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Inlet Technologies Powers Major British Broadcaster's Simulcast Expansion.
News Release - 16 August 2010
Inlet Technologies, the leader in innovative solutions for digital media preparation, announced that its Spinnaker family of live streaming appliances is powering BBC's simulcast expansion plans for a number of channels, as well as premier sporting events, including FIFA World Cup 2010, Wimbledon and F1 Grand Prix.
Inlet's Spinnaker fa
mily of encoding solutions is uniquely suited for simulcast and live sports as it provides broadcast-quality streams over any IP network to multiple screens and devices. Spinnaker simultaneously supports SD/HD video inputs as well as multiple codec support for web and mobile based video services, making it an ideal choice for the broadcaster's expansion plans. The Spinnaker encoder also has robust 24/7 capability to support the BBC's operations and commitment to its high availability service.
"I am delighted that we have this privileged and exciting opportunity to support the BBC's growing simulcast plans" said Michael Barros, senior vice president, Sales and Marketing for Inlet Technologies. "We are particularly pleased to be able to support their converged service offering through a single platform. Spinnaker's new software features such as PAL subtitling, are also critical to supporting the BBC's 'accessibility' mandate."
