Trying before buying.(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, December, 2000 by Kerschbaumer, Ken

Minerva IP Television Lab allows operators to see whether the protocol is a good fit for delivering video to homes Minerva Networks has introduced its Internet Protocol (IP) Television Lab to help companies investigate whether an IP television head-end is a good fit, without having to take the risk of deploying an IP-based system.

"With this new environment, there are companies wondering if they can deploy 4 Mb of video over their network and what the experience will be," says Vice President of Marketing Patrick Sweeney. "But they don't want to spend $1 million for a headend without testing it out. So we're shipping a rack-mounted unit that can be deployed into their system so they can evaluate their ability to serve up video to homes in their...

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