[Satellite Today 07-14-08] Broadcast International announced that the Mexican Patent Office granted the company a patent for its multi-codec video compression technology, CodecSys.
    The technology lowers bandwidth requirements for video transmitted over satellite, cable, IP, and wireless media. Patents for the core CodecSys multi-codec switching technology also have been granted in the United States, Australia, Singapore, India, Korea, Malaysia and Russia.
    "Our patented multi-codec approach compresses video down to a fraction of current rates, and will make possible a whole new range of video applications including live, streaming video over the Internet and to cell phones," Rod Tiede, CEO of Broadcast International, said in a statement.