Cambridge Imaging Systems agree worldwide IPTV deal with HaiVision Systems

Cambridge Imaging Systems has signed an agreement with HaiVision Systems of Montreal under which the UK company is appointed exclusive OEM manufacturer for a range of IPTV products.
The agreement also gives HaiVision the exclusive rights worldwide to sell Cambridge Imaging Systems’ related products.
The new products include hardware decoding engines for both MPEG-2 and H.264. Cambridge Imaging Systems and HaiVision cooperated on the specification of hardware specifically for the IP TV market, and have designed their products to address the ubiquity of IP video. The decoders, marketing by HaiVision as the hai210 series, provide extremely low power and reliable platforms suited to single unit deployments. Alternatively, by leveraging the unique mini-blade architecture, they can support up to 21 decode channels within a single, compact rack mounted chassis.
HaiVision is now shipping the first result of this collaboration, the hai210D compact decoder supporting MPEG-2. The companies are currently collaborating to release an H.264 (MPEG-4 part 10) compatible device in the same form factor in the very near future.
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