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SES Americom Launches Broadbased IPTV via Satellite |
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PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 8, 2005/Satnews Daily/ — SES Americom launched on Wednesday IP-Prime, a centralized, satellite-delivered IPTV distribution solution enabling telcos to bundle traditional standard and HD television programming with their voice and broadband services.
SES Americom said IP-Prime will originate from the company’s IPTV Broadcast Center based in Vernon Valley, New Jersey, where video and audio will be received and processed for distribution via satellite and fiber to telco video hubs nationwide.
The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC), which serves rural and independent telephone operators in a market of more than 10 million homes, has signed a preliminary agreement to initiate trials of the new service early next year, according to SES Americom.
Scientific-Atlanta has been selected to provide an MPEG-4 encoding system for the SES Americom IP-Prime video network and the multi-channel standard and high definition television package it will deliver to telcos. Once the initial phases of the distribution network are complete, SES Americom said it will enlist more than 100 Scientific-Atlanta MPEG-4 standard definition encoders. SES Americom has also selected Scientific-Atlanta's ROSA(TM) Network Management System for its powerful, flexible video services, network and equipment monitoring and control capabilities.
Globecomm Systems has also been tapped to provide the overall design and integration services as well as the major components for the IPTV broadcast distribution center, which include systems for RF and program acquisition, MPEG-4 compression, and uplinking services. SES Americom will deliver the IPTV programming over its reliable, secure satellite fleet to authorized telco video hubs throughout the country.
“By transporting quality video over the most reliable and secure hybrid satellite/fiber distribution network in the world to authorized IP telco hubs, IP-Prime arms phone companies of all sizes with the solution they need to cost-effectively deliver voice, broadband, and television over a single line to the home,” said Bryan McGuirk, president of North American media solutions for SES Americom.
IP-Prime programming will be delivered encrypted to the telco's video center for decryption. SES Americom will offer the option of conditional access and middleware solutions all the way to the IP set-top for customers who want to minimize local headend investment and streamline their video operations.
Paul Kosac, vice president of market development at Scientific-Atlanta, said IP-Prime will help deliver critical momentum for the launch of IPTV services for regional and rural telephone companies.
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