InAPAC 1 APAC NEWS APAC NEWS APAC NEWS APAC NEWS APAC NEWS APAC NEWS www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 9 - Issue 11 | December 2019 I NNOPIA Technologies has been selected as the first Korean ODM partner of Netflix for Hailstorm Hybrid program. At the Android TV Bangkok Summit event in November, INNOPIA officially announced a Netflix integrated, Android TV Hybrid STB platform (IMT-M748R). This is based on Amlogic silicon and Verimatrix security solutions. The Hailstorm Hybrid Program is Netflix’s Android TV based Hybrid STB device scaling program that provides operators in Pay TV market with verified scalable solution and accelerates time-to-market of the Netflix service for Pay TV operators. INNOPIA’s Netflix Hailstorm Hybrid Android TV platform is powered by Amlogic S905X2 SoC, which delivers 4K Android TV devices with reduced power consumption while providing best in class performance. Amlogic provides a smart and cost-effective strategy for operators over the complete product life cycle. Verimatrix ensures protection of UHD/4K through a layered security approach. The Amlogic SoC, certified via the VCAS security certification program, and the INNOPIA Android TV Hybrid STB platform, integrated with the Verimatrix ViewRight client security, meets the strongest security requirements specified by the MovieLabs’ Specifications for Enhanced Content Protection. Verimatrix provides the necessary isolation for content security, including decryption, from the otherwise open Android TV environment. INNOPIA Launches Netflix-integrated STB INNOPIA specialises in STB software development T he Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) recently hosted this year’s Asia Video Summit in Singapore. The summit focused on five key themes - business models, advertising, human capital, news, and policy. Partnerships cut across many of the discussions and sessions, especially when it came to the issue of piracy. Henry Tan, CEO of Astro, emphasised that a collaborative approach between industry and regulators was needed. Dr R S Sharma, Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, shared that India’s recent conversion to digital was a phenomenal achievement. As VOD streaming services grappling with monetisation, no clear consensus has emerged on the best model. Netflix continue with a pure subscription model while Janice Lee, MD of PCCW Media Group, said Viu revenues were today evenly split between advertising and subscription in their freemium model, but she believed subscription would be the more important. Mark Britt, Co-Founder and Group CEO of iflix, insisted that advertising was the key to unlocking consumer growth and loyalty. The consensus was that there was a great risk of over-regulation as the rapid development of OTT services in Asia was underlined in a discussion between Elaine Uy, Head of OTT for ABS-CBN; Gidon Freeman, VP, Government and Regulatory Affairs for NBCUniversal International; Sulyna Abdullah, Director of Public Policy South East Asia for Netflix; and Deepak Jacob, the Chief Regional Counsel India, South East Asia & Middle East for The Walt Disney Company. AVIA Hosts Asia Summit I deal Systems recently opened larger premises in Joglo, West Jakarta, to accommodate its continued growth in Indonesia and its rapidly expanding team. Speaking at the office opening Ideal Systems CEO for SEA, Mr Fintan Mc Kiernan said: “The rapid growth in our AV business in Indonesia is tracking that of our other SEA offices in Singapore and Malaysia where we are providing top tier organisations with pro-AV solutions including, Health Care, Education, Hospitality and Government sectors. “We have now delivered AV solutions to over 15 government departments in Singapore for example. This rapid growth in challenging market conditions highlights the unique synergy we obtain from combining our AV and broadcast engineering skills.” Mr Mc Kiernan said that with the blurring of the boundaries between AV and broadcast, Ideal’s “unique skillset” gave “a major competitive advantage in the marketplace to architect, design and deliver complex AV solutions”. The Ideal AV team under country head Mr Indra Syahputra has won several prestigious corporate AV projects. Ideal Systems Opens Larger Jakarta Office Ideal Systems’ Indonesia team Data Dock center M ainConcept, a leading provider of codec and streaming technology, has announced the licensing of its industry-leading transcoding technology to Japan-based Data Dock, Inc. Various MainConcept encoder packages are used within Data Dock’s new high speed transcoding service, allowing users to upload and process content into different formats for both the broadcast and OTT market. Data Dock’s new platform enables users to upload media files of any format to be transcoded into the desired target format while achieving ultra-fast processing via multiple transcoding servers simultaneously running MainConcept’s Transcoding SDK. To achieve parallelisation, the original stream is split into chunks with MainConcept libraries. All segments are transferred to the different transcoding servers. The nodes start transcoding the chunks before stitching them back together into a single stream. This allows a claimed 15x faster transcoding compared to a single transcoding server. The industry-leading MainConcept decoders for ProRes, AVC, HEVC, MPEG-2, etc. offer high flexibility for ingesting the many different formats. MainConcept enables the industry’s best performing video conversion in the highest quality by combining its Transcoding SDK with powerful H.264, H.265 and MPEG-4 Part 2 encoder packages. For distribution, MainConcept’s MPEG-DASH and HLS Multiplexing & Packaging SDKs generate adaptive bitrate compliant content for playback on almost any device. Data Dock Deploys MainConcept Technology
INNOPIA Technologies has been selected as the first Korean ODM
partner of Netflix for Hailstorm Hybrid program.
At the Android TV Bangkok Summit event in November, INNOPIA officially announced a Netflix integrated, Android TV Hybrid STB platform (IMT-M748R). This is based on Amlogic silicon and Verimatrix security solutions.
The Hailstorm Hybrid Program is Netflix’s Android TV based Hybrid STB device scaling program that provides operators in Pay TV market with verified scalable solution and accelerates time-to-market of the Netflix service for Pay TV operators.
INNOPIA’s Netflix Hailstorm Hybrid
Android TV platform is powered by Amlogic S905X2 SoC, which delivers 4K Android TV devices with reduced power consumption while providing best in class performance. Amlogic
provides a smart and cost-effective strategy for operators over the complete product life cycle.
Verimatrix ensures protection of UHD/4K through a layered security approach.
The Amlogic SoC, certified via the VCAS security certification program, and the INNOPIA Android TV Hybrid STB platform, integrated with the Verimatrix ViewRight client security, meets the strongest security requirements specified by the MovieLabs’ Specifications for
Enhanced Content Protection.Verimatrix provides the necessary
isolation for content security, including decryption, from the otherwise open Android TV environment.
INNOPIA LaunchesNetflix-integrated STB
INNOPIA specialises in STB software development
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) recently hosted this year’s
Asia Video Summit in Singapore.The summit focused on five key
themes - business models, advertising, human capital, news, and policy.
Partnerships cut across many of the discussions and sessions, especially when it came to the issue of piracy. Henry Tan, CEO of Astro, emphasised that a collaborative approach between industry and regulators was needed. Dr R S Sharma, Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, shared that India’s recent conversion to digital
was a phenomenal achievement. As VOD streaming services grappling with monetisation, no clear consensus has emerged on the best model. Netflix continue with a pure subscription model while Janice Lee, MD of PCCW Media Group, said Viu revenues were today evenly split between advertising and subscription in their freemium model, but she believed subscription would be the more important. Mark Britt, Co-Founder and Group CEO of iflix, insisted that advertising was the key to unlocking consumer growth and loyalty. The consensus was that there
was a great risk of over-regulation as the rapid development of OTT services in Asia was underlined in a discussion between Elaine Uy, Head of OTT for ABS-CBN; Gidon Freeman, VP, Government and Regulatory Affairs for NBCUniversal International; Sulyna Abdullah, Director of Public Policy South East Asia for Netflix; and Deepak Jacob, the Chief Regional Counsel India, South East Asia & Middle East for The Walt Disney Company.
AVIA Hosts Asia Summit
Ideal Systems recently opened larger premises in Joglo, West Jakarta, to
accommodate its continued growth in Indonesia and its rapidly expanding team.
Speaking at the office opening Ideal Systems CEO for SEA, Mr Fintan Mc Kiernan said: “The rapid growth in our AV business in Indonesia is tracking that of our other SEA offices in Singapore and Malaysia where we are providing top tier organisations with pro-AV solutions including, Health Care, Education, Hospitality and Government sectors.
“We have now delivered AV solutions to over 15 government departments in Singapore for example. This rapid growth in challenging market
conditions highlights the unique synergy we obtain from combining our AV and broadcast engineering skills.”
Mr Mc Kiernan said that with the blurring of the boundaries between AV and broadcast, Ideal’s “unique skillset” gave “a major competitive advantage
in the marketplace to architect, design and deliver complex AV solutions”.
The Ideal AV team under country head Mr Indra Syahputra has won several prestigious corporate AV projects.
Ideal Systems Opens Larger Jakarta Office
Ideal Systems’ Indonesia team
Data Dock center
MainConcept, a leading provider of codec and streaming technology,
has announced the licensing of its industry-leading transcoding technology to Japan-based Data Dock, Inc.
Various MainConcept encoder packages are used within Data Dock’s new high speed transcoding service, allowing users to upload and process content into different formats for both the broadcast and OTT market.
Data Dock’s new platform enables users to upload media files of any format to be transcoded into the desired target format while achieving ultra-fast processing via multiple transcoding servers simultaneously running MainConcept’s Transcoding SDK.
To achieve parallelisation, the original stream is split into chunks with MainConcept libraries. All segments are transferred to the different transcoding servers.
The nodes start transcoding the chunks before stitching them back together into a single stream. This allows a claimed 15x faster transcoding compared to a single transcoding server.
The industry-leading MainConcept decoders for ProRes, AVC, HEVC, MPEG-2, etc. offer high flexibility for ingesting the many different formats.
MainConcept enables the industry’s best performing video conversion in the highest quality by combining its Transcoding SDK with powerful H.264, H.265 and MPEG-4 Part 2 encoder packages.
For distribution, MainConcept’s MPEG-DASH and HLS Multiplexing & Packaging SDKs generate adaptive bitrate compliant content for playback on almost any device.
ConnecTechAsia Co-Chairs: Howie Lau (IMDA) and Chris Kilbee (Informa Markets)
ConnecTechAsia and Infocomm Media Development Authority
(IMDA) have formed an advisory committee to help steer the event.Co-chaired by Howie Lau, Chief Industry Development Officer, Industry Development Group, IMDA and Chris Kilbee, Executive Director, ASEAN, Informa Markets (organiser of ConnecTechAsia), the committee will provide expert industry insights on how ConnecTechAsia can best serve the needs of the telecoms, media and technology sector in the region.“Southeast Asia is experiencing rapid growth, and the continued organisation of ConnecTechAsia in Singapore is proof of the country’s role in the development of the region’s digital economy.“The formation of the advisory committee will strengthen the partnership between the public and private sectors, as Singapore seeks to continually improve its infocomm and media industries,” said Mr Lau.“Our aim is to continue to build
an event for the industry, by the industry, and the Public-Private sector collaboration between IMDA, ConnecTechAsia and our industry partners from the Advisory Committee, is key to delivering a strong programme that will help develop digital capabilities and drive digital transformation across all enterprise verticals, governments and societies in Singapore and beyond,” said Mr Kilbee.“As we stand at the cusp of Industry 4.0, our partnership with key technology leaders will bring an unparalleled depth of knowledge to build a platform that tackles key issues and the immense changes emerging tech such as 5G, IoT, data analytics and artificial intelligence will bring to our lives,” he added.The members of the committee are: Howie Lau, Chief Industry Development Officer, Industry Development Group, IMDA (Co-Chairman); Chris Kilbee, Executive Director, ASEAN (Informa Markets);
Christophe Cazes, CEO, APAC, Eutelsat (Co-Chairman); Chung Heng Han, SVP Oracle Systems APAC/EMEA (Oracle); Dennis Breckenridge, CEO, (Elevate Broadcast Pte Ltd); Dennis Chia, Chief Financial Officer (StarHub); Francis Choo, VP & Chief Country Executive (Ingram Micro, ASEAN & Hong Kong); Jonathan Goh, VP, Global Enterprise & Public Sector – ASEAN, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau (NOKIA); Khor Cheng Kian, Director, Industry Strategy – Communications & Media (Salesforce APAC); Merrick Wang, General Manager, APAC (China Mobile
International); Nicholas Ma, CEO (Huawei International); Sanjiv Bhagat, Executive Director Sales Management – ASEAN (AT&T Global Business); Tan Yuh Woei, Senior Director, Southeast Asia (FireEye); Andrew Milroy, Head of Advisory Services (Ovum); and Carsten Boeckmann, Director, Asia Pacific (Ovum).The committee will also guide how the event will address the rapidly changing digital economy that’s driving the future of business, as well as boost Singapore’s stature as Asia’s leader for digital transformation & innovation.
Japan’s TBS television broadcast station has built a news streaming
workflow with Blackmagic’s ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K, ATEM 1 M/E Production Studio 4Ks and ATEM 1 M/E Advanced Panels.This new facility is used for streaming daily news as well to provide extensive streaming news content covering Japan’s upcoming election campaign.TBS, one of Japan’s top commercial broadcasters, has grown their streaming programming as the demand for providing up to the minute news to non TV devices like smartphones and computers, has grown. The channel now includes a YouTube channel for breaking news, a 24 hours news streaming channel for satellite broadcast and news streaming for social media such as twitter and Facebook. All of these will include content created with the Blackmagic Design ATEM switchers, which were installed at TBS’ main Tokyo locations.A spokesperson for TBS’ Content Business Department, said: “We updated our streaming facility as part of a huge layout change for our news floor. When choosing the equipment
for the new workflow, we decided to use switchers that could also be used for the upcoming election campaign special programme, which happens once every few years. This is different from the past, where we used to build a temporal facility for only the special programme. But it was very tiring to
set up all the gear from scratch each time. So, we took this opportunity to upgrade our streaming equipment to be more versatile and permanent so that we could use it for the election campaign programme.”Hayato Aoyama, who handles the everyday streaming operation at TBS
TV, added: “We used to use just the Blackmagic ATEM 1 M/E Production Studio 4K for our 24 hours news streaming programme, but we needed more inputs and outputs to handle all of the new streaming content we were planning. So we then added the larger Blackmagic switchers, including the ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K and ATEM 1 M/E Advanced Panels, and another ATEM 1 M/E Production Studio 4K that we used just for our social media channels.”Each ATEM switcher receives pictures from television relay, VTRs and subtitles.Taking advantage of the ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K’s 20 inputs, TBS sends camera feeds to the switcher while using additional inputs for subtitles. Each ATEM switcher is also connected to an ATEM 1 M/E Advanced Panel via LAN.Audio from camera feeds on the ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K are sent to an audio mixer via Blackmagic’s Mini Converter SDI to Audio. Then all video and audio are sent to a matrix router and each programme is streamed via an encoder.
TBS TV ATEM News Streaming Workflow
TBS Television’s news streaming production facility
ConnecTechAsia and IMDA Form Advisory Committee
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Mediacorp continues to be the number one radio network in
Singapore, going by results of the latest Nielsen Radio Diary Survey.The survey also found that radio remains a key media channel, with over 88% of people here tuning in weekly. Collectively, Mediacorp stations reach four in five adults1
weekly and dominate majority of audience segments.Eight out of the top 10 stations belong to Mediacorp’s network. Chinese station LOVE 972 climbed to the top spot at 19.6% weekly listenership. CLASS 95 takes second spot overall at 19.2% after gaining an impressive increase of 142,000 listeners – the highest jump by any station and CLASS 95’s best showing in the last seven years.Other Mediacorp radio stations in the top 102 are: YES 933 (third place), CAPITAL 958 (fourth), 987 (sixth),
Warna 942 (seventh), GOLD 905 (ninth) and Oli (tenth).Mediacorp’s Chief Customer Officer Irene Lim said: “Once again, Nielsen’s findings affirm that Mediacorp’s radio network is number one, enjoying a strong presence in the lives of consumers across all key audience segments. As we continue making the shift from broadcaster to multiplatform media network, we will be delivering even more experiences designed around the consumer. This includes a more personalised digital listening experience with more interactive features over MeRadio.”The findings also show that Mediacorp’s array of stations gives it versatility to serve diverse audience segments. Love 972 has the highest
reach of women and silvers aged 55 and above. CLASS 95 dominated five audience segments: tertiaries aged 15 to 24, millennials aged 25 to 34, men,
Radio Remains Key Media ChannelIn Singapore
Irene Lim, Chief Customer Officer, Mediacorp
parents and PMEBs. Warna was the station that reached the most Malay listeners while Oli had the highest reach of Indian listeners.Conducted between September and October 2019, the survey tracked radio listenership of 2,003 adults aged 15 and above.Besides listening to Mediacorp stations over the airwaves, more people are also tuning in digitally, with Mediacorp reaching three in four digital listeners. YES 933 is the top digital radio station with digital listeners spending six hours weekly. CNA938, which was launched in June in a year marking the 20th anniversary of CAN added 21,000 listeners among PMEBs.According to Adobe Analytics,
Mediacorp’s MeRadio attracts more than 381,000 unique monthly visitors3 - this represents an 18% increase over the previous year4.
1The number of listeners aged 15 and above in Singapore is estimated at 3.8 million. 2Time Spent Listening (TSL) is defined as the average amount of time a listener spends listening to a radio station in a week. 3Adobe Analytics: Jan –Oct 2019. 4Adobe Analytics Period of comparison: Jan –Oct 2018 and Jan –Oct 2019. Base (‘000): People aged 15+ (4,320.) Source: Nielsen Radio Survey Wave 2, 2019 (Mon-Sun-Whole Day.)
Network 10, one of Australia’s largest television networks,
has selected AWS Media Services to support its video transport structure for remote production in South Africa for its upcoming season of the reality TV series I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here, and to enhance the streaming delivery for live-streamed sports and Network 10 shows, including The Bachelor, Australian Survivor, and MasterChef Australia.Network 10 is one of the first companies in Australia to use AWS Elemental MediaConnect, a cloud video transfer service, which provides secure and reliable delivery of live video content. The technology enabled Network 10 to transport video from Kruger National Park in South Africa to its Sydney-based production studio for I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here during the 2019 season, and will be used again in the upcoming seventh season.Using a combination of AWS Elemental MediaConnect and AWS Advanced APN
Technology Partner, Aspera’s High Speed Transfer Service, Network 10 reduced its production turn around window from overnight to less than two hours, and in some cases, only a few minutes.Jason Tuendemann, Chief Information and Technology Officer at Network 10, said: “Network 10 has been delivering high-quality content to the Australian public for more than 50 years, with a constant lookout for tools that allow us to innovate and improve our offering for our viewers.“By working with AWS, we have been able to speed up this process and deliver more content, and more importantly, richer content for production and advertisers. We are excited to be one of the first customers to use AWS Elemental MediaConnect in the Australian market, and to continue innovating with AWS tools and services.”Adam Beavis, Commercial Director for AWS in Australia and New Zealand, said: “The Australian broadcasting
industry is undergoing an incredible transformation using digital technology. Network 10 were charged with delivering a high-quality stream of live video content at a low cost – a task that AWS Elemental MediaConnect has made a reality. AWS is thrilled to continue to work with Network 10 to ensure it remains at the forefront of innovation.”This collaboration complements existing AWS Media Services used by Network 10, including AWS Elemental
(L-R) Adam Beavis (AWS) and Jason Tuendemann (Network 10)
MediaLive and AWS Elemental MediaConvert.Network 10 has worked with AWS since 2015 and uses a suite of AWS services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elasticsearch Service, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), and Amazon ElastiCache to store and process on demand and archival footage.
Comtech Telecommunications has entered into an agreement to
acquire UHP Networks (UHP) for US$40 million.
UHP is a leading provider of innovative and disruptive satellite ground station technology solutions. Founded in 2005, UHP is based in Canada and has developed technology that is transforming the Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) market.
Fred Kornberg, President and CEO of Comtech, said: “With end-markets for high-speed satellite-based networks significantly growing, Comtech’s
acquisition of UHP is a significant step in enhancing our solution offerings for the satellite ground station market.”
He added that extensive testing has revealed that UHP’s innovative implementation techniques for time division multiple access (TDMA) technology was best-in-class.
Vagan Shakhgildian, President of UHP, said: “I believe this strategic combination with Comtech is compelling.
“I expect our customers will significantly benefit from greater resources and capabilities than UHP
could provide on a standalone basis.”The acquisition will expand
Comtech’s product line in the satellite ground station market, which has a growing need for reliable, high capacity satellite equipment, particularly in the private and high-performance enterprise VSAT market.
It will also enable the company to integrate a TDMA technology into Comtech EF Data’s HEIGHTS platform (which includes HEIGHTS Dynamic Network Access (H-DNA) dynamic Single Carrier per Channel (dSCPC) technology).
Comtech To AcquireUHP Networks
ST Engineering iDirect has appointed Thomas Van
den Driessche and Frederik Simoens to key executive roles following the recent acquisition of Newtec Group.
Van den Driessche is named as President of the Executive Strategic Board and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). He will lead the newly-formed Strategy Group which comprises product lifecycle management, vertical market development, marketing and strategic business development. He will spearhead the company’s efforts to establish a new standard
in ground infrastructure to propel further transformation and market opportunity across the satcom industry. As CCO Van den Driessche will steer the global sales organisation to better serve customer needs as the industry evolves.
Newtec Executives In Key RolesAt ST Engineering iDirect
Thomas Van den Driessche, CCO Frederik Simoens, CTO
Thuraya in partnership with SCOTTY, a developer of beyond line-of-
sight (BLOS) satellite communication solutions based in Austria, has successfully conducted a live demonstration of its Aero Mobility capabilities platform - Thuraya Aero.
The demonstration replicated a real-time ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance) mission over satellite communications to key government customers.
The technology demonstration highlighted the reliability and effectiveness of Thuraya’s Aero solution for various ISR operations associated with border patrol, maritime and environmental
protection, in addition to disaster relief missions.
Thuraya CEO Ali Al Hashemi said: “By fulfilling the growing requirements for secure, always-on mobile satellite communications on land, at sea and in air, we are looking to expand our strong partnership with the UAE government. Today’s successful demonstration is a testament towards Thuraya’s capability to providing reliable aero mobility solutions to our global customers.”
Thuraya’s L-band satellite network enabled the real-time transmission of HD aerial video and position data from an inflight fixed-wing Diamond DA62 MPP surveillance aircraft to the
mission control centre.The live surveillance imagery,
flight tracking, and duplex data was displayed on the ground using SCOTTY´s Mobile HD portable receive station that supports critical applications including live exchange of ISR information, transmission of border/coastal patrol imagery and first-responder support.
Thuraya Conducts Aero Mobility Demonstration
Airbus, ESA and Eutelsat recently presented ground breaking
multibeam active antenna payload.Airbus’ ELSA+ (ELectronically
Steerable Antenna+) is a first for commercial satellite communications in Europe. The versatility of its performance represents a step change for communications satellites with a spacecraft able for the first time to adapt to the customers’ business cases by means of software control.
The electronically steerable reception antenna, works in Ku-band with eight independent reconfigurable beams.
This inherent flexibility enables the operator to reconfigure the radio frequency beams over the coverage zone, allowing for an unprecedented flexibility in multimedia and broadcasting services.
In addition, these capabilities can be implemented on each beam either independently or simultaneously including hop up to several tens of predefined different configurations per beam (beam hopping).
This new antenna technology complements new generation fully digital payloads where the operator can thus change the orbit position, frequencies and the power of their spacecraft.
Airbus Defence and Space in Spain is the prime contractor for this advanced instrument developed over four years. Airbus led an industrial group that included a group of 12 European companies, eight of them Spanish, to build this advanced system.
The Eutelsat Quantum satellite is due to be launched second half of 2020.
Eutelsat Quantum Elsa+ antenna(Picture courtesy of Airbus)
Thuraya Aero SCOTTY demonstration
Simoens has been appointed as CTO as ST Engineering iDirect seeks to
further its pioneering role in leading the satellite industry.
Simoens has served as Newtec’s CTO since 2015 and brings with him invaluable expertise in satcom, standardisation, physical layer technologies, networking and network virtualisation.
Kevin Steen, President and CEO, ST Engineering iDirect,
said: “We are in the midst of a pivotal time in the satellite communications industry, and the combination of Newtec and ST Engineering iDirect has created a company with unparalleled expertise at the forefront to the industry transformation.”
Arianespace and leading Malaysian satellite operator
Measat have signed a launch services contract for Measat-3d.
A new multi-mission telecommunications satellite, Measat-3d will be launched into geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5 heavy-lift launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center in 2021.
Commenting on this latest contract, Arianespace Chief Executive Officer Stéphane Israël said: “We are honoured that Measat entrusted the launch of Measat-3d to Arianespace, renewing a long standing partnership with this Malaysian operator that dates back to 1996.”
Measat-3d will serve the growth requirements of 4G & 5G mobile networks in Malaysia while continuing to provide redundancy and additional distribution capacity for video in HD, 4K, and ultimately 8K in the Asia-Pacific region.
When positioned at 91.5 degrees
East, Measat-3d will be co-located with Measat-3a and Measat-3b satellites to replace and enhance capacity in Malaysia, Asia, Middle East and Africa.
Measat-3d will carry multiple payload types: C- and Ku-band payloads for DTH television broadcasting and other telecom services, as well as
a high-throughput Ka-band payload for Internet connectivity. The satellite will also carry an L-band navigation payload for Korean satellite operator Kt sat.
Airbus Defence and Space built Measat-3d using the Eurostar E3000 satellite platform.
Measat Selects Arianespace For Launch Of Measat-3d
Measat-3d (Artist View)
At Operation Convergent Response (OCR2019) held in the Guardian
Center in Perry, Georgia, ST Engineering iDirect demonstrated its satcom solutions during the Cyberattack on Critical Infrastructure scenario.
With satellite-enabled mobile command vehicles, emergency response teams can send data - from video to voice - en route to and at the frontlines of a disaster site. These mobile command vehicles can also help residents connect with loved ones, coordinate essential services and restore communities.
Satellite also powers technologies used by disaster relief efforts such as video uplinks from drones and
Internet of Things (IoT) applications - especially in areas where traditional infrastructure has been disrupted.
ST Engineering iDirect’s satcom solutions powered a Kymeta u7 terminal mounted on a Can-Am vehicle so first responders can establish a common operating picture and build situational awareness directly from the scene.
The u7 terminal’s flat panel antenna, paired with an iDirect VSAT modem, is small enough to fit on a variety of emergency vehicles.
The technology allows for on-the-move and on-the-pause communications through satellite networks and continuity of operations
in any condition.ST Engineering iDirect is also worked
with Verizon to provide general communications support for attendees of OCR2019 with its cells-on-wheels (COWs) and Cells-on-Light-Trucks (COLTs) powered by Newtec VSAT solutions.
ST Engineering iDirect At OCR2019iDirect mobile cells
featured at OCR2019
Airbus space engineers are currently testing the Copernicus Sentinel-6A
satellite at the Space Test Centre of Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG) in Ottobrunn - near Munich - to prove its readiness for space.
During the test campaign, which will last until spring 2020, the Airbus team will check that the satellite is able to survive the severe conditions of launch and the space environment.
‘Copernicus Sentinel-6’ is an operational ocean altimetry mission to provide continuity of ocean topography measurements over the next decade. Sentinel-6 carries a radar
altimeter to provide high precision and timely observations of sea surface height on a global scale.
This information is essential for the continued monitoring of changes in sea levels, a key indicator of climate change. It is also essential for
operational oceanography. Mapping up to 95% of Earth’s ice free ocean every 10 days Sentinel-6 offers vital information on ocean currents, wind speed and wave height for maritime safety.
Two Sentinel-6 satellites for the European Copernicus Programme for environment and security have been developed under Airbus’ industrial leadership.
While it is one of the EU’s family of Copernicus satellite missions, Sentinel-6 is also being realised thanks to international cooperation between ESA, NASA, NOAA and Eumetsat.
Copernicus Sentinel-6A Satellite In Testing
Eutelsat Communications has signed a multi-year contract with Orao
Telecom Congo for video capacity aboard one of its satellites located at 7° East, a privileged position for Africa.
Philippe Oliva, Chief Commercial Officer, Eutelsat, said: “We are proud to have been selected by Orao to launch its new TV offer. This contract is a reflection both of the unparalleled reach of Eutelsat’s 7° East orbital position over DRC, as well as its compelling portfolio of services and solutions enabling broadcasters to reach viewers worldwide via a satellite/OTT service.”
In a first for the African continent, Orao Telecom Congo has also signed up to Eutelsat CIRRUS; Eutelsat’s hybrid satellite/OTT delivery of channels.
François Mbilo Bompate, President of the Directors Committee of Orao Telecom Congo, said: “We are delighted to embark on our first satellite broadcast venture with Eutelsat as our trusted partner, bringing high quality, original Congolese content to viewers in DRC and further afield.”
Orao has selected a satellite located at one of Eutelsat’s key positions to launch, from mid-December, a pay-TV bouquet of 15 channels featuring Congolese content made up of series, movies, sports, childrens’ shows and news.
The DTH bouquet will be offered via OTT to the Congolese diaspora worldwide.
Orao TelecomMulti-Year Signing For Eutelsat’s CIRRUS
In the communication world, we see a huge paradigm shift towards
harmonisation, and orchestration of networks.This means that the barriers and demarcation between networks and infrastructures is getting smaller and vague. As a broadcast and communications service provider, we see this as an opportunity to merge our satellite communication services with terrestrial services to realise a seamless network giving multiple means and interfaces of connectivity, and wider coverage.
SD-WAN IntegrationThanks to innovation on the ground, satellite connectivity will be an integral part of a global network in near future. One of the important innovations in satellite communication segment is the integration of Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) into satellite communication networks that allows seamless and secure connectivity between satellite connectivity to cloud service providers and enterprise users.The agnostic nature of SD-WAN simplifies connectivity at user end particularly in IoT and cloud connectivity. In areas where satellite is the only means for connectivity, the technology helps to improve user experience through customisable QoS management and traffic prioritisation on traffic such as VoIP and other mission critical applications.As for areas with multiple connectivity options, it allows a mixed usage of connectivity between satellite and other terrestrial physical technology such as MPLS, 4G/5G, wireless, etc. with optimisation technique such as load-balancing and increased service availability of offerings through redundant path.
Remote Terminal ProgressIn the radio wave aspect of connectivity, there has not been much evolution in the radio signal itself, however, there has been tremendous progress in the access technology of remote terminals.
Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) in the old days, and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) in recent days were the traditional access technology used in centralised hub networks. FDMA or Single Carrier Per Channel (SCPC) being the most bandwidth efficient using a fixed waveform, however lacking bandwidth flexibility, and TDMA being the most flexible using a burst type waveform, however being less efficient than FDMA.In recent new platforms, the benefits of both access technologies are incorporated into one radio waveform by producing a dynamic bandwidth carrier modifying its symbol rate depending on the demands. Also, Adaptive Code Modulation (ACM) is now incorporated into the return side of the satellite link to optimise MODCOD depending on the weather conditions where ACM was traditionally only for the forward side. These new technologies offer more efficiency with increased flexibility in terms of bandwidth allocation, and increased robustness against atmospheric attenuation, to give the communication customer reduced bandwidth cost while maintaining the quality of signal.
Vital Solution ElementsMost of the world today relies on software, however, software itself relies on hardware, therefore, hardware is a vital element in any solution available. When you look at hardware in the satellite world, there seem to be limited innovation because the radio technology seems to be
stagnant, with traditional Parabolic antennas with TWTA, waveguide, Low Noise Amplifier etc. However, there is a tremendous amount of innovation being considered.One of them is a flat panel antenna. Typical antenna used in a satellite communication application is a parabolic antenna which is a single element, where the antenna dish has a curved surface to converge radio waves into a focal point. However, a flat panel antenna uses phased arrayed antennas, a group of computer-scanned and controlled antennas which can produce a steerable beam of radio waves, even though the antennas remains stationary which enables the phased array antennas to be able to keep track of multiple satellites.Due to high costs and variable performance it offers, flat panel antennas had been niche limiting their market potential up to now. However, given that In-Flight Connectivity demands are growing, along with additional Non-GEO satellite constellations expected to come online after 2020, the industry has begun
taking a stronger interest in these antennas.Demand for connectivity in commercial aviation continues to grow, and the operating environment necessitates a low-profile design. This has been a key market driver for development of phased array technology for satellite connectivity
Evolving Satellite FlexibilityLast but not least, hardware in the space segment has been seeing evolution as well. The development of next generation flexible satellite is also a game-changer to satellite industry, equipped with new techniques such as beam-forming and digital payload, the flexible satellite will now be able to customise coverage and performance based on requirement.This type of satellite will significantly reduce the program management time needed by satellite operators to design a new satellite which is typically three to five years as well as allow mass production of satellite which will reduce cost in future.The flexibility and capability to dynamically allocate bandwidth, coverage and power on-the-fly in orbit, enhances satellite capability to serve customer segments such as aero, maritime and land-based mobility segment.Es’hailSat has been looking into these innovations and evolutions going on in all relevant industries and markets we are active in and will continue striving to offer better solutions to our existing, and prospective customers.
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A ceremonial event celebrated Gazprom starting in construction
of a spacecraft Assembly Integration and Test Facility (AIT Facility).The event was attended by Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Yury Urlichich, First Deputy Director General of the Roscosmos State Space Corporation, and Vadim Khromov, Deputy Head of the Government of the Moscow Region.The first ever fully integrated enterprise in the history of modern Russia for spacecraft assembly, integration and tests will be situated near the Telecommunications Center of Gazprom Space Systems.There facility will produce modern world-class spacecraft dedicated to civil applications for Gazprom Group companies as well as for other customers including the Roscosmos State Space Corporation. This will help expand the Yamal satellite communication orbital constellation and the Earth observation satellite
system - Smotr. These space systems provide for technological communication and monitoring of the production facilities of Gazprom Group companies.In addition, the production capacities are planned to be engaged in implementation of Sphere, a forward-looking program aimed at creating a multi-satellite orbital constellation to ensure data transmission on a public-
private partnership basis. AIT Facility sites will be supplied with state-of-the-art and highly automated equipment. All products will undergo multistage checking procedures, with unique test benches providing simulations of space exposure and forces occurred during rocket vehicle launches.
Gazprom And Roscosmos AgreementOn Satellite Production Facility
An agreement was signed on the basic principles of participation in the
AIT Facility Project
The enterprise capacity will allow for manufacturing of up to four mid-sized and large communications and Earth observation satellites or up to 100 small batch-produced spacecraft each year.It is planned to bring the facility into operation in 2022, with Gazprom AIT Facility LLC as the Project operator. Up to 2035 Gazprom intends to launch into orbit 14 company-owned satellites.During the event, Dmitry Sevastiyanov, Director General of Gazprom Space Systems, and Yury Urlichich, First Deputy Director General for the Development of the Orbital Constellation and Prospective Projects at the Roscosmos State Space Corporation, signed an agreement on the basic principles of participation in the AIT Facility Project.The document reflects the intention of the Roscosmos State Space Corporation to acquire a stake in the authorised capital of Gazprom AIT Facility LLC. The stakes of the shareholders are to be specified in a special corporate agreement at a later stage.
Australian government-owned infrastructure provider NBN
Co is delivering satellite services in collaboration with Speedcast to business and government users across regional and remote parts of the country.NBN Co’s new Business Satellite Service (BSS) leverages an extensive network designed, built and managed by Speedcast Managed Services, with access to up to 58 beams from 10 gateways, two data centres, and a network operations centre powering the company’s new high-data internet and IoT service offerings.“Last year, we announced a milestone contract with NBN Co that is expected to generate revenues of up to AU$184 million in total over a 10-year period. Business-grade connectivity services are in significant demand across Australia and we expect the use of satellite services to grow more than 30% by 2021. The launch of the BSS service is a great milestone and the result of tremendous work over the past 18 months by our Speedcast Managed Services team and very close cooperation with NBN’s teams,” said
Pierre-Jean Beylier, Speedcast CEO.“I want to thank NBN for their trust and support to bring this revolutionary BSS service to life. Working together with NBN we can reliably address customers’ connectivity needs, ensuring they can succeed in this digital era and have an opportunity to drive new business growth. This is just the beginning of an exciting future for businesses in Australia, who will be able to get connected like never before.”
NBN Co’s BSS offerings are initially focused on remote business requirements for high-data internet access and IoT services, with an additional product - Access Bandwidth Service - to launch next year.NBN Co’s BSS is a pioneering platform, showcasing the experience of NBN and Speedcast in delivering satellite services to business customers. Speedcast’s managed service supports an unparalleled range of services, technical capabilities, and service
NBN Co Deploys Business Satellite Servicelevels through best-in-class satellite technology, a custom-built OSS/BSS platform and a 24/7 network operations centre.Speedcast will play an important role in helping secure NBN Co’s future as an industry-leading infrastructure provider.Speedcast International Ltd is the world’s largest remote communications and IT services provider. The company delivers critical communications solutions through its multi-access technology, multi-band and multi-orbit network of 80+ satellites and an interconnecting global terrestrial network, bolstered by extensive local support from 40+ countries.Speedcast is positioned as a strategic partner, tailoring communications, IT and digital solutions to meet customer needs and enable business transformation. The company provides managed information services with differentiated technology offerings, including cybersecurity, crew welfare, content solutions, data and voice applications, IoT solutions and network systems integration services.
Arianespace recently orbited two geostationary satellites: TIBA-
1, for Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space on behalf of the Government of Egypt; and GX5 for the operator Inmarsat.The launch took place from the Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South America).With this latest success, Arianespace marked the 250th Ariane mission, a series that started with the first launch on December 24, 1979.Following the launch, Arianespace Chief Executive Officer Stéphane Israël said: “Arianespace is very proud to have launched the 250th Ariane on our eighth mission of the year, for Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space on behalf of the Government of Egypt, and for a leading operator, Inmarsat, which has entrusted Ariane for 10 of its satellite launches.“Over the past 40 years, the Ariane family has guaranteed both autonomous access to space for Europe and record availability for customers from around the world. Therefore, Arianespace fulfils its
fundamental mission: to put space at the service of a better life on Earth. And the Ariane story will continue next year with the advent of Ariane 6, that perfectly addresses the evolving needs of our customers.”TIBA-1 is a civil and government telecommunications satellite for Egypt developed by Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defense and Space as co-prime contractors. Thales Alenia Space is the consortium’s lead, and Airbus Defense and Space is the direct Arianespace customer for this mission. TIBA-1 will be owned and operated by the government of Egypt. TIBA-1 is the fourth satellite to be
launched by Arianespace for Egypt, with Arianespace having deployed the three satellites for the operator Nilesat between 1998 and 2010. TIBA-1 also is the 22nd satellite launched by Arianespace for a mission in the cooperation between Airbus Defense and Space and Thales Alenia Space.GX5 marks the 10th time since 1981 that Inmarsat has chosen Arianespace, reflecting the strength of this long-standing partnership.Inmarsat GX5 is a mobile communications satellite built by
Thales Alenia Space for Inmarsat. It will provide mobile services across the Middle East, Europe and the Indian sub-continent.As the most advanced satellite in the GX constellation, GX5 will deliver greater capacity than the entire existing GX fleet combined (GX1-GX4). A very high throughput satellite (VHTS), GX5 will address the rapid growth in customer demand for GX services in Europe and the Middle East, particularly for satellite Ka-band Wi-Fi services from the Global Xpress (GX) fleet.
Ariane Launches TIBA-1 And Inmarsat GX5VA250 orbited TIBA-1 and GX5
Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space TIBA-1 and Inmarsat’s GX5
WORK Microwave has announced a new partnership with SAIT,
a leader in the high-throughput data handling and transmission systems for small satellites and manned space systems, to provide downlinks for CubeSat and SmallSat applications.Recently, the companies completed a successful communication transmission test between WORK Microwave’s industry-leading AR-80 wideband demodulator and SAIT’s space qualified transceiver, proving that their combined solution is ready to power space, commercial, government, and science missions.“Performance is an important metric of satellite communications equipment, especially for space missions,” said Andrew Kuzmenko, CTO at SAIT. “Teaming up with WORK Microwave, we are able to provide an extremely powerful and reliable solution for space-born missions and satellite earth observation.”SAIT’s transmitter portfolio supports everything from CubeSats to large satellites and deep space spacecraft, offering up to 10 years’ design life.
The company’s downlink transmitters feature the industry’s highest throughput, state-of-the-art adaptive error correction coding and modulation, flexible interface options, and small size, weight, and power.Seamless integration between SAIT’s space transceiver and WORK Microwave’s AR-80 wideband demodulator ensures that satellite downlink operations run smoothly. WORK Microwave’s AR-80 demodulator offers an unparalleled high performance at one of the
industry’s lowest price points for specialised satellite downlink receivers.“From a technology perspective, SAIT and WORK Microwave are very compatible, each bringing distinct expertise to the satellite communications domain,” said Joerg Rockstroh, Director of Digital Products, WORK Microwave. “Our AR-80 demodulator supports SAIT with efficient downlinks from their CubeSat
transmitters, featuring 1+Gbps throughput to address the needs of mission customers.”
The combined solution was shown at Space Tech Expo Europe 2019 in Bremen, Germany.SAIT is a leader in the high-throughput data handling and transmission systems for small satellites and
manned space systems, producing high-speed (1+ Gbps) X-band downlink transmitters and on-board
memory units.In addition, SAIT build innovative synthetic aperture radar system for small satellites.
WORK Microwave leverages over 30 years of experience to anticipate market needs and apply an innovative and creative approach to the development of frequency converters, DVB-S2/S2X equipment, and other digital signal processing technologies, while maintaining the highest standards for quality, reliability, and performance.WORK Microwave’s Satellite Communication division develops and manufactures high-performance, advanced satellite communications equipment for telecommunications companies, broadcasters, integrators, and government organisations that are operating satellite earth stations, satellite news gathering vehicles, flyaways, and other mobile or portable satellite communication solutions.
WORK Microwave Teams Up With SAIT
WORK Microwave AR-80 wideband demodulator
WORK MicrowaveCubeSat transmitter
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A Shot Across the BowOn November 18, 2019, FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Chairman Ajit Pai, informed Congress that his agency planned to run a public auction for C-band spectrum. It was an outright rejection of the plan put forward by the C-band Alliance of satellite operators to sell the spectrum directly to 5G wireless carriers.The decision was a major blow to Intelsat, SES and Telesat, which had invested considerable time and money in their proposal to the FCC and in revising it over time to sweeten the deal. In the case of Intelsat, with its heavy debt load, the news caused a 40% drop in its stock price. It was much better news for mobile carriers that may have access to C-band for 5G services sooner than expected. The definition of “sooner” remains in flux, however, because the satellite operators could mount a legal challenge to the FCC’s decision that would delay an auction for many months or even years. Much may remain unknown and uncertain for some time to come.One thing is certain, however. The FCC’s decision was a shot across the bow for media companies distributing video content via satellite. The C-band has long been central to that distribution, and the FCC’s decision signals that the “good old days” are getting older even faster than anyone expected.
Relocating ServicesThe C-band Alliance plan aimed to generate a big payday from private auctions of spectrum to wireless carriers, and the alliance committed to spending part of those proceeds on helping media industry customers relocate their contribution and distribution services to higher frequencies in the C-band and beyond it to Ku-band. This will require repointing antennas at both the hub and remote sites, replacing antennas in some cases, and new transmission gear with advanced coding and modulation capabilities at both hub
and remote, not to mention advanced filtering devices needed on every single C-band system in the US to block terrestrial interference. Needless to say, freeing up the proposed 300 MHz of C-band spectrum will involve a lot of work and expense, but having ample funds available would ease much of the sting for media companies.Among the unknowns after November 18, however, is whether that pot of money will still be available. A public auction run by the FCC is almost certain to generate less money overall than the private auctions - that’s one of the reasons for the FCC’s decision. From those funds, it is expected that satellite operators will be compensated for the loss of the lease on the spectrum. How much they will receive and how much will be available to their customers are open questions. Net-net, a media distribution executive could be excused for thinking the “C” in C-band stands for “confusion.”
Accelerating the Media TrendIn the early days of television, all distribution to local stations took place over the ground. AT&T Long
Lines had a monopoly on the business until the rise of cable TV led HBO, Turner Broadcasting and the Christian Broadcasting Network to turn to satellite in the mid-Seventies. PBC became the first broadcaster to distribute programming by satellite in 1978. Today, most distribution of cable and broadcast TV to homes, local stations and cable headends moves over satellite, and most of that is C-band.Starting in 2005, companies like YouTube, Apple and Amazon began streaming video and audio content across the public internet. Fast-forward to 2019, and the streaming of TV shows and movies has accelerated at an astounding clip.Viewing hours in the US for streaming content grew 72% from Q1 2018 to Q1 2019, according to Conviva. That growth rate itself is 50% faster than in the prior year.On a global basis, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) reported that subscriptions to streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime surpassed cable TV for the first time in 2018, reaching 613.3 million (a 27% rise from 2017), while cable subscriptions dropped 2% to 556 million.Cable and satellite still bring in the lion’s share of subscription revenue, but cord-cutting is whittling it down year by year. In May 2019, the consultancy informitv published an analysis reporting that pay TV providers lost 3.2 million subscribers in 2018 and, by the first quarter of 2019, were losing an estimated 14,000 subscribers per day.
How the FCC C-band DecisionWill Impact the Media Business
Michele Scotto, Senior Vice President, Speedcast, considers plotting your distribution future in uncertain times...
Resetting the TimetableSavvy media companies have seen the writing on the wall for a while. Disney’s November announcement of its Disney+ streaming service made it crystal clear: the future of entertainment distribution is the global network-of-networks called the internet. But those same savvy media companies had reasonable expectations of a major if declining revenue stream from pay TV services for years to come, which would help fund the transformations demanded by the market.The FCC’s action has reset the timetable. A public C-band auction faces media companies with the prospect of making significant investments in cable and satellite distribution at a time when they need to dial back investment to maximize the value of a declining revenue stream. That is driving engineering and operations decision-makers to take a step back and rethink how else programming can be delivered cost-effectively, with high quality and reliability.
A New ModelWhat will be required of a new distribution model should C-band satellite effectively disappear from the skies above the United States? • It must provide a terrestrial path to cable headends, local stations and, ideally, home viewers without deploying costly new network infrastructure. • It must deliver the same high technical quality and reliability as satellite has long offered. • It must offer the multi-cast (one to many) economic benefits of satellite distribution, and the one-stop-shop benefits of a service managed by a single vendor.
Global IP TransportIt is a daunting list of requirements - or would be, if Speedcast had not already developed a ready-to-deploy solution.In September 2019 Speedcast announced a major upgrade to its Global IP Transport service. Global IP Transport uses a mix of technologies - MPLS, the public internet and satellite - to deliver stable, high-quality video
feeds under almost any network conditions. Making that possible are: • An intelligent management platform that selects transmission paths based on availability and monitors and routes around internet congestion, supported by video recovery algorithms and strong encryption. • IP multicast for multipoint distribution of common content. • Direct Connect services with major cloud providers enabling content to move into, across and out of the cloud at minimal cost. • Edge devices featuring full H.265 4:2:2 encoding and decoding to ensure superior video quality (SD, HD, UHD and 4K) at lower bandwidths
and offering both SRT and RIST interoperability. • An end-to-end managed service from multiple network operations centres staffed by highly-qualified technicians and engineers.
Reaching Wherever Your Content GoesCable MSOs serve audiences from the dense centres of cities to the most rural reaches of the county. Speedcast Global IP Transport is designed with that in mind. Programming traverses MPLS fibre networks where available and the public internet where needed. For headends and stations in broadband-poor markets, Speedcast can implement a Ku-band satellite
solution managed by the same network management platform. By mixing best-of-breed technologies, Speedcast delivers cost-effective media distribution with as
many nines as your content requires, without locking you into proprietary vendor solutions.
Mobile LTE for ContributionBonding the bandwidth of multiple cellular services, the Speedcast Media Network’s Mobile LTE offering is a fully managed service for quick uplinking of live news, sports, and events as well as for remote communications. Offered as a capex-free service that eliminates expensive hardware costs and the need for an expensive newsgathering fleet or flypack equipment, SMN Mobile LTE is a 5G-ready service is the first to support all nine leading IP mobile/wireline low-latency video protocols. It provides real-time video encoding and leverages Speedcast Media Network’s global hybrid network infrastructure to provide satellite-to-fibre, cellular-to-satellite, cellular-to-dedicated fibre, and cellular-to-IP extended connectivity. All live video feeds can be managed from the cloud for scalable and real-time video processing.
How the FCC C-band DecisionWill Impact the Media Business cont’d...
The Speedcast AdvantageSpeedcast International Ltd is
the largest provider of remote communications and IT services in the world. Speedcast’s fully-managed service is delivered via a leading global, multi-access technology, multi-band and multi-orbit network of 70+ satellites and an interconnecting global terrestrial network, bolstered by extensive on-the-ground local support from 40+ countries.
This global network allows customers to fully rely on the most robust, integrated infrastructure available in the market for their mission critical applications.
Speedcast is uniquely positioned as a strategic business partner, tailoring communications, IT and digital solutions to meet unique customer needs and enable business transformation. Speedcast extends its managed services with network systems integration and field maintenance services. With a passionate customer focus and a strong safety culture, Speedcast serves more than 2,000 customers in over 140 countries in sectors such as Media, Maritime, Energy, Mining, Enterprise, Cruise, NGOs and Government.
Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has announced that
a leading Angolan satellite services company has signed a contract for C-Band HTS capacity on the newly launched AMOS-17 communication satellite.The Angolan company will utilise capacity on AMOS-17 primarily for cellular backhaul to better connect rural and low-density communities throughout the Southern African country.
AMOS-17’s C-band HTS capabilities enable the satellite to target all of Angola with a single beam rather than use a number of smaller beams, as in most other HTS satellite. This technological advantage leads to economic benefits by reducing the client’s initial CAPEX costs as well as providing lower
ongoing OPEX costs for it and its customers. Spacecom’s Vertical Solutions Division is supporting infrastructure deployment for the Angolan company.Spacecom Sr. VP of Sales, Jacob Keret reported: “We are excited to welcome back this Angolan satellite service provider to the AMOS family. AMOS-17, expected to begin commercial services later in 2019, is already bringing new
and repeat customer business. We are very satisfied to see this movement. Within a short time, Spacecom have three satellites serving Africa: AMOS-7, AMOS-4 and AMOS-17 all of which are enabling clients to reduce Africa’s digital divide.” Spacecom, operator of the AMOS-3 and AMOS-7 satellites co-located at 4°W, and AMOS-4 at 65°E, provides high-quality broadcast and communication services to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia via direct-to-home (DTH) operators, Internet service providers (ISPs), telecom and
Angolan Company Agrees Spacecom AMOS-17 C-Band Capacity
MNO operators, network integrators and government agencies.With AMOS-17, Spacecom further expands its reach in Africa and Asia, reinforcing its position as a leading multi-regional satellite operator.
