Haivision delivers IPTV network for Thailand Education Ministry
Published: ASIA
THAILAND: The headquarters of Thailand’s Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) has been installed with an end-to-end IPTV communications network intended to provide it with a secure video link to educators throughout the country. Included within the install are Haivision’s Advanced Furnace IP system and Barracuda H.264 Encoders.
According to OBEC’s Ajarn Mana, the new infrastructure was selected to meet the agency’s ‘growing communications requirements’ including a ‘reliable end-to-end IPTV solution to link all of our facilities so that they could better share expertise and ensure equal development and access across all regions.’
Fuelled by the Barracuda H.264 encoders, the Furnace IP video system delivers media to Haivision Stingray set-top boxes and InStream players, enabling OBEC to share live video throughout its Bangkok facilities.
According to Haivision, the system has also proved useful for distance learning and for officer and staff training. With the first phase in place, OBEC is now implementing the second phase of the network to enable recording, playback, and WAN streaming.
‘As Thailand’s central education authority is responsible for teachers and schools across the nation, OBEC has recognised the need for communications and media accessibility across its organisation and throughout the country,’ explained Charles Dobson, Haivision’s senior director of international business development. Mr Mana added that the agency has ‘been able to take our internal communications to the next level — and we rely on Haivision’s complete IPTV solution to drive controlled and secure video across our entire network’.