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The Switch, the platform for the production and

global transmission of live video, was pivotal in delivering uninterrupted live linear TV broadcasts and online streaming of the recently run ninth Hengshui Lake International Marathon.

Working in partnership with Chinese media production and content packaging company New Force Media, The Switch delivered coverage to international broadcasters - as well reaching marathon fans worldwide via live streaming websites.

“The Hengshui Lake International Marathon shows how The Switch can simplify the production and delivery

of broadcast and over-the-top content, taking one live stream and seamlessly building out traditional linear and OTT deliverables,” said Nicholas Castaneda, Senior Vice President of Sales at The Switch.

“This is the second marathon in China that we have collaborated with New Force Media on and we are looking forward to working with them again on more live events. Both projects demonstrate the value of The Switch’s 30 years of experience in bringing connectivity to places others can’t. We have nodes in every major city in China and can help broadcasters and event organizers reach the widest

possible audience, anywhere in the world.”

The Switch also supported the global broadcast and streaming of the Lanzhou International Marathon that was held in June.

The Switch Goes The Distance

Long-distance running is increasingly popular(Picture: Hengshui Lake International Marathon Organizing Committee)

The largest NEXUS network ever built by the Berlin-based manufacturer

Stage Tec was used to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

In all, 58 Base Devices, 12 STAR routers and 12 mixing consoles were deployed in Beijing.

The parade, procession and gala event were broadcast nationwide by CCTV. Worldwide distribution was handled by CGTN Global Television Network (formerly CCTV International).

“CCTV has been one of Stage Tec’s largest customers for audio consoles

and NEXUS networks since 2007 and is very pleased with their reliability and redundancy capabilities, which are particularly important for live broadcasts,” said Zeng Dong, Managing Director of Stagetec Media Technology. “The audio quality and features of the mixing consoles are also convincing. And the possibilities offered by NEXUS in terms of network size and format conversion were clearly demonstrated at the celebrations marking China’s 70th anniversary.”

For sound reinforcement and recording, a huge NEXUS network with three routers and 33 Base Devices as signal distributors was installed.

The sounds of the various events were input via 592 TrueMatch microphone converters.

The 12 consoles and I/O systems were distributed in four OB trucks and four sound studios.

Largest Ever Stage TecNEXUS Network For China

One of the two 56-fader AURUS consoles used by CCTV

At Inter BEE 2019, Harmonic will demonstrate how operators

can enhance video quality across all screens, unify their OTT and broadcast delivery and launch channels faster with software and SaaS solutions.

Harmonic will demonstrate how its VOS360 SaaS is unifying OTT and broadcast delivery workflows, allowing operators to launch video streaming services faster, be more agile and streamline video distribution. Several unique workflows for SaaS will be shown, including low-latency delivery for broadcast and OTT, HD/UHD channel origination, dynamic ad

insertion and more efficient live video streaming relying on the company’s new CDN-enabled primary distribution solution.

At the show, Harmonic will highlight real-world deployments of hybrid SDI/IP, UHD and HDR playout and on-premises/cloud-based channel origination for OTT and broadcast workflows.

Harmonic is leading the charge for high-quality 8K video with delivery solutions for 8K connected TVs. At Inter BEE, Harmonic will demonstrate

8K streaming solutions, along with its EyeQ content-aware encoding (CAE) technology, which reduces the required bandwidth by up to 50% while improving quality of experience. AI-based video compression for live applications will also be demonstrated, showing how it can reduce bit rates for broadcast and IPTV delivery, improve QoE for OTT and increase density for all applications.

Harmonic VOS 360 SaaS

Rajamangala University of Technology (RMUT) in Thailand has

chosen a Neo-19 series Channel-in-a-Box playout system as the heart of a new online TV channel.

Operated by staff and students of the university’s Mass Communication Technology faculty, the channel will form a basis for training in the techniques of broadcast television content production and distribution.

“RMUT chose PlayBox Neo for its operational versatility, its proven robustness and as the clear brand of choice among broadcasters in the Asia Pacific region and around the world,” comments Sathiti Silayaeng, Sales Engineer at O’Connor’s (Thailand) Company Limited which coordinated the project. “We were able to specify a solution exactly meeting the Mass Communication Technology faculty’s requirements by selecting relevant modules such as TitleBox Neo from the Neo19 range of software. Installed at the university’s Thanyaburi campus, these are running on a PlayBox Neo high-definition server with an integral IP streaming output. It is a highly compact solution which interfaced easily with the faculty’s archive server. Installation, configuration and staff training were all completed on schedule and to the MCT’s full satisfaction.”

“This is an excellent example of educational television at its most efficient, added Nut Deesamer, PlayBox Neo Branch Director, Thailand.

PlayBox NeoPowers ThaiUniversityHDTV Channel

RMUT has installed a Neo-19 series Channel-in-a-Box playout system

Harmonic Highlights LiveVideo Streaming

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CommScope has announced its continued partnership with Foxtel,

Australia’s leading Pay TV operator, to bring The New Foxtel Experience to subscribers across the country.

The New Foxtel Experience leverages CommScope technology to deliver thousands of hours of TV and on-demand movies as well as access to Netflix for subscribers through Foxtel’s iQ4 set-top box. Whether subscribers are streaming videos, recording live programming, or browsing through Foxtel’s massive on-demand library, the iQ4 makes it simple to get everything they want all in one place.

CommScope’s Professional Services group worked with Foxtel to deliver the iQ4’s full-stack software platform,

which integrates to multiple back-office systems to provide a seamless broadcast and IP connected user experience.

The iQ4combines broadcast satellite and IP capabilities in a single, powerful device capable of delivering 4K broadcast resolution, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and a 1TB hard-drive - allowing subscribers to watch what they want, when they want, the way it was meant to be watched.

“Our work with Foxtel highlights our continued leadership and combined expertise in professional services and software integration,” said Steve

McCaffery, Senior Vice President of Service Providers, International, CommScope.

“We are setting a new standard for the television experience by combining the latest technology in support of the growing number of video formats that consumers enjoy.”

CommScope Helps Foxtel Redefine Aussie TV

Foxtel iQ4 STB platform

Calrec Shanxi TV Brio

India’s Times Network have adopted the Quicklink TX Quad to introduce

guest contributions into their live daily news bulletins.

Times Network, headquartered in Mumbai, India, has a global presence across 100 countries and includes prestigious brands such as Times Now,

ET Now, Mirror Now, Movies Now, MN+, Romedy Now and MNX. Times Now News, the digital arm of Times Network, has adapted itself to serve the diverse nature, interests and delivery of its content-savvy audience.

“We use the Quicklink TX in our daily news bulletins and our recorded shows. The quality of our Quicklink TX is excellent,

and the configuration was simple and straight forward,” said Vignan Kumar, AVP Technical & Broadcast Operations at Times Network.

The Quicklink TX, designed in partnership with Microsoft, is a video call management system. It is a transceiver that enables professional reception and transmission of multiple Skype video calls through SDI inputs/outputs and HDMI interface.

As the Quicklink Skype TX can receive from and send to any Skype user it provides unrivalled global access to millions of Skype users in order to broadcast the calls in HD quality.

Times Network Selects Quicklink TX

Times Network India deploys Quicklink Tx

KVM manufacturers Guntermann & Druck (G&D) will be presenting

a range of high-performance KVM systems for broadcast and entertainment professionals at this year’s Inter BEE in Tokyo.

Together with their partners from DIGIcas, G&D will be showcasing their latest innovation for transmission over IP - a KVM matrix for KVM-over-IP.

With the ControlCenter-IP, the ControlCenter-Digital and the ControlCenter-Compact, G&D present three first-class digital matrix systems that meet the pulse of time. Whether transmission via IP structures

or classically dedicated, whether compact or modular, G&D will bring the best of both worlds to Japan. In addition, the company provides the broadest KVM portfolio on the market and can always come up with effective solutions for the versatile technical requirements of the broadcast

industry.According to their quality promise

“made in Germany”, G&D KVM experts will advise visitors to the trade fair also on all aspects of their classic KVM product range.

The modular ControlCenter-Digital matrix and the compact ControlCenter-

Compact series both offer a wide range of functions and signals, including loss-free transmission and switching of video signals up to 4K at 60 Hz.

By using the in-house HDIP compression technology in the latest development stage, Level 3, the systems require less bandwidth to transmit signals.

G&D KVM Presence At Inter BEE 2019

G&D ControlCenter-IPMatrix System

China-based Shanxi Television has chosen a Calrec Brio36 audio

console for its news programming and multi-purpose talk shows.

The Brio is installed in a new studio, which was initially used for covering the recent China National Youth Games with more than 10 hours of live broadcasting produced in the studio each day. This is the broadcaster’s second Brio installation with the first installed a year ago.

Mr Wu Jie, Supervisor of the technical department of Shanxi Television, commented, “We have been very happy with our first Brio, which has proved to be intuitive to use, with great sound quality and stability. The last point is very important. The intuitive I/O connections and simple-to-use software and surface helped us save a lot of time during installation in this new studio and with the training, too.”

Shanxi Television is a network in the Taiyuan and Shanxi province that broadcasts in Jin Chinese. For the China National Youth Games, they received signals from multiple venues and the hosts and guests adding commentary and comment in the studio.

Mr Wu Jie explains that they set up the new studio in 10 days, with five days of training, with the Brio’s clear design making it easy for operators to master quickly. Also, functions like swapping a fader on an individual strip, ALT-input, auto mixing and the fact that labelling channel strips is easy are also highlighted, along with the support Calrec partner RAC Pro provided throughout the process.

Later this year, Shanxi Television will be working with 4K content and they anticipate that the Brio’s 5.1 capabilities and expandability will make the use of 4K go smoothly.

Shanxi TV Deploys Second Brio

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Digistor recently completed the refresh of the Dejero cellular

blended technology at Network 10 and helped them deploy the latest EnGo and WayPoint equipment at their news operations in Australia.

Network 10 compared alternatives and were most impressed with the Dejero solution and how it would continue to help them efficiently capture breaking news.

They had already recognised the growing value of cellular bonded technology and how it was set to transform the delivery of broadcast quality live feeds from anywhere in the world; cost-effectively, conveniently and with much greater flexibility.

With that in mind, Network 10 carried out extensive evaluations of alternate technology before committing to an entire fleet of Dejero EnGo transmitters and WayPoint receivers.

On the increasing prevalence of blended cellular technology, Network 10 BCC Supervisor Rafael Oort explained: “It’s always hard to predict

live cross windows in breaking news so booking in satellite windows, as we previously did, became expensive and inefficient and we needed an alternative.”

He said: “It could be rapidly deployed while delivering low latency, HD and SD formats and broadcast quality for live or pre-recorded content. The Dejero solution provided high-quality video at low bandwidths, was cost-effective and

flexible. It also enabled us to send content either live or via store-and-forward back to the station.”

According to Oort the benefits of the Dejero solution didn’t stop there: “The Dejero’s ability to handle poor cellular network conditions is another major bonus. Then there are further benefits in the system’s adaptive bitrate encoding to automatically minimise

visual artefacts in footage that goes live to air. Finally, Dejero provide 24/7 support for our camera crews, which is also a must. Our crews are deployed internationally and need to be able to call for technical support around the clock. In other words, the Dejero solution had it all.”

Oort has used Dejero solutions for some time and speaks highly of their evolution, adding: “We’ve seen the solution improve significantly over the years. Camera crews are doing live crosses from a backpack, and they’re loving the ability to be agile on location without being tied to a long cable. Their picture quality has also vastly improved. We’re also becoming more confident with Dejero’s bonded technology as it has become more widespread globally.”

Having integrated return IFB to remote crews also makes the entire live cross set up much easier to manage from an MCR perspective.

Oort said: “The crews can power on, transmit and be live in a matter of seconds, anywhere in the world, without having to line up cumbersome microwave links and SNGs. This functionality was particularly effective during the last Olympics where, because of the Dejero infrastructure, we were able to deploy multiple crews and file all our stories at minimal cost.”

Network 10 is using their new Dejero

solution for the delivery of live and pre-recorded HD and SD news and sport content and for their production programmes.

“Typically camera crews file footage from the field either live or store-and-forward the feed for ingestion into 10’s system for editing, Oort said. “With our current fleet of 20 Dejero transmitters, the solution supplements our DENG and SNG resources and provides more live content from the field domestically and internationally. A single camera person can be deployed at short notice and be live from anywhere in the world. Fast, flexible and efficient.”

In the interests of full disclosure Oort felt that he could not fully conclude Network 10’s experience with their new Dejero solution without mentioning the role Digistor has played in supplying

and implementing it saying: “Over many years working together, Digistor has been excellent to deal with and always understanding of our needs. Much like the Dejero solution, it doesn’t get any better than that.”

Digistor Completes Dejero Refresh at Network 10

Network 10’s VJ Phoebe Bowden using the EnGo

EnGo being used to file vision in Japanfor the 2019 Rugby World Cup

Cameraman Mark Alexander usingthe EnGo at the 2019 Rugby World Cupin Oita Stadium

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Across Indonesia, football fans are now able to watch

the UEFA Champions League (UCL) and UEFA Europa League (UEL) in HD.

This is as a result of a new partnership by media group Surya Citra Media (SCM), satellite direct-to-home TV provider Nex Parabola and satellite operator SES.

SCM has secured the exclusive broadcast rights for the 2019/20 football seasons of UCL and UEL which will be delivered to Nex Parabola customers via the SES-9 satellite.

“With SES-9, we are able to maximise our reach and deliver an unparalleled viewing experience in premium

HD format to audiences across the country, whether they are watching us on their home TVs or at the neighbourhood warung,” said Junus Koswara, President Director of Nex Parabola.

Yew Weng Soo, Vice President, Sales & Market Development, Asia Pacific of SES Video, said: “Our partnership with Nex Parabola is testament to our satellite fleet’s capabilities of delivering prime international content to viewers around the globe in the best quality possible, wherever they are.”

The two European football channels will be packaged together with exclusive content

from SCM Group. These new channels include Citra Cinema, Citra Drama Plus, Citra Muslim and Citra Dangdut, providing a variety of lifestyle, entertainment and religious content for Nex Parabola customers.

SES Delivers HD European Soccer To Indonesia

Partnership is delivering HD European soccer to Indonesia via SES-9

Orby TV has selected Globecast to provide a wide range of turnkey

broadcast media operational services for the nascent pay TV startup.

Launched throughout the lower 48 United States in spring 2019, Orby TV offers a high-quality and affordable

prepaid, pay-as-you-go satellite pay TV service directly to consumers at a low cost with no contract and no Internet service required.

Michael Thornton, CEO of Orby TV, said, “Globecast is providing to Orby TV complete and comprehensive

broadcast operations. Globecast has vast experience in media management, with extensive programmer relationships and excellent fibre and satellite connectivity. Its expertise and strong operational performance was vital to the successful early days for Orby TV, as our

satellite service gains a foothold across the United States with consumers looking for a combination of quality lean-back television, low prices, and flexibility in managing their payTV services from month-to-month.”

Globecast is handling Orby TV’s full broadcast operations on a 24/7 basis at its Globecast Media Center in Culver City, CA. Globecast is managing Orby TV channel aggregation, providing Orby TV’s co-location services, handling technical operations and the uplinking of the channels to the high-powered Ku-band capacity on Eutelsat’s EUTELSAT 117 West A satellite at 117° West.

Globecast Selected By Orby TV

Orby TV Channel Guide

Pascal Wauthier, SDA Chairman

Paradigm and 4K Solutions have announced that its MANTA

‘Comms-on-the-Move’ satellite solution has been adopted by multiple US Army direct action units for deployed mobile operations.

The discreet, low-profile MANTA met the unit’s specific requirements for a fully integrated system due to space restrictions on-board the vehicles. The MANTA’s integrated PIM technology also provides crucial connectivity situational awareness for the soldiers, allowing full control over satellite selection and operation of the terminal, simplifying satellite operations.

“The MANTA terminals have allowed the Communications Soldiers to free up much needed cargo space in their HMMWV’s and their tactical Polaris side-by-sides. The Communications Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO’s) are extremely pleased with the ease of install, ease of use and data bandwidth,” said David Theriault, President of 4K Solutions.

Ulf Sandberg, Managing Director of Paradigm, added: “It’s very exciting to be adopted by a customer operating in truly demanding and challenging environments and it clearly demonstrates the operational

simplicity and suitability of this simple to use high performance terminal for the military and government sectors.”

The MANTA solution requires no specific satellite skillset from the user and with the added benefit of no mechanical moving parts, instead using software beam forming and tracking technology.

The MANTA‘Comms-on-the-Move’ satellite solution

WauthierElected SDA ChairmanPascal Wauthier, Space Operations

Senior Vice President at SES, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Space Data Association (SDA) an international non-profit association of satellite operators.

He succeeds Inmarsat’s Mark Dickinson, who will remain a director of the SDA.

Wauthier joined SES in 1990 as Flight Dynamics Engineer and is currently leading SES Space Operations. He is responsible for safely operating SES GEO and MEO (O3b) satellites. This includes charge of operational teams of the Satellite Control Centres located in Gibraltar, Luxembourg, Manassas and Princeton as well as the Flight Dynamics Engineering, Software Engineering and Operations Architecture teams.

He also championed orbital software development and transfer orbit mission design, as well as leading the integration of the satellite operations of News Skies, Americom, O3b and ASTRA fleets

“I am pleased to be taking a more active role in helping the SDA and its members achieve the goal of safeguarding space operations now and in the future,” said Wauthier. “The SDA provides a valuable resource for sharing data to enhance the safety of flight and mitigate risk.”

The Standard Member Director Elections also voted that Brian Swinburne of Airbus will extend his term as Standard Member Director and Lorenzo Arona of Avanti has been voted onto the board.

US Army Direct Action Unit Adopts MANTA

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Gilat Satellite Networks and China Satellite

Communications (China Satcom) recently announced the strengthening of its strategic partnership to jointly provide advanced satellite communication services.

Gilat and China Satcom will work in partnership to enable and deploy Gilat’s DVB-S2X technologies throughout China while supporting all business verticals.

China Satcom is a licensed telecommunications service provider in China which also owns and operates the most capable and extensive Ka-band spot beam satellite system in China, the only Ka-band system

currently available for IFC service in the country.

“The agreement with China Satcom is a significant step towards realizing the latest efficient and high-performance satellite communication technology across China, well positioning China

Gilat And China SatcomStrengthen Partnership

Partnership is a ‘significant step’

Satcom to deliver excellent customer experience to the end user,” said Yuan Si, China Country Manager for Gilat. “This project is one more milestone in our years-long partnership with China Satcom, and our commitment to provide the innovation needed to best position China Satcom to provide Aero, Land and Maritime connectivity in the region, as

well as to create the foundation for future satellite expansion with China Satcom’s next HTS and VHTS satellites.”

The advanced satellite communication services cover aero, land and maritime, fixed and mobility applications. Jorgen C Arentz Rostrup, Telenor CFO

Optus has launched its 5G offering, plus announced new 4K UHD video

streaming partnerships.With over 290 5G sites in Sydney,

Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and other key

locations in NSW, Victoria and Queensland, plus 1200 sites planned by March 2020, Optus has launched its 5G offer.

“Today, we are announcing something truly unique for Australian

customers, 5G both in the home and on the mobile,” said Allen Lew, CEO, Optus.

Optus 5G will also be available ‘on the go’ through a range of 5G compatible smartphones. Following the kick off of the 2019/20 Premier League Season with the world’s first 5G Premier League broadcast, Mr Lew said Optus will focus on

delivering the best 5G video streaming experience to customers.

From June 2020, via Optus Sport, Optus 5G Home customers will be able to enjoy selected games from the Euro 2020 tournament, the 2020/21 Champions League and the 2020/21 Premier League in 4K Ultra HD Streaming quality.

Optus is also working with OTT Video content partners 7plus, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Fetch and Stan with others to follow to ensure that their 2020 4K Ultra HD Streaming Video content line-up is optimised for the Optus 5G network.

Optus 4K UHD Video Streaming Partnerships

Allen Lew,CEO, Optus

Hiltron Communications has announced the conclusion of a

major systems integration project for a leading European satellite network operator.

The new systems have been delivered to 50 sites around the world where they are being used for continuous quality of service monitoring of high-throughput satellites.

Each system includes a Hiltron HCS-4 satellite communication controller which is designed to form the central control element for a wide range of satcom applications.

These include switchover between devices such as downconverters, high power amplifiers, waveguides, MPEG digital video broadcast encoders and integrated receiver/decoders.

The HCS-4 can also be used to control and monitor optical-fibre transceivers and antenna heaters. Other features include an N-1 redundancy switch and BUC/HPA controller, an LNB supply, a 2-1 LNB redundancy switch controller, plus a GPS-synchronised fully redundant low-noise 10 MHz reference generator.

Hiltron’s HCS-4 satellite

communication controller is available as a 2U high 19-inch rack mount unit with main and backup power supplies plus 13 slots for active modules. Also available are two chassis mountable frames accommodating up to 6 or up to 14 active modules.

All three versions can be powered from 24 volts DC and are operated via an intuitive HTML-based graphic interface. Modules are hot-pluggable to allow easy exchange.

Hiltron Completes Large-Scale HTS Monitoring System

Hiltron HSC-4-based satellite communication control system

Telenor Group and Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT

Group) have formed a new company that combines Canal Digital and Viasat Consumer (satellite pay-TV & broadband-TV operations).

This will create a Nordic TV distribution business and capture synergies in a maturing DTH segment. Telenor and NENT Group will each hold half of the company.

Jørgen C. Arentz Rostrup, CFO, Telenor Group, said: “The joint venture will combine the respective strengths of Canal Digital and Viasat Consumer, leveraging synergies for the benefit of our customers and shareholders.”

He said that the joint venture would use Telenor Satellite’s services on 1° west for DTH transmission.

Commenting on the deal, Anders Jensen, President and CEO, NENT Group, said: “Combining Viasat Consumer and Canal Digital makes perfect sense. We are creating a large-scale TV operator that will create sustainable value for customers and owners, and be able to compete with large scale regional and local competitors.”

Headquartered in both Oslo and Stockholm, the company will also have a substantial presence in Copenhagen.

The Nordic consumer offering will focus on satellite distributed pay-TV (DTH) and streaming services, as well as IPTV on open fibre networks, and market-leading TV distribution services.

Subject to regulatory approval, the merger will be completed during the first half of 2020.

Canal DigitalAnd ViasatConsumerMerger

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Millions of homes in the Philippines will be able to enjoy

new international TV channels thanks to CLUBTV, a new thematically-focused TV platform launched by Mediahouse.PH, a division of Magistan Media, a project management firm specialising in television operations and advertising, on SES’s satellite SES-9.Starting with six channels, CLUBTV offers a wide variety of genres that will bring additional choices and popular thematic topics that interest young Filipinos: GINX Esports TV, HealthWellness, Pet & Pal, Luxe&Life, My Cinema Europe and Motorvision TV. The platform will allow the channels to address existing audiences of pay-TV operators, including Cignal TV as of December, bringing a new selection of content to subscribers at no additional cost. Mediahouse.PH serves as the aggregator and marketer of the TV channels.“We are very excited to deliver these channels with a razor-sharp thematic focus to the Philippines,” said Ralph Siebenaler, CEO of Magistan Media

/ Mediahouse.PH. “With this new platform, we are delivering new content cost-effectively, and in excellent technical quality to millions of households. This platform is also an excellent opportunity for global content owners or TV channels to enter the Philippine market or extend their reach.”Projections show TV households in the Philippines increasing to 20.7 million by 2024 from 18.7 million in 2019. For TV households, satellite Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV is the fastest-growing TV reception mode against terrestrial and cable TV in the Philippines, with the number of satellite TV households

estimated to be 3.7 million by year end and forecast to increase to 5.8 million in 2024.Soo Yew Weng, Vice President, Sales & Market Development, Asia-Pacific at SES Video, said: “As the video landscape is increasingly competitive in the Philippines, pay-TV operators need to differentiate themselves by offering new content to their audiences, and this new TV platform aims to help them achieve just that. It is also an excellent example of

how SES goes beyond leveraging the power of satellite to partnering with local players, and jointly building a future-proof media ecosystem that can meet the growing demands of TV audiences.”SES will provide both satellite capacity via SES-9, located at the prime orbital location of 108.2 degrees East, and managed media services such as ad insertion, encoding, monitoring and multiplexing.SES has established a strong presence in Asia Pacific via its premium video neighbourhood at 108.2 degrees East, which currently broadcasts channels to over 17 million TV homes across the Philippines and Indonesia.

CLUBTV Delivers More TV ChoicesTo Viewers Across the Philippines

Ralph Siebenaler, CEOof Magistan Media / Mediahouse.PH

SES-9 satellite

SES-9 North East Asia Ku-band beam

The World Teleport Association (WTA) has released Teleports and

Big Data, a new research report that shares insights from executives in the industry on the big data revolution’s impact on their businesses today and the sales, marketing and investment decisions they are making to target expanded opportunity in the future.WTA asked these executives to explore the niches offering the greatest opportunity in the near-term as well as visions of the future role of transmission and satellite technology providers in a data economy.“The growth of big data and analytics in every part of business and government is challenging teleport operators to redefine their value,” said WTA Executive Director Robert Bell. “Serving customer becomes a team sport among multiple vendors, and the challenge is to find the place on the value chain that best leverages their capabilities and provides a defensible market niche.”

WTA members can access the report by signing in to their accounts on the WTA website. Non-members can purchase the report for US$1,650.NSR estimates that the biggest markets for big data via satellite will be in transportation, government/military and oil & gas - sectors where teleport operators are deeply embedded. Devices and connectivity are key parts of the mix, but so are applications: formatted data streams and data analytics are the end-products that customers actually need. Success in big data requires teleport operators to evolve beyond connectivity to management of complex networks, sophisticated information processing and a deep understanding of customer requirements.Interviewees for Teleports and Big Data included executives from two of the largest broadband satellite providers, one of the world’s largest teleport operators, and major providers of enterprise, aero, mobility,

rural and media services. They collectively operate scores of satellites and hundreds of teleport facilities, and they serve several million business and residential customers via satellite around the world. Technology executives we interviewed work at companies whose hardware and software support many of the world’s key satellite networks in VSAT, mobile, broadband, media and enterprise satellite networks. Others provide network operations, automation and big data management applications that are used by major satellite networks around the world.Since 1985, the World Teleport Association (www.worldteleport.org) has focused on improving the business of satellite communications from the ground up.

At the core of its membership are the world’s most innovative operators of teleports, from independents to multinationals, niche service providers to global carriers.WTA is dedicated to advocating for the interests of teleport operators in the global telecommunications market and promoting excellence in teleport business practice, technology and operations.

‘Teleports And Big Data’ ReportExplores Challenges

Robert Bell, Executive Director, WTA

They collectively operate scores of satellites and hundreds of teleport facilities, and they serve several million business and residential customers via