Haivision provides teachers in Thailand with an IPTV communications network

The company specialized in advanced video networking, digital signage and solutions for IP video distribution Haivision has provided an IP Furnace video system and H.264 Barracuda encoders to the Office of the Basic Education Commission (MUNICIPALITY) of Thailand to enable controlled and secure video communication between headquarters and teachers across the country.

The Office of the Basic Education Commission (MUNICIPALITY) of Thailand has chosen Furnace IP video system and Barracuda H.264 encoders from Haivision to create an end-to-end IPTV solution that connects agency headquarters to educators across the country. Haivision infrastructure allows OBEC to maintain a reliable video conferencing system, in real time, with officials and staff who are geographically dispersed, facilitating organization-wide communications and supporting OBEC's mission to serve as the hub of Thailand's education activities.

Teach Mana, del MUNICIPALITY, has explained that “in order to meet our growing communications needs, A reliable end-to-end IPTV solution was sought to link all our facilities so that knowledge can be better shared and achieve equitable development and access for all regions of the country. With Haivision we have been able to take our internal communications to the next level – and we have a complete IPTV solution from Haivision to broadcast controlled and secure video across our entire network. Barracuda encoder delivers high H.264 encoding performance in a unique compact form factor, and its ability to deliver multiple streams at different resolutions and bit rates to various destinations makes it a perfect fit within Haivision's Furnace end-to-end H.264 IP video solution.”.

High encoding performance
Powered by Barracuda H.264 encoders, Furnace advanced IP video system supplies multimedia content to Haivision's Stingray set-top boxes and InStream players (available on any computer), allowing OBEC to share live video across its Bangkok facilities. The IP video network serves multiple purposes in everyday life, like for example, live meetings between central offices and regional offices to notify teachers of new policies and keep all staff informed of general information. The system has also proven to be very valuable for distance learning and training of officers and staff by providing a high quality live video link from headquarters to e-training PCs.. With the first phase underway, OBEC is implementing the second phase of the network to allow recording, WAN playback and transmission.

Charles Dobson, international business development director of Haivision Network Video, has commented: “As Thailand's central educational authority responsible for teachers and schools throughout the country, OBEC has recognized the need for communications and multimedia accessibility in its organization throughout the country. The Furnace end-to-end IP video distribution system offers protection of internal and broadcast content, from the encoders at OBEC headquarters to the end users at regional facilities.”