International Datacasting Corporation, (TSX:IDC) has announced the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary and European base of operations PROFline B.V. has been awarded a contract to provide a next generation satellite distribution network to SBS Broadcasting Media for the leading Romanian radio networks MagicFM and OneFM.
MagicFM and OneFM are part of SBS Radio, one of Europe’s leading broadcasting groups. SBS Radio is comprised of 15 radio networks and 7 stand-alone networks in seven markets, making it the leading radio network in the Nordic region and expanding activities in Central Eastern Europe. Both MagicFM and OneFM network will incorporate IDC‘s SuperFlex Pro Audio system comprising uplink/head-end equipment and the latest generation of the Company’s DVB-S/S2 professional satellite radio receivers. The SuperFlex Pro Audio product line takes advantage of DVB-S/S2 technology to provide bandwidth savings of over 30 percent on satellite transponders and features Multi Channel Per Carrier (MCPC) operation and IP multicast for the delivery of multiple channels of content to radio broadcast stations. The technology also features MPEG4 High Efficiency – Advanced Audio Coding (HE-AAC) technology to provide the highest quality audio performance available in the market today. The system uses Netmanager2, IDC’s over-the-satellite network management system, to interface with and remotely control the SuperFlex Audio receivers. Able to control individual receivers, special groups and the entire network, Netmanager2 securely maintains and updates system configuration information.
