The Colombian company EPM Telecommunications announced the choice of video head IPTV and AVC MPEG-4 encoders from Tandberg Television, for the implementation of the first IPTV service in Colombia.
As a provider of internet, VoIP and television services in that country, the new IPTV service will be part of the competitive triple package EPM play. The company will adopt the head platform of iPlex video, by Tandberg, to offer viewers Colombians more than 100 channels in real time and movies by demand.
We chose the iPlex solution high density coding for the launch of our IPTV service due to its scalability and cost-effectiveness, said William Franco, director of information technology and EPM communications. The use of technology MPEG-4 from Tandberg allows us to offer the highest quality of IPTV entertainment services to our consumers Colombians, for the first time. This is a revolutionary achievement for the Colombian television industry.
A key component of the offer EPM IPTV service is the use of EPM's head platform iPlex video that includes a modular design that offers flexibility and easy operation for ultra compression of MPEG-4 AVC video. The iPlex platform offers the best range of video processing tools on a common platform from SD to HD video compression, transcoding and streaming IP.
