Tut Systems Inc., an industry leader enabling the delivery of next-generation data and video services over broadband networks, today announced that the company recently won a competitive IPTV video shootout in a real-world headend environment at Manti Telephone in Manti, Utah.

After determining that the Astria content processor (CP) provided superior video quality and scalability for processing real-time video off of satellite and off-air feeds, Manti Telephone placed an order to upgrade its ATM-based headend to IP. As part of the upgrade, Manti will deliver video services to its ATM and IP customers and expand the number of channels delivered to its existing base of TV customers to 133 video and audio channels. Manti Telephone was one of the first telephone companies in the world to deliver video services over copper wires when it first deployed video in 2000.

"Tut Systems' strong experience in the transport of video over bandwidth-constrained telco networks sets them apart when processing video in our real-world environment and their customer support services are world-class," said General Manager of Manti Telephone, Paul Cox. "As a result, they proved to be the clear choice for our second generation deployment and were selected over other video solutions which were developed primarily for use in the satellite market."

"As an industry pioneer in the TelcoTV market, Manti has a strong interest in maintaining a video system of the highest quality and reliability," said Bob Noonan, Vice President of Global Sales and Customer Care. "It's nice to see experienced IPTV service providers like Manti chose Tut Systems over our competitors after rigorous real-world field testing."

The Industry's Leading IPTV Platform for Telcos
More than 150 service providers across North America, Europe and Asia deliver IPTV powered by Tut Systems digital headends. The Astria family of video processing platforms, which serves as the core of the company's digital headend solution, processes both analog and digital video streams from multiple satellite and local sources in a variety of formats. The Astria CP supports MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC video compression, local ad insertion, forward error correction and provides real-time conditioning for distribution of video and audio over any ATM, IP, or RF broadband network. The Astria VSP provides the highest density, carrier class, single chassis product for the delivery of IP video over RF broadband access networks, including coax and FTTP (Fiber to the Premises).