Optibase, a provider of video over IP services, has formed a partnership with HB Communications, a provider of audiovisual, video and professional audio services.

HB Communications will leverage Optibase’s IPTV platforms and video distribution systems as key elements in its total solution approach to create custom solutions that address its customers’ audio and video needs in boardrooms, conference centers, training rooms, distance learning centers, entertainment facilities, museums and houses of worship.

Through its partnership with Optibase, HB Communications is expected to now provide its customers with a full line of video encoders, ranging from the carrier-grade MGW 5100, and the MGW FlashStreamer, which provides internet encoding and streaming, to H.246 encoder, MGW Micro. Optibase encoders combine with the EZ TV Video Portal to provide access across organizations to live, VOD and NPVR content from set-top-box, PC and Mac clients.

Kevin Collins, vice president of HB Communications, said: Optibase’s IPTV solutions will allow us to continue the tradition of providing our customers the highest quality systems the industry has to offer while enabling us to reach new customers that require complex carrier-grade audio-visual systems. We look forward to taking on new and challenging opportunities, with Optibase as an essential partner to our success.