IP-9500, Japan’s Nippon TV transmitted a live HDTV broadcast of the Super Bowl in Miami, FL. www.us.fujitsu.com

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KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY at CONVERGE@PIERO'S

When it comes to memory, Kingston Technology offers an end-to-end solution: from modules to optimize your PC, notebook, or printer to Flash memory cards to enhance your digital camera, MP3 player or even expand your mobile phone--consumers think of Kingston. Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Kingston designs, manufactures and distributes memory products for desktops, laptops, servers, printers, and Flash memory products for PDAs, mobile phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players.  Kingston has manufacturing facilities in California, Malaysia, Taiwan, China and sales offices in the United Sates, United Kingdom, Europe, Taiwan, China, and Latin America. For more information, please visit www.kingston.com.

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SLING MEDIA at CONVERGE@PIERO'S

Sling Media, Inc. is a digital lifestyle products company creating a family of consumer electronics solutions that are a natural extension of today’s digital way of life. The first member of the Sling Media family is the internationally acclaimed Slingbox™, a device that allows consumers to access their living room television experience at any time, from any location, using a variety of different displays including laptops and desktop PCs, PDAs and smartphones. The Slingbox is now available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Brazil through retail and local service providers. www.slingmedia.com

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QUARTICS at CONVERGE@PIERO'S

Quartics’ USB Monitor Chip enables video and graphics content from PCs and laptops for display on monitor(s) using a USB cable without additional graphics cards.
Our Wireless Projector Chip allows graphics to be displayed wirelessly from a laptop to a projector.Realtime and faster than realtime encode, decode and transcode of HD content on a PC or set-top box is offered by utilizing our Media Coprocessor.

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SONIC at CONVERGE@PIERO'S

Scenarist® Publisher is a revolutionary system for the creation of full-featured DVD-Video titles from a simple, yet powerful, wizard-driven interface. Scenarist Publisher also serves an important role as the ingest system for Sonic’s digital-distribution initiative, providing an effective way for entertainment content owners to quickly prepare premium back catalog items for electronic sell-through. Introduced earlier this year, Sonic DVD On Demand™ is a comprehensive technology platform for the electronic sell-through of digital entertainment that can be burned to DVD. With physical costs such as manufacturing, distribution and inventory management all but eliminated, Sonic DVD On Demand makes otherwise cost-prohibitive distribution of special interest or catalog content possible for the first time.

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VIA at CONVERGE@PIERO'S

Digital signage, ultra mobile devices, mobile TV and auto, in-flight, train entertainment systems are bringing video content to new eyeballs in new places: in shopping lines, cars, airplanes, elevators, in doctors’ offices and almost anywhere you go. VIA Technologies Inc. is showcasing some of their smallest, most efficient fanless x86 silicon platforms along with chassis from Leadman Electronics  and ultra mobile devices such as the VIA C7-M-based Q1B from Samsung for the new generation of sleek, versatile, high quality digital multimedia content delivery and display. At CONVERGE, VIA is also showing a Samsung Q1b ultra mobile device using the VIA C7-M-ultra low voltage processor as a home control device wirelessly manipulating home systems such as PVRs, lighting, web cams and even performing VoIP calls.  See VIA at www.via.com.tw

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WAAV at CONVERGE@PIERO'S

WAAV®, formerly know as Omniwav Mobile, debuted the first broadband router for use in a fast moving vehicle in 2004. The AirBox® cellular router enables broadband Internet connectivity in remote or mobile environments, and turns any vehicle into its own Wi-Fi hotspot.  WAAV has continued to innovate with enhanced software, remote management, and GPS fleet tracking.

In 2007, WAAV debuted the AirBox X2, the world's first multiple connection cellular router. The X2 is designed for wide bandwidth applications like real-time video streaming or use in buses and mass transportation to accommodate many users at once. It also provides redundancy and the combined coverage area of multiple cellular carriers. Get broadband Internet for your vehicle today at www.WAAV.com!

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CONVERGE @ PIERO'S at NAB 2007

During NAB next week at the media and analyst-only product showcase, CONVERGE @ PIERO'S, press and analysts will get to see innovative products and technologies that will influence the way digital content is produced, transmitted, and enjoyed.  Fujitsu will explain their new technology that can deliver hi def video over the Internet.  Kingston will show their memory modules that preserve and protect precious digital content safely and securely for just about any recording or playback device.  Move Networks will show how content owners can expand their revenue opportunities by delivering high quality long form video online without buffering or stalling problems.  Quartics will show how their chip that enables graphics to be displayed wireless from a laptop to a projector.  Sling Media will prove how the Slingbox has lifted the constraints from our digital lifestyles, enabling access to living room TV from any location from PCs, laptops, phones and PDAs.  Sonic Solutions will demo easy DVD creation tools and a new platform for creation of DVDs on-demand.  VIA Technologies, Inc. will present their newest x86-based fanless silicon platforms for sleek entertainment displays for every new environments ranging from airplanes and trains to doctors' offices and grocery store checkout lines, and WAAV will show the AirBox X2, the world's first multiple connection cellular router.