Businesses for example will see tremendous cost savings as a result of being able to standardize and automate the delivery of training or organizational news in the form of video over intranets. This is a unique solution that will be imperative for the advancement of communications in everything from home entertainment to mission critical functions in the corporate market. The process works by using Optivision's LiveSystem to encode the content, such as a live broadcast, and feed the MPEG compressed video either onto a server where it can be accessed, on request, by the user through Acorn's STB22, or directly to the set-top box. Adding Oracle Video Server to the solution allows customers to have full VCR control of the video content. At any time, a viewer can pause, rewind or fast forward to a particular action, and then join the live broadcast again.
Users now have the flexibility to interact with a broadcast feed.
In situations where the server is bypassed, Acorn's STB22 acts as a straight decoder delivering a constant stream of video for a TV, making it particularly well suited to corporate, healthcare and educational markets where it may be used for the delivery of such applications as distance learning, or private TV networks designed by a hospital or hotel. Demographic Statistics - The system includes the ability to monitor an individual's viewing habits for purposes such as highly targeted advertising. These include an ATM25 interface, MPEG2 decode capability, a built in web browser and support for JAVA applications. Additionally the STB22 is available with an Ethernet Interface making it one of the most versatile products of its type. LiveSystem MPEG video compression systems and components enabling video Intranet applications are available from Optivision today.