VideoTele.com a division of Tut Systems has announced that the XinHua News Agency has deployed more than 30 of its M2 video edge devices to create a digital video delivery network across China.

VideoTele.com (VTc)'s M2s enable the delivery of real-time video from Beijing's central news agency to people living throughout the four million square miles that make up China. Operating 24/7, the M2 video edge devices encode and transmit digital video for stable, high quality two-way communications between each province and the Beijing central office. As the first company to deliver broadcast-quality video over fiber optic network, VTc's M2 Series was selected by XinHua for its high quality resolution, reliability and cost-effectiveness.

To deliver XinHua's new expansive multimedia network, VideoTele.com partnered with Delta Hi-Tech and China Telecom System Integration. The video transmission system developed by the three partners leverages the power of the M2's MPEG-2 encoding and decoding technology to compress, deliver and receive high-quality digital video and audio content.

XinHua's network combines video conferencing, video transmission, IP and telephone applications and uses ATM connections to deliver multiple applications over a single network infrastructure thereby reducing capital and operating costs.

The alliance came about as XinHua News the premier news organisation in all of China, required a bullet-proof system that guaranteed the integrity of its transmission.

Tut Systems delivers industry leading content processing and distribution products for deploying next-generation video and IP services over broadband networks.