The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command has successfully implemented a video over IP solution in bases across the country. The $1.9 million project is the first with a single IP video solution to be implemented across an entire command.
The video over IP solution enables the delivery of live and video-on-demand content including training modules and special events to all network-connected PCs and television sets on the bases. The system uses minimal network bandwidth by utilizing multicast to deliver weather, the commanders-access channel, and a variety of current news channels to base personnel at their desktop computers.
The Air Mobility Command contract was awarded in September 2006 to Centech, which worked with LGS and Video Furnace to deliver and install the system. The Video Furnace IP video distribution system was chosen for this implementation because it is an enterprise-class, complete, highly scalable solution that leverages an existing network to deliver TV-quality video to any network-connected computer or TV without requiring any resident player software or hardware (standard desktop compliant). Video Furnaces digital set-top boxes enable viewing on television sets.
Video over IP makes it much easier for the military to deliver live, broadcast and on-demand video to a large population versus conventional cable television, said Howard Weinzimmer, CEO of Video Furnace. Whats more, because we employ reliable solutions for creating, storing, and delivering media streams, the military can deliver video with confidence to any computer or IP set-top box thats connected to the base network.
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