PictureTel Corporation, often shortened to PictureTel Corp., was one of the first commercial videoconferencing product companies. It achieved peak revenues of over $490 million in 1996 and 1997 and was eventually acquired by Polycom[1] in October 2001.
PictureTel was founded in August 1984 as PicTel by MIT students Brian L Hinman, Jeffrey G. Bernstein and MIT Professor David H. Staelin.
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The team was also assisted initially by MIT Professor Michael Dertouzos and two of his grad students Greg Papadopoulos and Richard Soley.
While at MIT Hinman and Bernstein were motivated by the video compression work by UC Davis Professor Anil K. Jain (1946–1988) and his colleague Jaswani R. Jain who published an important research paper[2] combining block-based motion compensation and transform coding in December 1981. The result was PictureTel, creating one of the first real-time systems[3] to implement motion compensation and transform coding in July 1986.
PictureTel was funded as "PicTel" by an initial public offering in November 1984, becoming a public company on virtually its first day of business. Product development started at this point. Its name was changed to PictureTel in 1987,[4] due to concern about potential name conflict with another communications company, Pacific Telephone Co., also known as PacTel. While the company demonstrated its first product in 1986, the company did not have meaningful product sales until 1987.
PictureTel's first product, the C-2000 codec (compressor/decompressor) was the first commercial implementation of this computationally intensive technology. By analyzing the motion between successive frames rather than treating the frames as a sequence of unrelated images, this algorithm was significantly more data-efficient (required the transmission of much less data) than existing techniques. Requiring less data also meant that it was compatible with emerging dial-up data networks such as ISDN, making its use less expensive and more flexible than the leased, fixed-location lines normally used for high-speed data transmission at the time.
Subsequently, most of the video compression standards for two-way communications and video broadcast applications have been based upon motion compensation and transform coding, including those most widely used today such as H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. PictureTel played a strong role in developing the industry standards for video, audio, and data communications, and released much of its technology for use free of charge.
In October 2001, PictureTel was purchased by Polycom, a company that was co-founded in 1990 by Brian Hinman and another early PictureTel employee, Jeffrey Rodman. Hinman and Bernstein would later be instrumental in creating 2Wire.[5]
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BibliographyEdit
Smith, Tom (May 14, 1990). PictureTel Codec Software to Improve Video, Audio. p. 26. {{cite book}}: |magazine= ignored (help)
Margolis, Nell (December 17, 1990). PictureTel Prospers in Tough Times. p. 73. {{cite book}}: |magazine= ignored (help)
Brown, Bob (October 19, 1992). PictureTel Sets Sights on Desktop Market. p. 29. {{cite book}}: |magazine= ignored (help)
Wexler, Joanie M. (May 17, 1993). PictureTel Makes Videoconferencing Cheaper. p. 58. {{cite book}}: |magazine= ignored (help)
Chen, Steven C.M. (June 14, 1994). PictureTel Corp. - PictureTel Live PCS 100. p. 251. {{cite book}}: |magazine= ignored (help)
Messmer, Ellen (January 23, 1995). PictureTel to Unveil Group Share Data Collaboration Software. p. 4. {{cite book}}: |magazine= ignored (help)
Cope, James (September 25, 2000). Caterpillar to Launch Satellite Videoconferencing System. p. 88. {{cite book}}: |magazine= ignored (help)
External linksEdit
MIT & PictureTel
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Root, Timothy D. (January 2000). "Audio Communications Product Strategy for the 21st Century" (PDF). DSpace@MIT. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
IT World Staff (April 16, 2001). "PictureTel Slims Down Videoconferencing Device". IDG Communications, Inc.
1995 PictureTel New York Product Launch on YouTube
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PictureTel Corporation often shortened to PictureTel Corp was one of the first commercial videoconferencing product companies It achieved peak revenues of over 490 million in 1996 and 1997 and was eventually acquired by Polycom 1 in October 2001 PictureTel Corp TypePublicIndustryTelepresence amp VideotelephonyFoundedAugust 1984FoundersBrian L HinmanJeffrey G BernsteinDavid H StaelinDefunctOctober 2001HeadquartersDanvers Massachusetts United StatesProducts Partial list C 2000 CodecC 3000 CodecV 2100 Videoconferencing SystemV 3100Live50Live100Live200600 Series900 SeriesSystem 4000Concorde 4500Venue 2000LiveShare Plus Windows Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External linksHistory EditPictureTel was founded in August 1984 as PicTel by MIT students Brian L Hinman Jeffrey G Bernstein and MIT Professor David H Staelin LiveShare Plus MS WindowsThe team was also assisted initially by MIT Professor Michael Dertouzos and two of his grad students Greg Papadopoulos and Richard Soley While at MIT Hinman and Bernstein were motivated by the video compression work by UC Davis Professor Anil K Jain 1946 1988 and his colleague Jaswani R Jain who published an important research paper 2 combining block based motion compensation and transform coding in December 1981 The result was PictureTel creating one of the first real time systems 3 to implement motion compensation and transform coding in July 1986 PictureTel was funded as PicTel by an initial public offering in November 1984 becoming a public company on virtually its first day of business Product development started at this point Its name was changed to PictureTel in 1987 4 due to concern about potential name conflict with another communications company Pacific Telephone Co also known as PacTel While the company demonstrated its first product in 1986 the company did not have meaningful product sales until 1987 PictureTel s first product the C 2000 codec compressor decompressor was the first commercial implementation of this computationally intensive technology By analyzing the motion between successive frames rather than treating the frames as a sequence of unrelated images this algorithm was significantly more data efficient required the transmission of much less data than existing techniques Requiring less data also meant that it was compatible with emerging dial up data networks such as ISDN making its use less expensive and more flexible than the leased fixed location lines normally used for high speed data transmission at the time Subsequently most of the video compression standards for two way communications and video broadcast applications have been based upon motion compensation and transform coding including those most widely used today such as H 264 MPEG 4 AVC PictureTel played a strong role in developing the industry standards for video audio and data communications and released much of its technology for use free of charge In October 2001 PictureTel was purchased by Polycom a company that was co founded in 1990 by Brian Hinman and another early PictureTel employee Jeffrey Rodman Hinman and Bernstein would later be instrumental in creating 2Wire 5 See also EditAscend Communications Bonding protocol Compression Labs Inc International Multimedia Telecommunications ConsortiumReferences Edit Polycom To Acquire PictureTel Corporation May 2001 Archived 2010 12 04 at the Wayback Machine Displacement Measurement and Its Application in Interframe Image Coding December 1981 History of PictureTel Corp FundingUniverse https www sec gov Archives edgar data 755095 0000950135 96 001824 txt bare URL plain text file E Tahmincioglu Friends Don t Always Make Good Partners New York Times Sept 7 2006 Bibliography EditSmith Tom May 14 1990 PictureTel Codec Software to Improve Video Audio p 26 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a magazine ignored help Margolis Nell December 17 1990 PictureTel Prospers in Tough Times p 73 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a magazine ignored help Brown Bob October 19 1992 PictureTel Sets Sights on Desktop Market p 29 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a magazine ignored help Wexler Joanie M May 17 1993 PictureTel Makes Videoconferencing Cheaper p 58 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a magazine ignored help Chen Steven C M June 14 1994 PictureTel Corp PictureTel Live PCS 100 p 251 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a magazine ignored help Messmer Ellen January 23 1995 PictureTel to Unveil Group Share Data Collaboration Software p 4 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a magazine ignored help Cope James September 25 2000 Caterpillar to Launch Satellite Videoconferencing System p 88 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a magazine ignored help External links EditMIT amp PictureTel CNET PictureTel 900 Series Root Timothy D January 2000 Audio Communications Product Strategy for the 21st Century PDF DSpace MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology IT World Staff April 16 2001 PictureTel Slims Down Videoconferencing Device IDG Communications Inc 1993 PictureTel Promotion on YouTube 1995 PictureTel New York Product Launch on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title PictureTel Corp amp oldid 1079165635, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
