Tut, Teleste team on TV., Fiber to the Curb , and hybrid fiber/coax environments

Fiber Optics Weekly Update, Oct 3, 2003

Tut Systems and Teleste announced a joint marketing and sales agreement to offer standards-based video solutions for Fiber to the Premises/Home (FTTP/FTTH), Fiber to the Curb (FTTC), and hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) environments. The joint system architecture, first deployed at Atlantic Telephone, a North Carolina telephone cooperative of over 35,000 members, is based on the global DVB-C open transmission standard for digital TV. The solution integrates the Tut Systems Astria Content Processor and the Teleste Presto, Brillante and Legato products into a system that optimizes the use of RF-based analog, RF-based digital, and IP-based digital TV channels over fiber and cable networks.

This combination is a natural extension of Tut Systems' leading solutions for IP TV over xDSL and Teleste's analog and digital product lines aimed at HFC environments. It provides customer a smooth path from current analog-only cable plants to a digital TV tier without having to undergo massive system upgrades. Under terms of the agreement, Tut Systems will focus its marketing and sales efforts for this solution within North America and Teleste will focus its efforts on opportunities in Europe and the Middle East. The companies will take a joint approach to markets it Asia. Teleste will also be promoting Tut Systems M2-400 family of edge video devices for high quality, MPEG-2 4:2:2 applications.