...ATEME, a provider of H.264 video compression products, to upgrade its digital satellite news gathering (DSNG) fleet. The upgraded trucks are currently booked to cover multiple high profile events including the MotoGP Grand Prix, a series of 18 motorcycle races across 14 countries taking place from April to November this year. The Kyrion codecs will enable 2 SAT trucks to fulfill all satellite transmission requirements from MPEG-2 SD to MPEG-4 HD, 4:2:0 and 4:2:2, 8-bit and 10-bit, at any bitrate, all with the utmost picture quality and full redundancy.
2 SAT Europe B.V. specializes in professional satellite connections around the world and from any location! 2 SAT realizes satellite connections for major events such as sports, politics, webcasting and royal matters. The 2 SAT experts are involved in long-term projects such as the World Cup and European Championships, soccer international matches, Golden League athletic games, skating, fighting sports, biathlon, but also the NATO Meetings, elections and the G7 Meetings at home and abroad.
ATEME provides MPEG-4 / H.264 and MPEG-2 bandwidth efficient compression technology. ATEME encoding solutions are deployed widely for broadcast contribution links, distribution, multi-screen live streaming, OTT and VOD applications.
Additionally, ATEME has launched ATEME a new encoder dedicated to broadcast contribution.
The Kyrion™ CM5000, to be demonstrated and launched at the 2012 International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (September 6th through the 11th), offers Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) operators the latest in encoding technology within a device set to delight its day to day users. Other exhibits at ATEME’s IBC stand will include:
- A combination of the Kyrion distribution MPEG-2/MPEG-4 encoders with the SR1000 rate allocator, the ideal solution for terrestrial and satellite broadcasters that need to squeeze more channels in a mux without compromising video quality
- TITAN file and live transcoding for multiple screens: The demonstration will expose TITAN compression performance using EAVC4—ATEME’s latest software encoding core—in comparison with market alternatives
- A demonstration of HEVC encoding, the upcoming compression standard, on one of the very first 4K TV displays commercially available.