Allegro 3GPP Mobile TV Transcoders Operated by GO

Allegro 3GPP Mobile TV Transcoders Operated by GO

Maltese Mobile Operator GO Uses Allegro Transcoders for 3GPP Mobile TV and WMV

PARIS, September 8/PRNewswire/ -- GO, Malta's leading quadruple-play operator, uses Allegro transcoders for
simultaneous 3GPP Mobile TV and WMV broadcasting.

Allegro AL2000 transcoders
(http://www.allegrodvt.com/products-live-encoders-transcoders-mosaic-
al2000.php) enable the same program to be broadcast simultaneously to three
screens, reaching the widest possible audience on IPTV, Internet TV and
Mobile TV. Transcoders ingest compressed audio/video content, integrate
operations such as video resize, frame rate change, and audio adjustment, and
deliver it transcoded to a variety of codecs and transport modes, adapted to
DVB, 3GPP, iPhone, Windows Media, Silverlight, Flash, ISDB-Tb, and T-DMB
players, mobile phones, and set-top boxes. A single 1 RU unit delivers up
to 32 encoding profiles for unrivaled integration. It also offers redundancy,
advanced network options, and graphical control for easier operation.

GO (http://www.go.com.mt/) is currently operating Allegro AL2000
(http://www.allegrodvt.com/products-live-encoders-transcoders-mosaic-
al2000.php) transcoders for delivering Mobile TV over a nationwide 3G/3.5G
(HSDPA) network. Twenty-four live channels are delivered to GO mobile
subscribers using 3GPP (RTSP) streaming and a selection of local channels
broadcast over broadband using WMV. The integrated Allegro solution enables
the operator to re-purpose content from the Digital Terrestrial TV Headend
enabling it to reach its viewers whether they are in front of the TV, using
their mobile phone or on the PC.

Kelvin Camenzuli, Senior Manager of GO's Video and Network
Operation Centres, commented "We wanted to re-use the MPEG-2 streams from our
all-IP headend core to offer content to our mobile and broadband subscribers.
Allegro transcoders fit the requirements perfectly: efficient and high
quality transcoding on a flexible and intuitive platform".

Henry Gauci, Technical Architect at GO, who leads the
integration and development of GO's multimedia services added, "We also plan
to use this platform to improve our mobile TV viewer's experience since it
can provide us with multirate streams capable of enabling dynamic bitrate
adaptation".

About Allegro

Allegro is a leading provider of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC solutions,
including industry standard compliance test suites and real-time audio/video
encoders and transcoders. Allegro products have been chosen by more than 55
major IC providers, OEMs and broadcasters.

See: http://www.allegrodvt.com

About GO p.l.c.

GO is Malta's first quadruple play operator, a truly converged
and integrated telecommunications company with a wide range of services. As
Malta's leading provider of telecommunications services, GO offers fixed
phone, mobile telephony, broadband internet services, digital tv, in addition
to business-related services like data networking solutions, business IP
services, managed and co-location facilities.

GO has been in the business of communications for the past 30
years and our major shareholder is Emirates International Telecommunications
LLC (EIT), a joint venture between TECOM Investments and Dubai Investment
Group - both part of Dubai Holding. The remaining shares are traded on the
Malta and London Stock Exchanges.

See: http://www.go.com.mt

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Source: Allegro DVT

Contact : Jerome Blanc - Telephone number : +33(0)4-76-42-66-85, E-mail:jerome.blanc@allegrodvt.com

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