Scopus Shows Off

KEYSTONE, Colo. -- Scopus Video Networks (NASDAQ: SCOP - News), is among a select group of 12 technology providers who have been chosen to demonstrate emerging technologies at the CableLabs® Innovation Showcase on Monday, August 6, in Keystone, CO. Scopus will be demonstrating an end-to-end system with two main components: secure and error resilient video transport over IP, and stream conditioning for client based targeted advertising.

Companies were chosen for the Innovation Showcase based on their ability to demonstrate a technology or application that is new to the cable marketplace and has not yet been deployed in cable systems anywhere in the world. The Showcase takes place during a plenary session of CableLabs' Summer Conference, August 5-8. Each company will make a 10-minute presentation and demonstration before an audience of more than 300 cable industry technology and business executives.

"Scopus' selection to be among this privileged group of companies is a validation of our leadership in the digital video networking arena," said Mario Rainville, AVP product marketing of Scopus' U.S. operations. "The CableLabs Innovation Showcase is a prime opportunity for us to demonstrate our commitment to addressing emerging trends and challenges faced by our customers."

The two components of the Scopus demonstration are as follows:

Error Resilient and Secure Video Transport over IP

As operators deploy video over IP transport across massive networks, internal or leased fiber, they are challenged by stream errors that affect security and service. The Scopus implementation allows for secure and error-resilient video transport in a point-to-point or point-to-multipoint architecture. Scopus uses a simple scrambling / descrambling scheme coupled with a Forward Error Correction (Pro MPEG FEC) mechanism allowing the secure and reliable delivery of video over IP networks. Both the scrambling and the FEC mechanisms implemented by Scopus are interoperable for integration in open systems.

Stream Conditioning for Addressable Advertising

The second component is an end-to-end system implementing a client based addressable advertising mechanism delivering targeted advertisements to multiple settop boxes. In this system, the Scopus IVG-7500 video processing device performs splicing and stream conditioning compliant to the emerging DVS-766 standard. The stream conditioning at the headend allows the settop software to transparently select the right advertisement matching the TV viewer. The system integrates the advertisement conditioning system from Invidi Technologies at the headend as well as the Invidi Advatar DPI client which runs on the settop boxes and performs AD selection.

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