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03/08/2001
Belfast company secures South African network contract
Belfast-based Audio-Processing Technology has secured a television network contract estimated to be worth around a quarter of a million with the South African Broadcast Corporation.
Audio Processing Technology (APT) has been commissioned by the South African Broadcast Corporation (SABC) to supply a range of audio data compression codecs, which will be used in a contribution network that will link up nine different regional studios to Johannesburg.
Paul Kruger, SABC’s principal technician for special projects, says contribution lines are regarded as a production tool and as such have to conform to the standards set by the broadcaster for digital production tools.
"The big problem with contribution lines where studios are linked in real time is the delay on the lines caused by codecs and routing,” Kruger explains. “After testing other systems it was clear that a short delay codec was needed for this job. APT was an obvious choice because it’s codecs have the shortest delay.”
APT’s commercial director Jon McClintock says: “As you would expect from a professional organisation, SABC did extensive and in-depth testing on both APT and several other manufacturers codecs and then put the contract out for tender. For APT to have won this tender is both excellent news and also a telling endorsement on the merits of the apt-X algorithm. We have proven again that for the broadcast industry the only viable compression algorithm for real-time, high quality audio contribution and distribution links is apt-X.” (AMcE)
Audio Processing Technology (APT) has been commissioned by the South African Broadcast Corporation (SABC) to supply a range of audio data compression codecs, which will be used in a contribution network that will link up nine different regional studios to Johannesburg.
Paul Kruger, SABC’s principal technician for special projects, says contribution lines are regarded as a production tool and as such have to conform to the standards set by the broadcaster for digital production tools.
"The big problem with contribution lines where studios are linked in real time is the delay on the lines caused by codecs and routing,” Kruger explains. “After testing other systems it was clear that a short delay codec was needed for this job. APT was an obvious choice because it’s codecs have the shortest delay.”
APT’s commercial director Jon McClintock says: “As you would expect from a professional organisation, SABC did extensive and in-depth testing on both APT and several other manufacturers codecs and then put the contract out for tender. For APT to have won this tender is both excellent news and also a telling endorsement on the merits of the apt-X algorithm. We have proven again that for the broadcast industry the only viable compression algorithm for real-time, high quality audio contribution and distribution links is apt-X.” (AMcE)
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