Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. has announced that TV2GO, Canada’s leading HD satellite transmission provider, used the Fujitsu IP-9500e MPEG-4 AVC codec during its broadcast of the World Junior Hockey Championships in Ottawa to uplink HD signals to Sweden and other countries in Europe.

The Fujitsu IP-9500e helped TV2GO to provide multiple broadcast stations throughout Europe with a low-latency MPEG-4 feed that also met their stringent picture quality requirements. The Fujitsu IP-9500e offers exceptional picture quality at low bit rates and low-latency, enabling HD satellite news gathering and transmission of live events using the existing modulators and the existing decoders. TV2GO managed to integrate the IP-9500e encoders on the existing platforms teleport and satellite uplink trucks. The deployment is also the pilot platform TV2GO used on delivering NFL games in Europe in the past season, with high expectations to make this the NFL path to Europe in the coming season. In addition, TV2GO is now developing a platform, using the same technology for a world distribution of TNA Wrestling in HD. By working with Fujitsu to provide customers with the most comprehensive, cost-effective HD satellite broadcasting solutions available today, TV2GO managed to achieve the goal of contribution quality HD signals in only 9MHz bandwidth, impossible to achieve 5-6 years ago.