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January 14, 2009
IPTV Americas Launches First IPTV Satellite Distribution Platform for Latin America and The Caribbean
By Tim Gray, TMCnet Web Editor
SES NEW SKIES (News - Alert) is set to host IPTV Americas on satellite to offer an end-to-end distribution solution for telecommunications and cable operators in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The IPTV (News - Alert) Americas’ content will be distributed via NSS-806, a widely used video satellite operating n the region that uplink from the SES NEW SKIES’ Washington Mediaport located in the Washington D.C. area, according to Alvaro Gazzolo, president and CEO of IPTV Americas.
The collaboration is expected to reach remote operators in Latin America, where delivery via fiber is not financially or physically feasible, to implement per-subscriber based business plan and expand the pay television market into the less affluent socio-economic groups.
“With a small investment, the operators will gain access to a system with content in a digital format (MPEG-4) with Conditional Access (CAS), Electronic Program Guide (EPG), Video on Demand (VOD) and an interactive system," said Gazzolo.
The agreement expands the IPTV Americas’ previously launched fiber-delivery service aimed to equip small and medium size Latin American telecommunications operators with 80 channels of basic pay TV programming, and the technological solution the operators need to implement the service.
"This is an invaluable contribution to the industry because it emerges as a very advantageous solution, not only because of the minimal investment required compared to the cost of installing a local IPTV or Digital Cable Headend, but also because of its proven technology, state-of-the-art transport, high quality signal and top performance eco-system demonstrated in over a year of testing," said Gazzolo.
The expanded end-to-end satellite-delivery offer is expected to not only brings IPTV headend and transport services to small and remote operators in the region, but also includes technological solutions of great value to the operators such as a tested H.264 (MPEG-4) Set-Top Box (STB) for standard (SD) and high definition (HD), customized to also serve the cable operator regardless of its size, according to Dolores Martos, vice president of Sales for Latin America and Caribbean at SES NEW SKIES.
“The powerful NSS-806 satellite is key to IPTVA’s distribution strategy of allowing the signals to reach remote operators in every corner of the continent,” said Martos. “The satellite signal will also allow CATV operators to use their existing infrastructure to bring the MPEG-4 encrypted content to their analog headend and become digital operators by means of a small capital investment. The established cable head end community on NSS-806 will greatly benefit from this new offering.”
Tim Gray is a Web Editor for TMCnet, covering news in the IP communications, call center and customer relationship management industries. To read more of Tim�s articles, please visit his columnist page.
Edited by Tim Gray
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