Net Insight selected by the US Library of Congress for video transport
Nimbra will provide access to the world's largest and most comprehensive
collection of
films, TV, radio and sound recordings
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Net Insight, a leading provider of efficient and scalable
transport solutions for media, IP and broadcast networks, today announces an
order to deliver video transport for the Library of Congress in the US.
Net Insight has been selected to deliver the Nimbra carrier-class media switch
router (MSR) to support video transport to the US Library of Congress in a pilot
project. The Nimbra platform will be used to transport video from the House and
Senate fiber ring location to the Library of Congress' National Audio Visual
Conservation Center (NAVCC). Net Insight will provide Nimbra equipment,
installation, training support, and technical support to ensure continuity and
compatibility with existing equipment.
The Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation (PCAVC), also known as National
Audio-Visual Conservation Center (NAVCC) is a state-of-the-art facility where
the Library of Congress acquires, preserves and provides access to the world's
largest and most comprehensive collection of films, television programs, radio
broadcasts, and sound recordings.
The Packard Campus has globally recognized capabilities and capacities for the
preservation reformatting of all audiovisual media formats and their long-term
safekeeping in a petabyte-level digital storage archive. In addition to
preserving the collections of the Library, the Packard Campus is also designed
to provide preservation services for other archives and libraries in both the
public and private sector.
"Our Nimbra platform has been chosen for transport of mission-critical video
content by the Library of Congress and they represent a new type of customer for
Net Insight in the government sector ", says Fredrik Trägårdh, CEO of Net
Insight.
For further information, please contact:
Fredrik Trägårdh, CEO of Net Insight, +46 8 685 04 00,
fredrik.tragardh@netinsight.net
About Net Insight
Net Insight delivers the world's most efficient and scalable transport solution
for Broadcast and IP Media, Digital Terrestrial TV, Mobile TV and IPTV/CATV
networks.
Net Insight products truly deliver 100 percent Quality of Service with three
times improvement in utilization of bandwidth for a converged transport
infrastructure. Net Insights Nimbra(TM) platform is the industry solution for
video, voice and data, reducing operational costs by 50 percent and enhancing
competitiveness in delivery of existing and new media services.
More than 130 world class customers run mission critical video services over Net
Insight products in over 50 countries. Net Insight is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX,
Stockholm.
For more information, visitwww.netinsight.net
Net Insight selected by the US Library of Congress for video transport:
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