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The Stride Antenna is the first product to be announced in the award-winning company’s brand-new Stride wireless series As its name suggests, Stride is a big step forward for the comms market, bringing seamless roaming, greater DECT spectrum efficiency and increased user mobility, without affecting the range or the audio quality of devices on the network Compatible with existing Green-GO WBPX wireless beltpacks, Stride enables higher DECT device density, allowing more WBPX beltpacks to be used simultaneously within the same area “True seamless roaming has been a goal for Green-GO’s customers since the very beginning,” says Silvio Cibien, Chief Executive Officer of Anima Network, the company responsible for Green-GO’s export and marketing, explaining the importance of this innovation “Now, with Stride, we can finally deliver it Achieving this function is a huge success for us, requiring a significant investment for the license to enable us to develop our

Allegro DVT, a leading provider of video codec compliance streams and silicon video IP solutions has launched a complete range of MPEG-5 LCEVC products comprising LCEVC compliance streams and LCEVC hardware decoder and encoder video IPs (D301 and E301)

Allegro DVT’s LCEVC Compliance Streams are crucial to confirm that decoder i m p l e m e n t a t i o n s a d h e r e t o t h e LCEVC standard They are used by all companies developing SoCs or d e v i c e s w i t h L C E V C d e c o d i n g capabilities

Furthermore, Allegro DVT is a l s o r e l e a s i n g i t s E 3 0 1 L C E V C Encoding HW IP, which complements its D301 LCEVC Decoding H W I P t h a t w a s p r e v i o u s l y announced at last year’s show This full range of LCEVC HW IPs is suitable for integration into SoCs/ASICs requiring HW based support for LCEVC encoding and decoding functions

The E301 is the industry’s first LCEVC encoding IP solution and was developed in close collaboration with V-Nova, the inventor of the LCEVC technology It is

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Millicom Accelerates Fiber Deployments with Harmonic

Vislink Appoints Adrian Lambert as Vice President of Marketing

Vislink Technologies, Inc , a global technology leader in the capture, delivery and management of high quality, live video and associated data in the media and entertainment, law enforcement and defense markets, announced the appointment of Adrian Lambert as its new Vice President of Marketing In this role, he will lead all strategic marketing planning and operations for Vislink to support the company’s ambitious growth plans

Harmonic announced that Millicom, a leading provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Latin America through the TIGO® brand, has successfully launched XGS-PON fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) with Harmonic’s industryl e a d i n g c O S ® b r o a d b a n d p l a t f o r m T h i s e x p a n d s o n M i l l i c o m ’ s p r e v i o u s l y announced use of the cOS platform to provide high-speed broadband services across nine countries in Latin America “ A d d i n g f i b e r s e r v i c e s w i t h t h e H a r m o n i c f i b e r s o l u t i o n e n a b l e s u s t o e n s u r e f a s t e r , r e l i a b l e b r o a dband experiences that delight our residential subscribers while s i m u l t a n e o u s l y g i v i n g u s t h e f l e x i b i l i t y t o o f f e r u l t r a h i g hspeed fiber broadband for enterp r i s e a c c o u n t s , ” s a i d F a b i o Mando, Chief Technology Officer a t M i l l i c o m . “ W i t h H a r m o n i c ’ s platform, we simplify management of fiber and cable networks, increase speeds available to our customers and accelerate time to market of broadband services.”

Harmonic’s Ripple hybrid fiber-cable nodes, powered by the Jetty hardened

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Green-GO: Wireless Comms Takes a Major Stride

Adrian Lambert is a strategic marketing leader with over 20 years of experience successfully scaling international private and publicly listed companies in the technology and manufacturing sectors Lambert joins Vislink from cloud video editing leader Blackbird, where he built the brand from scratch and collaboratively led rapid global growth for the business. The Marketing Leaders’ Power Book 2022 ranked him among the top media technology marketers globally. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a Science graduate of the University of Newcastle in the U.K.

Mickey Miller, Chief Executive Officer of Vislink, stated, “Adrian is a recognized marketing professional whose previous success in scaling video, aerospace and defense businesses will be invaluable to elevating our marketing efforts, augmenting the Vislink brand presence and accelerating our growth.”

The Stride Antenna is the first product to be announced in the award-winning company’s brand-new Stride wireless series As its name suggests, Stride is a big step forward for the comms market, bringing seamless roaming, greater DECT spectrum efficiency and increased user mobility, without affecting the range or the audio quality of devices on the network Compatible with existing Green-GO WBPX wireless beltpacks, Stride enables higher DECT device density, allowing more WBPX beltpacks to be used simultaneously within the same area “True seamless roaming has been a goal for Green-GO’s customers since the very beginning,” says Silvio Cibien, Chief Executive Officer of Anima Network, the company responsible for Green-GO’s export and marketing, explaining the importance of this innovation “Now, with Stride, we can finally deliver it Achieving this function is a huge success for us, requiring a significant investment for the license to enable us to develop our

Allegro DVT, a leading provider of video codec compliance streams and silicon video IP solutions has launched a complete range of MPEG-5 LCEVC products comprising LCEVC compliance streams and LCEVC hardware decoder and encoder video IPs (D301 and E301)

Allegro DVT’s LCEVC Compliance Streams are crucial to confirm that decoder i m p l e m e n t a t i o n s a d h e r e t o t h e LCEVC standard They are used by all companies developing SoCs or d e v i c e s w i t h L C E V C d e c o d i n g capabilities

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The E301 is the industry’s first LCEVC encoding IP solution and was developed in close collaboration with V-Nova, the inventor of the LCEVC technology It is

D2Alert Makes Certain You’re EAS-Legal and Does It Cost-Effectively

The FCC has been focusing more on noncompliance with respect to emergency alert system (EAS) messaging, even for low-power TV stations. That means now is a good time to make sure your station has implemented an EAS compliance solution that keeps it legal – and helps you avoid costly fines

The way many stations handle EAS now is either to bring the EAS signal f r o m t h e E A S s y s t e m i n t o t h e f l o w upstream of the encoder, which adds in the signal, or to take a downstream key and mix t h a t a l e r t i n t o t h e stream, switching to the E A S m e s s a g e w h e n a n a l e r t h a p p e n s W h a t ’ s wrong with these models? Taking your signal to b a s e b a n d a n d b a c k requires extra time and e x t r a g e a r m a k i n g i t m o r e e x p e n s i v e a n d complex D2Alert on the D2Flex-5220 gateway solves that problem, taking the EAS signal as a preencoded TSoIP stream directly from the EAS system, interrupting all selected programs with that particular signal I t ’ s a s i m p l e s w i t c h – n o n e e d f o r decoding and re-encoding The D2Flex will see the stream coming in and automatically switch to it It’s a full-screen EAS message for the duration of the alert, and it keeps the FCC happy

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S e l e c t i v e l y i n s e r t i n g l o c a l E A S alerts as required, you know you’ll be in c o m p l i a n c e w i t h F C C r e g u l a t i o n s

You’ll also have the flexibility to select which channels in your digital transp o r t s t r e a m r e c e i v e t h e a l e r t , a n d which should continue uninterrupted If, for example, you want to ensure the EAS message goes out on your main or 1 channel, but you’d rather your 2, 3 a n d 4 s u b c h a n n e l s c o n t i n u e o n a s usual, you can set up your system accordingly Or, if you pref e r t h e l o o k o f a n

América Móvil Leads Way to High-Quality Video Streaming in Latam With Broadpeak

Because you can deploy your EAS box locally, where the transmitter is, y o u c a n d e l i v e r c o n t e n t a c r o s s t h e country via SRT but insert EAS mess a g e s l o c a l l y , a s d i c t a t e d b y l o c a l events, without breaking the signal

E A S c r a w l f o r y o u r locally encoded prim a r y c h a n n e l , y o u might do that and t h e n u s e t h e f u l lscreen EAS slate on y o u r s u b c h a n n e l s , which may be comi n g o v e r s a t e l l i t e , t h a t y o u d o n ' t n e c e s s a r i l y w a n t t o decode and re-encode In short, along with a straightforward, cost-effective solution for staying EAS-legal, you have the flexibility you need to deliver EAS messages to the right channels at the right time – and even a few options for enhancing the on-screen display T o l e a r n m o r e a b o u t h o w D 2 D Technologies solves EAS challenges, come see the D2Alert solution in action a t t h e D 2 D T e c

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MediaKind Strengthens Leadership Team to Accelerate Innovation and Growth

MediaKind, a global leader in media technology solutions for the video streaming, pay TV and broadcast markets, is announcing strategic additions to its leadership team aimed at accelerating innovation and growth to reinforce its commitment to building and delivering industry-leading solutions for the media and entertainment industry

Ashish Patel joins MediaKind with a track record of leadership excellence at industry giants such as Comcast, Amazon Prime Video and Meta His a p p o i n t m e n t r e i n f o r c e s M e d i a K i n d ’ s commitment to expanding monetizat i o n o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r T V p l a t f o r m s seeking technology, platform architect u r e a n d b u s i n e s s m o d e l i n n o v a t i o n W o r k i n g c l o s e l y w i t h M e d i a K i n d c u s t o m e r s , A s h i s h w i l l s h a p e a n d e x e c u t e t h e l o n g - t e r m growth strategy for the TV platforms

business by identifying new opportunities and investments

A s V i c e P r e s i d e n t o f I P V i d e o Engineering at Comcast, Ashish built h i g h - a v a i l a b i l i t y v i d e o w o r k f l o w s , d e s i g n i n g c l o u d a n d n e t w o r k i n f r astructure capable of delivering highquality video at a growing scale for ever-demanding users This experience will be a significant asset as MediaKind scales to meet the unique customer challenges of the video business today

As MediaKind extends its technical c a p a b i l i t i e s t o s u p p o r t t h e m o s t d e m a n d i n g h y p e r s c a l e a n d l a t e n c ysensitive video applications, Ashish’s work at Amazon Prime Video building deep edge caching solutions and ultralow latency live linear video streaming solutions will add another value layer to t h e c o m p a n y ’ s c u s t o m e r s L e a d i n g developer infrastructure engineering at

Broadpeak®, a leading provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video s t r e a m i n g s o l u t i o n s f o r c o n t e n t providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, announced that LATAM telecomm u n i c a t i o n g r o u p A m é r i c a M ó v i l i s expanding its video streaming offerings with Broadpeak América Móvil is using Broadpeak’s nanoCDN™ multicast ABR solution to launch Claro Video OTT, a new video streaming service in t h e t h i r d c o u n t r y i n L a t i n A m e r i c a , e n s u r i n g a n o u t s t a n d i n g q u a l i t y o f e x p e r i e n c e f o r s u b s c r i b e r s w h i l e increasing bandwidth savings

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Broadpeak’s nanoCDN multicast ABR s o l u t i o n T h e n a n o C D N s o l u t i o n reduces delivery costs, improves scalability, while enabling América Móvil to continue offering unparalleled streaming quality, lower latency, faster chann e l c h a n g e t i m e a n d k e e p i n g s u bscribers happy and engaged with the s e r v i c e A m é r i c a M ó v i l h a s a l s o d e p l o y e d B r o a d p e a k ’ s s o l u t i o n s , including multicast ABR, origin packager, CDN selector and CDN, in several LATAM countries “ W e ’ r e e x c i t e d t o h e l p s u c h a m a j o r p l a y e r a s A m é r i c a M ó v i l f u e l

Meta, Ashish focused on organizational stability, accountability and timely solution delivery – attributes which he’ll extend to entire organization

Tony Goncalves is the former Chief Executive Officer of Otter Media and f o r m e r C h i e f R e v e n u e O f f i c e r o f WarnerMedia His critical insights into the current and future states of the media and entertainment, and TV dist r i b u t i o

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k e t s w i l l p r o v i d e MediaKind a head start in the rapidly changing video business and technical landscape His 25 years of experience at D I R E C T V , A T & T , O t t e r M e d i a a n d WarnerMedia, aligns directly with the m a r k e t s t h a t M e d i a K i n d s e r v e s . G o n c a l v e s ’ e x p e r t i s e i n s t r e a m i n g , advertising monetization and revenue

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O T T m u l t i s c r e e n s e r v i c e s . , ” s a i d J a c q u e s L e M a n c q , C h i e f E x e c u t i v e O f f i c e r a t B r o a d p e a k . “ A m é r i c a M ó v i l h a s a l o n g t r a c k r e c o r d o f e m b r a c i n g t e c h n o l o g y i n n o v a t i o n . B y a d o p t i n g o u r m u l t i c a s t A B R s o l u t i o n , A m é r i c a M ó v i l i s p a v i n g t h e w a y f o r m o r e e f f ic i e n t v i d e o s t r e a m i n g i n L a t i n A m e r i c a , c o s t - e f f e c t i v e l y h a n d l i n g t r a f f i c g r o w t h a n d s i m p l i f y i n g A B R l i v e v i d e o d e l i v e r y . ”

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the market and product innovation With the addition of Ashish Patel and Tony Goncalves, we are adding a wealth of experience and e x p e r t i s e t o a n a l r e a d y O l y m p i c class leadership group I am excited to see the outcomes that will result from both Ashish and Tony’s fresh perspectives, deep industry knowledge and customer success focus. Working with the entire executive team, we are on a quest to identify opportunities, capitalize on market inflections and deliver industry-leading solutions that empower our customers to meet their business objectives and win big.”

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Dielectric Protects RF Investments for Broadcasters with OptiLoad

Dielectric has developed a new green, cost-reducing load solution featuring a closed-loop cooling system, protecting RF System components from failures that can cause extensive harm to the transmission system and shelter New a t t h i s s h o w , O p t i L o a d b r e a k s n e w ground by using programmable logic

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s w i t c h a n d F i n S F P + O L T m o d u l e s , enable Millicom to augment existing n o d e s t o s t r a t e g i c a l l y a n d q u i c k l y deploy FTTH while continuing to deliver DOCSIS services Advanced telemetry via cOS Central’s real-time network analytics provides Millicom powerful new insights and actionable recommendations for optimal system performance

“ W e ’ r e e x c i t e d t o b r o a d e n o u r partnership with Millicom and further

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controls (PLCs) to sense rising RF power and temperature levels, awakening the system to take action OptiLoad’s PLCs also monitor the health of the demanddriven circulator pumps and fans that are activated to address RF flow and temperature rises

The OptiLoad design includes a

support their business growth,” said N i m r o d B e n - N a t a n , S e n i o r V i c e P r e s i d e n t a n d G e n e r a l M a n a g e r , B r o a d b a n d B u s i n e s s a t H a r m o n i c

“With the cOS platform and Harmonic’s hybrid nodes, Millicom can fast-track c o s t - e f f e c t i v e d e p l o y m e n t o f n e w h i g h - s p e e d f i b e r b r o a d b a n d a c r o s s Latin America and increase access to their market-leading internet options ”

Harmonic’s Emmy Award-winning cOS virtualized core powers next-gen broadband services to more than 26 million homes for 108 service providers

Adrian Lambert said, “I am pleased to join Vislink at an exciting time in the company’s history I look forward to executing impactful marketing strategies that reinforce Vislink as a leader in Mil/Gov and Live Production sectors and help drive the business to even greater heights ”

About Vislink Technologies Inc.

Vislink Technologies is a global technology leader in capturing, delivering and managing high-quality live video and associated data With a renowned heritage in video communications encom-

water column load that Dielectric has offered for two decades, with more than 5,000 units shipped worldwide

Using the water column load as a building block, Dielectric has added a builtin heat exchanger responsive to PLC activations The water column load can run without coolant flow or fans activated with powers up to 5kW This ensures plenty of headroom when RF is detected and the coolant and fans start to operate prior to the load seeing 5kW

worldwide, including leading operators in the U S , Europe, Latin America and Asia

About Harmonic

Harmonic, the worldwide leader in virtualized broadband and video delivery solutions, enables media companies and service providers to deliver ultrah i g h - q u a l i t y v i d e o s t r e a m i n g a n d broadcast services to consumers globa l l y T h e c o m p a n y r e v o l u t i o n i z e d broadband networking via the industry’s first virtualized broadband solu-

passing over 50 years, Vislink has revolutionized live video communications by delivering the highest-quality video from the scene, even in the most chall e n g i n g t r a n s m i s s i o n c o n d i t i o n s –enabling broadcasters and public safety a g e n c i e s t o c a p t u r e a n d s h a r e l i v e video seamlessly and securely Through

The entire SNMP-enabled system is centralized to a compact cabinet with wheels that can be located quietly in the corner, and easily be moved to a new space in the facility as transmission systems are redesigned The SNMP functionality will allow the transmitter to do a daily handshake If that handshake does not occur the station will be notified to prevent failures

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tion, enabling cable operators to more flexibly deploy gigabit Internet service t o c o n s u m e r s ’ h o m e s a n d m o b i l e d e v i c e s W h e t h e r s i m p l i f y i n g O T T video delivery via innovative cloud and software platforms, or powering the delivery of gigabit internet cable services, Harmonic is changing the way m e d i a c o m p a n i e s a n d s e r v i c e p r o v i d e r s m o n e t i z e l i v e a n d o ndemand content on every screen

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i t s M o b i l e V i e w p o i n t p r o d u c t l i n e s , V i s l i n k a l s o p r o v i d e s l i v e s t r e a m i n g solutions using bonded cellular, 5G and AI-driven technologies for automated news and sports productions

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own control of the DECT protocol ”

Green-GO’s Stride Antennas synchronize automatically DECT time slots are synchronized across multiple Stride Antennas via PTPv2 (Precision Time Protocol version 2) technology, without additional action required from the user This effectively enhances the consistency of coverage within a given area, providing seamless roaming Before the arrival of Stride, unavoidable ‘handover gaps’ between the areas covered by

optimized for power and silicon area, and allows system-on-chip (SoC) and A S I C d e s i g n e r s t o e a s i l y i n t e g r a t e LCEVC encoding into their products It supports picture resolution up to 8K, pixel widths from eight to 12 bits and chroma subsampling formats ranging from 4:2:0 up to 4:4:4 The IP also features fast and easy SoC integration and is delivered with full user configurable control software

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LCEVC continues its progression in the industry, a holistic suite of hardware IP t o o l s i n c l u d i n g d e c o d i n g , e n c o d i n g and verification platforms had become essential. Allegro DVT's offerings are perfectly timed to meet this emerging t r e n d , r e i n f o r c i n g t h e m o m e n t u m

unsynchronised antennas were a fact of life with such systems Now, with Stride Antennas, a Green-GO system can make make full use of the available DECT spectrum, allowing a greater device density than was possible before

The use of Stride Antennas will not c o m p r o m i s e t h e r a n g e o f a s i n g l e antenna or cell on the network This t r u e s e a m l e s s r o a m i n g b e t w e e n a l l antennas enables increased mobility, as each user can move around more freely within the coverage area, as well a s i n t o w i d e r a r e a s w i t h t h e r a n g e

behind LCEVC Their products will not only fuel LCEVC's adoption but also cement its position as a transformative force that many are already integrating into their plans ” N o u a r H a m z e , C h i e f E x e c u t i v e Officer of Allegro DVT, added, “With this announcement, Allegro DVT has truly become a one-stop-shop for SoC/ASIC designers who need to rapidly add L C E V C e n c o d i n g / d e c o d i n g f u n c t i o n into their products Our E301 LCEVC Encoding IP, developed and benchmarked in collaboration with V-Nova, produces the best encoding video quality that fully unlocks the potential of the LCEVC technology. Together with our D301 LCEVC Decoding IP and LCEVC compliance streams, we are enabling a n e a s y a n d s e a m l e s s p a t h f o r SoCs/ASIC companies to integrate and verify the new LCEVC standard into

antennas Green-GO has also made a significant investment in developing new tools to give intercom technicians the insights they will need in the utilization of the DECT spectrum and RF coverage, enabling them to diagnose and understand possible issues early Device pools can include up to 250 Stride Antennas and 100 wireless beltpacks, while each Stride Antenna can accommodate up to five simultaneous WBPX connections A user interface on t h e a n t e n n a d i s p l a y s c o n f i g u r a t i o n

their products, giving them a tremendous competitive advantage ” M P E

Coding) is the latest standard by MPEG and ISO Instead of replacing existing codecs, LCEVC enhances them, reducing both costs and energy consumption of the transcoding process by up to 70% Remarkably, it also augments compression efficiency by up to 40%, with benefits that stack upon those of other methods to improve video compression, rather than being an alternative. It specifies an enhancement layer which, when combined with a base video encoded with a separate codec, produces an enhanced video stream. LCEVC also enables unique benefits in

e a m SDR-HDR backward-compatible delivery and low-latency video delivery.

information and an RGB LED indicator shows device status, while extended RF monitoring information is available on b o t h t h e w i r e l e s s b e l t p a c k a n d v i a

Green-GO’s Control software A DECT antenna analyzer mode allows users to keep track of DECT spectrum utilization Furthermore, the Stride Antenna has an IP53-rated housing for outdoor use, and includes various mounting options (3/8", M10, and VESA) GreenGO will reveal new products and functionality for the Stride series in the near future

About Allegro DVT

Allegro DVT is a world leading provider of digital video technology solutions, i n c l u d i n g c o m p l i a n c e s t r e a m s a n d v i d e o c o d e c s e m i c o n d u c t o r I P s focused on H 264, HEVC, VP9, AV1, VVC and LCEVC standards

About V-Nova

V - N o v a i s c o m m i t t e d t o u n l o c k i n g h i g h e r q u a l i t y d i g i t a l e x p e r i e n c e s a t s c a l e I t s t e c h n o l o g i e s , b a s e d o n t h e i n n o v a t i v e u s e o f A I a n d p a r a l l e l p r oc e s s i n g i m p r o v e d a t a , v i d e o , i m a gi n g , p o i n t - c l o u d c o m p r e s s i o n a n d h a v e b e e n g r a n t e d i n t e r n a t i o n a l s t a n d a r d s t a t u s b y M P E G , I S O a n d S M P T E . V - N o v a ’ s r e l e n t l e s s i n v e s tm e n t i n R & D h a s b u i l t a p o r t f o l i o o f o v e r 7 0 0 i n t e r n a t i o n a l p a t e n t s , a l o n g w i t h a r a n g e o f s o f t w

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