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Cambridge, England - Looking to fill a gap in the test market, Symbionics Video Ltd. is developing what it claims is the most advanced test instrument yet for digital-TV-broadcast systems.
The MPEG Stream Station enables designers of encoders and multiplexers to run MPEG and Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) standards-conformance tests on the MPEG-2 transport streams produced by their equipment. Set-top-box decoder developers can use the Stream Station as a source of test bit streams to exercise their designs.
Symbionics is part of a group of companies bearing the Symbionics name that specializes in wireless technology, personal communications and digital video. The group employs more than 100 engineers at its base here and often develops technologies for license by equipment makers. Symbionics is now using its expertise to create a digital-TV test solution based on techniques it has developed for internal use.
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