With the advent of Ultra High Definition (UHD), questions have been raised about the imminent increase in bandwidth consumption. In a presentation at CommunicAsia, Deepak Mathur, Senior Vice President, Commercial, Asia Pacific and the Middle East at SES, explained how bandwidth efficiency can be improved by Highly Efficient Video Coding (HEVC). HEVC allows UHD to be transmitted at 20 Mbits/s, as compared to MPEG-2 coding, which requires more bandwidth at 80 Mbits/s. SES' satellite service, … [Read more...] about CommunicAsia: SES on the feasibility of Ultra High Definition
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CommunicAsia: Pakistan’s Supernet signs multi-year contract with SES for GSM backhaul
Singapore – SES have announced a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract renewal with Supernet, Pakistan's satellite network service provider. The deal will see Supernet contract C-band capacity on the SES NSS-12 satellite at the prime orbital location of 57 degrees East. This satellite capacity, coupled with Supernet’s system integration capabilities, provides a high quality GSM backhaul services to Pakistan’s mobile operators. … [Read more...] about CommunicAsia: Pakistan’s Supernet signs multi-year contract with SES for GSM backhaul
CommunicAsia: SES extends partnership in Thailand and the Philippines
From left: Manop Tokarnka, CEO of IPMTV, Anie P. Naval, COO & Managing Director of MediaScape, Kriengkrai Sriananraksa, COO of IPMTV with Deepak Mathur, Senior Vice President Commercial, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at SES. Singapore - At CommunicAsia 2013, SES has announced that it has signed two deals in Asia Pacific. SES announced for a new multi-year, multi-transponder deal with Philippines’ Mediascape Inc for Cignal Digital TV on SES-7 at 108.2 degrees East. Additionally, … [Read more...] about CommunicAsia: SES extends partnership in Thailand and the Philippines
CommunicAsia: SES and TAS renew deal to deliver TV content across Taiwan
Singapore – SES announced at CommunicAsia2013 that global Taiwanese communications provider Teleport Access Services (TAS) has renewed capacity with SES to deliver a variety of TV programmes and live coverage of breaking news throughout Taiwan. TAS, a longstanding SES customer and the largest distributor of cable channels to cable headends in Taiwan, will use the capacity to broadcast TV content and provide satellite news gathering (SNG) services across the island. Michael … [Read more...] about CommunicAsia: SES and TAS renew deal to deliver TV content across Taiwan
Encompass Asia Pacific builds region’s first MEGAPOD
Singapore – Encompass Digital Media, one of the world’s top digital media services providers and a leader in global satellite and terrestrial connectivity, announced that its Asia Pacific facility will double its current multichannel broadcast monitoring and playout capacity through the construction of a seven million US dollar MEGAPOD. This is the region’s first comprehensive over-the-top (OTT) services facility enabling Encompass continue to meet the growing demands of … [Read more...] about Encompass Asia Pacific builds region’s first MEGAPOD
Encompass Digital Media Asia selects AsiaSat to distribute Edge Sport HD
Hong Kong – Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) announced that Encompass Digital Media Asia, one of the world’s top digital media services providers and a leader in global satellite and terrestrial connectivity has selected AsiaSat’s DVB-S2 MCPC platform, operated from its Tai Po Earth Station in Hong Kong, to distribute Edge Sport HD, a 24-hour action sports channel, on AsiaSat 5. Edge Sport was the first 24-hour … [Read more...] about Encompass Digital Media Asia selects AsiaSat to distribute Edge Sport HD
