Installed by TBC Integration, Inc. at WFSU-TV, the PBS affiliate in Tallahassee operated by Florida State University, the satellite uplink system is used to broadcast The Florida Channel, The Florida Knowledge Network, and other television broadcast services throughout the state of Florida. K-12 instructional television and governmental public affairs programming is also distributed for over-the-air digital broadcast, educational, and governmental access channels. The new DVB-S2 (Digital Video Broadcast Satellite Second-Generation) technology supplied by TBC Integration, Inc. allows Florida to add satellite channels — for public broadcast, educational services, and commercial enterprises — without increasing its satellite bandwidth costs and also enables the State to pass on savings to its satellite transponder users.
TBC Integration designed and integrated the turnkey solution installed at WFSU-TV, which includes Harmonic, Inc. encoders, Radyne DVB-S2 modulators, an array of Evertz equipment, a Miranda K2 multi-image display, and a Crystal Computer Corporation uplink control system. TBC Integration is also supplying Sencore DVB-S2 satellite receive equipment for 30+ PBS TV stations and Coship DVB-S2 STBs to 100-plus educational sites in support of the Florida Department of Education’s statewide satellite network. The Department installs receive equipment in every school district, community college, university and public television station in Florida.