ATEME is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 broadcast

Broadcast

Broadcast or Broadcasting may refer to:* Broadcasting, the transmission of audio and video signals* Broadcast, an individual television program or radio program* Broadcast , an English electronic music band...

 company specialising in video compression MPEG4 encoding/decoding

Decoding

Decoding is the reverse of encoding, which is the process of transforming information from one format into another. Information about decoding can be found in the following:* Digital-to-analog converter, the use of analog circuit for decoding operations...

 solutions for contribution, video headend, and multi-screen transcoding as well as 3D

3-D film

A 3-D film or S3D film is a motion picture that enhances the illusion of depth perception...

 technology. The company founded in 1991 is headquartered in Bièvres

Bièvres

Bièvres may refer to the following places in France:* Bièvres, Aisne, a commune in the department of Aisne* Bièvres, Ardennes, a commune in the department of Ardennes* Bièvres, Essonne, a commune in the department of Essonne...

 near Paris, France and have USA office located in Burbank, California

Burbank, California

Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, north of downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population in 2010 was 103,340....

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ATEME's products include Kyrion series of High Definition (HD) MPEG-4/AVC encoders/decoders the ATEME File Encoder software

The company is a member of broadcasting associations such as DVB

DVB

Digital Video Broadcasting is a suite of internationally accepted open standards for digital television. DVB standards are maintained by the , an international industry consortium with more than 270 members, and they are published by a Joint Technical Committee of European Telecommunications...

, SMPTE, NABA

Naba

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 and NAB

NAB

NAB may stand for:* Name and address book* National Assessment Bank, an internal exam used by the Scottish Qualifications Authority* National Association of Broadcasters, the industry group representing the commercial radio stations and television stations of the United States** NAB Show, an annual...

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Their solutions were adopted by some companies including DirecTV

DirecTV

DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...

, GlobeCast, P&TLuxembourg

P&TLuxembourg

Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications, branded as P&T Luxembourg and abbreviated to P&T, is a mail and telecommunications government-owned corporation based in Luxembourg...

, and others. They co-developed the Nero Digital

Nero Digital

Nero Digital is a brand name applied to a suite of MPEG-4-compatible video and audio compression codecs developed by Nero AG of Germany and Ateme of France...

 MPEG-4

MPEG-4

MPEG-4 is a method of defining compression of audio and visual digital data. It was introduced in late 1998 and designated a standard for a group of audio and video coding formats and related technology agreed upon by the ISO/IEC Moving Picture Experts Group under the formal standard ISO/IEC...

 compression technology alongside Nero AG

Nero AG

Nero is a global computer software company headquartered in Karlsbad, Germany. It is perhaps most well-known for its burning software, Nero Burning ROM.-History:The company was founded as Ahead Software GmbH in 1995 by Richard Lesser....

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Contribution

Contribution products are designed for High Definition video from the origination point to broadcasters and viewers transmitted via satellite, fiber or IP. Their compression solutions are based around MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 in both SD and HD. They developed the
4:2:2 10 bit contribution technology.

Contribution products

• Kyrion CM4101
• Kyrion CM3101
• DR8400
• DR8100

Video Head End

Offering turn-key H.264 compression video head end solution for IPTV

IPTV

Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...

, Satellite

Satellite

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, Cable

Cable

A cable is two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted or braided together to form a single assembly. In mechanics cables, otherwise known as wire ropes, are used for lifting, hauling and towing or conveying force through tension. In electrical engineering cables are used to carry...

 or Terrestrial

Terrestrial television

Terrestrial television is a mode of television broadcasting which does not involve satellite transmission or cables — typically using radio waves through transmitting and receiving antennas or television antenna aerials...

 operators based on an open platform and control system.

Video head end products:

• Kyrion AM2101
• Kyrion AS2204
• DR8100
• MC3000 Multiplexer
• Dataminer

Multiscreen transcoding

Offering file to file transcoding, software encoding for VOD

VOD

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(video on demand), Web and Mobile TV.

Multiscreen Transcode Products:
- KFE 2
- Titan

External links

• Ateme website (English)
• 3D Stereoscopic tutorial Everything you should know about Stereoscopic 3D compression
• Which compression technology should be used
• Why does 10-bit save bandwidth (even when content is 8-bit)
• Satellite bit rate recommendation
• 4:2:2 10-bit video compression