T-VIPS Launches TVG415 to Provide Broadcasters with a JPEG2000 Solution for SD and HD Video Transportation

IBC, Amsterdam, September 8, 2006 – T-VIPS, a Norwegian technology company that designs, builds and supplies solutions for contribution and distribution (C&D) of broadcast quality video signals over IP networks, has announced the global launch of the TVG415. With this launch, T-VIPS believe that they can now provide broadcasters with all the advantages of JPEG2000 C&D over IP for both SD and HD TV.

The TVG415 claims to allow broadcasters to transport compressed SD TV with the same quality that the TVG430 already provides for HD TV.

JPEG2000 is believed by T-VIPS to be an important compression standard in the professional video domain, particularly in acquisition, C&D and the studio. JPEG2000 claims to provide an improvement for the backhaul of professional video compared to the alternative codecs, because whereas most video codecs were designed for the efficient broadcast of video to millions of viewers, JPEG2000 codec was designed for high-quality video for broadcast post-production.

Through encoding each frame as an individual picture rather than using the i-frame and motion picture vector approach of most video codecs, JPEG2000 differs to the MPEG codecs that have been the mainstay of digital television. This different approach means that JPEG2000 isn’t suitable for sending video to end users, however it does claim to be an ideal codec for professional video acquisition, video backhaul and for use in the studio, where the ‘no –frame approach’ makes editing and splicing far simpler and more flexible. T-VIPS believe that JPEG2000 is already a mature codec and has been chosen as the standard for digital cinema.

“The JPEG2000 codec delivers high picture-quality/bandwidth performance, low latency and full 10-bit video resolution, making it ideal for contribution and distribution. The codec is also finding favour in acquisition and simplifies operation in the studio, where its picture-by-picture encoding makes editing and splicing so much easier than with MPEG. JPEG2000 is really going to take off in the next few years and I’m pleased that we are the first to offer JPEG2000 contribution and distribution solutions,” stated Jonny Dolvik, CEO, T-VIPS.