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atrexx is a provider of telecommunications and broadcast solutions via satellite and has just announced the results of the external audit of its Quality Management System (QMS) according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2008. The Company had initially achieved certification of its QMS in 2008. This certification is vital for atrexx to deliver quantifiable and continuous quality of service as a supplier and service provider for international building corporations, governmental institutions, military units, NATO and UN forces, as well as aid organizations in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. At the recently held second supportive system evaluation, the audit team noted that atrexx' QMS continued to conform to the rules and regulations of the DIN EN ISO 9001:2008 standard and recommended the maintenance of the certificate.

[SatNews] Digital Rapids has two new additions to their Flux family of video capture and pre-processing hardware. Complementing HD models introduced earlier this year, the new Flux-3510 and Flux-3550 cards offer the power of the Flux hardware platform for top-quality encoding and streaming applications requiring only standard definition video input. All Flux hardware cards feature Digital Rapids' highly acclaimed video pre-processing capabilities, enabling unparalleled visual quality and compression efficiency. This advanced, real-time pre-processing 'grooms' the input signal to be more 'compression-friendly', resulting in superior quality in any compression format while leaving the host system's CPU free to encode more simultaneous multi-format outputs. Additional hardware features common to SD and HD models of Flux include video adjustments and graphic overlay, enabling refinement of incoming video sources and the addition of branding such as logos. All Flux cards are based on the PCI Express computer bus standard. The new Flux-3510 features SDI video input support with embedded audio. The digital-plus-analog Flux-3550 card offers the same capabilities plus analog component, S-Video and composite video; analog audio; and AES digital audio inputs. These two new cards join Flux HD models including the all-digital Flux-6510 and digital-plus-analog Flux-6550. In addition to support for SD and HD-SDI input, Flux-6510 and Flux-6550 are the industry's first capture cards optimized for encoding and streaming to feature dual-link HD-SDI and 3Gb/s SDI support. Flux cards are bundled with the tightly integrated Stream LE software. The most versatile encoding software on the market, the Stream software family provides capture, encoding, transcoding and streaming for both live and file-based applications, with simultaneous output in multiple formats, resolutions and bit rates for a broad range of viewing devices and applications. The Flux hardware, along with the complete range of Digital Rapids solutions for transforming and delivering media, will be showcased in booth number 7.G41 at the IBC 2010 exhibition, September 10-14 in Amsterdam.

DISH Network has introduced DISHOnline.com, the only online video portal that integrates live and recorded TV with more than 150,000 popular movies, TV shows, clips, and trailers into one easy-to-use interface. Through DISHOnline.com, customers can watch their live TV, all of their DVR recordings, and instantly view thousands of movies, TV shows, clips and more from programmers such as Food Network, Discovery Channel, MTV, EPIX, Starz and Encore — all free with their paid subscription. Through a robust search engine, customers can browse for content by title, network, actor or genre. DISHOnline.com is also open to non-DISH Network customers, who have access to thousands of free video selections available for instant streaming. Those with a DISH Network subscription can enjoy the enhanced features of DISHOnline.com by logging in with their existing DISH Network online account information. Live and recorded TV viewing is enabled for customers with a ViP 922 SlingLoaded DVR or the upcoming Sling Adapter.

Entropic Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENTR), a provider of silicon and software solutions, is changing the connected home entertainment experience with its Satellite Outdoor Unit Channel Stacking Switch (CSS). CSS is currently being deployed by leading European and North American service providers to simplify the installation, upgrade, and deployment of HD-DVR services. Coupled with Entropic’s MoCA® (Multimedia over Coax) silicon technology in STBs and consumer electronics devices, Entropic is enabling the most reliable and widely distributed home networking wired standard available today. At IBC, stand 3.B16, Entropic will be demo'ing their field-proven solutions. They include the Satellite Outdoor Unit Channel Stacking Switch Solution, the single-wire CSS technology — Engage with Entropic’s game changing multi-mode hybrid radio frequency (RF) complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) silicon tuner — and Home Networking Solutions with reliability, speed, and performance offered by a MoCA-enabled home network, along with the RVU Alliance Remote User Interface (RUI).

Intelsat S.A. announces HBO Latin America Group (HBO LAG) has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract with Intelsat to increase its program distribution to viewers across Latin America. This contract also includes a comprehensive teleport restoration program for HBO LAG via IntelsatONE, Intelsat’s new IP/MPLS fiber and teleport network. HBO LAG will use capacity on three of Intelsat’s satellite neighborhoods that serve Latin America and will broadcast its content to millions of subscribers across the region. Programming includes the HBO brand of channels: HBO, HBO2, HBO Plus, HBO Family, HBO HD, Cinemax, Max, Max HD and MaxPrime — in addition to A&E, Animax, AXN, E! Entertainment, Sony Entertainment TV, The Biography Channel and The History Channel.

[SatNews] Juniper Networks(r) (NYSE: JNPR) has now made available their VXA Series Media Flow Engines, a line of high-performance content delivery appliances designed to maximize the scale and reliability of Juniper's Media Flow Solution. The Media Flow Solution is a converged content delivery and caching solution that enables service providers, content publishers and content delivery networks (CDN) to deliver rich media content more efficiently, cost effectively, and profitably. Customers such as Demand Media, Break Media, and BitGravity, newly announced today, are already using the Media Flow Solution to improve the efficiency of their content delivery and reduce costs. As users' entertainment viewing habits shift to the Internet, the demand for rich media content is increasing, driving dramatic traffic growth and causing a strain on networks and data centers. Network operators, CDNs, and content providers alike are seeking more efficient and scalable ways to deliver the content and innovate with new services around content consumption and delivery. Originally developed in collaboration with Ankeena Networks, which Juniper acquired in April 2010, the Media Flow Solution is part of the Junos Ready Software family.

Skyline Communications offers end-to-end, multi-vendor network management solutions for the satellite, HFC broadband, broadcast and IPTV industries. The company has announced that ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion has integrated DataMiner multi-vendor NMS to monitor its new playout facilities at ProSiebenSat.1 Group HQ in Munich, Germany. The solution was selected in Q3 2009 after a careful evaluation of the NMS solutions available in the industry, and subsequently implemented in cooperation with system integrator BFE Studio und Medien Systeme GmbH (Mainz, Germany) and DataMiner Strategic Partner SHM Broadcast GmbH, located in Munich. The DataMiner platform provides ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion end-to-end monitoring of its vast playout infrastructures, and encompasses products from Harris, Tandberg, Tektronix, Barco, DEV, Teraque, Jünger, IBM, HP, Cisco, ProBel, dB Broadcast, Snell, QLogic, and more. In Q1 2010 the initial project was delivered and is already being expanded. DataMiner has the unique ability to unconditionally interact with every single active component in the production environment, across any vendor and technology boundary. With its pronounced open architecture, DataMiner offers the ProSiebenSat.1 Produktion administrators the ability to easily adapt the operational system and to address changing requirements efficiently. The solution offers ProSiebenSat.1Produktion a plethora of features and capabilities, including for example secured multi-user web access, intuitive alarm & performance management, real-time remote interaction, early-warning notifications, statistical reporting, service analysis, real-time dashboards and much more.

Latens provides software security solutions for Pay-TV across all networks and they've announced that Satellite Channel Pvt. Ltd Nepal, a Pay-TV provider in the South Asia region, has selected Latens DTH software CAS for its DTH system in Nepal.

Satellite Channel has selected the Latens and Media Nucleus solutions, which are comprised of Latens DTH software CAS and will operate on STBs, initially from Arion, providing a highly flexible and secure DTH delivery system. Satellite Channel was awarded a DTH operating license at the start of the year and will launch with a minimum of 80 national and international HD/SD channels, bringing DTH services to 300,000 to 400,000 subscribers within the first three years of operations. The company said that with the launch of the first DTH platform in Nepal, using the latest and most advanced digital technology available would be a step changing TV experience for consumers in the region and dramatically reduce the government incurred losses through the illegal import of DTH services.

Telestream will feature several major new software products at IBC2010 at stand 7.D16. These software solutions improve operational efficiency, help facilitate the migration to IT, and open doors to new business opportunities, including those in the live streaming space. Vantage™ is Telestream’s major new enterprise-class workflow for video capture, transcoding, metadata processing, analysis, management and delivery in IT video environments. Media, metadata, analysis data and process flows can be built independently of video file formats or video systems, allowing for fully-automated, self-adapting video workflows to be built without the need for costly software engineering or consultants. Episode® 6 is an industry-first, cross-platform, desktop-to-server software product that takes video encoding to the next level, being the only cross-platform software encoder on the market that that offers scalability from the desktop to a server cluster. Wirecast™ 4 live webcasting software allows anyone to easily create real-time or on-demand video broadcasts for the web — it includes a Pro version along with high-quality Main Concept H.264, new format support for VP6, and a new intuitive user interface, making it even easier to use. Telestream also recently announced its intent to acquire the business operations of Anystream, With the deal expected to close this month, Telestream plans to demonstrate Agility 2G and Avalon, along with new product features, in their stand at IBC. Agility 2G and Avalon address today’s rapidly evolving demands for multi-platform content syndication, including standards conversion, video streaming, subtitling and watermarking. Telestream is also one of the suppliers named as a finalist in the IBC2010 Innovation Awards content management category for Antena 3’s multi-platform asset management project, in which Dalet Digital Media Systems was the principal technology partner.

Wohler Technologies announced that PlayBox Technology Ltd., an international communications and IT company serving broadcast and corporate markets worldwide, has joined the Wohler distributor network. Headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria, and addressing client needs across the globe through regional offices, PlayBox Technology will act as a distributor and reseller of the full Wohler line as well as a systems integrator, building Wohler monitoring products into client installations. PlayBox Technology is a manufacturer of "channel-in-a-box" solutions — their products power more than 9,000 television channels in more than 100 countries. At IBC2010, PlayBox Technology, located in stand 8.C30, will have a variety of Wohler monitors on display.