New Xstation "channel-in-a-box" from VertigoXmedia based on Matrox DSX Developer Platform
Turnkey Solution Provides Easiest System for Launch of DTV Subchannels
NAB 2006, Las Vegas, April 20, 2006 - Matrox Video Products Group today announced that VertigoXmedia has adopted the Matrox X.mio card, part of the Matrox DSX family of developer products, for its new Xstation channel branding system. The Xstation "channel-in-a-box" solution contains all the resources needed to create, schedule, and broadcast complete DTV subchannels or info channels incorporating national, local, and hyper-local content. Xstation is a bundle including several applications from Vertigo's patented Xmedia Suite platform and its VertigoXG graphics engine. The unique system provides dynamic control over long-form clips, promos, data tickers and crawls, and other channel branding elements by integrating with a traffic or automation system, or as a stand-alone system.
"We've chosen the Matrox X.mio platform because we feel Matrox offers the best performing technology for channel branding applications," said Darin Crosby, President of Broadcast Solutions, VertigoXmedia. "The Xstation bundle of easy-to-use authoring, scheduling and control tools paired with our rendering engines means we can offer customers a powerful, affordable solution that's truly unique."
About Xstation
Xstation provides all the tools required to create, schedule, and air complete DTV sub-channels with rich, data-driven graphics. Built using the VertigoXG rendering engine and the patented Xmedia Suite platform, Xstation provides dynamic control over long-form clips, commercial spots, tickers, crawls and more using a station's existing traffic system or as a stand-alone solution. Xstation's integrated VertigoXG graphics engine plays out all graphic elements. It offers full-featured SD/HD video and graphics with unsurpassed rendering and playback performance of multiple layers, each with a virtually unlimited number of animated elements that can be individually keyed. The Xstation system can grow to service multiple channels by adding modular Xmedia Suite components as needs evolve.
About Matrox DSX
Matrox DSX is a family of HD and SD video and audio components designed to allow OEMs and developers to create a wide variety of cost-effective products and applications including NLE systems, capture/playout servers, character generators, clip and still stores, graphics/production servers, automation and master control units, multi-layer compositors, and CATV barker channels. Matrox DSX combines codec and effects technologies and a full range of professional hardware components with a comprehensive Windows XP-based SDK.
Key features of the Matrox DSX platforms
| • | Modular 10-bit architecture gives developers the flexibility to meet technical and price targets |
| • | Full range of HD and SD audio and video I/Os |
| • | Simultaneous input and output of different video standards in HD and SD |
| • | Multi-format SD codec support in software - DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO, DVCPRO 50, D10 (in an MXF file wrapper), MPEG-2, 8- and 10-bit uncompressed |
| • | Multi-format HD codec support in software - HDV, DVCPRO HD, MPEG-2 at online and offline bit rates, 8- and 10-bit uncompressed |
| • | MPEG-2 4:2:2:4 YUVA I-frame codec in HD and SD |
| • | Exploits CPU power to perform software effects on multiple streams in real time |
| • | On-board 8- and 10-bit compositor/keyer |
| • | On-board 8- and 10-bit scaler for YUV 4:2:2 and YUVA 4:2:2:4 |
| • | Professional realtime effects including sub-pixel 2D DVE, color correction, chroma/luma keying, graphics overlay, smooth speed changes |
| • | GPU co-processor for realtime 3D effects |
| • | Key input and output support |
| • | Multiple board support in a single chassis |
| • | SDK based on the mature DigiSuite platform which has been used on-air by broadcasters worldwide for more than 8 years |
| • | Application development support by a team of dedicated, experienced engineers |
About VertigoXmedia
VertigoXmedia is an innovator in the field of graphics automation solutions for broadcast television, cable, and digital signage. The company's patented products significantly streamline the graphics production workflow by offering the ability to automatically capture and control live data, create corresponding data-driven graphics, and deliver professional, real-time graphics to multiple output channels. VertigoXmedia also offers award-winning creative design, integration, and consulting services. VertigoXmedia's products and services have been used by many of the world's leading broadcasters, including CBS, CNBC, CNN, ESPN, FOX, NBC, Time Warner Cable, CBC/Radio-Canada, CTV, Global Television, and others around the world. For more information, visit www.vertigoxmedia.com.
About Matrox
Matrox Video Products Group is a technology and market leader in the field of HD and SD digital video hardware and software for realtime editing, DVD authoring, capture/playout servers, clip/still stores, and CGs. Matrox's Emmy award-winning technology powers a full range of content creation and delivery platforms used by broadcasters, post-production facilities, project studios, corporate communicators, and videographers worldwide. Founded in 1976, Matrox is a privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada. For more information visit www.matrox.com/video.
Matrox is a registered trademark and Matrox DSX is a trademark of Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.
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