NAB Product News
Motorola goes IP for headends
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Apr 9, 2008 - 4:44:05 PM

Booth: SU5013

Motorola will be on the NAB show floor with a whole new line of products that enable HD. “We are introducing the concept of ‘an all-IP headend,’” says Senior Marketing Director Martin Stein. “Our newest generation of HD encoders allows the highest quality at economical bitrates.”

The SE-5100/5150 Series HD/SD platform combines receiver functions with advanced encoding technology to deliver CBR and VBR video services at the lowest bitrates. SE-5100/5150 Series is a real-time high-definition and standard-definition AVC video encoder that includes selectable HD or SD software, an RF input, four Ethernet ports, digital turnaround for MPEG-2 inputs, motion-compensated noise reduction in SD, and a Web-browser interface.

The receiver is designed to dramatically enhance headend architectures, reduce box count, and simplify signal routing and redundancy support. Because the encoders have RF input, service providers can receive NTSC or ATSC content and directly convert it to MPEG-4 AVC. Additionally, the platform offers a low-resolution–proxy output stream for program-guide or monitoring applications. According to Stein, this secondary output (in addition to the high-quality HD output) in the form of a lower-resolution stream (200-400 kbps) allows the same content feed to be used for both high-quality HD and low-bitrate streaming.