Arqiva + SatGE Combo To Drive HD Into Asia Pacific Homes

Arqiva’s Satellite Media Solutions division is joining forces with SAT-GE to provide an Asia Pacific satellite-based High Definition (HD) video platform. Collaboration and co-ordination by both parties has already begun on the new platform. Arqiva’s Digital Media Center and teleport facilities in Los Angeles, California, will uplink the HD platform onto GE 23 at 172° E, which is ideally positioned to provide a broad satellite footprint for coverage from the United States into key locations including Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, Indonesia, The Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. MPEG-4 encoding will be employed in a fully flexible range of bit rates including 12 and 8 megabits per second for HD, and 4 megabits per second for SD. The Multi Channel Per Carrier (MCPC) signal is transmitted using High Order DVB-S2 8PSK modulation for maximum bandwidth efficiency and performance, while providing customers with a high quality solution that optimizes satellite space segment capacity on the 36 MHz C-band transponder. Arqiva will also offer a wide range of key value added services including backhaul, standards conversion, local connections and remote cable headend antenna placement—Washington, D.C.