ZTE Corporation will integrate Optibase’s advanced Media Gateway IPTV encoding platforms in its end-to-end ZTE Eye-Will IPTV solution for deployment by CANTV in Venezuela. This IPTV solution allows CANTV to offer first ever IPTV services in Venezuela, with over 140 channels to 67,000 subscribers. CANTV’s service will feature video-on-demand, live TV pause, personal video recorder capabilities and time-shifted TV and is expected to launch at the end of 2009.

Optibase will provide H.264 encoding platforms for broadcasting hundreds of live channels over the operator’s managed IP-based network.

Optibase MGW 5100 carrier-grade platforms are professional MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) standard definition, hardware-based encoders. MGW 5100 platforms provide reliable processing power required for 24/7 applications, delivering exceptional video quality in a wide range of bit-rates. Their rich set of features and management capabilities are combined with advanced compression tools to offer exceptional video quality in a wide range of bit-rates. MGW 5100 supports secondary stream functionality for PiP application.