Omneon Video Networks today announced that Portuguese partner Ibertelco was commissioned by TV Cabo, Portugal’s largest provider of cable services and a wholly owned subsidiary of PT Multimedia, to expand the network’s broadcast facility with the addition of two new Omneon SPECTRUM™ server systems — one for playout of TV Cabo’s pay TV cable channels and the other to support its SMS Channel (cell phone text messages) and lab system.

In TV Cabo’s pay TV application, the Omneon SPECTRUM currently plays out two film channels, under the control of OmniBus automation, and soon will be upgraded to support a total of four film services. For the Lab system, five live feeds are recorded onto the Omneon server. Recorded content is edited via Final Cut Pro edit seats and converted to low bit rate formats suitable for publishing and viewing on mobile devices such as PDAs and cell phones, as well as for streaming to the Web.

“In building an infrastructure for production and playout of our cable and multimedia offerings, we needed a server system that could grow with our needs and give us the opportunity for cost effective expansion when adding channels, storage, and bandwidth,” said Salas Pires, CTO at TV Cabo.

The Omneon SPECTRUM media server system is an exceptionally cost-effective and flexible video server infrastructure designed for the professional television industry. With its open architecture, Omneon’s server system supports an impressive array of third-party applications for control and transmission, media management, archiving, and collaborative production, allowing media to be shared among many users and applications. As a modular system designed with a scalable architecture, the Omneon SPECTRUM gives users maximum flexibility in scaling system components and capacity in small or large increments as desired.

“The Omneon SPECTRUM server configuration implemented at TV Cabo is an excellent example of how our server systems meet the demands of growing cable TV operations,” said Geoff Stedman, vice president of marketing at Omneon Video Networks. “The use of Omneon systems for editing live sports content with a quick turnaround, whether for mobile devices or Web publishing, demonstrates exciting potential for use in similar applications such as breaking news or live-event coverage.”

About TV Cabo
TV Cabo, a wholly owned subsidiary of PT Multimedia, is the leading cable operator in Portugal, with over 1.402 million customers and a total of 2.44 million homes passed. The company offers interactive TV services, premium channels, and pay-per-view programming as well as many new broadband services over cable. TV Cabo also provides Internet services to both home and business users, including Web mail, personal Web pages, and others. TV Cabo complements its cable coverage through a multi-channel digital satellite (DTH) platform.

About Omneon
Omneon Video Networks is the leading provider of cost-effective and flexible networked media servers for the broadcast and video industry. The company's unique strategy integrates a strong foundation in broadcast with the best practices of information technology - giving its customers the best of both worlds. Because Omneon SPECTRUM media server systems are based on an open and advanced architecture, broadcast and video professionals are able to minimize both upfront and ongoing expenses, while gaining the flexibility to capitalize on emerging opportunities. Omneon pioneered the use of open systems in broadcast and, as a result, receives wide support from the application developer community. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Omneon has a strong global presence with customers in 22 countries on five continents. Visit Omneon on the Web at www.Omneon.com.

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