AMSTERDAM -- When leading 3G wireless providers need to rapidly deliver time-sensitive video content to subscribers, the encoding solution they choose more often than any other is Anystream’s Agility software. Anystream today announced its selection in major 3G service implementations including Hutchison Whompoa Ltd. Hong Kong, Hutchison 3G Australia Pty Ltd., mobilkom austria, and T-Systems International GmbH.

For these carriers, Agility automates the complex process of repackaging broadcast video source material for use within each provider’s unique 3G service offerings. In addition to delivering end-to-end automation, Agility leverages its broadcast news heritage to provide the industry’s fastest on-air-to-handset turn around times. Agility’s fault-tolerant design, proven in the world’s most demanding mission-critical broadcast environments, enables it to meet stringent carrier reliability standards.

Agility simplifies complex carrier encoding workflows by automatically acquiring sports, news and other content from live satellite feed, tape decks, or digital file sources. It interfaces with asset management systems and extracts appropriate metadata for video clips, then uses pre-set profiles to encode clips into dozens of formats, each designed to optimize the end user’s handset display. Finally, Agility delivers pristine encoded files to the carrier’s delivery store for network transmission and automatically creates high-quality archive versions for archive storage.

“In April, mobilkom austria launched Austria’s first commercial UMTS network in order to deliver exciting new data services to our clients including streaming video,” said Gunter Schuster, mobilkom austria IT Project Manager. “We deployed Anystream’s Agility software as our automated content encoding system because it not only meets our stringent quality and time requirements, but provides around-the-clock reliability.”

"As Europe's leading wireless systems integrator, Siemens has been at the forefront of the world's most innovative 2.5G and 3G implementations. Several Siemens m.traction media streaming projects have included Anystream's Agility software serving as the central encoding workflow automation solution. We have been impressed with the system's flexibility in integrating with legacy media storage, editing and asset management systems, as well as its ability to reliably deliver carrier-grade service levels,” said Peter Winkler, head of sales, Siemens Information and Communications Mobile Solutions.

“Anystream was one of the first major encoding software providers to integrate PacketVideo's 3GPP encoder, and has remained a technology leader to this day. Anystream's Agility software has an excellent reputation in the industry, and we are pleased to reference it to our customers when major integration projects call for a data center-class encoding workflow automation solution," Dann Wilkens, marketing vice president, PacketVideo.

Anystream’s Agility software offers the industry’s most flexible, end-to-end automated solution for broadcast and service provider clients, including AOL, BskyB, BBCT, BT, Cable & Wireless, RAI, VRT, ZDF and many more. At IBC, Anystream will preview Agility 3.5 features that automate popular broadcast workflows, such as encoding multiple output versions from source material with multiple language audio tracks, inclusion of translation subtitles, and closed captioning support. The new features enhance Agility’s position as the only end-to-end automated software solution for acquiring, archiving, webcasting, managing and repurposing media assets in broadcast, postproduction and Internet workflows. About Anystream (IBC Stand 3.318)

Anystream software automates rich media production in environments as complex as global media companies and as simple as the presentations of general business users. Its Agility products for media professionals integrate seamlessly with existing customer workflows and automate media encoding and transcoding of streaming, broadcast and production formats. Anystream’s products for general business users transform static business documents into dynamic rich media communications, without requiring users to learn new skills. The Agility product family is based on a common platform that grows with client volume and easily integrates across business applications. Anystream, Inc. is funded by SCP Private Equity Partners, Falcon Private Equity L.P., the Intel 64 Fund and Citigroup Investments, Inc. Anystream is based in Sterling, VA.

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