Pixelmetrix
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Pixelmetrix Corporation is a company that develops preventive monitoring
products for terrestrial
, satellite
, cable
, and IPTV
networks. The company is known for its DVStation product, and also provides equipment and network intelligence
systems to television broadcasters
for the management and monitoring of "Quality of Service
" and "Quality of Experience
". Pixelmetrix is headquartered in Singapore, and also has offices in the United States and Europe.
as a privately held limited company, recruiting Tom Orlowski and Hideki Takahashi to complete the start-up team. The name “Pixelmetrix“ was derived from the combination of the words "pixel" and "metrics", loosely suggesting that the company "measures pixels".
Pixelmetrix released its first product, DVStation, in 2000. DVStation is a modular
multi-player system that can simultaneously monitor up to 21 ports and multiple layers of the video transmission
chain.
In 2002, Japan Telecom and Korea Telecom selected DVStation for end-to-end signal quality
monitoring during the FIFA World Cup
Football games in Japan and Korea. In 2004 the DVStor and DVShift Compliance Recording product lines were introduced to target disaster recovery
. With the emergence of IPTV
, Pixelmetrix launched DVStation-IP3 in 2006 for IPTV test and monitoring. The following year, it brought on the Electronic Couch Potato and Consolidator to monitor true customer viewing to ensure "Quality of Experience
".
By October 2001, Pixelmetrix had opened an office in Switzerland and established a sales office in Florida. The company added a support office in Barcelona, Spain in 2010.
, venture capital
and institutional investor
s including OWW Capital Partners, UOB Ventures, Enspire Capital and Singapore Economic Development Board Technopreneur Investment Fund. Revenues have grown year on year and the company has been profitable throughout the years.
Peter Wayne Award for Best Design and Innovation (2000), Engineering & Technology Emmy Award
(2007) and Frost & Sullivan Industrial Technologies Award (2009).
Network monitoring
The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing components and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages...
products for 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...
, satellite
Satellite television
Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...
, cable
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
, and 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...
networks. The company is known for its DVStation product, and also provides equipment and network intelligence
Network intelligence
Network Intelligence is a technology that builds on the concepts and capabilities of Deep Packet Inspection , Packet Capture and Business Intelligence...
systems to television broadcasters
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
for the management and monitoring of "Quality of Service
Quality of service
The quality of service refers to several related aspects of telephony and computer networks that allow the transport of traffic with special requirements...
" and "Quality of Experience
Quality of experience
Quality of experience , some times also known as quality of user experience, is a subjective measure of a customer's experiences with a service...
". Pixelmetrix is headquartered in Singapore, and also has offices in the United States and Europe.
Corporate history
In 1999, Danny Wilson and Ben Lim founded Pixelmetrix Corporation in SingaporeSingapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
as a privately held limited company, recruiting Tom Orlowski and Hideki Takahashi to complete the start-up team. The name “Pixelmetrix“ was derived from the combination of the words "pixel" and "metrics", loosely suggesting that the company "measures pixels".
Pixelmetrix released its first product, DVStation, in 2000. DVStation is a modular
Modularity
Modularity is a general systems concept, typically defined as a continuum describing the degree to which a system’s components may be separated and recombined. It refers to both the tightness of coupling between components, and the degree to which the “rules” of the system architecture enable the...
multi-player system that can simultaneously monitor up to 21 ports and multiple layers of the video transmission
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
chain.
In 2002, Japan Telecom and Korea Telecom selected DVStation for end-to-end signal quality
Signal integrity
Signal integrity or SI is a set of measures of the quality of an electrical signal. In digital electronics, a stream of binary values is represented by a voltage waveform. However, digital signals are fundamentally analog in nature, and all signals are subject to effects such as noise,...
monitoring during the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
Football games in Japan and Korea. In 2004 the DVStor and DVShift Compliance Recording product lines were introduced to target disaster recovery
Disaster recovery
Disaster recovery is the process, policies and procedures related to preparing for recovery or continuation of technology infrastructure critical to an organization after a natural or human-induced disaster. Disaster recovery is a subset of business continuity...
. With the emergence of 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...
, Pixelmetrix launched DVStation-IP3 in 2006 for IPTV test and monitoring. The following year, it brought on the Electronic Couch Potato and Consolidator to monitor true customer viewing to ensure "Quality of Experience
Quality of experience
Quality of experience , some times also known as quality of user experience, is a subjective measure of a customer's experiences with a service...
".
By October 2001, Pixelmetrix had opened an office in Switzerland and established a sales office in Florida. The company added a support office in Barcelona, Spain in 2010.
Finance
The company has pursued external funding and today is backed by several privateAngel investor
An angel investor or angel is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity...
, venture capital
Venture capital
Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
and institutional investor
Institutional investor
Institutional investors are organizations which pool large sums of money and invest those sums in securities, real property and other investment assets...
s including OWW Capital Partners, UOB Ventures, Enspire Capital and Singapore Economic Development Board Technopreneur Investment Fund. Revenues have grown year on year and the company has been profitable throughout the years.
Awards
Pixelmetrix has been conferred the IABMInternational Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers
The International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers is a non-profit trade association representing manufacturers and suppliers of products and services to the broadcasting and electronic media industries. The Association's aim is to identify and promote the interests of its members, and...
Peter Wayne Award for Best Design and Innovation (2000), Engineering & Technology Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
(2007) and Frost & Sullivan Industrial Technologies Award (2009).
Product lines
Pixelmetrix has five major product lines:- DVStation Monitoring Platforms
- DVStor & DVShift Compliance Recording & Disaster Recovery
- DVStation-IP3 IPTV Monitoring Platform
- ECP - Electronic Couch Potato
- Consolidator - Network Management System