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October 13th, 2008

IDC Presents @ SatCon...


International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC) provides solutions for the distribution of broadband content via satellites and the Company will be featuring products from its SuperFlex product lines for video, radio and data distribution at SatCon, October 15 and 16 in New York City. In addition to participating in the exhibition, Ron Clifton, IDC President and CEO, will be a featured speaker at SatCon on Wednesday, October 15th, when he will deliver a presentation entitled "Satellite is IPTV." Mr. Clifton's presentation will focus on how satellite plays a key role in the delivery of IPTV content to the edge, while maintaining cost effectiveness and quality of service. The following products in its booth at SatCon:
  • ... their Duo series of receivers, with dual DVB-S2 tuners on board, the SFX 4100 Duo supports built-in redundancy and/or receives two unique broadcasts simultaneously along with integrated Irdeto conditional access and decryption capabilities. The SuperFlex SFX3104-Lis built for ruggedized applications and is a compact, lightweight configuration in IDC'S SuperFlex line of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products. The small form factor is ideal for applications where installation space is limited or size and weight needs to be minimized...

  • IDC SFX Pro Video series ... Expanded SFX Pro Video Receivers — developed specifically for professional video distribution applications, the SFX Pro Video line of DVB-S/S2 receivers feature hardware decoding of MPEG2 and MPEG4 AVC SD and HD video in a single 1 RU high 19-inch rack configuration complete with an integrated hard drive for drop and insert store and forward applications. The product features a choice of IP, DVB-S or S2 satellite and ASI inputs and multiple outputs that include IP, ASI, component video, HDMI, and HD-SDI. Ideal for SD and HDTV broadcast as well as live digital and e-cinema applications and the product also includes a new transport stream to IP transcoding capability ideal for IPTV applications...

  • IDC SFX Pro Audio Recievers ... Expanded SFX Pro Audio Receivers - this is the latest family of IDC's IP based DVB-S/S2 digital audio receivers for professional radio broadcast networks. Now available in a 2 stereo pair configuration with an integrated hard drive for split copy insertion. Audio codecs include MPEG2 Layer 2, 3, and AAC as well as MPEG4 LC-AAC, HE-AAC/AAC Plus versions 1 & 2, plus Enhanced apt-X. Livewire from AXIA is also included for low delay and high reliability distribution of digital audio over Ethernet to minimize cabling and eliminate audio distortion caused by high electrical noise environments...

  • ... a feature at the IDC booth will be the SFX EXP Pro Audio satellite receiver which features DVB-S or S2 delivery and 4-channels of audio (four stereo pair or up to 8 monos). This results in IDC's lowest cost per channel receiver for larger networks that require the features needed for combined store and forward and live streaming broadcasts.


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