Path 1 Network Technologies has signed a worldwide OEM and reseller agreement with Scientific-Atlanta. Under the agreement, Path 1 will supply Scientific-Atlanta with OEM versions of its new Chameleon VidX product family, which provide key elements required for broadcasters and television service providers to migrate traditional ASI interfaces to IP network solutions. Scientific-Atlanta will also resell Path 1’s Chameleon vidX Cx1000 Video over IP Gateway under the Path 1 brand name. Within the terms of the agreement, Scientific-Atlanta also has OEM and reseller rights to future Path 1 products.
Current products under the agreement include Path 1’s Demultiplexers, Multiplexers and Video over IP Gateways. Since the Chameleon vidX(TM) product family utilizes a software-driven approach many available features and increased capabilities can be delivered via software upgrades.
The features offered by Chameleon vidX include handling up to 1024 streams of Standard Definition (SD) and High Definition (HD) VOD content, music and other data which can be multiplexed and de-multiplexed (grouped and un-grouped) for IP transport to existing digital cable set top boxes. Chameleon vidX(TM) allows cable operators to leverage the full benefit of IP transport infrastructure without the need for a forklift upgrade of existing equipment.
Moreover, Path 1’s Chameleon vidX products offer the only economically viable solution currently available that allows Telcos to deliver all TV programming “on demand” over DSL. This capability is particularly important to Telco operators in European and Asia Pacific markets. Unlike the U.S. market, which predominantly utilizes coaxial cable and fiber to deliver television programming and video-on-demand to end users, these areas utilizes an extensive legacy infrastructure of twisted-pair copper which possess limited bandwidth.