Radisson Uses MEDIAEDGE to Increase Capabilities & Reduce Cabling Cost January 1, 2009 Application: Hospitality — Hotel Customer: SAS Radisson, St. Gallen, Switzerland This installation delivers video over the local area network, removing the need for RF cabling. Typically, in hotel TV systems, the VOD element is digital but the standard TV programs are still transmitted by RF, so both network (CAT5) and RF cabling need to be installed throughout the hotel. For the St. Gallen installation, 25 satellite TV and audio channels are fed into multiple Grass Valley MVRD2200 boards, generating 25 multicast streams. The VOD is organized as pay-per-view and stored on five servers. COMO developed the interface to the Micros Fidelio Opera property management system, as well as a software tool to manage files. Billing and message information is converted from Opera to the MediaEdge Web interface. The installation was developed with network partners Alcatel and Itelpro, Switzerland. MediaEdge components used: * 5 x MediaEdge-SVS * 135 x MediaEdge-STB * 25 x MVRD2200 boards (5 boards per server)  |
