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Estimados Lectores,
Once again we are introducing satellite signal analyzers in this issue of TELE-satellite. Each device is wonderfully designed and full of features that we wouldnt have thought possible just a few years ago. Nevertheless, they are compact and affordable. Why is the signal analyzer market taking off like this all of a sudden? Obviously theres a demand for these analyzers otherwise so many of them wouldnt be available. Another reason is that today its possible to manufacture signal analyzers in smaller numbers for a niche market like satellite installers. And wouldnt you know, this niche market mushroom clouds into an exceptionally large market since today almost every satellite TV viewer has their own signal analyzer. If you can provide an attractive product at an attractive price to a niche segment, it will eventually transform into a market. Are there additional niches in the signal analyzer market or has it gone as far as it can? I personally would like to use a signal analyzer that in addition to showing me all the satellite channel frequencies, terrestrial digital transponders and cable specific parameters would also show me the WLAN frequencies. The latter is already available and TELE-satellite has already reported on this. But what about mobile telephone frequencies? When will a signal analyzer be able to measure the receivable frequency range, what the field strength is and how high the data transfer rate could be? More and more people dont even use a hard-wired telephone anymore; they prefer instead to use their mobile telephones. Up until now, IPTV was meant to be used with fixed DSL connections, but for me it doesnt look like this will be the future considering the consistently increasing number of people who are watching TV via tablet and i-pad computers. I believe that at some point Internet TV will be receivable via mobile frequencies and I dont mean mobile TV like DVB-H, rather IPTV or WebTV via mobile Internet links. That the technology to transmit TV channels is continuously expanding to include different paths, its becoming clear that a universal TV signal analyzer that truly covers every possible range would be a new market segment. For those who sell and install reception systems for customers, the signal analyzer is the tool used to identify what can and cannot be received at a customer site. The signal analyzer market is not by any means exhausted, rather, it expands automatically whenever a new frequency range is used to transmit TV channels. If you want to keep up to speed on whats going on, youll need a corresponding signal analyzer.

Sincerely,

Alexander Wiese TELE-satellite Editor-in-Chief

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tractive price to a niche segment, it will eventually transform into a market. Are there additional niches in the signal analyzer market or has it gone as far as it can? I personally would like to use a signal analyzer that in addition to showing me all the satellite channel frequencies, terrestrial digital transponders and cable specific parameters would also show me the WLAN frequencies. The latter is already available and TELE-satellite has already reported on this. But what about mobile telephone frequencies? When will a signal analyzer be able to measure the receivable frequency range, what the field strength is and how high the data transfer rate could be? More and more people dont even use a hard-wired telephone anymore; they prefer instead to use their mobile telephones. Up until now, IPTV was meant to be used with fixed DSL connections, but for me it doesnt look like this will be the future considering the consistently increasing number of people who are watching TV via tablet and i-pad computers. I believe that at some point Internet TV will be receivable via mobile frequen-

Dear Readers, once again we are introducing satellite signal analyzers in this issue of TELE-satellite. Each device is wonderfully designed and full of features that we wouldnt have thought possible just a few years ago. Nevertheless, they are compact and affordable. Why is the signal analyzer market taking off like this all of a sudden? Obviously theres a demand for these analyzers otherwise so many of them wouldnt be available. Another reason is that today its possible to manufacture signal analyzers in smaller numbers for a niche market like satellite installers. And wouldnt you know, this niche market mushroom clouds into an exceptionally large market since today almost every satellite TV viewer has their own signal analyzer. If you can provide an attractive product at an at-

cies and I dont mean mobile TV like DVB-H, rather IPTV or WebTV via mobile Internet links. That the technology to transmit TV channels is continuously expanding to include different paths, its becoming clear that a universal TV signal analyzer that truly covers every possible range would be a new market segment. For those who sell and install reception systems for customers, the signal analyzer is the tool used to identify what can and cannot be

received at a customer site. The signal analyzer market is not by any means exhausted, rather, it expands automatically whenever a new frequency range is used to transmit TV channels. If you want to keep up to speed on whats going on, youll need a corresponding signal analyzer. Sincerely, Alexander Wiese TELE-satellite Editor-in-Chief

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Company Overview: Best Digital TV Companies of the World.................................. 158 feature: HDTV Copyright Management .......... 174 feature: Tuner Secrets .................. 180 feature: Satellite Technology ......... 182

Country Report: Satellite TV in Iran ......................... 186 News: HDTV & 3D Programmes ................. 194 DTT of the World ........................ 204 TELE-satellite Magazine Worldwide .................................. 208

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ADVERTISERS INDEx 8DTEk ........................................... China .................. 47 AbC-bIZNIS .................................. Slovakia ............. 75 Ab-COM......................................... Slovakia .........28-29 Ab-COM......................................... Slovakia ........ 60-61 ALuOSAT ....................................... China .................101 AMIkO ........................................... Hungary ............. 73 ANDREAWEb ................................. Germany ...........197 AZbOx ........................................... Portugal ............211 AZuRE SHINE ................................ Taiwan...............183 bEIJING TOPREAL ......................... China .................117 bOIINGSAT ................................... China .................. 55 bOMARE ........................................ Algeria ..............125 bOxSAM ........................................ 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es imposible que esta pequea caja no le guste el tiempo de la carga es muy rpido gracias a una versin de Linux ms pequea corre muy estable - nosotros no pudimos bloquearlo incluye un medidor de satlite en pantalla grande bsqueda ciega sofisticada

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TEST REPORT

Receptor HDTV Linux

El Deleite turco

Un PVR de alta-definicin basado en Linux que promete varias caractersticas interesantes, todo alojado en una diminuta caja. Puede ser posible?
espera, canal arriba y abajo. Un visor de LED muestra o el nmero del canal actual, o el reloj en el estado de espera. Una ala flexible en el lado derecho oculta un puerto de USB y una sola ranura de tarjeta inteligente que parece poder leer una variedad de tarjetas, incluso admiti la tarjeta Sky Digital y me permiti ver todos los canales de mi subscripcin exceptuando aqullos que se estn destinados a un receptor individual. sta era una sorpresa real. La ranura de tarjeta es la nica opcin de acceso condicional: no se le puede agregar una CAM en ninguna parte. A la parte de atrs, la entrada de antena y su salida a travs de un solo sintonizador. Las opciones de video estn limitadas a HDMI, Scart o video compuesto, aunque hay salidas de audio estereofnico adems de S/PDIF. Para la conexin al mundo externo hay un conector Ethernet para conec-

Cayendo de Estambul, Turqua, el X-9100 PVR de INPAX es realmente una sorpresa. La pequea caja negra mide simplemente 26cm ancho, 19cm profundo y 4cm alto y tiene un aspecto negro brillante elegante con una apariencia minimalista. Hay simplemente tres botones en el panel delantero: El estado de

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tarse a su LAN y un puerto de RS232. Un arranque en fro del receptor no toma, a pesar de lo que pudiera esperarse de un receptor basado en Linux, ms de alrededor de 45 segundos desde que se aprieta el interruptor hasta que aparece la imagen en la pantalla. ste es una de las sorpresas que vienen de la utilizacin del X-9100 una versin mucho ms pequea de Linux que las versiones ms complejas que nosotros hemos visto en el pasado. Aqullos que podran estar acobardados por la perspectiva de no saber preparar un receptor Linux no deben asustarse demasiado. Las opciones y el sistema de mens son ningn ms complicados que aqullos de un receptor normal. Se soporta USALS para facilitar un ajuste fcil de un motor de DiSEqC, con la caracterstica extraordinaria agregada que algunas ciudades principales ya estn programadas en la memoria del receptor. Se incluyen una amplia gama de ajustes de LNB, y como el receptor es de origen turco, estan incluidos incluso ajustes especiales para DIGITURK. Si ninguno de ellos satisface su sistema tambin pueden especificarse a mano

las frecuencias del LNB. Se soporta DiSEqC desde la versin 1.0 a 1.3 para asegurar que se soportar casi cualquier motor o cambio en el ajuste. Estn programados en el receptor 71 satlites de alrededor del planeta y stos pueden revisarse y pueden anularse como sea requerido. Los nuevos satlites pueden agregarse como se desee especificando la posicin orbital simplemente. Si se est preparando su propio plato, le agradar para ver la inclusin de la funcin de un gran medidor de seal en pantalla grande para ayudarlo a encontrar una buena seal. La bsqueda de satlites se compara rpidamente a algunos otros receptores basados en Linux. Para los espectadores de Canal Digitaal, TV Vlaanderen o UPC Direct en ASTRA 1, dispone de una funcin especial de bsqueda. Para el resto de nosotros, la bsqueda de las seales a travs del espectro del satlite en la mejor manera. Una bsqueda por el Astra 2 tom cuatro minutos para examinar las 90 frecuencias guardadas. Una suma muy bienvenida es la opcin de una bsqueda ciega, por la que puede encontrarse cualquier frecuencia que no estuviera en la lista de transpondedores. Esto trabaja un poco diferente a otros que nosotros hemos visto en el pasado. Primero, se examina el espectro de frecuencias por entero, luego se agrega cualquier frecuencia recientemente encontrado a las frecuencias de la lista de transpondedores guardada. Despus de esto, se hace una bsqueda regular, mientras se examinan las nuevas frecuencias previamente encontradas junto a aqullas que ya estaban guardadas. Esto agrega algn tiempo al proceso de bsqueda se tomaron 2,5 minutos en encontrar y agregar un ocho transpondedores extras a la lista, entonces otros 4:15 en examinarlos todos. La bsqueda ciega no es ideal, sin embargo, para los

cazadores de enlaces, pues no dispone de ninguna habilidad de examinar una porcin de la banda de frecuencias. Se accede a los canales desde una lista de canales similar a aqullos en la mayora de los otros receptores. Se usan los botones de izquierda y derecha para filtrar la lista entre FTA-slo, HD y canales encriptados, adems hay la opcin de desplegar todo. El botn rojo puede usarse para filtrar la lista ms all limitando los satlites mostrado en la lista. Una funcin A-Z tambin est disponible para filtrar la lista por la primera letra del nombre del canal, pero no lo ordena ms all que esto, por lo que la TV de Azerbaiyn todava aparecera delante de la TV de Aastha si ste fuera su orden en la lista predefinida, esto es lo que yo encontr simplemente un poco confuso. Los botones de arriba / abajo ayudan en el telemando a acelerar navegacin esta y otras listas alrededor de los mens. El telemando es una norma, el sentimiento genrico ejemplar, no ayud por la ocurrencia ocasional de apretar un botn que repite su accin anterior en lugar de la que se estaba esperando. Otro detalle es bastante extrao es que el orden de los botones de funcin coloreados es diferente de la sucesin rojo-verde-amarillo-azul normal. Yo ni siquiera supe que pasara si este orden que se ha grabado en mi cerebro por el uso y prueba de tantos receptores durante aos, pero me ha demostrado que estoy apretando el azul cuando yo pens que yo estaba apretando el verde. El telemando se mantiene simple, y no hay ningn botn para seleccionar la proporcin correcta del aspecto, o resolucin de la pantalla, pero estas opciones

pueden encontrarse dentro de los mens de ajustes del receptor. La mayora de las opciones importantes se encuentran aqu, incluyendo el seleccionar entre RGB o CVBS del puerto de Scart. Para acceder a la ltima opcin de seleccin del HDMI en el modo 5761 y pulsando los botones de volumen arriba o abajo se cambia entre RGB y CVBS. Sin embargo hay una caracterstica especial en los mens dnde Inpax debe felicitarse. Existe una opcin para guardar el volumen adecuado individualmente para cada canal. sta es la respuesta perfecta a esa situacin demasiado comn para todos donde un cambio de canal hace subir el volumen en aqullos que tienen el sonido doblado tan ruidosamente a que sus vecinos estarn golpeando en la pared enseguida. Por supuesto, si pudieran regularse slo los niveles de audio para evitar esta situacin, una funcin como esta no se necesitara. Pero eso es improbable que pase pronto y muy probablemente nunca, por lo que mientras tanto: agradezcamos a Inpax por pensar en esto. Las funciones de correccin de canales se limitan a la borra, mover, y cambio de nombre. A veces se extraa la habilidad importante de revisar los PIDs, por ejemplo. Hay ocho listas del favoritos prefijadas. Sus nombres son bastante extraos, con el primero que le faltan algunas letras. Pero es fcil de corregir esto agregando a un nuevo favorito simplemente y dndole el nombre que se quiere. El botn amarillo en el men de FAV crear una nueva lista de favoritos. No hay ningn sitio dentro de la diminuta caja para una unidad de disco duro,

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las grabaciones tienen que ser hechas hacia un dispositivo de USB conectado en el enchufe delantero. Pueden empezarse las grabaciones directamente desde el botn de grabacin en el telemando o desde un evento de temporizador colocado a mano o desde el EPG. El EPG del 9100 es bastante utilizable, y puede cambiarse entre un una versin de un da y una versin de siete das. Es un poco extrao que la muestra en reja slo llena un cuarto de la pantalla, por lo que no es fcil de ver rpidamente
1. Bsqueda ciega 2. La lista de canales 3. EPG 4. Edicin de Favoritos 5. Navegador del archivos 6. cliente FTP 7. multi imagen en imagen 8. Reproduciendo un programa grabado

lo que se fija en ms de una hora o dos en el futuro . El temporizador de eventos tambin es de un tipo normal, con algunas opciones de repeticin incluso de lunes a viernes y fines de semana slo. El receptor puede ponerse a grabar o simplemente grabar cambiando al canal seleccionado en el momento deseado, y hay tambin una opcin para apagar despus de que la grabacin ha terminado. Mientras hay una grabacin en marcha, la lista del canales slo se restringe a los canales en el transpondedor que se est recibiendo as que no hay ninguna oportunidad de perderse grabaciones perdidas o bloquear el receptor. Merece la pena destacar que el manual advierte que el lmite de tamao de unidad de disco duro terico que es

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de cuatro particiones que sumen 2 terabytes (qu yo incluso pienso que puedo tener problemas en llenarlo), pero no se recomendaba el usar particiones mayores que 120 gigbyte. La grabacin y la reproduccin trabajan muy bien, sin problemas notados - incluso cuando los cauces de HD magnetofnicos a un palo de USB. Mi experiencia con los receptores de Linux ha sido mixta en el pasado. Yo recuerdo demasiado bien algunas grabaciones importantes del temporizador que nunca empezaron porque el receptor se haba bloqueado hacia unas horas, y todava desplegaba su equivalente del reloj de arena de Windows y una imagen congelada del ltimo canal recibido. A pesar de mis esfuerzos ms buenos para confundirlo yo no pude bloquearlo en absoluto, incluso al grabar. Cuando se guardan las grabaciones en un dispositivo de USB, es fcil de accederlos en un PC. Otro bien hecho va a Inpax aqu, el men de ajustes da una opcin de grabar el formato entre archivos .MPG y .TS, una opcin extra bienvenida que podra ser muy til a aqullos que desean revisar o archivar sus grabaciones hacia DVD o convertirlas en otros formatos. A pesar de la facilidad de conexin al mundo externo por Ethernet, no es posible acceder las grabaciones por FTP, hay que desconectar el dispositivo USB as y pasearlo a una computadora pues es la nica manera de accederlos. Hay un cliente de FTP disponible, pero este slo trabaja en una direccin para copiar los contenidos multimedia al USB para visualizarlos. Tambin es posible conectar a un servidor SMB (Samba) pero de la misma manera de sentido nico. La variedad de formatos del archivo que pueden ser los reproducidos es impresionante, y la mayora de los archivos de muestra que yo prob se reprodujeron sin ningn problema. La lista incluye AVI, MPG, VOB,

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FLV, MP4, MKB, 3GP y ASF que cubren la mayora de las bases. Es bueno ver que las listas de canales guardadas en el SatcoDX que el formato de .SDX tambin pueden importarse desde el men del archivo. Tambin incluido es un reproductor de radio de In- 12 ternet. Cuando funciona, es bastante bueno y mantuvo alejada una conexin toda la noche desde mi situacin en Inglaterra a un canal australiano sin ningn problema. Obtuve mensajes de ocupados a varios servidores, pero cuando yo me pude conectar recib una calidad buena de audio, con algunas estaciones acompaadas por los nombres del artista y ttulos de la cancin. Destos aqu. Esto ser inestimafilando a travs de las listas ble cuando yo quiero devolde las grandes estaciones es ver a la mezcla esotrica de sin embargo un dolor real de estaciones que yo ya he encabeza como se recupera por contrado, desde la 247 Polka Internet cada pgina de la Heaven ( La Red Polca del lista cuando se pidieron. Mundo ) al Repetidor Aficionado W6NUT. me pregunto Despus de un tiempo larque pensaran si incluso los go en la lista alfabtica me radioaficionados en California rend mientras todava en la imaginaran que ellos estaban letra A, pero hay tambin por oyndose por casualidad en lo menos una lista de favori-

un receptor de satlite a travs del mundo de Internet? Y si conseguir al final la lista para averiguar si el Z100 de Nueva York est disponible? Arrastrndose fuera del ritmo hipntico de la polca a la prxima entrada del men nos trae un reproductor de Youtube. Esto tambin trabaja muy bien, y donde la

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calidad de video es bastante buena, es perfectamente vlido el visionarla en una TV. Dispone de varios prefijos de acceso a los videos ms populares del momento en secciones como comedia, msica, noticias, deportes y as sucesivamente. Una bsqueda tambin est disponible qu abre el raro y salvaje mundo de Youtube hacia su TV. Es bueno para tener y ver las obras de video mucho ms ligero que lo hace mi envejecido y excesivamente cargado PC. La ltima entrada del men en el juego de aplicaciones del Internet no se menciona en el manual: Pelculas extras . Yo se efectivamente lo que mayora de nosotros diramos s por favor a algunas pelculas extras, pero este men est protegido con contrasea; aqu nosotros explicamos a todos ustedes cmo accederlo: Entre en los ajustes IP en el men de ajustes, pulse el botn verde que accede a DHCP y en donde le pide a DNS1. Entre en 208.67.222.222 y guarde pulsando el botn rojo. Entonces aparece el DNS2, entre la misma IP 208.67.222.222 de nuevo y guarde con el botn rojo. Ahora el receptor necesita ser re-arrancado, apagando y encendiendo. Vaya de nuevo a Pelculas Extras y ahora teclee en 9-8-7-6 por la contrasea. Voila, funciona!. Es posible usar el Telnet para entrar en el receptor, y esto revela una sugerencia del orden del sistema de BusyBox, como se utiliza por la Amazon Kindle y muchos otros dispositivos. BusyBox da el acceso a algunos comandos bsicos en Linux que solo probablemente es de pequeo o intil al usuario cotidiano pero nosotros podemos

ser por lo menos entrometidos y podemos ver lo que contiene la memoria interior. Semejantemente, conectando con un navegador da una interfaz al sistema operativo de Linux incluido con la informacin de la depuracin suficiente. No hay realmente all nada de uso, pero los entusiastas de Linux podran encontrar la informacin interesante. Si puede o no ser posible agregar al software dentro de la mquina habilitar ms funcionalidad no est claro y no hay ninguna pista en el receptor o su manual. El X-9100 es un receptor basado en Linux diferente de la mayora que nosotros hemos visto en el pasado. Para algunos, sta podra ser una

desilusin pues se siente ms cmodos usando un receptor convencional que en el uso de esas distribuciones de Linux ms grandes corrientes como Enigma2. Esto le hace sin embargo ms apelar a aqullos que quieren mirar la TV con menos molestias o la amenaza de cosas que no trabajan tan fcilmente como ellos pudieran comprender. Conectando al Internet es tan fcil como conectar un cable de Ethernet si se tiene DHCP disponible en su enrutador, y las adiciones extraordinarias del Youtube e las transmisiones de radio por Internet son genuinamente tiles. Si el interfaz de las transmisiones de radio por Internet pudiera hacerse un poco mas bueno solo sera perfecto, la

manera ms fcil de acceder miles de estaciones en buena calidad. Lo que es sin embargo muy agradable es la fiabilidad del receptor. Mi miedo de perderme grabaciones con las experiencias anteriores en receptores Linux casi se ha ido. Aunque probando el receptor para esta revisin no me ha decepcionado en absoluto, y eso que la mayora de las personas necesitan que: un receptor que haga todo lo que quieran, y no bloquearse en los momentos importantes. Hay unas pequeas crticas como yo ya he mencionado que la mayora pueden corregirse en las actualizaciones futuras del software. Es imposible que no le guste

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Pueden guardarse los ajustes de audio individualmente para cada canal. Acepta el discos duros muy grandes va USB. El software corre sumamente estable. El PVR permite el guardado en el formato de .TS. La lista impresionante de formatos del archivo para reproducir.

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La ordenacin del canales alfabtica slo ordena por la primera letra. Las funciones de color no estn codificadas en el telemando segn la norma.

esta pequea caja negra y se impresione por el rango lleno de funciones que contiene. En conjunto sta es una mquina pequea competente, guapa que hace muy bien su trabajo. Ahora, deben excusarme, es tiempo para terminar este

informe para que yo pueda mirar los animales ms cmicos en Youtube, escuchar un poco ms polca, y, oh! Yo casi me olvid que yo puedo encontrar algn tiempo incluso fuera de estas distracciones para mirar alguna buena TV de HD anticuada tambin en mi nuevo amigo pequeo!

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Hailing from Istanbul, Turkey, the X-9100 PVR from INPAX is quite a surprise. The little black box measures just 26cm across, 19cm deep and 4cm high and comes in a stylish shiny black case with a minimalist appearance. There are just three buttons on the front panel: Standby, channel up and channel down. An LED display displays the current channel number, or the clock in standby. A flap on the right-hand side conceals a USB port and a single smart card slot which seems to be able to read a variety of cards it even accepted my Sky Digital card and allowed me to view all my subscription channels except those that are tied to an individual receiver. This was quite a surprise. The card slot is the only conditional access option: there is nowhere to add a CAM. At the back, the antenna input and loop-through serve the single tuner. Video options are limited to HDMI, Scart or composite video, whilst there are stereo audio outputs plus S/ PDIF. For connection to the outside world theres an Ethernet LAN port and an RS232 port. A cold start of the receiver doesnt take as long as might be expected from a Linux-based receiver, taking around 45 seconds from flicking the switch for a picture to appear on screen. This is one of the surprises that come from the X-9100 utilising a much smaller, embedded version of Linux than the more complex versions weve seen in the past. Those who might be daunted at the prospect of setting up a Linux receiver need not worry too much. The options and menu system are no more complicated than those of a standard receiver. USALS is supported to enable easy setup of a DiSEqC motor, with the added bonus of some major cities already being programmed into the receivers memory. A wide range of LNB settings are included, and as the receiver is of Turkish origin, special settings for DIGITURK are even included. If none of them suit your system the LNBs frequencies can also be specified manually. DiSEqC

is supported from version 1.0 to 1.3 to ensure that just about any motor or switching setup will be supported. 71 satellites from around the planet are pre-programmed into the receiver and these can be edited and deleted as required. New satellites can be added as required by simply specifying the orbital position. If you are setting your own dish up, youll be pleased to see the inclusion of a large on-screen signal meter function to help you find a good signal.

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Scanning satellites is fast compared to some other Linux-based receivers. For viewers of Canal Digitaal, TV Vlaanderen or UPC Direct on ASTRA 1, a special fast scan function is available. For the rest of us, a standard scan zips across the satellite spectrum in good time. A scan across Astra 2 took four minutes to scan the 90 stored frequencies. A very welcome addition is a blind scan option, so that any frequencies not already held in the transponder list can be found. This works a little differently than others weve seen in the past. First, the entire frequency spectrum is scanned, adding any newly-found frequencies to the stored transponder list. After this, the regular scan kicks in, scanning the new frequencies alongside those previously stored. This adds some time to the scanning process, 2,5 minutes were taken to find and add an extra eight transponders to the list, then another 4:15 to scan them all. The blind scan isnt ideal for feedhunting however, as there is no ability to scan a portion of the frequency band. Channels are accessed from a channel list similar to those on most other receiv-

ers. The left and right buttons are used to filter the list between FTA-only, HD and encrypted channels, plus of course there is the option to display everything. The red button can be used to filter the list further by limiting the satellites shown in the list. An A-Z function is also available, which filters the list by the first letter of the channel name, but doesnt sort it further than this so Azerbaijan TV would still appear ahead of Aastha TV if this was their order in the default list this I found just a little confusing. Dedicated page up and down buttons on the remote help to speed navigation of this and other lists around the menus. The remote itself is a standard, generic feeling model, not helped by the occasional occurrence of the pressed button repeating your previous action rather than the one you were expecting. Another rather strange quirk is that the order of the coloured function buttons is different from the normal red-green-yellowblue sequence. I didnt even know that this order has been burned into my brain from the use and testing of so many receivers over the years, but I proved that it

is by pressing blue when I thought I was pressing green several times. The remote is kept simple, and there are no buttons for selecting the correct aspect ratio, or screen resolution, but these options can be found inside the receivers settings menus. Most important options are found here, with just a few omissions for example I could not find anywhere to select between RGB or CVBS from the Scart port, even though both options are listed in the receiver manuals specifications list. There is one special feature in the menus where Inpax must however be congratulated. An option exists to store the sound volume setting for each channel individually. This is the perfect answer to that all-too-common situation of changing channel from an overly quiet one to one of those that has the sound cranked up so loud that your neighbours will be banging on the wall within no time. Of course, if only audio levels could be regulated to avoid this situation, such a function wouldnt be needed. But that is unlikely to happen anytime soon and very likely never, so in the

meantime: thank you Inpax for thinking of this. The channel editing functions are limited to deletion, moving, and renaming. The sometimes important ability to edit PIDs is missing, for example. There are eight preset favourites lists, whose names dont appear to be editable. Their names are quite strange, with the first few letters missing. At first it looked like this was an oversight in the menu design, with the icons that match the colour buttons obscuring the first part of the name. But no, even when the FAV button is used to give a channel list of just the individual favourites lists, they are the same! So, as they are not editable, get used to choosing between the lists with names such as ies, ws, ildrens, ucation, lture, and cial (thats supposed to be Social, if you didnt guess). There is no room inside the tiny case for a hard drive, recordings have to be made onto a USB device plugged into the front socket. Recordings can be started directly from the remotes record button or from a timer event that can be set manually or from the EPG.

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Mide todas las seales de TV en DVB-S, DVB-S2 e incluso las viejas transmisiones analgicas Una gran sorpresa en un medidor pequeo: se incluye DiSEqC y puede hacer girar incluso un plato motorizado Una salida de A/V da a unas excelentes imgenes en una computadora porttil o un monitor El medidor puede quedarse conectado todo el tiempo pues dispone de una salida a travs para conectar un segundo receptor Un bsico analizador de espectro y las lecturas de BER son principalmente rasgos encontrados en comparacin con los medidores de primera clase

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Algo ms que un Simple Localizador de Satlite
de leer este informe, esta promesa realmente se cumple. Con los indicadores LED el medidor seala el estado. Dos conectores F localizados en lados opuestos son para: la entrada del LNB y la salida a travs para un receptor del satlite. No muchos medidores estn provistos con una salida doblada y a veces nosotros realmente extraamos esta caracterstica cuando probamos productos de otos competidores. Un examen ms cercano revela que en ambos lados del medidor hay alas flexibles que cubren los conectores adicionales. Nosotros tenemos un puerto de USB para guardar los ajustes del medidor, as como para cargar el medidor con actualizaciones de la microprogramacin. Hay un enchufe de alimentacin elctrica que o acepta un cable de una alimentacin elctrica desde el enchufe de la pared o un cargador de automvil ms ligero, los dos estn incluidos en el equipo. Y, hay una salida de A/V bastante inesperada, con salidas de video compuesto y audio monocanal. Tiene una funcin adicional, puede actuar como una interfaz serie RS-232. Bastante raro, pero no se preocupe, los convenientes cables de A/V y de RS-232 tambin estn incluidos. Hay previsin para otras entradas/salidas (Ethernet y HDMI) bajo el ala flexible en el lado opuesto del DSM Gifted. Sin embargo, ellos no estn instaladas en este modelo de medidor. Nosotros publicaremos un informe pronto, ms adelante, ya que el diseo del DSM est provisto con un puerto Ethernet. Mantenga la atencin en la lectura de TELE-satlite! Sin Su interesante diseo externo llama la atencin. Quin dijo que los medidores deben parecer embotados? El panel inferior del DSM Gifted es ligeramente convexo haciendo que la caja tenga una vista intrigante. Dos visualizadores: uno LCD de grficos en color y otro clsico de 7 segmentos de 2 dgitos de LED, esto tambin es algo raro. Una bolsa de la proteccin bastante prctica con una tira de velcro que se puede colocar alrededor de la mueca, permitiendo llevar el medidor como un reloj de mueca. Definitivamente, 8D Tecnologa demostr con 8dtek DSM Gifted que ellos son unos tipos innovadores. Lo qu se puede notar al principio es un teclado simple de membrana compuesto de slo 12 botones. Promete un funcionamiento simple y, como se aprender despus

8d tek Un medidor mu DSm Gifted y til que mide con los rasgos de pri mera clase

embargo, es impresionante el nmero de interfaces que han sido incluidas en una caja tan diminuta. El botn de marcha/paro montado en el lado de arriba de la caja acaba la lista de los mandos del medidor. DSM Gifted, justo despus de encenderlo, le lleva al men Principal. El men consiste en 6 artculos: Bsqueda de satlite, DiSEqC, Local Sat, Espectro, ngulo y Ajustes. Hay slo un nivel del men por lo que la navegacin es bastante simple. Los botones de Men, OK y los botones de las flechas le permiten hacer todos los principales ajustes. De vez en cuando, se usarn las teclas de funcin F1-F4. Su funcin depende de los artculos del men seleccionados y siempre se describe en el fondo de la pantalla. Los botones de atajo de SPCM

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y SAT le llevan directamente a la vista de espectro de frecuencias y la vista de los satlites locales. La Bsqueda de satlite probablemente es el artculo del men ms importante accesible desde el men principal. Aqu, se puede poner: el satlite, las frecuencias de LNB, el transpondedor y el tipo de bsqueda. En la misma pantalla, se consiguen los resultados de la medida: el nivel y calidad de la seal expresadas en porcentajes y ratio de error de bit. El porcentaje de la lectura de la seal del satlite est repetido en el visor de dos dgitos de LED. Esto es una gran idea porque las figuras en la pantalla de LCD son bastante pequeas y duras leer desde una distancia. Al girar el plato, tambin puede referirse a los grficos de barras que muestran la fuerza y calidad de la seal. Al fondo de la pantalla, hay 3 puntas de ayuda sobre lo que los botones de funcin pueden hacer cuando se este en cada artculo del men. El botn de F1 rojo se usa para revisar un transpondedor, los F2 verde se aprieta para agregar un nuevo transpondedor y el F3 amarillo para anular el transpondedor presente. sta es una caracte34
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1. El men principal 2. Encontrando la seal del satlite 3. Ajustes de DiSEqc 4. Revisando las localizaciones usadas en el artculo del men Satlites Locales 5. Visualizacin de los satlites disponibles en una situacin seleccionada (Cinturn de clarke) 6. Vista del espectro de frecuencia 7. Ajustes del Sistema 8. clculo del resultado del ngulo de orientacin de la antena 9. Seleccionando la situacin para la visualizacin del cinturn de Clarke 10. Pueden revisarse, anularse y agregarse transpondedores 11. Puede descargarse la microprogramacin y todos los ajustes en una memoria de USB 12. Una pequea parte de los LOF disponibles

rstica bastante til porque en las diferentes regiones hay transpondedores del mismo satlite para recibir. As que, es imposible el crear una lista comn de transpondedores para, digamos, Espaa y Rusia. Algunos de los diez transpondedores asignados a cada satlite en la lista original preparada por 8D Technology no se pudieran recibir en su rea, simplemente anlelos y agregue otros. Alternativamente, revselos cambiando su frecuencia, velocidad de smbolo y polarizacin. Ahora empecemos la diversin:
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cmo se mueve el DSM Gifted en la vida real? Nosotros empezamos midiendo la calidad de la seal. Resulta que el DSM Gifted, como en un receptor tpico del satlite, el resultado de calidad no cambia en pasos de 1% sino con pasos del 6 o 7%. Si nosotros tenemos en cuenta que el 53% est prcticamente debajo del umbral de recepcin, nosotros nos empezamos con 8 niveles: 53%, 60%, 66%, 73%, 80%, 86%, 93% y 99%. Por lo que para encontrar un mximo ideal cuando giramos un plato o ajustamos un LNB en su soporte, se tiene que encontrar los lmites dnde la lectura cae un 6-7% y entonces colocar el plato/LNB en su punto medio. DSM Gifted le permite tambin verificar el BER. Sin embargo, como tambin
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con todos los otros medidores, las lecturas de BER son inestables puesto que es una transmisin numrica y en el tiempo el contenido tambin cambia. Pero DSM Gifted va uno paso ms all: tambin se puede medir MER. sta es la mejor medida que uno puede tener (la proporcin de error de modulacin). Un MER es estable y puede medirse con una resolucin de 0.1 decibeles. Nuestra muestra de prueba no se equip todava con las lecturas de MER, pero 8D Tecnology est planeando reforzar DSM Gifted con las medidas de MER en una de sus prximas actualizaciones de la microprogramacin. Viendo la tabla en la Figura 1 se puede ver cmo el porcentaje que lee de nuestra muestra de prueba se puso en correlacin el MER y los

resultados del Margen de Prdida medidos con un caro medidor profesional. Del punto de vista prctico de un instalador del satlite: las lecturas del porcentaje, en la forma ellos se llevan a cabo ahora en DSM Gif-

ted, le permiten dirigir un plato de 60-90 centmetros para los satlites populares de una manera simple y con una precisin aceptable. Nosotros no recomendaramos DSM Gifted con la microprogramacin presente para platos de 120 centmetros o

Fig. 1. Las lneas de la tendencia " traducen " las lecturas de calidad de seal mER del DSm Gifted a resultados de Lm. Se muestran los resultados reales de 18 transpondedores de diferentes satlites con el azul y los marcadores en rojo.

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ms grandes. Y si se est luchando por la prdida de un decibelio para sintonizar un transpondedor dbil (como a menudo hacen los verdaderos entusiastas del satlite) este metro slo puede usarse para un ajuste inicial. Por otro lado, 8D Tecnology realmente puede estar orgulloso del nmero de frecuencias que ellos ofrecen en el artculo de men de Bsqueda de Satlite. Aqu es impresionante la lista de frecuencias del oscilador local (LOF) que se pueden seleccionar en el DSM Gifted: 5150, 5750, 5950, 9750, 10000, 10050, 10450, 10600, 10700, 10750, 11250, 11300, 5150-5750, 5750-5150, Universal (9750-10600) y SCR (9750-10600). El segundo artculo del men es DiSEqC. Nosotros estuvimos impresionados en que 8D Tecnology equip el DSM Gifted con DiSEqC 1.0, 1.1 as como 1.2 y USALS. Hay tambin una funcin de descubrimiento automtico de DiSEqC! Durante nuestras pruebas, USALS estaba operando sin ningn problema. Nosotros giramos nuestro plato realmente varias veces durante esta prueba impulsando el motor desde este medidor diminuto. sto es lo que cada instalador realmente apreciar. Sin embargo, cuando la batera se descarg finalmente, el metro no nos di ninguna advertencia. No hay por ningn lado un estado de carga de la batera en el men de ajustes o en otra parte. El fabricante prometi agregar esta caracterstica en una de las prximas actualizaciones de la microprogramacin.

Los artculos del men de Satlites locales le presenta una imagen de los satlites que se localizan en su posicin en el cinturn de Clarke como se veran desde su situacin. El medidor de la prueba se prepar para Alemania y en su memoria haba varios pueblos alemanes. Despus de seleccionar el pueblo ms cercano a su situacin actual, se puede saltar de satlite a satlite con los botones de flecha derecha/izquierda y ver los valores de su elevacin y acimut. Si fuese necesario, se pueden revisar las situaciones y puede cambiarlas para que sean ms convenientes a sus propias necesidades. Otros artculos del men, el analizador del espectro, es algo que uno no espera en un medidor tan pequeo como DSM Gifted. Sin embargo, esto no es un totalmente un analizador funcional. En primer lugar, es bastante lento. Evidentemente el procesador no es lo bastante poderoso para esa funcin. Como resultado, no se puede usar para ajustar en bruto su plato para supervisar si su antena empieza a recoger una seal. Segundo, hay slo una apertura. No es posible hacer subir verticalmente una frecuencia especfica. No se puede hacer clic en un transpondedor seleccionado en el espectro para identificar sus parmetros. El uso real de esta vista del espectro es un reconocimiento rpido de que satlite se pone a punto actualmente, los instaladores profesionales que frecuentemente hacen las instalaciones recuerdan cmo es el espectro de cada satlite. El artculo del men Angu-

lo es algo similar a Satlites Locales pero hay ms datos disponibles. Se selecciona el satlite, se entran sus coordenadas y, salvo la elevacin correcta y acimut, y se consigue adicionalmente el ngulo de inclinacin apropidado para el LNB. Este ltimo se necesita para la recepcin de transpondedores con una polarizacin lineal. Cuanto ms separado est el satlite fuera de la direccin sur en su situacin, ms inclinacin se necesita aplicar al LNB en su soporte. El ltimo men se llama Sistema. Aqu se miden algunos parmetros as como la salida la actualizacin del software y salvaguarda en una memoria USB de palo. Nosotros hicimos una actualizacin del software realmente y fue muy rpido. sta es una manera muy conveniente de actualizar el dispositivo. Si se ha echado una mirada a las fotos que acompaan

este informe, se preguntar probablemente cmo se han hecho estas fotografas. Realmente, stas no son los copias de pantalla del LCD, se ha realizado tomando con una cmara fotogrfica directamente de la salida de A/V del medidor. Hay un cable con el conector de RCA que se puede conectar a una computadora porttil con un sintonizador de TV y se puede visualizar la pantalla del medidor en grande. Quizs sta no es una caracterstica muy prctico en los medidas de campo pero si se toman medidas en el interior, es una opcin realmente interesante. El DSM Gifted es un fcil de usar y diestramente diseado el buscador del satlite con varias caractersticas inesperados encontradas en los medidores ms caros. Con la microprogramacin presente, es bueno para instalaciones de platos de tamao medio.

mide seales DVB-S, DVB-S2 e incluso seales analgicas. Soporta DiSEqC 1.0/1.1 y Unicable. conveniente para girar platos motorizados (DiSEqc 1.2 y USALS). Las lecturas de la calidad de la seal se reproducen en un visor de LED de fcil lectura. La calidad del imagen es muy buena en la salida A/V. Dispone de una salida para conectar a un receptor.

La Opinin del Experto

Jacek Pawlowski TELE-satellite Test Center Poland

Las lecturas de calidad de la seal no son lo bastante precisas para platos ms grandes y ajustes para DX. No hay ningn indicador del estado de la batera (disponible en la microprogramacin futura). No dispone ninguna medida de MER (disponible en la microprogramacin futura)

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Its interesting external design attracts attention. Who said that meters must look dull? The bottom panel of DSM Gifted is slightly convex what makes the box look intriguing. Two displays: a color graphic LCD and a classical 2-digit 7-segment LED one - this is also something unusual. A quite practical protective bag with a Velcro strip that you can put around your wrist, enables you to carry the meter like a wrist watch. Definitely, 8D Technology demonstrated with 8dtek DSM Gifted that they are innovative guys. What you can notice at first sight is a simple membrane keyboard made up of just 12 buttons. It promises simple operation and, as you will learn after reading this report, this promise is really fulfilled. LED indicators signal meter status. Two F connectors located on the opposite sides are: the LNB input and the looped-through output for a satellite receiver. Not many meters are equipped with such a looped output and sometimes we really missed this feature when testing competitor products. Closer examination reveals that on both sides of the meter there are flaps covering additional connectors. We have a USB port for backing up meters settings, as well as for loading the meter with firmware updates. There is a power supply socket that accepts either a cable from a wall socket power supply or a car lighter charger both are included in the set. And, rather unexpectedly, there is an A/V output with composite video and mono audio output. It has an additional function it can act as an RS-232 serial interface. Quite unusual, but do not worry - suitable A/V and RS-232 cables are also included. There are provisions for the other inputs/outputs (Ethernet and HDMI) under the flap on the opposite side of DSM Gifted. However, they are not installed in this meter model. We will soon publish a report covering another, more advanced, DSM model which is equipped with the Ethernet port. Keep reading

TELE-satellite! Anyway, it is impressive how many interfaces have been embedded in such a tiny box. The on/ off switch mounted on the top side of the box ends the list of meter controls. DSM Gifted, right after switching it on, takes you to the Main menu. The menu consists of 6 items: Sat Find, DiSEqC, Local Sat, Spectrum, Angle and Settings. There is only one menu level so the navigation is pretty simple. Menu, OK and the arrow buttons let you do all the main set-

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tings. Occasionally, you use function buttons F1-F4. Their function depends on the selected menu items and is always described at the bottom of the screen. SPCM and SAT are the shortcut buttons that take you directly to the frequency spectrum view and local satellites view Sat Find is probably the most important menu item accessible from the main menu. Here, you can set: the satellite, LNB frequencies, transponder, scan type. In the same screen, you get the measurement results: signal level and signal quality expressed in percentages and bit error rate. The signal quality percentage reading is repeated on the two digit LED display. This is a great idea because the figures on the LCD screen are rather small and hard to read from a distance. When turning the dish, you can also refer to the bar graphs showing signal strength and quality. At the bottom of the screen, there are 3 help tips on what the function buttons can do when in this menu item. The red F1 button is used to edit a transponder, the green F2 button to add new transponder

and the yellow F3 to delete the present transponder. This is a quite useful feature because in different regions of the world various transponders of the same satellite are receivable. So, it is impossible to create a common list of transponders for, say, Spain and Russia. If some of the ten transponders assigned to every satellite in the original list prepared by 8D Technology are not receivable in your area, simply delete them and add the other ones. Alternatively, edit them by changing their frequency, symbol rate and polarization. Now lets start the fun: how does DSM Gifted perform in real life? We started with measuring signal quality. It turns out, that DSM Gifted, like in a typical satellite receiver, the quality result does not change in 1 % steps but with 6 or 7 % step. If we take into account that the results lower than 53% are practically below the reception threshold, we are left with 8 levels: 53%, 60%, 66%, 73%, 80%, 86%, 93% and 99%. So to find an ideal maximum when turning a dish or skewing an LNB in its holder, you have to find the limits where the reading drops

down by 6-7% and then set the dish/LNB somewhere in between. DSM Gifted allows you as well to check BER. However, like with all other meters too, the BER readings are unstable, which is how it is with digital transmissions and their ever changing contents. But DSM Gifted goes one step further: you can also measure MER. This is the best measurement one can have (modulation error ratio). MER is stable and can be measured with 0.1 dB resolution. Our test sample was not yet equipped with MER readings, but 8D Technology are planning to enhance DSM Gifted with MER measurements in one of their next firmware upgrades. See the chart in Figure 1 to see how the percentage reading of our test sample was correlated with MER and Loss Margin results measured with an expensive professional meter. From the practical point of view of a satellite installer: the percentage readings, in the form they are implemented now in DSM Gifted, enable you to direct 60-90 cm dishes for popular satellites in a simple way and with acceptable preci-

sion. We would not recommend DSM Gifted with the present firmware for dishes 120 cm or larger. And if you are fighting for a split decibel in order to work a weak transponder (like true satellite enthusiasts often do) this meter can only be used for the initial setup. On the other hand, 8D Technology can really be proud of the number of frequencies they offer in the Sat Find menu item. Here is the impressive list of local oscillator frequencies (LOFs) you can select in DSM Gifted: 5150, 5750, 5950, 9750, 10000, 10050, 10450, 10600, 10700, 10750, 11250, 11300, 51505750, 5750-5150, Universal (9750-10600) and SCR (9750-10600). The second menu item is DiSEqC. We were impressed that 8D Technology equipped DSM Gifted with DiSEqC 1.0, 1.1 as well as 1.2 and USALS. There is even DiSEqC auto detection function! During our whole test, USALS was operating without any problems. We turned our dish quite a number of times during this test powering the motor from this tiny meter. Thats what every installer will really appreciate.

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El S480 es una tarjeta de expansin PCI Express (PCIe) para un PC. El uso de la ranura PCI-e es completamente necesario que porque la proporcin de transferencia de datos de una ranura PCI normal no seria lo bastante bueno para la recepcin de contenidos de TV de alta resolucin alto. Contrariamente al modelo TeVii S470 que nosotros probamos en la edicin 08-09/2009 de TELE-satlite, el S480 opera con dos sintonizadores de DVB-S/ S2 totalmente funcionales que los dos pueden usarse al mismo tiempo independientemente uno de otro. Se podra mirar realmente como si hubiera dos tarjetas de DVB-S/S2 separadas instaladas en el PC en el que el hardware por entero para ambas tarjetas estuviera en una placa de circuito para que slo ocupara una ranura en el PC. Adems de la propia tarjeta, el paquete tambin dispone de una gua de instalacin en ingls y alemn, un CD con los controladores y el software as como un telemando y un receptor de infrarrojos. Un manual del usuario detallado est disponible en

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el CD en el formato de PDF. La gua de la instalacin no entra desgraciadamente en cualquier detalle en la S480. Por otro lado, nos gust el telemando; ayuda convertir el PC en un receptor de TV DVB-S/S2 totalmente funcional. Se asienta cmodamente en su mano, est etiquetado apropiadamente y viene con botones que son fciles alcanzar y fciles en sus dedos. Instalar la tarjeta TeVii S480 se realiz sin ningn problema. La tarjeta ya tiene una tapa de la ranura instalada aunque se proporciona una versin ms pequea para el uso con las torres de PC de bajo perfil y puede cambiarse fcilmente fuera si necesario. Ya que las TeVii llevan la tarjeta con sus dos sintonizadores tambin se debe proporcionar alimentacin a dos LNBs y los chips integrados en la tarjeta necesitarn la energa necesaria, por lo que tendr sentido el conectar una salida a la propia fuente de alimentacin del PC conectada a la tarjeta de TeVii. Esto garantizar que la tarjeta tendr bastante alimentacin disponible para hacer su trabajo; las ranuras PCI-e exclusivamente no pueden manejar stas demandas de energa. Despus de instalar la tarjeta, las dos entradas del afinador se conectan rpidamente al sistema de satlite y el receptor de infrarrojos se conecta en el conector apropiado en la tarjeta. La S480 est lista para funcionar. Aunque la tarjeta S480 de TeVii est mejor preparada para la recepcin de HDTV, no supone ninguna demanda especial en

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1. Lista de canales ordenada por el transpondedor 2. El men de ajustes 3. Revisando las caractersticas del canal 4. muestra del EPG al borde del fondo de la ventana del canal 5. Lista de canales ordenada por el Network ID 6. Varias capacidades del mando del software de myTeVii. Nota: el complemento de enlace no estaba activo porque en nuestro sistema de prueba nosotros no habamos instalado ningn complemento. 7. Varios modos de visualizacin del software de MyTeVii 8. Bsqueda de Transpondedor en el Windows media center 9. Bsqueda de canales 10. Se encontraron los nuevos canales 11. El men de ajustes 12. La lista pre programada de satlite 13. Ajustes del LNB 14. El Windows media center est listo recibir va el TeVii S480 15. + 16. TRT HD en TURKSAT 42 Este

el propio PC. Los requisitos para la recepcin de HDTV libre de interferencias segn el fabricante son: una CPU de 2.4 GHz, una tarjeta de grficos con 128MB RAM as como 1GB de memoria. Si se est mirando slo SDTV, se puede usar un PC con una CPU de 2 GHz y slo 256MB de RAM. Sin embargo, en cualquier caso la tarjeta de grficos que se usa debe soportar DirectX versin 9.0C o superior. Por supuesto, en lo que se refiere al hardware que se termina usando, lo ms nuevo y ms capaz del hardware es lo ms bueno. El fabricante incluy en el

CD controladores de 32 y 64 bits para todas las versiones de MS Windows (Windows XP, Vista y Windows 7); hay tambin controladores para Linux. El CD tambin contiene el software de MyTeVii que es el mando central para todas las funciones de las tarjetas as como el software de TeViiData para la recepcin de Internet va el Satlite. El paquete entero est redondeado con una versin de la demostracin del muy conocido ProgDVB. La instalacin de los controladores y el software de MyTeVii ocurri sin problemas y corri totalmen-

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ventanas de MyTeVii al mismo tiempo y totalmente independientes una de otra. Y por supuesto se mantienen los ajustes y parmetros de la recepcin que pueden prepararse para cada sintonizador por separado e independiente uno de otro incluyendo todos los pasos de ajustes necesarios para LNB1 y LNB2.
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y americanos junto con los datos de transpondedores correspondientes. Era bueno ver que los datos estaban realmente bastante actualizados para que los cauces de HDTV recientemente aparecidos pudieran encontrarse fcilmente. Haba tambin pre programados suficientes frecuencias de LOF disponibles para cubrir las bandas C y Ku pero tambin podran personalizarse individualmente (incluso el punto de cambiar para la frecuencia superior e inferior) a sus requisitos especficos. El software de MyTeVii tambin trabaja muy muy bien con todos los protocolos de DiSEqC comunes que lo permiten as usar la tarjeta con slo un LNB, con un sistema DiSEqC 1.0 con hasta cuatro LNBs as como un sistema de DiSEqC1.1 ms complicado con hasta 16 LNBs. Si

se est usando un motor de DiSEqC, pueden accederse las posiciones guardadas en la memoria individualmente y pueden prepararse con las entradas del satlite apropiadas. Nuestra impresin positiva global se fortaleci por la habilidad de tambin usar esta tarjeta con las aplicaciones de SCR. La habilidad de revisar los datos de satlites y transpondedores directamente en la bsqueda de canales en la que el men es especialmente prctico. Se pueden agregar nuevos transpondedores o satlites, o puede modificar los datos existentes. Las funciones de bsqueda de canales tambin son lgicas, bien pensadas y fciles de usar. Por ejemplo, se puede examinar un solo transpondedor de un satlite, transpondedores mltiples o todas las entradas de transpondedores. El FEC se reconoce automticamente por ambos sintonizadores.

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tambin operan en el LNB llamado Fuera del rango. Esta caracterstica apaga la alimentacin al LNB con tal cuando el sintonizador de la tarjeta no lo acceda.

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en DVB-S y QPSK y 8PSK en DVB-S2. Una vez la lista de canales est llena con las entradas, no sera una mala idea el dar una mirada rpida de nuevo a la inmensa serie de ajustes bsicos. Cada parmetro imaginable puede ponerse a los requisitos del usuario y aqu es donde la S480 como una tarjeta de expansin de un PC se compar a una caja de alta gama: si se esta usando un hardware ms viejo o si el procesador no es el ms rpido del mundo, la demanda en el procesador o la tarjeta de los grficos puede degradarse, por ejemplo, la funcin de cambio en el tiempo puede apagarse. Los atajos del teclado tambin pueden prepararse para cada posible funcin. Los Codecs para audio, el video y HD son seleccionables individualmente. Un codec es necesario para el

Al final los dos sintonizadores se ocuparon de todas las tareas fcilmente incluso de la recepcin de SCPC y la bsqueda automtica de canales. En nuestras pruebas de SCPC la tarjeta pudo procesar un transpondedor a 2.0 Ms/sec en TURKSAT a 42 este sin ningn problema. La tarjeta TeVii S480 tambin mostr sus capacidades durante una bsqueda automtica de los satlites de HOTBIRD a 13 Este; este trabajo se complet en slo un poco por encima de seis minutos, con lo que gracias a la tabla de transpondedores moderna, casi se identific cada canal a recibir. Para completar la prueba del sin-

tonizador, nosotros tenamos naturalmente que verificar lo bien que trabajan los sintonizadores con las seales ms dbiles. Para esto nosotros dirigimos nuestra antena al EXPRESAR AM1 a 40 este dnde no slo ya los transpondedores individuales en este satlite son difciles de recibir con un plato de 120cm sino que este satlite se encuentra ms aun en una rbita inclinado para la recepcin estable por encima de los periodos de tiempo ms largos. El TeVii S480 domin esta tarea y nos proporcion una buena recepcin. Ya que la tarjeta S480 es DVB-S/S2 compatible, puede demodular QPSK y BPSK

proceso de los contenidos de audio y video por lo que la opcin de codec tiene una influencia directa en la imagen desplegada por la tarjeta. Por ejemplo, si se est usando una tarjeta de grficos con el soporte del hardware para la recepcin de HDTV, se puede lograr una ms baja demanda de procesador usando el codec recomendado por el fabricante de la tarjeta de grficos en lugar del codec normal en el software de MyTeVii. El S480 tiene todas las capacidades de ajustes necesarios por este propsito. La ventana principal del software de MyTeVii es amable y bien organizada. Mientras que el lado derecho de la ventana est reservado para la lista de canales, el lado izquierdo entero de la ventana es para el despliegue del signo de la TV. En el borde ms bajo de la ventana el software se mezcla con toda
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la informacin sobre el canal actualmente seleccionado (claro, con tal de que este datos estn disponibles). La propia lista de canales puede ordenarse y puede agruparse de una variedad de maneras para que, por ejemplo, los canales pueden agruparse por paquete, transpondedor o satlite. Naturalmente pueden cargarse las listas de Favoritos con todos sus canales favoritos. Pueden hacerse desaparecer canales no deseados en la lista con slo un clic del ratn mientras los canales orientados a adultos pueden bloquearse de la vista por los nios con un cdigo PIN. Especialmente prctico es que todo este trabajo tiene lugar en el software de MyTeVii en la ventana principal; todos los cambios son por eso inmediatamente visibles. El EPG de TeVii tambin esta diseado con la claridad en la mente; se presentan los programas de los prximos siete das en incluyendo la informacin de la programacin detallada de un modo organizado, de nuevo, con tal de que estos datos estn disponibles por el proveedor. Por supuesto, pueden hacerse las entradas de temporizador directamente del EPG y como se esperara de
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un producto de la cima as, el software puede arrancar un PC desde el modo de reserva para grabar un programa. Lo mismo es verdad en marcha atrs: mientras se preparan las entradas del temporizador, el usuario puede seleccionar si mantener encendido el PC o ponerlo en el modo de reserva despus de que las grabaciones estn acabadas. De esta manera, el PC no necesita quedarse encendido todo el da a slo para grabar un solo programa. El tiempo de cambio de canal del S480 entre dos cauces de transpondedores diferentes es de 2-3 segundos; para una solucin de PC esto es realmente bastante rpido. Gracias a los dos sintonizadores, un segundo canal puede verse en una segunda ventana mientras una grabacin se est reproduciendo en la primera ventana. La recepcin de Internet va satlite tambin es posible en un sintonizador mientras el otro se usa para la recepcin de la TV. Durante la reproduccin se puede cambiar entre las huellas de audio diferentes as como el acceso cualquier subttulo disponible con slo un solo clic del ratn. El HDTV puede mostrarse a una resolucin de hasta 1080i; pue-

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den hacerse las grabaciones en el formato MPEG as como TS (el flujo del transpondedor) y puede por consiguiente procesarse con todos los programas de correccin diferentes como el Estudio de DVR y convertirlo en un DVD. El OSD del software de MyTeVii puede comunicarse con el usuario en ingls, francs, alemn, rabe, chino, finlands, italiano, polaco, ruso, espaol y sueco. El cambio del aspecto tambin se ha demostrado ser bastante interesante. Puede usarse para ajustar la apariencia del software con slo unos clicks del ratn para emparejar los gustos del usuario. El paquete viene con dos aspectos pero pueden descargarse ms de Internet. Gracias al telemando incluido, el software de MyTeVii

puede controlarse desde el descanso de su cama; la informacin como el EPG est mezclada en el despliegue de OSD en el formato de pantalla completa encima del programa actual. De esta manera las tarjetas TeVii pueden fcilmente funcionar con un PC el lugar de la TV y de un receptor normal. La TeVii S480 es bastante buena por lo que se refiere a su hardware, pero una cosa est clara: si ambos sintonizadores son particularmente activos en el modo de HDTV, la demanda aumenta en el procesador. As para nuestras pruebas nosotros usamos una CPU Intel Core 2 Do con 2GB de memoria y una tarjeta grfica relativamente nueva de ATI para medir la carga del procesador. Los valores que nosotros

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medimos eran la mayor parte ms bajos de lo que nosotros esperamos ver con una tarjeta de PC con sintonizador doble en el modo de HDTV. Slo cuando nosotros accedimos a dos canales HDTV al mismo tiempo hizo nuestro sistema llegara a los lmites. Se hizo imposible de hacer cualquier otro trabajo que valga la pena con el PC. Nosotros tenemos que decir sin embargo que la presentacin de los canales de HDTV era libre y fluida sin ninguna interferencia. La leccin aqu est clara: la actuacin de la TeVii S480 (realmente de cada tarjeta de PC) favorablemente depende del hardware de la tarjeta de video del PC que soporte una aceleracin del hardware de decodificacin del video y claro, si los controladores de aceleracin se han programado. Ms all, la resolucin real de un canal de HDTV tiene que ser considerada (realmente slo unos canales transmiten con el pleno 1920x1080p) y por ltimo la condensacin de video y su proporcin. En otra prueba con un PC con Intel Core 2 con 2.6 GHz, el hardware de aceleracin de la tarjeta de video y el decodificador de apoyo, la carga era de 2 a 5% en unos niveles mximos de seal de HDTV con 1920x1080p. Al final todo se reduce al hardware que se usa en su PC. La TeVii S480 no dispone de cualquier ranura de CI o lector de tarjetas integrado. Se podra pensar que esto lo hace imposible de recibir cualquier canal encriptado. Pero hay una cada hacia los Emus y Cardsharing. A travs de los complementos integrados el software necesario para la recepcin de la TV de pago puede activarse. En nuestras pruebas el TeVii S480 trabaj muy bien aunque el segundo afinador caus algunos problemas y no podra accederse al mismo tiempo.

Las cosas parecan bien con el Windows Media Center. Viene el arranque incluido con el Sistema Operativo Windows Vista y la tarjeta de TeVii es totalmente compatible con l. El Windows Media Center puede comunicar totalmente con la TeVii S480 pero no viene con tantas capacidades de ajustes como el software de MyTeVii. Durante nuestras pruebas se comporto como esperbamos. Se ocup de una busqueda de canales por encima de 11 minutos y encontr slo un fragmento de los canales comparado al software de MyTeVii. Obviamente ste es una solucin universal y MyTeVii es diferente pues simplemente est diseado para la S480. Nosotros estbamos contentos de ver que el Windows Media Center pudiera ocuparse de la grabacin simultnea y reproduccin dos canales (HD igual) va los dos sintonizadores. MyTeVii es diferente sin embargo, nosotros no pudimos desplegar dos HD canales al mismo tiempo pero, aun as, el segundo sintonizador estaba disponible para grabar. Adicionalmente, el telemando de TeVii es compatible con el Windows Media Center que claro lo significa todava puede controlar todo de su cama. Adems del ProgDVB y el Windows Media Center, hay otros programas que pueden usarse con la S480 para la recepcin de la TV. Nuestra tabla muestra los enlaces a estos programas. Siguiendo a la recepcin de la TV, nosotros tambin quisimos comprobar la recepcin de Internet. TeVii incluy el software necesario para el S480: TeViiData. Simplemente como con MyTeVii, TeViiData tambin viene con una lista muy moderna de proveedores de Internetva-satlite. En la mayora de los casos todo lo que se tiene que hacer es seleccionar una entrada de la lista, y

asumiendo que tiene el servicio contratado con ese proveedor, se puede empezarse rpidamente. En nuestras pruebas el software de TeViiData funcion sin ningun problema y nos proporcion el acceso de Internet va EUTELSAT W3A a 7 este. La tarjeta PCI-e TeVii S480 ha demostrado ser buena de muchas maneras durante nuestras pruebas: es uno de las primeras tarjetas de PC para operar con dos sintonizadores totalmente funcionales que pueden usarse simultneamente con el propio software de TeVii. Gracias a las tarjetas la construccin moderna, irradia un calor

muy pequeo; esto har a los usuarios felices en que el sistema de refrigeracin del PC no necesita correr a la mas alta capacidad y as no har el tanto ruido. El software de MyTeVii demostr sus capacidades con xito durante nuestras pruebas aunque el software alternativo como ProgDVB o Windows Media Center puede usarse en cambio si es necesario. La calidad de la cinta audio y video era excepcional. Nosotros tambin debemos mencionar que para los DXers los contenidos en MPEG 4:2:2 pueden desplegarse tambin con el codec emparejado de Elecard.

La Opinin del Experto

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The S480 is a PCI Express (PCI-e) expansion card for a PC. The use of the PCI-e slot is absolutely necessary because the data transfer rate of a standard PCI slot might not be good enough for the reception of high resolution TV content. Contrary to the TeVii S470 model that we tested in the 08-09/2009 issue of TELEsatellite, the S480 operates with two fully functional DVB-S/S2 tuners that can both be used at the same time independently from each other. You could actually look at it as if there were two separate DVB-S/ S2 cards installed in the PC except that the entire hardware for both cards is on one circuit board so that only one slot is occupied in the PC. In addition to the card itself, the package also comes with an installation guide in English and German, a CD with drivers and software as well as a remote control and an infrared receiver. A detailed user manual is available on the CD in PDF format. The installation guide unfortunately doesnt go into any details on the S480. On the other hand, we liked the remote control; it helps to convert the PC into a fully functional DVB-S/S2 TV receiver. It sits comfortably in your hand, is properly labeled and comes with buttons that are easy to reach and easy on your fingers. Installing the TeVii S480 card was handled without any problems. The card already has a slot cover installed on it although a smaller version is provided for use with narrower PC housings and can easily be swapped out if necessary. Since the TeVii card with its two tuners must also supply power for two LNBs and the integrated chips on the card will be putting a demand on energy needs, it would make sense to connect a matching output from the PC power supply to the TeVii card. This will guarantee that the card will have enough power available to it to do its job; the PCI-e bus alone is not able to handle these power demands. After installing the card, the two tuner inputs are quickly connected to the satellite system and the infrared receiver is plugged into the appropriate jack on the card. The S480 is ready to go. Although the TeVii S480

card is best suited for HDTV reception, it doesnt place any special demands on the PC itself. The requirements for interference-free HDTV reception according to the manufacturer: a 2.4 GHz CPU, a graphics card with 128MB RAM as well as 1GB of memory. If youll only be watching SDTV, you can use a PC with a 2 GHz PC and only 256MB RAM. In either case though, the graphics card that is used must support DirectX version 9.0C or higher. Of course, when it comes to the hardware you end up using, the newer and

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more capable the hardware, the better. The manufacturer included 32-bit and 64-bit drivers for all MS Windows versions (Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7) on the CD; there are also drivers for Linux. The CD also contains the MyTeVii software which is the control central for all of the cards functions as well as TeViiData software for reception of Internet via Satellite. The entire package is rounded off with a demo version of the well-known ProgDVB. The installation of the drivers and the MyTeVii software occurred problem-free and ran fully automatically. Thats what Plug&Play is all about; you dont even have to restart the PC after installing the drivers. The installation assistant presents two separate MyTeVii icons on the PCs desktop with one labeled LNB1 and the other LNB2. Nope, its not a software bug. Instead, TeVii has made it possible to open two MyTeVii windows at the same time and fully independent of each other. And of course it stands to reason that numerous settings and reception parameters can be set up for each tuner input separate and independent of each other including all the necessary settings steps for LNB1 and LNB2.

After starting the MyTeVii software for the first time, an empty channel list is displayed. Of course, this list should be filled as quickly as possible, wouldnt you say? The manufacturer included a preprogrammed list of 178 European, Asian and American satellites along with corresponding transponder data. It was nice to see that the data was actually quite up to date so that the most recently started HDTV channels could easily be found. There were also plenty of preprogrammed LOF frequencies available to cover the C-band and Ku-band but they could also be individually customized (including the switching point for the upper and lower frequency bands) to your specific requirements. The MyTeVii software also plays very nicely with all of the common DiSEqC protocols thus letting you use the card with just a single LNB, with a DiSEqC 1.0 system with up to four LNBs as well as a more complicated DiSEqC1.1 system with up to 16 LNBs. If youre using a DiSEqC motor, the positions stored in memory can be individually accessed and set up with appropriate satellite entries. Our overall positive impression was strengthened by the ability to also use this card with SCR ap-

plications. The ability to edit satellite and transponder data directly in the Channel Scan menu is especially practical. You can add new transponders or satellites or modify existing data. The channel scan functions are also logical, well thought out and easy to use. For example, you can scan a single transponder from a satellite, multiple transponders or all of the transponder entries. The FEC is recognized by both tuners automatically. We were very impressed with the two TeVii tuners; not only do they require very little energy and thereby radiate very little heat, but they also operate on the socalled LNB Off feature. This feature turns off power to the LNB as long as the tuner on the card is not accessed. In the end the two tuners handled all of the tasks effortlessly including SCPC reception and automatic channel scans. In our SCPC test the card was able to process a 2.0 Ms/sec transponder on TURKSAT at 42 east without any problems. The TeVii S480 card also showed its capabilities during an automatic channel scan of the HOTBIRD satellites at 13 east; this job was completed in just a little over six minutes whereby, thanks to the up-to-date transponders, nearly eve-

ry receivable channel was identified. To complete the tuner test, we naturally had to check how well the tuners performed with weaker signals. For this we turned our antenna to EXPRESS AM1 at 40 east where not only are the individual transponders on this satellite already difficult to receive with a 120cm dish but this satellite finds itself in an inclined orbit making stable reception over longer time periods even more difficult. The TeVii S480 mastered this task and provided us with good reception. Since the S480 card is DVB-S/S2 compatible, it can demodulate QPSK and BPSK in DVB-S and QPSK and 8PSK in DVB-S2. Once the channel list is filled with entries it would not be a bad idea to have a quick look again at the vast array of basic settings. Every imaginable parameter can be set to the users requirements and this is where the S480 as a PC expansion card stands out compared to a set top box: if older hardware is being used or if the processor isnt the fastest in the world, the demand on the processor or graphics card can be turned back for example, the Time Shift function can be turned off.

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La disponibilidad de analizadores de seal econmicos ha crecido significativamente durante los ltimos aos. Hay una caracterstica que es especialmente crtica a los usuarios pero hasta ahora realmente no se ha mirado estrechamente por los fabricantes: y es un banco de datos moderno y extenso de datos de satlite y de transpondedores. Y simplemente debido a la lista casi interminable de TV, radio y servicios de Internet disponibles va el satlite, antena o cable, el deseo de tener toda esta informacin est completamente entendible. Claramente ya no es bastante para un instalador de antenas europeo el slo enfocar a aquellos canales demasiado familiares de los satlites ASTRA a 19.2 este o del HOTBIRD 13 este. Lo mismo puede decirse para un instalador en Thailandia; l no tendra ninguna oportunidad para sobrevivir si se limita su especializacin a slo el satlite THAICOM a 78.5 este. El analizador de seal que nosotros estamos introduciendo aqu, el SatCatcher Digipro ST Combo, no slo se apunta a los ambiciosos usuarios finales privados,

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El primer analizador de seal con 1GB de memoria para hasta 300,000 entradas de satlite y datos de transpondedores!
sino que tambin y sobre todo a los profesionales. Y si se quiere tener cualquier oportunidad de supervivencia en el mercado de hoy en da, se tiene que ser rpida y precisa la capacidad de reaccionar a los deseos de sus clientes. Incluido en esto est la necesidad de poder alinear tan eficazmente como sea posible a cada posible satlite que se pueda recibir en el sitio de la instalacin. Para que el instalador pueda hacer esto l necesita estar equipado con algunas herramientas bsicas y ste es el punto crucial: Qu uso es el mejor y el ms caro que un analizador de seal para un instalador si un cliente quiere que l agregue otro satlite a su sistema de recepcin pero el analizador de seal no tiene los datos de transpondedores actuales guardados en su memoria lo que impide al instalador encuadrar la antena? La compaa britnica SatCatcher nos ha demostrado ms de una vez en el pasado que sus productos estn actualizados tecnolgicamente y llenos de ideas innovadoras. Con el Digipro ST Combo esto no ha cambiado. Cuando se compar con modelos anteriores, no mucho ha cambiado por fuera. Con sus 240 x 105 x 75 mm y pesando simplemente 1.4kg incluso con la batera y la tapa de la proteccin, el Digipro ST Combo se asienta bastante cmodamente en su mano. Su peso est uniformemente distribuido para que est inestable en su mano. Su visualizador de 3.5 pulgadas con su resolucin de 128x64 es muy fcil de leer y es lo bastante grande para desplegar toda la informacin necesaria ptimamente. La batera recargable de VARTA integrada de 4000mAh le proporciona hasta cuatro horas de energa al Digipro ST Combo. Un ciclo completo de carga toma un poco de tiempo. El fabricante agreg un surtido de accesorios que incluyen un adaptador de alimentacin de 9.6V as como cargador de automvil para que el instalador pueda recargar el analizador mientras se dirige al prximo cliente. Se proporciona tambin una cubierta resistente a la humedad para ayudar a protejer el analizador de la suciedad y de los elementos. La cubierta de transporte incluida le permite trabajar con las dos manos libres. Una protector de sol que es practicable le hace ms fcil el leer el visor LCD a pleno sol luminoso. El Digipro ST Combo viene con un cable de USB para la conexin a un PC y un cable de A/V para la conexin de entrada/salida de video para redondearlo. El manual del usuario no est en la forma impresa; en cambio est en formato PDF y puede encontrarse en el CD incluido. El Digipro ST Combo junto con todos sus accesorios puede condensarse en una caja de aluminio fornido para un transporte fcil. Tambin servira protegerlo si se da el caso de cada. No le puede ayudar pero puede notar que el visor en color de LCD de 3.5-pulgadas de fcil lectura en el tablero delantero. Pueden encontrarse cuatro botones de funcin debajo del visualizador; el etiquetado para estos botones se despliega cerca del fondo de la pantalla. Simplemente a la derecha dispone de cuatro botones ms en forma de una cruz que se usan para trabajar a travs de los mens. Debajo esto hay un pequeo teclado numrico compuesto de 12 botones as como un cinco botones de funcin adicionales a su derecha. Todos los botones se etiquetan desde su fabricacin de una forma muy legible que hace muy fcil de operar el Digipro ST Combo. En la parte superior del analizador el fabricante puso un sintonizador con la combinacin de entradas para el satlite y para la recepcin terrestre as como una conexin de un sintonizador adicional de prueba. Los conectores de entrada / salida para las seales de audio / video tambin puede encontrarse all. El SatCatcher Digipro que nos enviaron a nosotros para la prueba es para el satlite y seales terrestres (ST). Hay tambin una versin SC disponible para el satlite y seales de cable. El conector USB y la entrada de alimentacin pueden encontrarse en el fondo del analizador. Este producto ms nuevo de SatCatcher estaba fabricado con la calidad en la mente y para ser honrado y nosotros no esperamos menos de esta compaa. Incluso la batera recargable que en las versiones anteriores se instal permanentemente en la unidad y no poda ser cambiada por el usuario final, est ahora dentro de su propio compartimiento de batera y puede ser reemplazada por el usuario final. Todas las unidades enviadas despus de 1 el 2011 de abril incluyen esta caracterstica. SatCatcher han hecho la unidad aun ms verstil para esos instaladores ocupados que no slo est enfocados en las instalaciones de TV sino que tambin en las instalaciones de vigilancia o tambin llamadas de seguridad de video: este equipo nuevo de SatCatcher no slo captura DVB-S y DVB-T sino que tambin viene con una entrada de videa para usar con las cmaras normales. SatCatcher ha agregado una salida de 12V activa incluso en el puerto IF, para que los instaladores tambin pueden impulsar una cmara mientras se hace la instalacin. Con este fin, las unidades ms nuevas enviadas incluyen ahora tambin unos cables F a jack de alimentacin (Nuestra muestra de la prueba no se equip todava con esta caracterstica).
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Como se ha mencionado antes, es completamente esencial para el instalador profesional siempre tener los datos ms modernos de satlites y de transpondedores en las yemas de sus dedos. Incluso un usuario extremo se estremecera el tener estos datos rpidamente disponibles en su analizador de seal. Antes de que nosotros comprobemos los detalles tcnicos de la medida de la seal del Digipro ST Combo, nosotros queremos presentarles dos de los rasgos ms importantes de este analizador. El primero sera su memoria de 1GB seguidos por una funcin de procesar y visualizar los datos de la NIT (la tabla de informacin de red). La memoria de 1GB es el resultado directo de SatCatcher que reuni a todos sus ingenieros para decidir la manera ms fcil de colocar en el analizador de seal los datos de todos los satlites y

transpondedores disponibles en el mundo. Para esto era necesario incorporar dos tipos diferentes de memoria: la memoria de trabajo y la memoria principal. La memoria principal es 1GB de tamao y puede cargarse directamente con los datos desde un PC. Tiene sitio para aproximadamente 300,000 entradas de satlite y de transpondedores. En cuanto se establece una conexin USB entre el analizador y un PC, el analizador es reconocido por MS Windows como un dispositivo de almacenamiento externo y por consiguiente no necesita ningn controlador o software especial. Naturalmente, el usuario necesitara un archivo actualizado en formato ASD que est disponible directamente desde el fabricante o desde un distribuidor autorizado. Para actualizar los datos de los satlites y transpondedores, se necesitara simplemente descargarse el ltimo ASD archivo desde

Internet y copiarlo al dispositivo de almacenamiento externo. Los diseadores de SatCatcher reconocieron rpidamente que sera un grave error el reemplazar simplemente el banco de datos entero el analizador; hay varios usuarios finales que guardan sus propios datos en el analizador indudablemente y estos datos se perderan si fuese reemplazado el banco de datos entero. Para prevenir esto, los ingenieros llegaron ingeniosamente a una simple solucin: El men principal del analizador viene con una entrada que le permite transferir los datos individuales (satlite, transpondedor o proveedor) desde su memoria principal a su memoria de trabajo para que estn disponibles para el uso por el analizador de seal. Como la memoria principal contiene todos los datos de

los satlites y transpondedores del mundo sin tener en cuenta las necesidades del usuario o no, el men de trabajo contiene slo las entradas que el usuario realmente necesita. Esto no slo hace ms fcil el acceder a los datos que se necesitan, sino que tambin permite cuando se quiera una actualizacin completa del banco de datos sin tener que preocuparse por borrar cualquier entrada individual. Tambin es posible transferir las entradas de la memoria de trabajo a la memoria principal para que se puedan transferir de nuevo al PC para imprimirlas o pueden transferirse a un analizador de SatCatcher diferente. Despus de encender el analizador, el visor en el Digipro ST Combo presenta el men principal con cuatro opciones. Estas cuatro opciones identifican las cuatro funciones bsicas de este analizador: una medida de seal en modo terrestre, una medida de seal en modo del satlite, varias pruebas de DiSEqC, potencia y cableado as como una seleccin del men para la entrada / salida de AV. En el fondo de la pantalla hay un botn rojo de Men que tambin se usa activado el botn de F3. Pulsando este botn lleva al usuario a las posibilidades de actualizacin de las listas previamente mencionadas va un archivo ASD. En el modo terrestre el analizador puede procesar las seales analgicas y digitales dentro de la banda de frecuencias 46 a 870 MHz de varias maneras diferentes: puede seleccionarse una sola frecuencia para que se puedan mostrar sus parmetros. Estos parmetros incluyen el nivel de seal en dBV, la frecuencia de onda de transporte de video, la frecuencia de onda de transporte de audio as como el C/N en decibeles. Con las seales digitales tambin se mostrara el MER (Proporcin de Error de

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Modulacin), CBER (Error de Bit de Canal) y VBER ( Ratio de Error de Bit Viterbi). Adems de todos estos valores numricos el analizador tambin muestra el grfico de los niveles de la seal de audio y de video en una columna separada. Este modo puede usarse para ajustar una antena que ya se ha alineado aproximadamente dnde necesita estar. Para este propsito hay una visin de analizador de espectro. Puede usarse ver la seal entrante en varias anchos de banda que incluyen el pantalla completa, 500, 200, 100, 50, 32, 16 y 8 MHz,. Cuando nosotros probamos esto con una antena de UHF, la Digipro ST Combo reaccionaba muy rpidamente a los cambios en la posicin de la antena y lo mostr grficamente. Con la ayuda de la muestra del analizador de espectro, es muy fcil el identificar una posicin inicial para la antena que despus se puede ajustar finamente.

Si se quiere echar una mirada ms ntima a una cresta de la seal, se necesita apretar el botn de funcin de Prueba para decirle al Digipro ST Combo que empiece a buscar una portadora vlida de la seal de DVB-T o simplemente una seal analgica. Si se entra una frecuencia directamente u opta para entrar un nmero de canal, un empujn del botn Entrar plantea una muestra detallada de los parmetros de la frecuencia. Con las seales de DVB-T se puede leer la NIT y se puede visualizar cualquiera de los canales que se encuentren en el monitor del analizador. Ya que el analizador no viene con una ranura de CI incorporada o un lector de tarjetas, esta caracterstica slo trabaja con las seales libres (FTA). Los variados modos de bsqueda se felicitan por una bsqueda automtica de canales que verificar todas las frecuencias en la bsqueda de seales utilizables y en-

tonces mostrars los resultados grficamente. Esto es esencialmente una expansin del modo de analizador de espectro. El analizador de seal de SatCatcher no slo puede ocuparse de las seales de TV, tambin puede funcionar con la radio en FM y seales de radio digitales DAB; estn disponibles para estos modos las selecciones del men correspondientes. Gracias a todos los posibles diferentes ajustes, el usuario puede emparejar el Digipro ST Combo a sus requisitos personales. Por ejemplo, puede mostrar una seal moderada por consiguiente en el unidades dBV, dBmV o dBm as como el nivel mnimo para el proceso de la seal o programar el analizador para apagarse despus de un cierto tiempo. Sobre todo nos gust del SatCatcher como se ofrecen los ficheros ASD, el banco de datos preconfigurado de entradas mundiales de sa-

tlite y de transpondedores, que tambin lo adopt para el modo terrestre. Por supuesto, en este modo todo se revuelve alrededor de las frecuencias en las bandas de UHF y VHF y no con satlites y sus transpondedores correspondientes. Pero, sin ninguna duda, puede ser tambin prctico el tener acceso a una lista preprogramada de todas las frecuencias y cuales de ellas estn ocupadas. El diseo de canales disponible puede mostrarse, activarse y revisarse va una entrada en el men principal. El ajuste bsico incluy una lista preconfigurada para Gran Bretaa as como una coleccin global de frecuencias usadas en Europa. Si el analizador es usado en otras partes del mundo, la caracterstica de ASD le permite fcilmente transmitir las listas actuales desde el sitio web del fabricante o desde un distribuidor y luego transferirse entonces desde un PC al analizador. En el modo de satlite el analizador est estructurado bsicamente en la misma estructura como en el modo terrestre. Este funcionamiento transparente ayuda a hacer el trabajo del usuario mucho ms fcil y pero eso merece una alta alabanza. Para poder usar la amplia gama de todas las caractersticas del analizador, hay que darle una mirada al men de Ajustes y poner algunos de los parmetros bsicos. Incluido en esto sera claro la posicin geogrfica actual. Con esa informacin, el Digipro ST Combo puede calcular el acimut y la elevacin automticamente para cada satlite deseado as como el ngulo de la polarizacin y las posiciones del satlite para DiSEqC 1.3 (USALS). Estos resultados no slo se muetran en nmeros sino que tambin se muestran grficamente. En nuestras pruebas esto funcion bastante bien y puede usarse para conseguir una idea bas-

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tante buena de la posicin de un satlite. Desde all se puede acceder al modo de analizador de espectro para una alineacin fina de la antena. El despliegue de analizador de espectro es muy rpido en reaccionar con los cambios de las seales. Esto lo hace muy fcil para ajustar la antena e identificar una cresta de la seal. Si se quiere echar una mirada ms ntima a una frecuencia en particular en el espectro, sera una buena idea buena el reducir el palmo de frecuencia que se muestran a los valores preprogramados de 50, 100, 200 y 500 MHz que estn disponibles as como la frecuencia completa. Los botones del cursor pueden usarse para seleccionar cualquier frecuencia deseada en la pantalla. Una pulsacin del botn Entrar revela su nivel exacto de seal y el C/N (proporcin de portadora / ruido). Y simplemente como en el modo terrestre, existen una variedad de ajustes como el espectro del analizador de frecuencia o el voltaje deseado para la conexin del sintonizador va el pequeo teclado numrico. Gracias a su etiquetado preciso y de fcil lectura, no tomar mucho tiempo antes de que sepa lo que ya no se puede hacer sin este rasgo. Con los instaladores profesionales puede ser a menudo necesario el proporcionar una prueba de un trabajo bien hecho. Para este propsito la funcin del Historia s puede usar para guardar los valores obtenidos durante una alineacin de la antena que puede hacerse disponibles despus en un PC. Tambin se puede tomar una captura de pantalla del visor de analizador de espectro y se puede guardar en el analizador. Una vez se ha posicionado una antena usando el analizador de espectro o se han realizado los clculos angulares para que un satlite se

pueda recibir, una pulsacin de un botn en una cresta de seal es todo lo que se necesita para poner el analizador en modo de transpondedor dnde se puede ver la fuerza y calidad de la seal de una manera grfica adems de ver el nivel de la seal, CBER, VBER y C/N que pueden verse tambin numricamente. A estas alturas la antena puede alinearse ptimamente al satlite deseado gracias a la reaccin precisa y rpida a los cambios de nivel de la seal. Si el analizador reconoce una frecuencia vlida, la NIT del transpondedor puede leerse y la seal de TV o de radio puede verse en la pantalla. Claro, que esto slo es verdad para las seales digitales. Usando la NIT, el analizador calcula la posicin del satlite actual; en nuestras pruebas esta caracterstica funcion bastante bien y mostr correctamente todo. Los problemas slo ocurren que cuando los proveedores no usan la informacin exacta de la NIT como fue el caso en nuestras pruebas con una seal de enlace a 7 oeste que produjo unos datos de posicin de satlite incorrectos. Todas estas capacidades de la medida de la seal se cubren por los diagramas de constelacin en los modos DVB-S y DVB-T. Si cambiara cualquier detalle de una frecuencia, lo nico que se necesita apretar simplemente es el botn de Edicin para que puedan revisarse rpidamente los mltiples parmetros. Aparte de los clsicos ajustes como el LOF, el voltaje de la polarizacin y la seal de 22 kHz, tambin se puede personalizar el DiSEqC 1.0 para hasta cuatro satlites, el 1.1 para hasta ocho satlites as como el DiSEqC 1.3 (USALS) para los sistemas motorizados. Incluso se soportan soluciones SCR de Unicable y pueden activarse directamente en el men de Ajustes. El Digipro ST Combo se

1. Calculando el azimut y la elevacin 2. El banco de datos de ASD en el Pc: pueden agregarse datos de satlite y de transpondedores y pueden cambiarse

entrega con todos los datos de satlites y de transpondedores para los satlites europeos desde 42 Este a 30 Oeste. El usuario puede revisarlos o puede extenderlos en el visor del analizador. Pero qu se hace si se quiere trabajar con el ABS1 a 75 Este? Ningn problema; aqu es donde los ficheros ASD entran una vez ms en la obra. Simplemente se accede al organizador de ASD en el men. El Digipro ST Combo le preguntar entonces qu satlite se quiere activar. No hay ninguna lista desplegada; si se mostrara la lista entera de satlites, estara todos algo desorganizado. En cambio, simplemente se entra la posicin geogrfica del satlite y se selecciona hacia el este u oeste apretando el botn + / -. Cuando se aprieta el botn de OK, el analizador reco-

nocer inmediatamente que est interesado en la 75 este y que involucra el satlite de ABS1. El analizador desplegar las frecuencias de transpondedores disponibles entonces junto con los proveedores correspondientes que usan estas frecuencias. Ahora todo lo que se necesita hacer es buscar la entrada deseada en la lista y transferirla a la memoria de trabajo usando el botn F3. Se consigue entonces una lista detallada de los datos y si fuese necesario se podran agregar rdenes DiSEqC o seleccionar un LOF para emparejarlo al LNB de la banda C o Ku, etc. Despus de ello se apretara el botn Salvar para guardarlo todo en la memoria del analizador para que pueda llamarse fcilmente en un momento ms tarde. Ya que nosotros ya tenemos el satlite ABS1 a 75

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El Satcatcher Digipro ST combo viene con una caja de aluminio con muchos tiles complementos: protector solar del visor, cD de software, gua del usuario, unidad de carga principal, cable de conexin USB, adaptador para cargador de coche y cable A/V.

Este guardado en la memoria del analizador, pareca lgico el mover una de nuestras antenas a ese satlite. El ABS1 es tpicamente bastante difcil de recibir aqu en Europa occidental. Con la ayuda del clculo del acimut y la elevacin en el Digipro ST Combo, nosotros rpi-

damente determinamos los ngulos necesarios para la antena y empezamos a ajustarla en esa direccin. Gracias a su modo de analizador de espectro, nosotros pudimos rpidamente identificar algunas seales de crestas y con la ayuda del modo de transpondedor fue fcil de

encuadrar la antena ptimamente. Y la pregunta del milln: hay manera para mejorar la alineacin de la antena? No, aun cuando se use un analizador de seal de otro fabricante que cuesta varios miles de dlares, no le habra

ayudado a aumentar el nivel de seal de la antena! El SatCatcher Digipro ST Combo hizo el trabajo claramente! Y durante todas estas pruebas nosotros pudimos tambin determinar que el sintonizador incorporado en el analizador era realmente bastante sensible; pudo procesar el

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arranque de seales con un C/N de 3.5dB. Correctamente leer los transpondedores es una cosa; una imagen en vivo de la TV en el monitor es otra cosa completamente distinta. El Digipro ST Combo no slo puede usar los datos de la tabla NIT de un transpondedor para identificar la posicin del satlite, sino que tambin puede usarla para desplegar una variedad de canales deTV radio para recibir. Aunque el monitor es slo de 3.5 pulgadas en de diagonal, la imagen de la TV es fcil de ver y por consiguiente puede usarse para confirmar al cliente que se est recibiendo esos canales que realmente se quieren. Gracias a la salida de A/V en el analizador, puede conectarse fcilmente directamente a una TV y puede convertirse en un receptor de satlite o receptor de DVB-T. Este conector A/V tambin puede usarse para desplegar mostrar una seal de video externa en el monitor del analizador para, por ejemplo, pueda alinearse una antena motorizada con un actuador de 36V. La seal de video del posicionador / receptor puede de esta manera se mostrarse en el monitor del analizador. Gracias a la segunda entrada de seal en la parte superior del analizador, se pueden comprobar no slo las seales del LNB, sino tambin el voltaje de control de polarizacin del receptor al LNB, las seales de 22 kHz que controlan la banda alta/ baja de la seal as como cualquier orden DiSEqC que se enve. sta es una manera especialmente prctica para encontrar y arreglar cualquier problema que podra ocurrir con longitudes de cable ms largas y ms complejas. Particularmente til fue el anlisis de rdenes DiSEqC enviadas por el receptor; esto hizo posible identificar fcilmente y corregir un problema con un multiswitch

o corregir un problema con el cableado. El Digipro ST Combo puede conectarse a un PC como un dispositivo del almacenamiento externo sin la necesidad de cualquier controlador especfico. Gracias al software de PC incluido, es posible no slo calcular los ngulos necesarios para cada uno de los satlites deseados usando una tabla extensa de situaciones diferentes en un PC (tambin pueden entrarse directamente las coordenadas de la latitud y longitud), pero los datos de ASD para los modos terrestre y de satlite tambin pueden extenderse y pueden revisarse. Una vez se han completado todos los cambios, el usuario puede guardar los datos y entonces puede transferirlos al analizador simplemente arrastrando y dejando caer los datos al analizador. Nosotros estuvimos muy impresionados con el SatCatcher Digipro ST Combo durante nuestras pruebas. Gracias a la construccin lgica del software, la instalacin fue un pedazo de pastel. Viene con una gran variedad grande de caractersticas y todos cubierto con el banco de datos de ASD. Su construccin de calidad superior no deja nada de ser deseado.

La Opinin del Experto


1 GB de memoria Activa El Analizador del Espectro sumamente Rpido muestra los datos de la NIT Calculo del Acimut y de Elevacin Incorporado Peso ligero Batera Recargable de Larga vida

Thomas Haring TELE-satellite Test Center Austria

No se reconocen los Transpondedores DVB-S2

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manufacturer Tel Email Website model Function Frequency range satellite Input Level Frequency range terrestrial Input Level Input resistance DiSEqc ScR Unicable Power supply Display Supplied items SatCatcher, Unit 7 Salvesen Way, Hull, East Yorkshire, UK HU3 4UQ, United Kingdom +44 - 148 222 15 77 sales@satcatcher.com www.satcatcher.com Digipro ST Combo Signal meter for digital signals in DVB-S, DVB-T and DAB. Analogue signals in FM radio. 950~2150 MHz -65 dBm to -25 dBm 46~870 MHz 40 dBV to 110 dBV 75 Ohm Yes (1.0, 1.1, 1.3) Yes Up to 4 hours without recharge 120 x 64 3.5 LCD color display Fold away sun visor, Software CD, User guide, Mains charging Unit, A/V cable, Car charger, USB Connection cable 240 x 105 x 75mm 1.4kg 10.5V 8.4V 0 to 40C -10 to 40C

Dimension Weight charge Power Battery Voltage Working temperature Storage temperature

Definiciones:
MER: Proporcin de Error de Modulacin es un clculo de error de bit para las seales digitales. Cuanto ms alto el valor, la seal recibida est ms libre de errores. Los valores por encima de 25dB son aceptables aunque un CBER, VBER bueno y un correspondientemente C/N alto tambin es importante. VbER: Proporcin de Error de Bit Viterbi es el nmero de bits defectuosos dentro de una seal digital despus de la correccin matemtica Viterbi del error . Cuanto ms alto es el nmero despus de la E , ms buena es la seal. CbER: Proporcin de Error de Canal es el nmero de bits defectuosos en una seal digital antes de la correccin matemtica del error Viterbi. Cuanto ms alto es el nmero despus de la E , ms bueno es la seal. El CBER le da una idea de cmo es de buena o mala la seal realmente recibida en el LNB.

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combination Signal Analyzer for DVB-S and DVB-T

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The availability of affordable signal analyzers has grown significantly over the past few years. Theres a feature that is especially critical to users but up until now it hasnt really been watched closely by manufacturers: and that is an up-to-date and extensive database of satellite and transponder data. And simply because of the nearly endless list of TV, radio and Internet services available via satellite, antenna or cable, the desire to have all of this information is completely understandable. Clearly its not enough anymore for a European antenna installer to focus only on those all too familiar ASTRA 19.2 east and HOTBIRD 13 east satellites. The same can be said for an installer in Thailand; he would have no chance to survive if he limits his expertise to just the THAICOM bird at 78.5 east. The signal analyzer that were introducing here, the SatCatcher Digipro ST Combo, is not only aimed at ambitious private end users, but also and especially at professionals. And if you want to have any chance of survival in todays market, you have to be able to quickly and precisely react to your customers wishes. Included in this is the need to be able to align to every possible receivable satellite as efficiently as possible at the installation site. In order for the installer to be able to do this he needs to be equipped with some basic tools and this is the crucial point: What use is the best and most expensive signal analyzer to an installer if a customer wants him to add another satellite to his reception system but the signal analyzer doesnt have the current transponder data stored in its memory preventing the installer from aligning the antenna? The British company SatCatcher has shown us more than once in the past that its products are up to date technologically and full of innovative ideas. With the Digipro ST Combo, that hasnt changed. When compared to previous models, not much has changed on the outside. At 240 x 105 x 75mm and weighing just 1.4kg including battery and protective cover, the Digipro ST Combo sits quite comfortably in your hand. Its weight is evenly distributed so that it doesnt want to tip over to

one side. The 3.5 inch display with its 128x64 resolution is very easy to read and is large enough to optimally display all the necessary information. The integrated 4000mAh rechargeable battery by VARTA provides the Digipro ST Combo with four hours of energy. A complete charging cycle takes just about as long. The manufacturer added an assortment of accessories that include the 9.6V power supply as well as a car charging station so that the installer can recharge the analyzer while

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on the way to the next customer. A moisture resistant jacket is also provided to help protect the analyzer from dirt and the elements. The included carrying case lets you work with two free hands. A flip-open sun shade also makes it easier to read the LCD display in bright sunshine. To top it all off, the Digipro ST Combo comes with a USB cable for connection to a PC and an A/V cable for the video input/ output connection. The user manual is not in printed form; instead its in PDF format and can be found on the included CD. The Digipro ST Combo along with all of its accessories can be packed in a sturdy aluminum case for easy transport. It would also serve to protect the contents should the case be dropped. You cant help but notice the easy-to-read 3.5-inch LCD color display on the front panel. Four function buttons can be found underneath the display; the labeling for these buttons is displayed near the bottom of the screen. Just to the right are four more buttons in the shape of a cross that are used to work through the menus. Underneath that is a numerical keypad made up of 12 buttons as well as an ad-

ditional five function buttons off to the right. All of the buttons are legibly labeled making it very easy to operate the Digipro ST Combo. On the top of the analyzer the manufacturer placed a combination tuner input for satellite and terrestrial reception as well as an additional tuner connection for testing. The input/output jack for audio/video signals can also be found there. The SatCatcher Digipro that was sent to us for testing is for satellite and terrestrial signals (ST). There is also an SC version available for satellite and cable signals. The USB interface and the power supply input can be found on the bottom of the analyzer. This newest product from SatCatcher was manufactured with quality in mind and to be honest we didnt expect any less from this company. Even the rechargable battery, which in previous versions was permanently installed in the unit and could not be removed by the end user, is now inside its own battery compartment and can be replaced by end user. All units shipped after 1st April 2011 include this feature. SatCatcher have made the unit even more versatile for those busy installers, who are not only focussing

on tv installations, but also on video surveillance aka security installations: the newest SatCatcher not only captures DVB-S and DVB-T but also comes with an video input to use with standard cameras. SatCatcher has even added an active 12V output from the IF input port, so installers can also power a camera while making an install. To this end, the newest units shipped do now also include a F type to power jack cables (Our test sample was not yet equipped with this feature). As mentioned before, it is absolutely essential for the professional installer to have up-to-date satellite and transponder data always at his fingertips. Even an end-user would be thrilled to have this data readily available on his signal analyzer. Before we check out the technical signal measurement details of the Digipro ST Combo, we want to introduce you to two of the most important features of this analyzer. The first would be its 1GB of cache memory followed by a function to process and display NIT (network information table) data. The 1GB cache memory is the direct result of SatCatcher putting their heads together to decide the easiest way to port all of the

worldwide available satellite and transponder data to the signal analyzer. For this it was necessary to incorporate two different types of memory: work memory and main memory. The main memory is 1GB in size and can be loaded with data directly from a PC. It has room for roughly 300,000 satellite and transponder entries. As soon as a USB connection is established between the analyzer and a PC, the analyzer is recognized by MS Windows as a removable external storage device and therefore doesnt need any drivers or special software. Naturally, the user would need an up-to-date file in ASD format which is provided either directly from the manufacturer or from an authorized distributor. To update the satellite and transponder data, you simply would need to download the latest ASD file from the Internet and copy it to the removable external storage device. The SatCatcher engineers quickly recognized that it would be a big mistake to simply replace the entire database in the analyzer; undoubtedly there are quite a few end users that saved their own data in the analyzer - this data would be lost if the entire database were replaced.

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TEST REPORT

DVB-c Headend

Build your DVB-c cable headend converting DVB-S to DVB-c with Topreal
Jacek Pawlowski
DVB-C is a worldwide standard that describes digital cable TV. In most cases, the DVB-C signal that arrives at the wall outlet of cable subscribers homes is of satellite or terrestrial origin that is DVB-S or DVB-T respectively. Lets focus on DVB-S. Is the signal what is transmitted as DVB-C on the cable the same signal that is received at the headends satellite dish?
Well, if we take into account the digital content: video bit stream, audio bit stream and data stream the signals are almost identical. There are small changes in the data transmitted along with video and audio (for example there are no longer transponder frequencies but rather carrier frequencies) but the real difference lies in the frequency and modulation used. To convert DVB-S to DVB-C one needs a professional DVB-S receiver and a DVB-C QAM modulator. If you want to manipulate the content of the multiplex, you additionally need a re-multiplexer. One of the manufacturers of such professional units is Topreal from China; they provided us with the basicss for a cable headend: a satellite receiver, a modulator and a re-mulitplexer. All three Topreal units are designed to fit standard 19 racks or cabinets. As you can see on the pictures, these units are not fitted with neither RCA nor SCART connectors. Such professional devices use either F or BNC connectors because these have well defined 50 Ohm impedance matching the characteristic impedance of coax cables. ited this is typical for professional units which are set once and left unattended for long periods of time. But even this was not present, rather just a mere 4-digit 7 segment LED display, not even alphanumeric one. How is the user supposed to set the unit? A look at the rear panel revealed the way. Except for the LNB input and looped output (RF-IN, RF-OUT), doubled transport stream outputs (ASI_OUT), there were video and audio outputs resembling the ones we know from regular consumer receivers. The difference was only the connector type BNC sockets were used in TP-1010. But thats not all, there was even a S-Video output. So, maybe The receiver was not especially fast in accepting our key presses but this is not a very important mentioned The feature you for this kind of unit. As we already do configure it once and then nothing. funniest thing we discovered was the game menu. It seems that the firmware for this receiver was not designed from scratch but rather adopted from the consumer receiver. Nothing wrong with this if the unit performs well. one can just connect a regular TV-set to see the menu and set the unit? Yes, that was the way. The On-Screen Display we saw on our portable tv was very similar to the OSD which is used with regular satellite receivers. The significant difference was that all the receiver settings (including the numerical ones like frequency) were possible with just 6 buttons: four arrows, MENU and OK.

TP-1010 DVB-S Receiver


The satellite receiver was a little surprise for us at the beginning. We expected that the keypad will be rather lim-

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We set the TP-1010 to receive a transponder from THOR 5/6 satellite at 0.8 West (11325H, 24500). Everything worked perfectly and within a second or so the video was on. We checked what happens when we switch the power off and on again. Video and audio were back after 2-3 seconds. Thats what one expects from a professional receiver in case of a power blackout the receiver recovers quickly and gracefully as soon as the power is back on. Then, we decided to test the reception of low bit rate weak signals. TP-1010 could not lock to the very weak signals from EUTELSAT W6 on 21.6 East nor EUTELSAT W7 on 36 East. Their bit rate was from approximately 1.5 through 2.5 Ms/s. But to be fair, we must mention that our satellite analyzer was equally unable to lock to those weak signals either. Only the very modern high class receiver that we use for satellite DX-ing could lock and process these signals. In regular applications, TP-1010 will be used rather to process high bit rate strong signals from the popular satellites. After all, this is not a product aimed at the DX-er market. The TP-1010 can cooperate with any type of LNB because you enter the LOF manually. You enter only one value as this receiver is supposed to lock to only one selected transponder. For example it can be 9750 MHz (the lower LOF of a universal LNB). Also the voltage corresponding to the polarization and the presence of 22 kHz that switches oscillators in the universal LNB must be set manually by the user. We subjected the receiver to another tough test. We attenuated the input signal down to the receivers sensitivity threshold and left it for 2 hours. In this way we simulated prolonged bad weather conditions. In such circumstances, the receiver must process a lot of erroneous data. This is extremely important for the professional receiver to be able to survive such situations without software crash. And TP-1010 did survive! As soon as we increased the level, it would produce crisply clear video and audio. Our general impression of TP-1010 is that it has all the basic functions a professional receiver must have. Lack

of alphanumeric display is a small hindrance as you need a TV-set to configure the unit. Yet you should take into account that normally you configure this unit once and it stays unchanged for months or even years.

TP-1600 QAm modulator


With this unit there was no surprise. The TP-1600 QAM modulator has a 2-line alphanumeric LCD display with backlit. This is very typical for head end equipment. Except for the LCD, there are six buttons and eight status LEDs. The rear panel is quite ascetic transport stream input, DVB-C signal output, LAN interface and ON/OFF power switch. However, Topreal also offers more enhanced versions. If you wish, instead of transport stream ASI input, they can embed a DVB-S, DVB-T or DVB-C tuner with corresponding input signal connector. However, in its basic version, TP-1600 takes the transport stream supplied from a professional receiver or an encoder and modulates it onto a carrier. All QAM modes are available (16/32/64/128/256 QAM ) in accordance with ITU-T J.83 Annex A. We decided to set it up without referring to the operating manual and everything went smoothly. User interface was really simple and straightforward everybody who understands the parameters of QAM modulation will set the unit in no time. You just enter the carrier frequency, QAM mode and symbol rate. We checked the unit in the same way as the receiver to find out if it can recover after a power cut. As expected everything went OK. After about 30 seconds we noticed the signal again. Neither the receiver nor the modulator required any action from the user to resume operation. But what about the strength and quality of the output signal? The channel power can be set from 107 through to 120 dBV. We measured it for the settings of 120 dBV and our meter showed us 119 dBV. Very good accuracy of the settings. Signal quality was nothing but perfect. We did the measurement for 64

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1. carrier frequency set to 474 mHz in TP-1600 QAm modulator 2. TP-1600 output was set to 120 dBV; our meter measures almost exactly the same 3. TP-1600 output signal has very high modulation Error Ratio and noise margin as high as 11 dB for 64 QAm 4. constellation diagram of DVB-c 64 QAm signal also shows its splendid signal-tonoise performance 5. TP-1600 set to the most demanding 256 QAm modulation mode; as expected, noise margin is lower than for 64 QAm but mER is as good as it was before 6. constellation diagram for the 256 QAm mode is even more picturesque than the one for 64 QAm

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QAM and 256 QAM. Lower QAM modes are rather not used due to low bandwidth efficiency and 256 QAM is the highest possible mode according to the standard. Both measurements showed absolutely to noise course the perfect noise carrier Of margin performance.

channels

from

selected

all the bits are sent serially rather than in parallel. The serial interface is prevailing in todays world as it uses simple coax cables fitted with BNC connectors. When we combine con-

photos, such channel name is displayed when the DVB-C signal is processed by our signal analyzer. The menu structure of

transponder. In most cases, you would prefer to compose your ent multiplex with or chaneven nels originating from differtransponders different sources (satellite, terrestrial, A/V players and alike). For that purpose you need a multiplexer. By the way, the correct name would be re-multiplexer rather than multiplexer. In fact, Topreal uses the word re-multiplexer in their user manual, only on the unit itself one can read multiplexer. In the course of this report, we will stick to its proper name: TP-1200 Remultiplexer. TP-1200 accepts up to 8 transport stream inputs and lets the users select whatever they want from the input data and compose one output transport stream. For example, we can connect eight TP-1010 receivers to the remultiplexer, each tuned to a different transponder/satellite. Then, we can pick one or more programs (TV or radio

TP-1200 is much more complex as compared to TP-1010 or TP-1600 but this is obvious. Moreover, you need to know quite something about the transport streams, tables and the process of multiplexing. We did not have the software to do the settings from a PC via LAN connection. Definitely, this would be a much more convenient way of setting up 8 inputs and 1 output of TP-1200. A little annoying feature Of course, we can also change the PIDs for example the video or audio PID of a channel. Such PID re-mapping may be necessary if we have a conflict the same PIDs are used by channels in different input transport streams. TP-1200 allows you to that we would suggest to change is the keyboard lock. Upon powering up, the keyboard is locked and you need to press left arrow, right arrow and left arrow again to unlock it. Thats still OK but if you hesitate a few seconds when doing a setting in the menu, the firmware will lock the keyboard again. You tent from different transport streams, we also need to update the data tables that are included in the transport stream. These tables describe the content of the stream. TP-1600 can produce or update the following tables: Program Association Table (PAT), Program Map Table (PMT), Service Description Table (SDT) and Network Information Table (NIT).

was lower for 256 QAM but this is simply physics and with every modulator we would get exactly the same outcome. The constellation diagrams confirmed what our MER and C/N measurements told us before about the signal. It was extremely clean almost no noise at all. We observed for a longer period the BBC World channel received with TP-1010 from THOR 5/6 on 0.8 West and remodulated to QAM with TP-1600. We did not notice any single glitch. Everything was working flawlessly. Also the bad weather test (see the receiver chapter) lasting for 2 hours did not make the modulator software crash. It

proved the robustness of its design.

TP-1200 Re-multiplexer
If you use only a professional receiver and a QAM modulator, the only possibility you have is to retransmit either all or some of the

channels) from every transponder and compose our own transport stream. This transport stream will be available on the TP-1600s output. All transport stream interfaces: input and output ones comply to ASI format. ASI is Asynchronous Serial Interface which means that

rename the channels too. You probably wont do that very often as the channel names are also trade marks, but such possibility exists. To test it, we changed the name of the 4funTV channel transmitted via HOTBIRD on 13 East at 10719V, 27500 to TSI1 channel. As you may see on one of the included

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have to repeat everything from the very beginning. If you are very familiar with the re-multiplexer you can do all the settings fast enough but for the first-time user this is somewhat irritating. Similarly to the two previous units, TP-1200 remembered all the settings after power failure and restored everything without any human interaction.

ease of use are probably not the most important parameters. The performance and the price must be right. All units passed the tests we ran without any single problem. The trio was handling power failures gracefully and did not hang up even when the incoming signal was full of errors. Thats something that really counts in the head end equipment. Performance of the QAM modulator was very good indeed. Perhaps, the sensitivity of the receiver could be improved a little.

conclusion
Although one can imagine more functions for the cable head end (like scrambling the content or VOD), the three components described above are the most fundamental devices you will consider when collecting the equipment for a cable head end. It is evident that they were designed as separate units rather than as a family, as they do not match in external design nor menu structure. However, for the professional user, the uniform style and

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1. BBc World channel originally transmitted via the THOR 5/6 satellite on 0.8 West received by TP-1010 and re-modulated to DVB-c 64 QAm by TP-1600 2. 4funTV from HOTBIRD 13East received by TP-1010 Receiver, renamed to TSI1 channel with TP-1200 multiplexer and modulated with TP-1600 QAm modulator

Input Digital output Analog outputs Power supply TP-1200 Re-multiplexer Inputs Input bit rate (every stream) Input packet length Output Output bit rate Output packet length Power supply TP-1600 QAm modulator Input Output frequecy modulation Symbol rate Power channel Power supply

DVB-S, 950-2150 MHz looped through 2 x DVB transport stream (same signal on 2 connectors in ASI format) CVBS, Left/Right audio, S-Video 90-250 VAC 50/60 Hz

8 x DVB transport stream (ASI) 50 Mbps max. 188/204 bytes recognized automatically 2 x DVB transport stream (same signal on 2 connectors in ASI format) 2~108 Mbps 188 or 204 bytes (dummy Reed Solomon) 90-250 VAC, 50 Hz, 25 W

DVB transport stream (ASI) 48~862 MHz 16/32/64/128/256 QAM 2~7 Msps 107~120 dBV 90-260 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 30 W

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Horizon Global Electronics www.horizonhge.com DVB-C and analog cable TV meter 51~858 MHz LCD display

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Deviser Fabricante de Analizadores de Seal, china

DEVISER

pasar pronto a la completamente nueva oficina y factora de produccin.

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Nuevo en la Escena: DEVISER


Empiezan con dos analizadores de seal de satlite Por encima de 20 aos de experiencia como un fabricante de analizadores de seal La planta de fabricacin pronto estar en un nuevo edificio Su propio equipo de R&D con ingenieros muy calificados Opera con todas las normas de calidad correspondientes
El fundador y Presidente de DEVISER
es Zhong Changgan. l empez la compaa en 1990.

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Deviser Fabricante de Analizadores de Seal, china

DEVISER complementa su programa de analizadores de seal para cable, telecomunicaciones y fibra ptica con la tecnologa del satlite
En el 2010 de octubre, DEVISER empez desarrollando su primer analizador de seal para satlite. El resultado de este esfuerzo ya puede encontrarse en los estantes de la tienda: el diseo bsico S20 para mediciones de seal del satlite en DVB-S. En julio de 2011 aparecer un modelo de continuacin con un sintonizador de DVB-S2 y en octubre de 2011 DEVISER est planeando un modelo de alta gama, el S7000. Cmo una compaa como DEVISER termina produciendo analizadores de seal para satlite? El TELE-satlite hizo una visita a la compaa en Tianjin, un gran puerto de mar localizado en la costa oriental de china. El tren de gran velocidad viaj a 330 km/h y nos llev de nuevo desde el nuevo edificio de la estacin del tren de Beijing Sur a la igualmente nueva de estacin de tren de Tianjin. Tianjin es una ciudad con ms de 10 millones de habitantes y es origen de muchas compaas industriales diferentes. Sorprendentemente, DEVISER es una de las empresas ms viejas en Tianjin. Se fund bajo el nombre de DELY en 1990 por Zhong Changgan, un ingeniero de aeronutica. l nos explica: En aquel entonces estaban construyndose las primeras redes de TV por cable a pero no haba disponible ningn analizador de seal . Zhong Changgan reconoci esta oportunidad y fund al primer fabricante de China

Tianjin

de analizadores de TV de cable. Este grupo de productos todava constituye la mayora de sus ventas hoy en da. El 80% de nuestros analizadores de seal son para la TV de cable , nos indica el fundador y Presidente Zhong Changgan, mientras que el 10% son para el cable de fibra ptica y el 5% es para las telecomunicaciones . l espera que restante 5% sean rellenados por la reciente salida de los analizadores de seal para el satlite. El Director de las ventas para Mercados Extranjeros, Jason Wu, nos explica a donde DEVISER entrega sus productos: El 50% se envan a EE.UU., un 15% va a Europa y otro 15% a India con el siguiente 20% va a Corea Sur y

La nueva oficina y factora de

produccin de DEVISER representadas en esta maqueta diseada por sus arquitectos.

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DEVISER

Signal Analyzer Manufacturer, China

www.devisertek.com

Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees

0.............................. 250 ................................ 500


Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)

0............................. 12.5 ................... 25 Mio US$


Production Certicates

RoHS, CE, UL, ISO 10012, ISO 90001


Production Categories

OEM, own brand


Main Products

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1107/eng/deviser.pdf

Signal Analyzers for Cable, Terrestrial, Telecommunications, Fiber Optic and Satellite, Spektrum Analyzers, Vector Network Analyzers, Broadcasting Measurement Instruments, QAM Meters

Un saludo amistoso lo espera a la entrada de DEVISER. La compaa opera

domsticamente bajo el nombre de DELY Electronics Instruments. La nueva marca de fbrica DEVISER slo se usa para las exportaciones. Algunos de los muchos certificados que ha conseguido DEVISER ha aumentado durante los aos y est colgados aqu en la pared. Incluido en ese surtido se reconoce las certificaciones internacionales para ISO 90001 (Gestin de Calidad) e ISO 10012 (Normas de Medida de Calidad). En resumen, DEVISER est tambin certificada CE, ROHS y UL as como muchos otros.

otros pases del Sudeste asitico . Segn Jason Wu, Nosotros usamos slo el nombre de DEVISER para nuestras exportaciones . Quin realmente usa los productos de DEVISER? Jason Wu da una apreciacin global de sus clientes: Principalmente son profesionales de operadores del cable que necesitan montar, ajustar y mantener las grandes redes de cable. Se necesitan por supuesto, analizadores de seal profesionales para eso . Esto plantea la pregunta acerca de por qu DEVISER empez con los productos de analizadores de seal para satlite. Hace no demasiado tiempo nosotros no introdujimos en el cable de fibra ptica , comenta Jason Wu, lo nico que faltaba era la recepcin de satlite . Considerando que DEVISER tiene ms de 20 aos experiencia en este mercado, no nos debe venir como ninguna sorpresa que tenga 260 empleados, de los cuales 85 de ellos son ingenieros. Dividido en cuatro equipos de R&D diferentes, stos ingenieros muy calificados constantemente estn tra-

bajando en las mejoras de sus analizadores y en las nuevas caractersticas de los productos as como los nuevos desarrollos de productos como los nuevos analizadores de seal de satlite. El xito de estos ingenieros puede verse en los nmeros de la produccin y de las ventas. En nuestro primer ao 1990 nosotros produjimos 100 unidades aproximadamente , recuerda el fundador de DEVISER Zhong Changgan, en el 2010 nosotros alcanzamos unas ventas de 30,000 unidades . ste resultado son las ventas de EE.UU. sobre unos $20 millones para el 2010. Para el 2011 nosotros estamos esperando un aumento en las ventas de un 20%, dice el Director de Ventas para Mercados Extranjeros Jason Wu. l basa esto en parte debido al nuevo analizador de seal para el sector de satlite: Por ejemplo, nosotros estamos esperando que el nuevo analizador de seal de satlite S20 nos tejer una malla de ventas de aproximadamente 15,000 unidades durante los prximos tres aos y del modelo de S7000 de primera clase aproximadamente 500 unidades por ao .

Jason Wu ya sabe quin quiere comprar estos analizadores: Nosotros ya tenemos varias pre- rdenes. Un cliente en Sur Amrica ha hecho un pedido de unas mil unidades y nuestros distribuidores en Europa e India est en el proceso de remitirnos nuevas rdenes . La confianza en la experiencia y especializacin de los ingenieros de DEVISER es tan alta que estn vendindose las unidades antes de que ellos incluso se fabriquen. Aun as, DEVISER est naturalmente abierta a compradores adicionales. Distribuidores que tienen contacto con instaladores de satlite y los operadores del cable locales deben enviarme un correo electrnico , nos reflexiona Jason Wu que es el responsable de las exportaciones de productos. Si quiere encontrarse con Jason Wu en persona, puede encontrarlo y adems al Jefe de Ingenieros de DEVISER, Cao Yuliang, en varias ferias de comercio diferente como CABSAT (Dubai), CCBN (Beijing), SCaT (Mumbai), Cable Tec (Atlanta), KCTA (Daegu) y muchas otras. Y si quiere saber ms sobre cmo su funcionan los analizadores de seal de satlite, se tiene que esperar nicamente a las nuevas ediciones de TELE-satlite: nosotros estaremos presentando nuevos informes de prueba de los nuevos analizadoras de seal de DEVISER en prximas ediciones.

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El Director de Ventas para mercados Extranjeros Jason Wu resalta algunos de los desarrollos de producto sobre los que est

interesado DEVISER. En 2007 la compaa introdujo un analizador de seal para los fabricantes de receptores. Este producto se usara durante la produccin de un receptor y se proporcionara varias seales que pueden usarse para probar al receptor en las diferentes fases de la produccin.

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R&D Team
1. El Ingeniero Principal es cao Yuliang. l coordina los cuatros equipos de R&D y es una persona de contacto para clientes en las muestras de comercio. l puede proporcionarle las respuestas cuando los clientes tienen demandas especiales o cuando les gustaran nuevas caractersticas para incorporar en los analizadores de seal. l nos dice, " DEVISER ha invertido por encima de EE.UU. $1.5 millones en la tecnologa ms moderna para desarrollar los nuevos analizadores de seal ". El xito de esta estrategia puede verse en las 30 patentes que el equipo de DEVISER ya ha recibido. 2. El Gerente de la Divisin para el satlite y el cable es Kong Xiangsen. l est de pie aqu al lado de un armario de moduladordemodulador que genera las seales de prueba para los analizadores. 3. Los ingenieros orgullosamente presentan una de las primeras muestras del nuevo analizador de seal de alta gama para el satlite, el analizador de seal S7000. En la parte ms a la izquierda est el Jefe de Ingenieros Wang Zhiying y a la derecha est el Jefe de Ingeniera de Software Wang Renping. 4. Un analizador de seal tambin necesita una caja. Anjinhao es el diseador de las cajas de DEVISER y desarroll el albergue para el nuevo analizador de seal S7000; en su escritorio tiene muestras de otros tipos de analizadores de seal de DEVISER.

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Sales Team

1. A Jason Wu le gusta leer TELE-satlite. l es encargado del Equipo de Ventas para el Extranjero que es compuesto de cuatro empleados. l viaja muy a menudo y puede encontrrsele en muchas muestras de comercio en el stand de DESVISER. 2. El contacto para los clientes de Asia, Aaron. 3. Vicky Han es el contacto para los clientes en Amrica del Norte.

La produccin
4. El gerente de produccin es Li Hong Xiao. l vigila a los 100 empleados de la produccin y distribuye las cargas de trabajo entre su personal. Nosotros lo vemos aqu al lado de un generador de seal que se usa cuando una serie de la produccin est completa para calibrar y probar las funciones apropiadas de las unidades 5. Una mirada en la entrada del almacn. Los empleados aqu miran por encima de los muchos componentes necesarios para la produccin de los muchos modelos de analizadores de seal diferentes. 6. Una seccin del rea de produccin. Los analizadores de seal se producen en lneas de montaje pequeas y estaciones de prueba.

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La produccin
7. La maquina SmT. Aqu los componentes automticamente se colocan en su sitio. 8. Las pruebas se hacen despus de la produccin. El AOI (Inspector ptico Automtico) realiza una inspeccin visual automticamente. 9. muchas tareas tienen que ser realizadas a mano. Aqu se montan los sintonizadores. 10. Aqu se colocan las tapas del analizador de seal. 11. Aqu un empleado est el realizando pruebas al analizador de seal. 12. Una de las muchas estaciones de prueba dnde se completan los analizadores de seal y se prueban para el funcionamiento apropiado. 13. Antes de que monten las tapas, un empleado realiza una prueba completa de un analizador de seal. 14. El analizador de seal est terminado pero funciona correctamente? En la Prueba Final se verifican varios parmetros con generadores de seal de calidad superior para calibrar el analizador. 15. A las unidades completadas se les colocan las bateras y se cargan aqu por 36 horas.

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16. Una unidad avanza en cada paso de la produccin y pone a prueba a travs de una serie de pruebas especiales. cada posible parmetro se verifica y compara a los valor deseados. Esto garantiza la calidad consistente en los analizadores de seal de DEVISER. 17. Los analizadores de seal de cable profesionales valorados en varios miles de dlares tambin son manufacturados por DEVISER y, como con todas las otras unidades, sufren una prueba de envejecimiento. Los analizadores deben permanecer dentro de todos los lmites de tolerancia a lo largo de la prueba de envejecimiento durante la que una variedad de pruebas de medida se realiza para verificar que esos lmites de tolerancia no se excedan. Todos los analizadores de DEVISER tienen garantizada un duracin en servicio por encima de 10,000 horas.

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18. Los analizadores de DEVISER en una prueba de envejecimiento con los monitores de banda ancha. Se les aplican varias seales peridicamente para probar la medida del analizador de estos signos. 19. No slo se usan los analizadores de DEVISER a la temperatura ambiente. Por esta razn, cada unidad debe sufrir una prueba medioambiental. Los analizadores deben funcionar correctamente en unas temperaturas de hasta 50c. Este empleado est realizando una prueba medioambiental usando mltiples generadores de seal. 20. Debido a los muchos modelos de analizadores de seal diferentes fabricados por DEVISER, se necesita tambin un nmero grande de generadores de seal. Una seleccin de estos generadores est disponible en esta habitacin dnde se prueban las muestras de la produccin. 21. En otra habitacin se prueban los analizadores de espectro. Se generan los varios espectros que el analizador de seal de DEVISER debe mostrar correctamente. 22. Si un analizador de DEVISER fallara despus de muchos aos de servicio, el gerente de ventas Yue Tianhong es la persona correcta para hablar de ello. con ella seis tcnicos de reparaciones, ella puede devolver a la vida cualquier analizador de seal de DEVISER.

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Signal Analyzer manufacturer DEVISER, china

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In October 2010, DEVISER began developing their first satellite signal analyzers. The result of this effort can already be found on store shelves: the basic S20 model for DVB-S satellite signal measurements. In July 2011 the follow-up model with a DVB-S2 tuner will appear and by October 2011 DEVISER is planning on a high-end S7000 model. How does a company like DEVISER end up producing satellite signal analyzers? TELE-satellite paid a visit to the company in Tianjin, a large seaport located on the Chinese east coast. The high-speed train traveled at 330 km/h and brought us from the brand new Beijing South train station to the equally brand new Tianjin train station. Tianjin is a city with more than 10 million inhabitants and is home to many different industrial companies. Surprisingly, DEVISER is one of the oldest firms in Tianjin. It was founded under the name DELY back in 1990 by Zhong Changgan, an aircraft engineer. He explains to us: Back then the first cable TV networks were being built up but there were no signal analyzers this available. opportunity Chinas of Zhong and first cable Changgan founded recognized President Zhong Changgan, while 10% are for fiber optic cable and 5% are for telecommunications. The remaining 5% are expected to be made up of the newly started Sales satellite Director signal Overanalyzers. seas Markets Jason Wu explains to us where DEVISER delivers its prod-

manufacturer

TV analyzers. This product group still makes up most of their sales today. 80% of our signal analyzers are for cable TV, lists founder and

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ucts: 50% are shipped to the USA, 15% each goes to Europe and India with the remaining 20% finding their way to South Korea and other Southeast Asian countries. According to Jason Wu, We only use the name DEVISER for our exports. Who actually uses DEVISERs products? Jason Wu gives an overview of their customers: It is primarily professional cable operators that need to set up and maintain large cable networks. You need professional signal analyzers for that. Of course this brings up the question as to why DEVISER began producing satellite signal analyzers. Not too long ago we expanded into fiber optic cable, comments Jason Wu, the only thing missing was satellite reception. Considering that DE-

VISER has more than 20 years experience in this market, it should come as no surprise that of their 260 employees, 85 of them are engineers. Divided into four different R&D teams, these highly neers working qualified are on engiconstantly improve-

in sales of 20%, says Sales Director Overseas Markets Jason Wu. He bases this in part due to the new satellite signal analyzer sector: Were expecting, for example, that the new S20 satellite signal analyzer will net us sales of about 15,000 units for the next three years and from the high-end S7000 model about 500 units per year. Jason Wu already knows who wants to buy these analyzers: We already have quite a few preorders. One customer in South America has placed an order for one thousand units and our distributors in Europe and India are in the process of forwarding orders to us. The confidence in the experience and expertise of the DEVISER engineers is so high that units are being sold before they

are even manufactured. Even so, DEVISER is naturally open to additional buyers. Distributors who have contact with satellite installers and local cable operators should send me an e-mail, suggests Jason Wu who is responsible for product exports. If you want to meet Jason Wu in person, you can find him and DEVISERs Chief Engineer Cao Yuliang at a number of different trade shows such as CABSAT (Dubai), CCBN (Beijing), Cable SCaT Tec (Mumbai),

ments to their analyzers and on new product features as well as new product satellite ers. The success of these engineers can be seen in the production and sales numbers. In our first year 1990 we produced roughly 100 units, remembers DEVISER founder Zhong Changgan, in 2010 we reached sales of 30,000 units. This resulted is sales of about US$ 20 million for 2010. For 2011 we are expecting in increase development signal analyzsuch as the brand new

(Atlanta), KCTA (Daegu) and many others. And if you want to know more about how their satellite signal analyzers work, you merely have to wait for the next issues of TELE-satellite: we will be presenting test reports of DEVISERs new analyzers issues. in upcoming

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Fabricante de Receptores AmIKO, Hungra

La Salida de AmIKO

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su propia produccin en Hungra oficinas de ventas directas en todos los pases de Europa central cooperacin intensiva con el proveedor de componente FULAN puesta al da automtica del software del receptor y constante desarrollo extenso un equipo de R&D y de servicio tcnico internos

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Fabricante de Receptores AmIKO, Hungra

Cmo una Nueva marca de Receptores Entra en Escena


En la ltima edicin de TELE-satlite nosotros introdujimos al primer receptor con Arranque Dual de AMIKO: el usuario puede escoger con qu software arrancar para usar en su receptor. sta es una innovacin notable en lo que se refiere a separar el hardware (el propio receptor) del software (lo que se ve del receptor). Pero hay ms: Spark se ha puesto por primera vez en servicio para cualquier receptor. Esto no slo mantiene las actualizaciones automticas del receptor sino que tambin permite al fabricante comunicarse directamente con el usuario final. Las aplicaciones para esta nueva tecnologa parecen ser numerosas; realmente no est todava conocido como han alcanzando este lejano hito. Pero quin est detrs de AMIKO? En una nueva zona industrial recientemente desarrollada al noreste de la capital de Hungra Budapest, AMIKO tiene su casa. Consiste en un edificio de administracin y un almacn al lado. AMIKO enva sus receptores desde aqu a los pases en Europa central. AMIKO slo paso esta marca al nuevo edificio al final de 2010; antes AMIKO se localizara en el centro de la ciudad Budapest. Los fundadores de AMIKO nos conocen realmente desde hace algn tiempo: Nosotros nos encontramos all en 1995 , recuerda el Gerente Financiero Zsolt Harangi. Ellos estaban involucrados en la industria del satlite con compaas diferentes. En aquel entonces era toda la tecnologa en analgico , revoca Jzsef Zsimn. Entonces empez la edad digital y en algn punto ellos dos sentan que era la hora adecuaa de tomar las cosas en sus propias manos. Nosotros empezamos con cuatro

Budapest

empleados , explica Jzsef Zsimn. En la actualidad tenemos 14 empleados hoy en la oficina de Budapest. Sus ventas se han extendido para incluir clientes en pases vecinos dnde tambin encontrar el resto de los empleados de AMIKO: 17 en la oficina de las ventas Checa, ocho en Rumania, cuatro en Serbia as como seis ms en las oficinas de ventas locales en Hungra. Y no nos olvidemos de los empleados en la lnea de produccin de receptores. Ya que la produccin no es continua, el nmero de empleados vara entre 20 y 40. Cuando empezaron con el negocio, los dos compaeros enfocaron en ser unos comerciantes al por mayor del satlite. Ellos distribuyeron receptores digitales de una variedad de fabricantes

El edificio en el primer plano

contiene las oficinas para las ventas, administracin, R&D y servicio tcnico. Sus productos se envan del almacn contiguo. La compaa est certificada ISO por TV.

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as como todo las dems necesidades del instalador: LNBs, platos, multi conmutadores y cable. Esto actualmente tambin esta incluido en una parte de sus ventas comerciales. En el 2010 el 50% de nuestras ventas eran a precios de mayorista con el otro 50% que consista en nuestras propias marcas de receptores , explica Gerente Financiero Zsolt Harangi . Para el 2011 la imagen parece bas-

tante diferente: Nosotros esperamos durante el ao actual que nuestro marca de receptor constituir el 70% de nuestras ventas mientras que nuestra gota de la parte comercial a precio de mayorista sea el restante 30%, comenta Zsolt Harangi. La marca de fbrica de AMIKO es muy nueva. Jzsef Zsimn explica, En el 2010 nosotros fundamos dos marcas de fbrica: AMIKO para el mercado mi-

norista y SYNAPS para los operadores . SYNAPS ofrece receptores DVB-C y DVB-T para los proveedores de cable y otros proveedores de programacin. AMIKO es una marca de fbrica para el mercado minorista. Nosotros estamos trabajando muy conjuntamente junto con FULAN en China. Ellos nos proporcionan la mayora de nuestros componentes para el receptor , explica el Gerente Comercial Jzsef Zsimn. Los receptores se montan en una lnea

AMIKO

Receiver Manufacturer, Hungary

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ISO, RoHS, DVB


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own brands AMIKO, SYNAPS - cooperation with FULAN


Main Products

Receiver for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/MPEG-4, DVB-C, award winning product Dual Boot Linux receiver for DVB-S/S2 and DVB-T
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de produccin en Budapest. Nosotros hemos logrado una calidad excelente en nuestra produccin , y contina, una vez ms los componentes de FULAN ya son de la ms alta calidad y nuestros propio equipo de calidad tiene esa conviccin . Ms importante aun que tener su propia lnea de produccin y su propia marca de receptor es tener al cliente que confe en ellos. En su muchos aos de experiencia los dos dueos han visto todo esto antes: los proveedores cambiaron su produccin a otra parte y los clientes avisaran al distribuidor y se quejaran por qu ellos no pueden conseguir cualquier pieza de recambio para sus reparaciones. Esto no puede pasar con nuestros productos , comenta Jzsef Zsimn, Nosotros tenemos un almacn de piezas de repuesto totalmente abastecido del que nosotros podemos entregar cualquier posible componente para cada receptor a nuestros clientes. Nosotros podremos hacer esto durante los aos venideros . Si se controla su propia lnea de la produccin, se pueden hacer declaraciones as. Pero esto fue la nica de las razones de por qu AMIKO decidi producir sus propios productos. Por pura coincidencia, Jzsef Zsimn recibi una llamada telefnica en ese
1. El Gerente comercial de AmIKO es Jszef Zsimn. 2. Zsolt Harangi est contento con los grficos de ventas. l es el Gerente Financiero de AmIKO.

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mismo momento de nuestra entrevista: los tcnicos de AMIKO encontraron un problema en el software en la ms nueva versin e inmediatamente remitieron esta informacin al proveedor de componentes FULAN en China. Eran las 2PM en Budapest y en unos minutos lleg una respuesta desde China: Nosotros estamos trabajando en ello . Jzsef Zsimn busca su telfono mvil: Esto es exactamente lo que hace que nuestra cooperacin con FULAN sea tan perfecta: la reaccin inmediata a un problema a pesar de la diferencia horaria de seis horas con China! AMIKO y FULAN son dos compaas que son perfectas para nosotros; la produccin enrgica y la distribucin aqu con componente que se fabrican all. Jzsef Zsimn lo ve todo realsticamente: Nosotros nos encontramos en la competicin con otros proveedores pero por encima de ello esta el trmino de largo xito que slo ser para aquellos que proporcionen los productos ms buenos y ofrecen el mejor servicio . Segn Jzsef Zsimn, la decisin en qu receptor usara el cliente no descansan en el cliente sino en el instalador o distribuidor: simplemente usando ellos los receptores, instaladores y distribuidores pueden recomendar una marca especfica que proporciona el mejor servicio mejor. No ayuda la situacin si un cliente devuelve un receptor con quejas en slo un corto tiempo. Jzsef Zsimn dice que la exactitud de sus declaraciones simplemente esta probada por la razn consecuente, el crecimiento a corto plazo de su joven compaa AMIKO. Este aumento es antes que todo el resultado del rpido desarrollo de las ventas de receptores AMIKO. La distribucin geogrfica de estas ventas es especialmente interesante. Extraamente el mercado local en Hungra no es el ms grande; de hecho, a aproximadamente el 20%, La Repblica Checa, Eslovaquia y Rumania estn por encima con Hungra en cuarto lugar en aproximadamente 15%. El hecho que AMIKO est as de bien situado en estos pases es principalmente debido a su activa poltica comercial: Nosotros tenemos oficinas
3. mrton Lengyel es Gerente de Ventas y dirige un equipo de 6 Representantes de las Ventas. 4. Beata Karsai es responsable para las ventas y logstica.

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de ventas en La Repblica Checa, Rumania, Serbia e igual aqu en Hungra , explica Jzsef Zsimn el por qu las ventas son tan buenas en estos pases. En otros pases de la Europa central AMIKO tiene relaciones muy firmes con comerciantes al por mayor. Jzsef Zsimn los lista: Esto incluye Bulgaria, Croacia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Eslovaquia, Grecia, Eslovenia as como los tres estados blticos . Y so no es todo: En el 2011 nosotros estaremos empezando la distribucin all en Ucrania con un distribuidor local y en 2012 nosotros planeamos entrar en Albania . AMIKO est continuamente en el modo de expansin. Pero nosotros no slo estbamos interesados en cmo AMIKO se extiende geogrficamente; nosotros tambin quisimos saber lo que ellos han planeado para sus receptores. sta era una
1. Los ingenieros de R&D en el cuarto de ingeniera bien abastecido. 2. Un tcnico de AMIKO verificando unos problemas. Una vez un problema se ha localizado, la produccin se ajusta para impedir que el problema reaparezca.

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A la derecha el gran almacn al

lado del edificio de administracin de AMIKO. No slo se envan desde aqu receptores de AmIKO, tambin se encontrarn aqu componentes de satlite guardados (LNBs, platos, multi conmutadores, cable), AmIKO como un comerciante al por mayor enva a los instaladores y tiendas.

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pregunta que Jzsef Zsimn slo estaba bastante contento con la respuesta: En el tercer trimestre aparecer el AMIKO ALIEN.2 con un chipset aun ms poderoso. Aparte de eso, nosotros estamos siempre que ensancha nuestro software del receptor con los nuevos rasgos . Jzsef Zsimn resalta estas caractersticas para nosotros que deben aparecer despus de este ao: Un navegador Web, WiFi, Soporte Flash, NTFS,

conmutador USB y Mensajera . Los dueos extranjeros de los receptores AMIKO estarn contentos; estas nuevas caractersticas aparecern solos en sus receptores gracias a la caracterstica automtica de puesta al da del software. Nosotros podemos esperar ver cualquier otra sorpresa de AMIKO? Jzsef Zsimn revela un poco de su segunda lnea de receptores, SYNAPS que se usa para los proveedores de cable y pro-

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Los platos de satlite en el tejado de

AmIKO se han instalado de una forma muy organizada. Zsolt Bornemissza que es el lder de los ingenieros de R&D nos explica a nosotros lo que se ve aqu: " Aqu se encuentran cinco antenas de 85cm, cada un con un motor de DiSEqc. Hay tambin dos platos de 1.25 metros, uno con un motor con actuador y el otro fijo en el lugar y alineado a 36E y provisto con un LNB de polarizacin circular de banda Ku ".

gramacin: A finales de 2011 nosotros estaremos ofreciendo tambin receptores con chipset apareado . De esta manera AMIKO puede soportar proveedores de programacin que tambin usen esta tecnologa. Estn involucrados los dos gerentes de AMIKO en que los fabricantes de aparatos de TV integrarn receptores algn da en sus productos? En cuanto se necesiten ms funciones o se necesite recibir un rango de frecuencias ex-

tendido, por ejemplo, la TV de satlite, entonces la nica solucin sera tener un receptor separado . comenta Jzsef Zsimn. l est convencido que AMIKO con sus receptores y anteriormente con toda su lnea de nuevos receptores ALIEN tallarn un camino que les permitir extenderse continuamente y llevar con l un potencial de crecimiento extremo. Nosotros slo podemos estar de acuerdo con eso!

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1. Una antena de Toroidal con 9 LNBs Quattro redondea este sueo de ajuste de antenas de satlite. 2. Todo el cableado de las antenas de satlite se dirige a este armario de conmutacin. Las conexiones de la antena entran en la parte superior del armario con todas las salidas en la mitad baja saliendo hacia cada estacin de trabajo y a los receptores de demostracin. De esta manera a cada estacin de trabajo y a cada receptor se le puede proporcionar la seal de satlite individual: tan solo se tiene que colocar el cable puente apropiado. El etiquetando en todas las conexiones hace que todo sea simple y fcil de usar.

Fabrication at AmIKO
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1.A mirada en el rea de la produccin: Los empleados de AmIKO montan aqu los receptores. 2. Los receptores completados se prueban individualmente antes de que ellos se empaqueten.

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Receiver manufacturer AmIKO, Hungary

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In the last issue of TELEsatellite we introduced the first Dual Boot receiver from AMIKO: the user can choose which operating software to use in his receiver. This is a remarkable innovation in that it separates the hardware (the receiver itself) from the software (used to operate the receiver). But theres more: Spark was put into service for the first time with any receiver. This not only provides for automatic receiver updates but it also allows the manufacturer to directly communicate with the end user. The applications for this new technology appear to be numerous; its really not known as yet how far reaching this can be. But whos behind AMIKO? In a newly developed industrial zone northeast of Hungarys capital Budapest, AMIKO has its home. It consists of an administration building and an attached warehouse. AMIKO ships its receivers from here to countries in central Europe. AMIKO moved into this brand new building only at the end of 2010; before that AMIKO was located in downtown Budapest. AMIKOs founders have known each other for quite some time: We met back in 1995, remembers Financial Manager Zsolt Harangi. They were both involved in the satellite industry with different companies. Back then it was all still analog technology, recalls Jzsef Zsimn. Then the digital age began and at some point the two of them felt the time was right to take things into their own hands. We started with four employees, explains Jzsef Zsimn. Today there are 14 employees in their Budapest office. Their sales have expanded to include customers in neighboring countries where youll also find the remainder of AMIKOs employees: 17 in the Czech sales office, eight in Romania, four in Serbia as well as six more in local sales offices in Hungary. And lets not forget the employees in the receiver production line. Since production is not continuous, the number of employees varies between 20 and 40. When the business first started, the two partners focused on being a satellite wholesaler. They distributed digital receivers from a va-

riety of manufacturers as well as everything else an installer needs: LNBs, dishes, multiswitches and cable. This business still makes up a part of their sales today. In 2010 50% of our sales were wholesale with the other 50% consisting of our own receiver brands, explains Financial Manager Zsolt Harangi. For 2011 though the picture looks quite different: We expect for the current year that our receiver brands will make up 70% of our sales while our wholesale business will drop to

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30%, comments Zsolt Harangi. The AMIKO brand name is very new. Jzsef Zsimn explains, In 2010 we founded two brand names: AMIKO for retail and SYNAPS for operators. SYNAPS offers DVB-C and DVB-T receivers for cable and other programming providers. AMIKO is a brand name for the retail market. We are working very close together with FULAN in China. They provide us with most of our receiver components, explains Marketing Manager Jzsef Zsimn. The receivers are assembled on a production line in Budapest. We have achieved excellent quality in our production, he continues, The components from FULAN are already of the highest quality and our own quality assurance team checks it all once again. Even more important with having your own production line and your own receiver brand is having the customer rely on you. In their many years of experience the two owners have seen it all before: suppliers shifted their production elsewhere and customers would contact the dealer and complain why they cant get any spare parts or service anymore. This cant happen with our products, comments Jzsef Zsimn, We have a fully

stocked spare parts warehouse from which we can deliver any possible component for every receiver to our customers. Well be able to do this for years to come. If you control your own production line, you can make statements like that. But this was only one of the reasons why AMIKO decided to produce their own products. By sheer coincidence, Jzsef Zsimn received a telephone call at that very moment in our interview: the AMIKO technicians found a software bug in the newest version and immediately forwarded this information to the component provider FULAN in China. Its 2PM in Budapest and within minutes an answer came from China: Were working on it. Jzsef Zsimn looks up from his mobile telephone: This is exactly what makes our cooperation with FULAN so perfect: immediate reaction to a problem despite the six-hour time difference with China! AMIKO and FULAN are two companies that are perfect for each other; energetic production and distribution here with component manufacturing there. Jzsef Zsimn sees it all realistically: We find ourselves in stiff competition with other providers but over the long term success will only be for those who

provide the best products and offer the best service. According to Jzsef Zsimn, the decision on what receiver the customer uses doesnt rest with the customer but rather with the installer or dealer: just from using the receivers themselves, installers and dealers can recommend a specific brand that provides the best service. It doesnt help the situation if a customer comes back with complaints after only a short time. Jzsef Zsimn says that the accuracy of his statements is proven simply by the consistent, short-term growth of his young company AMIKO. This increase is above all the result of the speedy development of AMIKO receiver sales. The geographical distribution of these sales is especially interesting. Oddly enough the home market in Hungary is not the biggest; in fact, at about 20%, The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania are at the top with Hungary in fourth place at about 15%. The fact that AMIKO is so well placed in these countries is due in large part to their active business policy: We have sales offices in The Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia and even here in Hungary, explains Jzsef Zsimn why sales

are so good in these countries. In other central European countries AMIKO has very tight relationships with wholesalers. Jzsef Zsimn lists them: This includes Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovakia, Greece, Slovenia as well as the three Baltic states. And thats not all: In 2011 well be begin distribution in the Ukraine with a local dealer there and in 2012 we plan to go into Albania. AMIKO is continuously in expansion mode. But we werent only interested in how AMIKO is spread out geographically; we also wanted to know what they have planned for their receivers. This was a question that Jzsef Zsimn was only too happy to answer: In the third quarter the AMIKO ALIEN.2 will appear with an even more powerful chipset. Aside from that, we are always expanding our receiver software with new features. Jzsef Zsimn highlights these features for us that should appear later this year: Web browser, WiFi, Flash Support, NTFS, USB Hub and Messaging. Owners of AMIKO ALIEN receivers should be happy; these new features will appear on their own in their receivers thanks to the automatic software update feature.

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Fabricante de Platos y Receptores, BYA, Argelia

Los Platos Perforados de Argelia


Alexander Wiese

Con una nueva extendida serie de platos de satlite fabricadas en metal, el fabricante argelino BYA Electronic quiere empezar una ofensiva de exportacin. Hay razones para esperar el xito en el mercado fuertemente disputado de los platos de satlite? No ser fcil para BYA, pero hay varias razones que hacen que sean optimistas. Slimane Ait Yala, el fundador de BYA, nos da las razones para este optimismo.

BYA

Dish and Receiver Manufacturer, Algeria

www.bya-electronic.com

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Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)

0.................................. 5 ...................10 Mio uro


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RoHS, DVB
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Ain El Bia (Oran, Algeria)

La planta de produccin de 16,000 metros cuadrados puede encontrarse en la ciudad de Ain El Bia. Esta ciudad, con 20,000 habitantes, se localiza aproximadamente a 35km al este de la segunda ciudad ms grande en Argelia: Oran con aproximadamente 1.6 millones de personas. El puerto de Arzew est situado a la derecha al lado de Ain El Bia; aqu es donde la compaa de petrleos nacional de Argelia Sonatrach carga sus petroleros. Y sta es la primera razn por la que Slimane Ait Yala est seguro que los platos que l fabrica tendrn el xito en el mercado de exportacin: Argelia es un pas productor de petrleo, l explica, y eso hace que el coste de la energa en Argelia sea muy bajo . l sigue en seguida con una segunda razn: Los sueldos en Argelia tambin son muy bajos; el salario mnimo oficial es de aproximadamente 100 Euros . Aparte de eso, el metal necesario para

la produccin de sus plato se produce domsticamente. Todas estas razones juntas son un argumento real para que la exportacin de sus platos sea un buen movimiento para hacer. Slimane Ait Yala: Yo simplemente estaba en la feria de comercio de Cantn en el sur de China y averigu que nuestros precios son muy competitivos . Y hay todava otra razn: BYA no es una compaa pequea; ellos producen varios otros productos y as tienen la experiencia suficiente como fabricante.

BYA se fund en 1993. En aquel entonces Thomson todava exista en Francia y BYA empez como una lnea de montaje de los aparatos de TV de Thomson. No muy despus de eso, empezaron a montar receptores del satlite analgicos seguidos brevemente despus de esto por receptores digitales. En aquel entonces nosotros tenamos 90 empleados , recuerda Slimane Ait Yala, y nosotros tenamos unas ventas equiva-

Slimane Ait Yala es Gerente General (PDG: Presidente General de Directores) y

fundador de BYA. BYA recibe su nombre realmente del nombre de la situacin: Ain El Bia. Bia se convirti a BYA.

La factora de produccin

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lentes a aproximadamente ocho millones de Euros . BYA lleg a su mximo en el 2003 cuando ellos tenan unas ventas de 10 millones de Euros con 120 empleados. En el 2003 tambin fue el ao cuando l junto con su hermano Kasim fund AKS (Ait-Yala Kasim Slimane). l tambin dirigi la compaa y el nombre de la marca bien-establecida Edison Continental. En Metz en Francia, la compaa produce todava Televisiones y otro enseres domsticos hoy en da. BYA usa la marca de fbrica Edison Continental en su lnea de platos y receptores pero sobre todo las Televisiones. El gerente de produccin de BYA Azzedine Maouche nos da un poco ms detalles: Nosotros producimos Televisores LCD de 32cm y 40cm as como Televisiones de plasma en tamaos de 42cm, 50cm y 60cm tamaos . l contina, todos tienen un incorporado un sintonizador de DVB-T . El blanco comercial actual de BYA para su Edison Continental est casi completamente dentro de Argelia. el 10% de nuestros productos se envan ms all de Argelia , nosotros escuchamos al Gerente Comercial Mahi Bouras, principalmente a Tnez y Libia . Pero eso es exactamente lo que se supone que cambiar. En el primer trimestre del 2011 nosotros estaremos presentando al mercado un nuevo receptor de HD para la exportacin y comercializndolo bajo la marca de fbrica Edison Continental , explica Mahi Bouras que, gracias a sus estudios en Nueva York, puede hablar excelente ingls. El gobierno argelino tambin est haciendo su parte apoyando los esfuer-

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zos de exportacin de sus industrias locales. El Gerente General Slimane Ait Yala que es muy activo en varios comits as como en la Cmara argelina de Comercio, espera una gran ofensiva de exportacin para el 2011. Nosotros esperamos poder aumentar nuestras ventas significativamente para el 2011 , l nos dice con optimismo. Con los nuevos productos como el plato de satlite preformado y su propio receptor de HD, l cree hay una buena oportunidad para BYA en tambin hacerse un gran nombre fuera de Argelia con la frase Hecho en Algeria que gana el reconocimiento internacional.

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1. BYA quiere irrumpir en el mercado de exportacin con este plato perforado. El coste de la produccin de BYA es tan bajo que ellos no estn angustiados sobre la competicin. 2. Este es el receptor de HD que se pondr disponible en el 2011. Este modelo es una muestra de la preproduccin. Vendr con HDMI, LAN y una interfaz de USB y se montar ahora por BYA con los componentes entregados por terceros y se producir completamente despus por BYA si las ventas tienen xito. 3. Azzedine maouche es el gerente de produccin de BYA 4. Soraya Dahmane se ocupa de las facturas. 5. mahi Bouras es el Director comercial de BYA y es responsable de los departamentos de comercio y ventas. 6. Nada puede funcionar sin la tenedura de libros. Laoudjane Hadher (izquierda) y Yacoubi Sanaa (derecha) entre en cada factura y factura. 7. Ait Ali Said Belkacem es uno de cuatro tcnicos en BYA que se ocupan del servicio de post-venta y reparaciones. 8. Una mirada en el taller. Los componentes de muestra se fabrican aqu como estos moldes de la produccin.

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Haciendo un Plato de 60cm en BYA


1. Los platos son hechos de esta tira interminable de metal en plancha que es de 100cm ancho y 0.5mm de espesor. El primer estado es cortar pedazos de este metal en plancha al tamao apropiado para la maquina de troquelado. Los empleados de BYA preparan la tira de metal en plancha y 2.... la cortan aqu en pedazos de 65cm de longitud. 3. Ahora su ancho necesita ser acortado a 65cm. 4. Las piezas de metal en plancha de 65cm x 65cm entonces se colocan en la maquina de troquelado para darles la forma apropiada. Despus de ello se hacen en el metal los agujeros para el montaje. 5. Las formas del plato acabadas son entonces pintados con spray. Un empleado toma los platos y los cuelga en el banda transportadora para que un segundo empleado saque los platos del portador una vez han sido pintados con spray y se han secado. 6. Los platos se mueven a travs de un tnel de barnizado aerogrfico y despus a travs de un horno. 7. Ahora se coloca en su lugar la marca de fbrica. BYA es un OEm para muchas marcas diferentes; aqu en esta fotografa aparece mANATAN. Otras marcas de fbrica producidas por BYA incluyen ASTON, EcHOSTAR y mAXI POWER simplemente por nombrar algunos. Si quiere ser uno de sus clientes, simplemente tenga presente hay unos pedidos mnimos: Nosotros podemos poner su nombre en los platos empezando con pedidos de 10,000 platos , nos comenta el gerente de ventas mahi Bouras, Simplemente avsenos en la direccin de contacto contact@byaelectronic.com! 8. Acabado!. El Gerente Lahici Driss est satisfecho con la produccin.

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Haciendo el soporte del Plato


1,2. Las piezas son estampadas de una tira interminable de metal en plancha. 3. Los agujeros se estampan aqu. 4. Las piezas planas de metal se doblan en su forma definitiva; el soporte del plato est acabado. 5. Las abrazaderas para el montaje se doblan aqu. 6. Un empleado junta todas las piezas para el montaje que se incluyen con el plato. 7. En cada caja hay 10 platos completos con sus elementos de montaje.

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Los medios de Produccin de BYA


1. Una mirada en la factora de produccin para su lnea de receptores de HD. 2. La mquina de SmD de Fuji se usa para poner los componentes automticamente en las placas de circuito para los receptores de HD. 3. En el fondo hay una banda transportadora para el montaje de los componentes ms grandes y al final est la estacin de soldadura de Vitronics Soltec.

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cOmPANY REPORT

Satellite Dealer in Russia

The Smallest Satellite Dealers in moscow


Sergey has set up his business out in Moscows south. The region is served by metro line 9 and as soon as you have climbed the stairs out of Prazhskaya station youre bang in the middle of a parking lot belonging to Electronics Paradise, the self-proclaimed largest shopping centre in Moscows south. Several hundreds of small shops are dispersed across three storeys, including some 40 dealers selling satellite components.
Sergey Kazimirovich is one of them with his TVSat-Real shop. As a matter of fact, were talking about two different companies here, he reveals. Our second business is registered under the name 1000 Channels and in addition to that we run a shop in another shopping mall as well. Incidentally, both companies have websites on the Internet at www.tvsat-real.ru www.1000kanalov.ru. and
Sergey Kazimirovich in his small shop on the lowest floor of Electronics Paradise. Together with two additional employees he sells everything to do with satellite reception.

minently on his websites, he rarely sells more than one unit a week. We believe this will change shortly, as we expect a new delivery any day. Right now Sergeys business is one of the smallest distributors: Satellite products only account for 2% of our turnover, Sergey states. But thanks to continuing advertising campaigns this is set to change. And who knows, one day the smallest satellite distributor might be right up there with the largest.

Satellite receivers have been part of our range for some time now, Sergey Kazimirovich continues. So far, however, we have only sold small numbers of them. Even though Sergey Kazimirovich features satellite receivers pro-

Leaving Prazhskaya metro station through its southern exist you will find yourself right in

the parking lot of the Electronics Paradise shopping centre. Hundreds of specialised shops have all sorts of products in store for electronics and Hi-Fi enthusiasts. The centre is open every day of the week from 10 am to 8 pm.

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cOmPANIES OVERVIEW

Best Digital TV companies of the World

BEST DIGITAL TV COMPANIES in W EUROPE


SATSHOP24
Satellite Shop, Germany

DISHPOINTER H EESHOP HORIZON H H WORLDWIDE SATELLITE GLOBAL INVAcOm H H SmARTINNOVATIONS H SATSHOP24 H cLARK SEATEL H H SATBEAmS
H

Software Programming, Belgium

SATBEAMS

www.satbeams.com

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/eng/satshop24.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1011/eng/satbeams.pdf

SMARTINNOVATIONS
Satellite Distributor, Netherlands

GLOBALINVACOM
Fibre Optic Products, UK

www.globalinvacom.com

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1011/eng/smartinnovations.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1009/eng/globalinvacom.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1005/eng/globalinvacom.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0909/eng/globalinvacom.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/eng/globalinvacom.pdf Operator Market Qualified

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EESHOP

Satellite Shop, Netherlands

DISHPOINTER

Software Programming, UK

www.dishpointer.com

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1005/eng/eeshop.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/eng/dishpointer.pdf

WORLDWIDE SATELLITE
Satellite Shop, Netherlands

SEATEL

Maritime 3-Axis Dish Manufacture, UK

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/worldwidesatellite.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/eng/seatel.pdf

CLARK

Distributor, Netherlands

HORIZON

Manufacturer of Measuring Instruments, UK

www.horizonhge.com

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/eng/clark.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/eng/horizon.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0701/eng/horizon.pdf

Operator Market Qualified

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Best Digital TV companies of the World

SmARTWI

H TEcHNISAT DOEBIS H H NANOXX H H mEDIA BROADcAST GOLDEN mEDIA SmART H H SPAUN POWER GT SAT H H SPAUN

BEST DIGITAL TV COMPANIES in N EUROPE


Satellite Wholesaler, Germany

DOEBIS

www.doebis.de

Wireless Card Reader Producer, Denmark

SMARTWI

www.smartwi.net

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1011/eng/doebis.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1011/eng/smartwi.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0709/eng/smartwi.pdf

Power Supply Manufacturer, Germany

SPAUN POWER

www.spaun.com

GOLDEN MEDIA

Manufacturer and Distributor, Germany

www.cynextra.com

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1011/eng/spaun.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1009/eng/goldenmedia.pdf

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MEDIA BROADCAST
Broadcasting Services, Germany

SPAUN

High Quality Accessory Manufacturer, Germany

www.spaun.com

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1009/eng/mediabroadcast.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/eng/spaun.pdf

SMART

Receiver Manufacturer, Germany

GT SAT

LNB Distributor, Luxembourg

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/eng/smart.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/eng/gtsat.pdf

NANOXX

Wholesaler and Receiver Manufacturer, Germany

TECHNISAT

TV Manufacturer, Germany

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/eng/nanoxx.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0709/eng/technisat.pdf

Operator Market Qualified

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Best Digital TV companies of the World


H

NETUP

AB-cOm H

H H

ABc BIZNIS AmIKO

STAB
H

AZBOX H

PROmAX

ANTEcH

BEST DIGITAL TV COMPANIES in S/E EUROPE


Receiver Manufacturer, Hungary

AMIKO

www.amikostb.com

Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees

0................................ 50 .................................100
Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)

0................................ 10 ...................20 Mio uro


Production Certificates

ISO, RoHS, DVB


Production Categories

own brands AMIKO, SYNAPS - cooperation with FULAN


Main Products

Receiver for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/MPEG-4, DVB-C, award winning product Dual Boot Linux receiver for DVB-S/S2 and DVB-T
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1107/eng/amiko.pdf

NETUP

IPTV Software and Hardware Producer, Russia

Satellite Receiver Manufacturer, Slovakia

AB-COM

www.abcomeu.com

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/eng/netup.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1009/eng/abipbox.pdf

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AZBOX

Satellite Receiver Manufacturer, Portugal

www.azbox.com

ANTECH

Uplink Technology, Italy

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1001/eng/azbox.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/eng/antech.pdf

PROMAX

Accessory Manufacturer, Spain

STAB

Antenna Motor Manufacturer, Italy

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0909/eng/promax.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/eng/stab.pdf

ABC BIZNIS

Satellite Receiver Manufacturer, Slovakia

www.abcbiznis.sk

OPERATOR MARKET Qualified


Classification for Best Digital TV Companies

Attributes of Qualified Company:


High Production Volume Quality Controlled Customized Product Case Customized Product Software Aftersale Service
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/abcbiznis.pdf

Operator Market Qualified

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Best Digital TV companies of the World

BEST DIGITAL TV COMPANIES in MIDDLE EAST


ATLANTA
Satellite Wholesaler, UAE

YAHYA

H H H

ATLANTA cOmINTOUcH EcHOLINK

ECHOLINK

Satellite Wholesaler, UAE

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1007/eng/atlanta.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1007/eng/echolink.pdf

COMINTOUCH
Satellite Wholesaler, UAE

YAHYA

Software Programming, KSA

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1007/eng/comintouch.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0911/eng/yahya.pdf

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Operator Market Qualified

Best Digital TV companies of the World

cOmPANIES OVERVIEW

H H

BYA

BOmARE

BEST DIGITAL TV COMPANIES in MAGHREB


BYA
Dish and Receiver Manufacturer, Algeria www.bya-electronic.com

Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees

0................................ 75 .................................150
Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)

0.................................. 5 ...................10 Mio uro


Production Certificates

RoHS, DVB
Production Categories

OEM, ODM
Main Products

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1107/eng/bya.pdf

Satellite Dishes with Full and Perforated Metal (60, 105 and 120cm), TV-Sets with CRT, LCD (32 and 40 inch) or Plasma (42 and 50 inch), Satellite Receiver for DVB-S/S2

BOMARE

TV and Receiver Manufacturer, Algeria

www.bomarecompany.com

Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees

0................................ 75 .................................150
Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)

0............................. 12.5 ...................25 Mio uro


Production Certificates

RoHS, DVB
Production Categories

OEM, ODM
Main Products

LCD and Plasma TV-Sets with integrated DVB-Tuner, Satellite Receiver for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T, Home Theatre Systems
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/bomare.pdf

Operator Market Qualified

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Best Digital TV companies of the World

YONGSAN H NASA cNS H

H H H

TOPFIELD ARION SEKISAT

BEST DIGITAL TV COMPANIES in TAIWAN, KOREA


PC Card & Receiver Manufacturer, Taiwan

H H H

TEVII AZURESHINE mOTEcK

TEVII

www.tevii.com

Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees

0................................ 25 ...................................50
Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)

0............................... 2.5 ..................... 5 Mio US$


Production Certificates

RoHS
Production Categories

OEM, ODM
Main Products

PC Cards for DVB-S/S2 and DVB-T/MPEG-4, Boxes for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/MPEG-4, PC Sticks for DVB-S/S2
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/eng/tevii.pdf

Professional Dish Manufacturer, Taiwan

AZURESHINE

www.azureshine.com.tw

Antenna Motor Manufacturer, Taiwan

MOTECK

www.moteck.com

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0707/eng/azureshine.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0707/eng/moteck.pdf

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Operator Market Qualified

TOPFIELD

High-End Receiver Manufacturer, Korea

YONGSAN

Satellite Shop, Korea

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/eng/topfield.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/eng/topfield.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/eng/koreasatshop.pdf

ARION

High Quality Receiver Manufacturer, Korea

NASA CNS

Satellite Wholesaler, Korea

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/arion.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/eng/arion.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0701/eng/arion.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/eng/nasacns.pdf

OPERATOR MARKET Qualified


Classification for Best Digital TV Companies

SEKISAT

Satellite Wholesaler, Korea

Attributes of Qualified Company:


High Production Volume Quality Controlled Customized Product Case Customized Product Software Aftersale Service
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/eng/sekisat.pdf

Operator Market Qualified

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Best Digital TV companies of the World

DEVISER

YINHE H BOXSAm
H

SVEc

PREVAIL

BEST DIGITAL TV COMPANIES in CHINA


DEVISER
Signal Analyzer Manufacturer, China

SKYWORTH GLOBALSAT TRImAX BOIINGSAT H

H H H

H H H H H

JIUZHOU SOWELL TENOW JIUZHOU ALUOSAT

www.devisertek.com

Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees

0.............................. 250 .................................500


Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)

0............................. 12.5 ................... 25 Mio US$


Production Certificates

RoHS, CE, UL, ISO 10012, ISO 90001


Production Categories

OEM, own brand


Main Products

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1107/eng/deviser.pdf

Signal Analyzers for Cable, Terrestrial, Telecommunications, Fiber Optic and Satellite, Spektrum Analyzers, Vector Network Analyzers, Broadcasting Measurement Instruments, QAM Meters

Fiber Optic and CATV Manufacturer, China

PREVAIL

www.prevail-catv.com

Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees

0.............................. 250 .................................500


Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)

0............................. 12.5 ...................25 Mio uro


Production Certificates

RoHS
Production Categories

OEM
Main Products

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1105/eng/prevail.pdf

Fiber Optic Nodes and Systems, Optical Receivers and Transmitters, CATV Equipment, Bi-directional Network Transmission Equipment, Head-Ends, Splitters, Taps

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Operator Market Qualified

JIUZHOU

Receiver Manufacturer, China

www.jiuzhou.com.cn

SVEC

Professional Dish Manufacturer, China

www.svec.com.cn

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1003/eng/jiuzhou.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/jiuzhou.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/eng/jiuzhou.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0703/eng/jiuzhou.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1003/eng/svec.pdf

BOXSAM

Receiver Manufacturer, China

www.boxsam.com

ALUOSAT

Satellite Consultant, China

www.aluosat.com

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1009/eng/boxsam.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/eng/aluosat.pdf

YINHE

High Volume Receiver Manufacturer, China

OPERATOR MARKET Qualified


Classification for Best Digital TV Companies

Attributes of Qualified Company:


High Production Volume Quality Controlled Customized Product Case Customized Product Software Aftersale Service
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1007/eng/yinhe.pdf

Operator Market Qualified

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Best Digital TV companies of the World

BOIINGSAT

LNB Manufacturer, China

www.boiingsat.com

Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees

0.............................. 500 ...............................1000


Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)

0............................. 12.5 ................... 25 Mio US$


Production Certificates

RoHS in preparation
Main Products

LNBs for Ku and C bands, Ka band in preparation. Variants in Single, Twin, Quad, Quattro and Octo.

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1105/eng/boiingsat.pdf

TENOW

PC Card Manufacturer, China

www.tenower.com

Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees

0................................ 12 ...................................25
Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)

0............................... 1.5 .....................3 Mio uro


Production Certificates

RoHS, DVB
Main Products

PC-Cards for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, DVB-C with single, dual and quad tuner, CAM Box for DVB-S2, USB-Stick for DVB-S/S2, DVBC and ISDB-T
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/tenow.pdf

OEM Receiver Manufacturer, China

SKYWORTH

www.skyworth.com

Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees

0............................ 1250 ...............................2500


Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)

0........................... 1.250 ................. 250 Mio US$


Production Certificates

RoHS, CE, REACH, DVB


Main Products

Receiver for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T, ISDB-T with single, twin and combo tuner, Receiver Sticks for USB, SCART in DVB-S and HDMI in DVB-S2
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/skyworth.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1003/eng/skyworth.pdf

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GLOBALSAT

Receiver Mass Manufacturer, China

www.globalsatdvb.com

Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees

0.............................. 125 .................................250


Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)

0................................ 75 ................. 150 Mio US$


Production Certificates

RoHS, FCC, UL, CE, DVB, ISO


Main Products

Receiver for HDTV and SDTV in DVB-S/S2, DVB-T, DVB-C, ISDBT, HD+, CI+ and HbbTV, Multimedia Receiver, IPTV Boxes, Media Player
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/globalsat.pdf

TRIMAX

Signal Analyzer Manufacturer, China

www.trimaxtec.com

Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees

0................................ 25 ...................................50
Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)

0.................................. 1 ..................... 2 Mio US$


Production Certificates

RoHS, FCC, DVB


Main Products

Signal Analyzer with built-in Monitor for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T and DVB-C

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/trimax.pdf

SOWELL

OEM Receiver Manufacturer, China

www.sowell-tech.com

Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees

0................................ 50 .................................100
Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)

0................................ 25 ................... 50 Mio US$


Production Certificates

DVB
Main Products

Receiver for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, DVB-C and ISDB-T, Receivers with 3D graphics

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/sowell.pdf

Operator Market Qualified

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cOmPANIES OVERVIEW

Best Digital TV companies of the World

SATmAN

SEATEL

H H

FORTEcSTAR H H WORLDWIDE SATELLITES H mFc SADOUN H cOWmIX


H H

BEST DIGITAL TV COMPANIES in AMERICA


GLOBAL SATELLITE
Satellite Dealer, USA

SONIcVIEW H QUALITY SATELLITE H

GLOBAL SATELLITE SEATEL

COWMIX

Satellite Dealer, USA

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1007/eng/globalsatellite.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1003/eng/cowmix.pdf

QUALITY SATELLITE
Satellite Dealer, USA

SEATEL

Maritime 3-Axis Dish Manufacturer, USA

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1005/eng/qualitysatellite.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0911/eng/seatel.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/eng/seatel.pdf

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WORLDWIDE SATELLITES
Satellite Wholesaler, Canada

SADOUN

Satellite Dealer, USA

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/eng/worldwidesatellites.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0707/eng/sadoun.pdf

SONICVIEW

Satellite Receiver Manufacturer, USA

SATMAN

Satellite Dealer, Canada

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/sonicview.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0705/eng/satman.pdf

MFC

Satellite Filter Manufacturer, USA

www.microwavefilter.com

FORTECSTAR

Receiver Manufacturer, Canada

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/mfc.pdf

www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0705/eng/fortecstar.pdf

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FEATURE

HDTV copyright management

HDTV
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Encryption

prevents unauthorised distribution of HDTV content gives TV providers full control over content blocks many popular features such as time-shift viewing and PVR functions for customers

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FEATURE

HDTV copyright management

cI+ / HD+

Whats the big deal? Is there a hidden agenda? Whats the difference between the two?
Thomas Haring
It goes without saying that many end users actually use those features, burn their own DVDs and pass them on to others a fact that truly annoys copyright owners who in turn exert pressure on content providers. Content providers are also faced with pressure from their advertising clients who argue that owners of PVR receivers have become a virtually irrelevant target group. So all players on the providing end of the chain agreed on one thing: Something had to change! The introduction of HDTV channels presented the perfect occasion to act. sure paid for content is decrypted at the customers end. A so-called CI module (a PCMCIA module as we know it from the PC world) is used in combination with a valid smartcard to decrypt the digital stream received via satellite, cable or antenna. The CI module needs to be inserted into the receivers CI slot and together with a smartcard issued by the content provider becomes the access point for pay TV reception. With a valid smartcard and a CI module that is compatible with the encryption system implemented by the provider, pay TV content is encrypted and appears on the screen of authorised subscribers. If one of these conditions is not met, however, all you see is a blank screen. There are no further control mechanisms in place for pay TV providers with the conventional CI standard. The DVB Consortium has been working on a revised CI version for years to offer new and more restrictive control mechanisms for pay TV providers the name they chose was CI 2.0, but the project got stuck on a treadmill and some providers as well as industry representatives finally took a decision to develop their own system: This is how the CI+ standard came about with CAM manufacturers Neotion and SmarDTV as well as electronics giants Panasonic, Philips, Samsung and Sony being the driving forces behind that move. Whats new with CI+? What are the benefits and drawbacks for end users? Lets begin with a positive note: CI+ is fully based on the CI standard, which means it does not establish a new standard but rather adds features to an existing one. Those extra features, on the

Is CI+ a must have for new receivers? This is a question that bothers end users and manufacturers alike, even though for different reasons. Users want to know whether or not it makes sense to go out and purchase one of the new CI+ models on shelves everywhere, while for manufacturers it all boils down to simple maths: Can I make money with CI+ receivers? The CI+ initiative is driven by content providers. Film studios and TV channels have been faced with illegal content distribution (unauthorised DVD copying, illegal pay TV reception, etc.) for some time, as well as with gradually eroding advertising revenue. The advent of PVR receivers further accelerated that trend as these devices allow lossless storing of content on internal or external storage media. Content can then easily be burnt on DVD, for example. Whats more, PVR receivers usually come with a time-shift viewing feature which in turn means commercial breaks can be conveniently skipped.

When digital television via satellite, cable and antenna (DVB-S, DVB-C and DVB-T) was launched the DVB Consortium (an association of more than 270 channels, manufacturers, pay TV providers and representatives from industry) at the same time introduced the CI standard. It takes care of copyright protection (rights management) and makes

cI+

User features such as PVR functionality may be temporary or permanently blocked by


the cI+ standard.

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other hand, include numerous restrictions for users. The whole sphere of encryption was left untouched, but with CI+ so-called usage rule information (URI) can be added to the DVB-S, DVB-C or DVB-T datastream. CI+ receivers are able (more precisely: must be able) to recognise URI and follow its rules accordingly. The following restrictions can be imposed with CI+: digital recording of received content can be totally restricted digital recording of received content can be partially restricted (restrictions for certain events, channels, etc.) rewinding and fast forwarding of recorded content can by restricted during playback time-shift viewing can be restricted the Macrovision copy protection signal can be activated at the euroscart output of the receiver recorded content can be paired to a receiver so that it can only be played back on that particular device content providers are able to put receivers out of operation after unauthorised changes to the operating system have been made be a user CI+ invariably decrypts only one event at a time it is not possible to decrypt two events simultaneously HD content can only be put out to HDCP compatible devices as well as the following most significant modifications: the datastream as received from the provider is decrypted by the CI+ module, but encrypted again immediately so that the data transmitted through a USB, Firewire or any other data interface is encrypted and therefore cannot be saved on DVD, for example. How should end users react to CI+? First and foremost the question is one of personal necessity. You dont receive pay TV or HDTV and have no intention of subscribing in future? In that case

you couldnt care less about CI+. Content that is currently free-to-air will most probably stay that way. Hardly a channel could afford changing completely from FTA to CI+ without causing uproar. It can be assumed that SD offerings will stay unencrypted, while new HD channels will happily implement the CI+ standard. So even if you are perfectly satisfied with your personal status quo, you may want to upgrade your equipment to HD standard in future, which is when you might be faced with CI+. Subscribers of pay TV need not waste too many thoughts on CI+, since they use provider-supplied set-top boxes in most cases anyway. Is an old CI receiver compatible with CI+? Is there any point in buying a non-CI+ receiver anymore? As mentioned above, CI+ is based on the conventional CI standard, which is why chances are many CI receivers can be upgraded to CI+ compatibility with new software. Some manufacturers even provide firmware updates to add CI+ to their receivers. We should not fail to emphasise that CI+ has absolutely nothing to with the encryption of the DVB datastream. Providers may select an encryption system of their choosing irrespective of whether or not they implement CI+. The same is true for DVB-S2, SVB-C2 or DVB-T2, all of which are independent of any CI+ features. This means that a CI+ receiver can handle all DVB formats depending on the built-in tuner(s). So whats the connection with HD+? HD+ is a subsidiary of European satellite operator SES Astra and focuses on marketing high-definition TV. The company is currently active only in Germany and is the legal successor of the
Provider HD+ Kabel Deutschland Caiway Delta Kabel Noord Ziggo UPC Nederland Boxer Com Hem Telednya Cablecom Top Up TV country Germany Germany Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Sweden Sweden Turkey Switzerland Great Britain X X X X X X X

failed Entavio project, which had been launched initially by SES Astra as a new TV platform. At the moment, the HD+ platform carries the HD channels of major German commercial networks (RTL HD, RTL II HD, VOX HD, Pro7 HD, Sat.1 HD, Kabel1 HD) as well as special interest channels six HD and Sport1 HD. Austria and Switzerland are next on the expansion map of HD+ and will be covered shortly, while in future SES Astra hopes to offer HD+ in other countries as well. From a technical perspective, HD+ is mainly based on dedicated HD+ receivers with built-in smartcard reader. HD receivers that are compatible with CI+, may also be used for receiving HD+ channels. CI+ and HD+ are frequently mentioned in the same breath, even though all they really share is the + symbol in their names. What is true, however, is the fact that HD+ was one of the first major platforms to use CI+. However, features such as automatic channel list management and channel list updates (see Jaeger HD+ 2011 test report in TELE-satellite 12-01/2011) are HD+ features that have nothing to do with CI+.

What the future holds

In many cases, HDTV channels will select an encryption standard that blocks the distribution of received content. As CI+ is one such technology it will gain further ground in the HDTV segment. European viewers in particular will be forced to look at this topic one way or the other.
CI+ specifications: www.ci-plus.com/data/ ci-plus_specification_v1.2.pdf
cI+ planned for future use X Distribution satellite cable cable cable cable cable X cable terrestrial cable satellite X X cable terrestrial

cI+ currently used X

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FEATURE

Tuner Secrets

What's inside a silicon tuner?


Jacek Pawlowski

a silicon tuner is a significant technological improvement that finds its way into nearly every new product in digital TV equipment
It is not only cheaper and much smaller but guarantees better performance if applied correctly - see our Feature Story in TELE-satellite 02-03/2011. Does this integrated circuit (which a silicon tuner in fact is) have innovative internal architecture that makes all this possible? Well, from the top level perspective, a silicon tuner has a rather typical front end architecture similar to a modern radio circuit. It is called the direct conversion or zero IF architecture and is quite popular especially in digital communication circuits. But, as usually, the devil is in the details. Lets take as an example the simplified architecture of the AT810 chip of company Abilis Systems - see Figure 1. AT810 is a terrestrial TV tuner compatible with DVB-T/T2, ISDB-T, CMMB and DTMB/GB 20600-2006 standards. The first stage of AT810 is a relatively low gain radio frequency (RF) amplifier followed by a tracking bandpass filter. The filter attenuates the interfering signals originating for example from GSM, or WiFi devices by about 60 dB. Thats a lot. The filter is automatically programmed by the on-board microprocessor depending on the currently selected TV channel. The RF amplifier, except for amplifying the signal by approximately 20 dB, provides additionally a loopthrough output what is very desirable in double tuner TV receivers. For the best performance of the TV tuner, this amplifier not only must have a very low noise coefficient but it must be able to handle large signals without entering into the non-linear region of its characteristics. Technical people say that such amplifier has a large dynamic range.

After the RF amplifier and the bandpass filter we have the essence of a direct conversion circuit: two balanced mixers fed with local oscillator signals of the same frequency but shifted by 90. It is sometimes said that those mixers are fed with sine and cosine signals because the cosine waveform is identical to the sine shifted by 90. The frequency of the local oscillator (LO) should be equal to the frequency of the received TV channel. In this way, at the outputs of the mixers, we get the modulating signal shifted in phase by 90. Such signals are called the I and Q vectors. The letters come from the In-phase and Quadrature terms. I and Q signals are then amplified and unwanted products of the signal conversion are removed in the low pass filters located in both signal paths. The filters need to be very sharp because otherwise we would get interference from the adjacent signals. After the filters, there are the amplifiers of variable gain that enable automatic gain control (AGC). Thanks to the AGC, both weak and strong input signals produce similar signal level at the output of AT810. If the signal is weak, the gain of the amplifiers is set high, and if the signal is strong, the gain is set low. Once we have I and Q signals, the next step is to convert them to digital form in analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). However, the ADCs are part of a digital signal processor not the part of a silicon tuner. Having digital-

ized I and Q vectors, we can do all the magic reserved for digital signal processing like: very good filtering, demodulation, moving from time domain to frequency domain (with the help of Fast Fourier Transform) and much more. Perhaps it will be a surprise for some of the readers to learn that with the digitalized I and Q signals, we can quite simply demodulate also analog TV signals (classical AM modulation). However, the very first step must be to achieve good quality I and Q signals. And this good quality was until recently posing real problems for the chip manufacturers. Except for having very good initial RF amplifier, we also need very good mixers. By very good, we again mean sub-circuits of high dynamic range. But thats not all. Both mixers and all the sub-circuits after them: amplifiers, low pass filters and AGC amplifiers must be identical in I and Q path. Even a small difference in gains or a small phase shift between them would ruin the performance of the direct conversion circuit. Such symmetry requires a very well controlled chip manufacturing process and is not so easy to achieve. Fortunately, the engineers from Abilis like their colleagues from a couple of other competitive companies succeeded in that. Thanks to them, the digital TV receiver designers got a new building blocks silicon tuners - that enable them to develop better, smaller and cheaper settop-boxes.

Fig. 1. Simplified block diagram of AT810 silicon tuner of Agilis.

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FEATURE

Satellite Technology

Jacek Pawlowski

How many SD/HD channels can we get from one transponder?


and the bit rate. The Y axis scale has been chosen so that you can easily calculate the number of channels. So the scale has either a unit of 4 Mb/ sec or 10 Mb/s. Use the first graph to find a number of SD MPEG channels transmitted via DVB-S transponder. On X axis find the point equal to the transponder symbol rate and draw a vertical line upwards until it crosses the line corresponding with transponder FEC. From the crossing point, move horizontally towards Y axis to find the value of the bit rate that can be achieved for that symbol rate and FEC. Next count how many 4 Mb/ sec steps you can make from zero to the found bit rate. This is the number of good quality SD channels encoded with MPEG-2 you can transmit via the DVB-S transponder. For example if SR=27.5 MS/sec and FEC=3/4, you will get over 40 Mb/sec what corresponds to 10 good quality SD channels. The second graph lets you calculate how many HD channels you can send via the same DVB-S transponder. Please mind that now we assume MPEG-4 compression. If this is still MPEG-2, the number of channels will be twice as low. In the same example as

Everybody who ever studied satellite charts with transponder data knows that the symbol rate of a transponder is one of its most important parameters. And thats not only because you need to know it to set the data in manual channel search in your receiver. Symbol rate directly affects the amount of useful data that can be transmitted via a transponder. The higher it is, the more data can be sent. More data means more TV and radio channels.
But can you exactly tell how many TV channels one can send through a transponder having a given symbol rate? Well, the exact answer is: no, we can not tell it with absolute exactness, but we can estimate the number of channels with reasonable accuracy. Why is that so? The main reason is: we can not say precisely how many bits per second will be needed for a given channel. Channel bit rate changes depending on how dynamic its content is. Moreover, the DVB standard allows the service providers to choose between different video resolutions and different MPEG compression levels. If you have a good satellite signal analyzer, you can check for yourself that SDTV channel have average bit rates ranging from 1.5 Mb/sec to 6 Mb/sec (peaking even to 7 Mb/sec). Of course, the quality of a channel transmitted with 1.5 or 2 Mb/sec is very poor the picture is foggy and sometimes you can notice compression artifacts. On the other hand, high quality SD channels like for example ZDF channel on ASTRA 19.2 E, have so good picture quality that when received with a set-top-box with an upscaler, you have the impression it is an HD channel. To achieve this, you need about 6 Mb/sec video bit rate. The majority of the channels with acceptable quality have 3.5-4 Mb/sec video bit rate. Because audio occupies usually 0.256 Mb/sec, one can assume that on the average 4 Mb/sec is need for a good (but not the best) quality SDTV channel. This is true for MPEG-2 compression which is still in use for the vast majority of SD channels. But what about HDTV channels? Well, they need much more bits per seconds. One can assume about 15-20 Mb/sec for a HD channel compressed with classical MPEG-2 but only 10 Mb/sec if more modern H.264 (MPEG-4) is used. More and more HD channels move from MPEG-2 compression to MPEG-4. You know, the bandwidth is costly... Once that we did the assumption on the required bit rate for an MPEG-2 SD channel and MPEH-4 HD channel (4 and 10 Mb/sec respectively), we can calculate how many channels one can send through a transponder of a given symbol rate. Except for the symbol rate, we need to take into account if it is DVB-S or DVB-S2 and what is the FEC value. The higher the FEC, the more efficient transmission, i.e. the higher usable bit rate for a given symbol rate. In the three graphs, you can see the relationship between transponder symbol rate, FEC

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Graph 1. Bitrate vs. Symbol Rate and FEC for DVB-S


Note: 4 Mb/sec = 1 MPEG-2 SD channel of good quality
56,0 52,0 48,0 44,0 40,0

above, you will find that 4 HD channels are possible with this transponder. But what about DVB-S2? It becomes more and more popular. We prepared the third graph, this time only for the HD channels (but you can multiply the result by 2.5 to get the number of MPEG-2 SD channels). We have chosen only the most popular combinations of modulation type (QPSK/8PSK) and FEC values. Drawing all possible combinations would make the graphs completely unreadable. For the same exemplary symbol 30,0 rate 27.5 Ms/sec, we can use 8PSK modulation and FEC=3/4 in DVB-S2 to get the usable bit rate over 60 Mb/ sec what would enable us to transmit even 6 HD channels. However you should be aware that the 8PSK and high FEC values require higher power to guarantee the same noise margin at the end user reception system. So, only the transponder on a satellite capable of providing enough power from its solar panels can be used in 8PSK mode with high FEC value. Thats the physical limitation. In the old days of analog TV, one could precisely tell how many channels you can transmit in a given bandwidth, but not today. In a real world, you can see quite often a combination of HD/SD channels and TV/radio channels transmitted through the same transponder. Channels differ in bit rates (and in this way in quality), so there is no way to say precisely how many channels we can expect assuming given bandwidth.

Usable Bit Rate [Mb/sec]

36,0 32,0 28,0 24,0 20,0 16,0 12,0 8,0 4,0 0,0 1,0 2,0 3,0 4,0 5,0 6,0 7,0 8,0 9,0 10,0 11,0 12,0 13,0 14,0 15,0 16,0 17,0 18,0 19,0 20,0 21,0 22,0 23,0 24,0 25,0 26,0 27,0 28,0 29,0

Symbol Rate [Ms/sec]


FEC=1/2 FEC=2/3 FEC=3/4 FEC=5/6 FEC=7/8

Graph 2. Bitrate vs. Symbol Rate and FEC for DVB-S


Note: 10 Mb/sec = 1 MPEG-4 HD channel

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Symbol Rate [Ms/sec]


FEC=1/2 FEC=2/3 FEC=3/4 FEC=5/6 FEC=7/8

Graph 3. Bit Rate vs. Modulation and FEC for DVB-S2


Note: 10 Mb/sec = 1 MPEG-4 HD channel
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However, after reading this article you know what kind of video quality you can expect for example from a trans30,0 ponder filled with 20 channels and having SR=27500 3/4.

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cOUNTRY REPORT

Satellite TV in Iran

Dishes in Iran

by A.G.

For preparing this report Ive interviewed more than 20 persons, who are dish installers, website and weblog owners, receiver and dish sellers and finally receiver servicemen. They all face many problems and we go this in a minute. In accordance to a decision by the Iranian government, selling, buying, installing, repairing and even the possession of satellite dishes are forbidden and against the law, but obviously there are many people in Iran, who watch satellite tv. In fact, the number of Iranians, who decide to use a satellite systems, has even rapidly increased.
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This is the 190cm mesh dish of Daryoush in Tehran/ Iran. He has pointed his dish to YAmAL at 90E and receives that satellites 47 tv channels. Daryoush uses a satellite receiver by Starsat, model X95. He uses a STRONG L972 LNB.

The roofs of Tehran (eastern part). How


many dishes do you see? We counted 40, some are only partly visible. Hiding a dish is the best option in Iran.

People in Iran use, sell, buy and even install dishes discreetly. They mostly set up dishes on roofs and balconies and hide the system, if its visible from the street. Legislators defined, that only Iranian telecommunication companies, the state-owned braodcaster IRIB, newspapers, banks, scientific and governmental associations are eligible to officially use satellite systems. But for common people, any type of transaction or possession of satellite reception equipment is forbidden and illegal. This is somehow even contradicting,

because Iran has a very active history of space activities: Oct 2005: a Russian rocket launches Irans first satellite SINA-1 Feb 2007: Iran announced it launched a rocket capable of reaching space Feb 2008: Iran launched a research rocket as part for satellite launch preparations Aug 2008: Iran launched a rocket capable of carrying satellite Feb 2009: Iran declares launch of its first home-built satellite So although the regime in Iran has

started some activities in the satellite world, it is still blocking channels and tries hard to prevent people from watching satellite tv. The Iranian government even so far and sat up large transmitters on high positions in various cities to disturb the transmission frequencies of Persian speaking satellite channels, mostly coming from Europe via HOTBIRD. All of the people I interviewed were 20 to 30 years old and only one of them was 45 year old. As they themselves said, they had entered the satel-

A wall around the roof helps


to make dishes invisible

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Dishes in Iran blend in with the color of the buildings and roofs
lite world in average between 2 to 12 years ago. Mohsen from Tehran said: I started with satellite installation, when I was only 10 years old. All my family members were interested in my work and were sitting, watching me working. Although satellite receivers are illegal in the country, they are still widely available. There are even a lot of satellite fans in Iran. Its an interesting point, that almost all of the interviewees have studied or are studying in courses which are not related to electronics or communication, for example some took courses such as accounting, agronomy and fishing, chemistry, English translation and so on. They simply got involved in satellite reception because of their strong interest in satellite channels. One of my interview partners was Milad, who was the youngest, 20 years old, and he said: I really love satellite. Another one, Mokhtar: I do it as an entertainment and have the love of doing this. As mentioned before, the government blocks Iranians access to foreign news and political networks such as the BBC Persian Service and the Voice of America (VOA). According to my survey, the least jamming takes place in the Markazi Province, whilst in Shiraz and Tehran the signal distortion is highest. Mehdi, an installer and a serviceman from Shiraz: These parasite signals are really annoying and they disable the receivers. Now a closer look at dish installers in Iran. On average, an installer does 5-6 dish installations or adjustments in a week. Mohsen from Lorestan, who is working in this field for 9 years since he turned 16 years old, said: I have 10 to 15 installations in a day. Almost all of the installers do their work and the dish adjusting as a hobby or fun. All of them said, they are crazy about satellite tv and also because in most Iranian families, the younger members have learned to setup their own satellite systems. Among those almost 20 persons I interviewed, only Davood from Arak and Mehdi from Shiraz do it as their first job - although it cannot be named as a formal job in Iran. According to Mehdis affirms: My life expenses can hardly be provided with this job. Davood claimed: Im married and our cost of living is not provided at all. After 12 years I cannot change my job. Only these two persons also were selling receivers, dishes and LNB. Milad from Khozestan said: My cousin works in a Oil Company, but he does installations as a second job. Its interesting that although he is an employee in a state-owned company, he does something against the governmental law and secretly installs dishes. The most favorite satellites in Iran, which the installers have been asked to install, are HOTBIRD (at 13.0 degrees East), EUTELSAT W3 (for BBC Persian), ARABSAT (at 26.0 E), TURKSAT (at 42.0 E), NILESAT (at 7.0 W), SIRISU and recently provincial channels on INTELSAT 902 (62.0 E) gained some friends. The brand of receivers people are using depends on each city, because there are different sources that distribute receivers, dishes and LNBs, so each city takes it from the nearest source. For example

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in Markazi Province (Arak) most of the receivers are of the STARSAT brand. Esmail from Tehran: In capital cities like Tehran you can find many different brands of receivers such as ICLASS and HIGHVISION. Morteza from Lorestan: Before all the receivers were by STARSAT, but now more brands appear. About gaining new clients Amir said: Customers themselves find us. For example when they are satisfied with my work, they recommend me to their friends, families or neighbors. Milad from Khozestan: We dont need any kind of advertisement and even dont try for it. Yasin from Yazd: Im a student and install dishes for students for free. Ahmad said: I do it only for those who I know, like my families and close friends. In Tehran you can find both offset and prime dishes and some of them even mounted on a motor, but in smaller cities or far from a source to provide a receiver, dish or other equipment, people only use prime fixed dishes

(mostly 95cm in diameter) and hardly ever one finds an offset dish. In general, most dishes used in Iran are very simple and cheap metallic models, which are self-made in small workshops. The risk for the equipment to be confiscated or destroyed is too big, this is the reason why most people prefer not to spend too much money for their satellite system. The cost of installation in Iran, like the brand of receivers, is different in each city and even in each region of a city, but generally its from 5 U.S. Dollars up to 20 for setting up a satellite dish. So how does the equipment arrive in Iran? Alireza said: My cousin imports receivers and all whats needed from Dubai to the free zone in Kish Island and then brings them to Tehran to sell to others or use for his own installations. I heard this statement from several others too. Mokhtar from Kermanshah said: Here is a border region and we get all our equipment from the Baneh Border. Receivers are smuggled from Dubai and the Emirates to Kish

Island in Iran and even via the Soleimanieh Border in Iraq to Genaveh Port in Iran and then the equipment is brought to capital cities like Tehran, Esfahan and Shiraz and from there again spread to other cities. So you can only find wholesaler in these big cities, especially in Tehran. But all of them work in privacy and you never would find any LNB or any receivers brand in shop windows. Dishes in Iran are made in underground workshops or places, which manufacture pans especially in big cities such as Tehran, Shiraz, Esfahan. In recent years after Tehran, Shiraz has became one of the biggest sources where could find anything related to satellite in the Electronic Bazaar. The interesting point in this report is that almost all the interviewees have learned adjusting and installing satellite dishes from the Internet, including reading the Persian edition of TELE-satellite magazine. Besides the Internet, some of them had the help of a friend or family member skillful in this field.

multi-satellite reception is no problem:


just put a second LNB

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Milad: I have a cousin who is very professional in satellites. Alongside the Internet Ive learned what I know by the help of him. Mehdi from Shiraz who started this job when he was only 18, said about his competitors: In Shiraz you can find more than 10 wholesalers. There are a lot of installers in Shiraz maybe more than thousand, but I cant rank them. There isnt competition between us to gain clients, we all work together friendly. Milad from Khozestan: I can say that people who work in this state are the best, number one in Iran. When I asked Davood from Arak how many installers are in his city, he only laughed! I asked the installers, sellers and website owners, if they are under pressure or limitations by their families and what was thinkable here is that most of their parents are not aware or disagree with their activities in satellite tv. Alireza from Tehran is a young boy from a religious and famous family. His parents are not aware their son is a satellite installer. X from Esfahan said: I dont care what my parents say, in my view its an art. Amir from Kerman: My parents are well-known in my city and Ive not let them know that, although Im a student Im an installer too. Maybe it would be bad for their name in my city. There are a lot of sites and weblogs and even electronic magazines about satellite in Iran. Saeed from Esfahan who is editor of one of the best electronic magazines and weblog in Iran said: We are an eight-person group. I myself spend half of my day working and another half working on the satellite group completely for free. He continued: A strong feeling of love guides us through this way. When I asked his thoughts or ideas about the future of satellite tv in Iran he answered: The government should accept the reality and its better to leave them alone, who are active and interested in this field. Other interviewees said the same and most of them had a hopefull view about the future of satellite reception in Iran. Sadegh from Kerman: They will be forced to accept this situation which is out of control for lawmakers. It is obvious that police raids and fines have not stopped dishes

mehdi in Shiraz just installed this dish on a balcony, invisible from the street
springing up like mushrooms on the roofs of homes especially in the big cities. All of the website owners were complaining about filtering on the Iinternet. One of them said (for his security he asked me not to mention his name and website address): We were repeatedly threatened but still continue this way. Now we are a big group because after 4 years we have 140000 users. Another site owner said: The government has to accept our activities. To prevent backgtracking I always enter my website by a London IP so Ill never be arrested by the police. Davood from Arak said: At least once a year Im arrested by the police guard and have to pay different amounts of fines from 200 thousand Toman to 3 Million Toman. The amount of the fine is different in each city. Alireza from Esfahan: I was several times arrested, the police confiscated all my equipment and fined me more than the amount of all my materials. Saeed from Esfahan: They rushed into my house, seized and confiscated all my works equipments then penalized me. Recently a satellite TV station, Farsi 1, is pulling in Iranian viewers by showing soaps and sitcoms but has incensed the dissatisfaction of the clergymen and state television executives. Farsi 1 broadcasts popular Korean, Colombian and U.S. shows and also dubs them in our national language, Farsi, rather than using subtitles. Its popularity has increased since its launch in August last year. The stateowned Iran TV has reacted and started to produce more attractive TV programs, popular homegrown comedies and soaps to catch the viewers and avoid them watching Farsi 1. Officials acknowledge that they jam many foreign channels, but Farsi 1, which operates out of the Hong Kong-based headquarters of Star TV, is still receivable in Tehran. According to this research, unofficial reports and statistics, the number of satellite dishes in Iran is more than 8 millions. It can be estimated that around 85% of the population have access to satellite channels. This percentage is up to 95% in the southern and border regions. The increasing number of users has lowered the sensitivity of the officials and it seems that they unofficially decided to be more tolerant and patient against satellite reception in Iran.

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UNITED KINGDOM VIRGIN MEDIA ADDS SKY ARTS HD


Virgin Media has boosted its HD channel offering, with the two Sky Arts channels. Virgin Medias channel line-up now includes 19 HD channels available at no extra cost for a total of 31 HD channels, with the addition of Sky 1 Arts HD and Sky Arts 2 HD. Sky is currently market leader with more than 50 HD channels, with Virgin Media a clear second in the market.

MOLDTELECOM SELECTS ENTONE HDTV BOX

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PENTHOUSE, HUSTLER LAUNCH 3D CHANNELS

Moldtelecom has selected Entones Amulet HD IPTV Receiver as part of preparations for the launch of HD content on its IPTV service. Entones Amulet IPTV Receivers offer modular DVR storage options via USB and eSATA ports, and support a range of content formats including MPEG-4 (AVC/H.264), MPEG-2, VC-1, DivX, Dolby Digital, Windows Media, and MP3.

Adult programmers Penthouse and Hustler have launched 3D TV channels in Europe. Penthouse 3D is available on Astra satellite platform, airing from 23.00 to 05.00, and has already signed its first carriage deal with French IPTV platform Free. For its part, Hustler uses the Hotbird satellite and discussions are underway for carriage agreements.

THE NETHERLANDS EREDIVISIE LIVE MIGRATES TO HD WITH GRASS VALLEY

SONY TO BRING WIMBLEDON IN 3D

FINLAND FINNISH CHANNELS LAUNCH HDTV VERSIONS

Eredivisie Live has migrated to HD for the 2010/2011 season and the broadcasters new play-out center uses Grass Valley K2 Summit media servers. Alongside the Dutch Premier League domestic games it also has rights to key matches from international competitions such as the UEFA Europa League and English FA Cup.

Sony and the All England Lawn Tennis Club announced a multiyear partnership to bring Wimbledon to 3D-ready digital cinemas around the world. The live 3D production, in partnership with Wimbledon host broadcaster BBC, also will be offered to broadcasters. Sony will work with SuperVision Media, its theatrical distribution partner.

BBC CAUTIOUS ON 3D TV

YLE, MTV3 and Nelonen will start national HD broadcasts, after the Finnish Government granted licences in three new multiplexes. Multiplex VHF C will carry two HD channels: Canal+Series HD and 4 Pro 2 HD, Multiplex F will host Discovery HD Showcase, Eurosport HD, MTV3 HD, Nelonen HD, while Yleisradio Oy has reserved capacity for HD broadcasts on one channel. All of the operating licences are valid until 31 December 2016.

POLAND HBO GOES HD IN POLAND


HBO has launched HD versions of all its channels on the Cyfra+, Cyfrowy Polsat and N DTH platforms. HBOs new movie channels HBO2HD, HBO Comedy HD and Cinemax2 HD will be introduced to the Polish market for the first time. The new channels have the same programming offer and scheduling as the ones in SD.

The BBC is playing it cautiously over the implementation of stereoscopic 3D technology according to a recent report. The March version of the BBCs technology plan has shown that while trials are set to continue with the new format, it will not be investing in programme making for the time being. However the report does not rule out a more comprehensive strategy next year.

NHK WORLD HD AVAILABLE ON FREESAT


NHK World became the first news network to broadcast in HD on the Freesat platform in May. The Japanese TV channel became the fifth HD channel on the DTH service, joining BBC1 HD, The BBC HD Channel, ITV1 HD and C4 HD.

GERMANY ONE MILLION 3D TV SETS TO BE SOLD IN 2011

N AIMS FOR 30 HD CHANNELS BY YEARS END

From their rollout in April 2010 until the end of that year, some 200,000 3-D TV sets were sold in Germany and GfK predicts that sales will rise by 500 percent to one million sets in 2011. It expects the national market to approach 10 million TV sets in the long term. However, only 200,000 pairs of the special glasses needed to watch films in 3-D were sold along with the 200,000 TV sets.

n is boosting its channel line-up as the platform is aiming to reach more than 30 HD channels before the end of the year. The latest addition to the HD line-up was National Geographic Channel HD, bringing the total to 26 HD channels.

SKY LAUNCHES MULTIROOM HD BOX

PORTUGAL ZON AIRS NBA GAMES IN 3D


Zon Multimedia is broadcasting eight NBA league games in 3D, on its 3D demo channel. Besides games of the regular season, five playoff games will also be broadcast.

SES ASTRA, DEUTSCHE TELEKOM COMBINE SATELLITE, IPTV

Sky has launched a new midrange set top box aimed at customers wanting to watch HDTV in more than one room. When taken with Skys HD pack, the new Sky HD box gives customers access to the same line-up of more than 50 HD channels, including Sky Atlantic HD, BBC One HD and Sky Sports 1 HD. The receiver completes Skys HD product line-up, alongside the standard Sky+ HD box and the 1 TB receiver.

SES ASTRA has teamed up with Deutsche Telekom to combine the satellite TV and IPTV service Entertain. The offer will include all FTA channels in SD and HD, including HD+ as well as the typical Entertain services like VOD, a TV archive and an EPG. Entertain Sat also comprises time shift functions and HD recording with 500 GB memory.

SONY ENTERTAINMENT HD LAUNCHES ON MEO

VODAFONE INTRODUCES ABC TV ON DEMAND

Sony Entertainment Television has launched on Meo in the HD version. The channel is available in the Basic package for IPTV (ADSL and Fibre Optic) customers. With the arrival of Sony TV HD, Meo will have a total of 17 HD channels.

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CANADA VIDEOTRON BOOSTS HD LINE-UP WITH OWN, CNN

The Walt Disney Company Germany has signed an agreement with Vodafone for the countrys first ABC TV On Demand. This is one of the first ABC TV On Demand services available outside the U.S. The VOD offering includes a selection of ABC series, kids and family channels Disney XD and Playhouse Disney, as well as access to Disney film classics.

SPAIN STARMAX SELECTS GLOBECAST FOR HD TRANSMISSION

GREECE NET GEO WILD HD LAUNCHES IN GREECE


National Geographic Channels International has launched its Nat Geo Wild HD network in Greece. The channel is available on the Nova pay-TV platform, where the SD version is already available.

Starmax HD is using content management and transmission services from GlobeCast for aggregation, encryption and delivery of its full channel line-up. The service includes fibre contribution from several countries, reception of SD and HD channels at the companys Sainte Assise Teleport in France, and signal compression in MPEG-4. Starmax HD offers a prepaid package without requiring a subscription or minimum sign-up period and uses STBs from Ferguson and access cards from Conax.

Videotron has added two more HD channels Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and CNN to its digital TV service. With these additions, illico TV now boasts a selection of programming on nearly 400 channels, and the largest selection of HD content. The new HD channels are available everywhere in Videotrons service area except Gatineau/Rockland.

UNITED STATES 3DTV SETS IN 15 MILLION U.S HOMES BY END-2012

About 15 million 3DTVs will be in homes across the United States by the end of 2012, a study released today by Futuresource Consulting claims. The growth of 3DTV adoption will rely upon the availabil-

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American audience. BET HD joins FiOS TVs broad collection of programming, which offers more than 520 all-digital channels including up to 146 HD channels and 19,000 monthly VOD titles. plement the HD grid, which already includes Globosat HD, Multishow HD, Discovery HD Theater, Fox NatGeo HD, TNT HD, HBO HD, Max HD, Telecine HD and Telecine Pipoca HD.

ity of 3D content, Futuresource says, adding that 11 3D services, 2 3D channels, and 6 VOD offerings were available to customers at the end of 2010.

PBTV ADDS SIX HD CHANNELS

Paul Bunyan Communications has added six more networks in HD to Paul Bunyan Television HD service. The networks added to PBTV HD service include MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, Spike, Nickelodeon and CMT. There is no change in the cost to receive PBTV HD service, which now has more than 30 channels available.

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IPTV TO ACCOUNT FOR 12.1% OF HD SUBSCRIBERS IN 2015
According to consultancy Dataxis NexTV, in 2010 IPTV accounted for 4% of the total volume of HDTV subscribers in Latin America and this figure should grow to 12.1% by 2015. Driving growth in IPTV is going to the large operators like Telmex Mexico, Telefnica Chile and GVT Brazil. Dataxis NexTV forecasts that HDTV subscribers could reach 16.5 million in 2015, representing 22.7% of the total pay-TV subscriber base compared with 5.4% in 2005. Brazil, Mexico and Argentina will account for 79% of those HD subscribers. However, Brazil, Chile and Colombia are seeing the highest HDTV penetration rates.

ECHOSTAR EUROPE SUPPLIES STB FOR TELEFONICA MOVISTAR

AT&T ADDS FOX SOCCER PLUS HD

AT&T has added FOX Soccer Plus HD to the U-verse TV channel line-up for $15 per month. AT&T U-verse TV includes access to more than 155 HD channels and growing.

EchoStar Europe has supplied a HD set-top box to support Telefonica Movistar HD service that allows users to watch up to 1000 channels including HD services. The twin-tuner HDS-600 ships with software that enables the consumer to upgrade to DVR using an external USB hard disk drive.

DISH NETWORK ADDS RFD-TV IN HD

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INDIA DISH TV LAUNCHES 30 HD CHANNNELS
Dish TV has launched 30 new HD channels including Zee TV, Zee Cinema, Zee News, Zee Studio, Zee Caf , HBO, Movies Now, Discovery, National Geographic, Animal Planet, Zee Talkies, Zee Bangla, Zee Telugu, Zee Kannada, Times Now, ET Now, Cartoon Network, POGO, Ten Sports, AXN, MTV, VH1, WB, Pix, TLC, Ten Cricket, UTV Action, UTV Movies, Sony and Colors.

RFD HD is now available at no additional cost to all DISH Network customers who subscribe to the Americas Top 200 programming package or above. RFD-TV serves rural America with a 24-hour schedule of original and family-oriented programs that cover the rural way of life, including agriculture, equine, music and entertainment.

BRAZIL VIA EMBRATEL ADDS ESPN, TELECINE ACTION HD

VERIZON ADDS BET HD TO FIOS TV

Verizon has added BET HD for its FiOS TV customers, providing hit music, entertainment and news programming geared toward the African-

Via Embratel has expanded its offering of HD channels. ESPN HD and Telecine Action HD were incorporated into the operators HD package free of charge. The new channels com-

VIDEOCON LAUNCHES DVR WITH 3D

Videocon d2h has launched Indias first HD DVR with 3D. The main features include recording up to 200 hours, 16:9 aspect ratio, 5x digital picture quality and HD Digital sound. The newly added HD channels are Discovery HD, NGC HD, Movies Now HD, Travel XP, HD Active Music, HD d2h Movies, Baby TV, Spacetoon, FX, Fox Crime, Big CBS Prime, Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo, NGC Wild, NGC Adventure and NGC Music.

NEW ZEALAND HDTV COVERAGE EXTENDED NATIONWIDE


The New Zealand Government is extending the existing DTT service to Whangarei, Rotorua, Gisborne, Taupo, New Plymouth, Whanganui, Wairarapa, Nelson, Timaru and Invercargill, making it available to an extra 160,000 households. The decision means over 86% of the population will be able to receive the HDTV signal via UHF aerial by September 2011.

the total number of HD channels on DStv to six: three SuperSport HD channels, M-Net HD, M-Net Movies 1 HD and Discovery HD Showcase.

WORLD
GLOBAL HDTV SUBSCRIBERS TO TOTAL 225 MILLION IN 2011
The number of pay-TV customers worldwide with subscriptions to HDTV services is expected to reach 225 million this year, according to ABI Research. There were 704 million pay-TV subscribers globally as of the end of 2010, an increase of 56 million from the previous year.

SOUTH KOREA ICONCERTS SECURES CARRIAGE ON KT


Swiss HD music events service iConcert has secured multi-platform carriage with Korean IPTV operator KT. The iConcerts is available on the Olleh N-Screen service, as a live or VoD channel on wired and wireless internet services, including tablet PCs and other mobile devices.

SINGAPORE ONE HD PREMIERES ON STARHUB


Sony Pictures Entertainment Networks Asia has teamed up with StarHub to expand the reach of its Asian general entertainment channel One. StarHub is One HD with Chinese subtitles and a two-hour primetime program dubbed in Mandarin.

OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA TEN NETWORK LAUNCHES ONE HD
The Ten Network launched its HD sports channel One, with general entertainment programming set to take over its schedule from May. One HD is targeted to a male audience, with a mixture of drama, HD movies and documentaries, as well as premium sport.

AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA DSTV LAUNCHES THIRD SUPERSPORT HD CHANNEL

RRSAT PROVIDING 3D DELIVERY OF FASHION TV


RRsat Global Communications Network is providing uplink, play out and connectivity services for fashiontv H3, the 3D programming on the Fashion TV Paris HD channel. FTV has doubled the shows broadcast as part of the FTV HD programming played out and distributed by RRsat on its DTH platforms on the Intelsat-805 satellite over North, Central and South America, on the Eurobird 9A satellite to Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and on the Asiasat-5 satellite to Asia and Australia.

DSTV has launched its third HD sports channel, in addition to the two existing SuperSport HD channels. SS HD3 airs 24-hour English Premier League channel, with a limited amount of programming in SD. The addition of SS HD3 brings

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T-Hrvatski Telekom had reached 297,496 subscribers for its IPTV service MAXtv by the end of 2010, up 26.1% from one year previously. Growth was driven by continuing promotions and attractive content packages, including new films and HBO programming, and the launch of a Sports package.

the companys Vodafone TV Center box. The service allows customers to receive analogue cable and digital satellite channels alongside Vodafone TVs IPTV offering, Videothek, available over its DSL network. The starter package offers 50 TV channels plus 12 HD channels.

EUROPE
AUSTRIA TELEKOM AUSTRIA IPTV SUBSCRIBERS UP 50%

FRANCE SFR PROVIDES SUBSCRIBERS WITH 120 TV CHANNELS ON MOBILES

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM SELLS 1.6 MILLION IPTV SUBSCRIPTIONS

Telekom Austria had reached over 151,000 subscribers for its IPTV service aonTV by the end of 2010, up more than 50% from one year previously. Thanks to agreement with On Demand Deutschland, aonTV subscribers will be able to watch 3D versions of blockbusters whenever they want and with complete time-shifting capabilities.

SFR has enhanced its app for iOS and Android smart phones and tablets by enabling its IPTV subscribers to watch over 120 live TV channels on their mobile devices. The app also allows users to consult their full EPG, schedule recordings remotely, set reminders, and browse the VOD library. SFR has also boosted its on-demand library of 3D content.

Deutsche Telekom reports that it had sold 1.6 million subscriptions to its IPTV service T-Home Entertain by the end of 2010. Total active IPTV subscriptions in Germany had reached 1.156 million by the end of last year, up from 1.042 million one year previously. The operator had also reached 654,000 active IPTV subscribers in other European markets by the end of 2010.

BELGIUM BELGACOM IPTV SERVICES TOP 1.1 MILLION


Belgacom added 223,000 subscribers for its IPTV service Belgacom TV last year to reach a total of 975,000 customers by the end of 2010. Rival Mobistar reached 10,000 subscribers for its hybrid TV service Mobistar TV, launched October 2010. Mobistar plans to add a further 50,000 TV customers by the end of 2011.

FRANCE TELECOM WITH 3.5 MILLION PAY-TV SUBSCRIBERS

France Telecom reached 3.505 million customers for its pay-TV services (delivered by IPTV and satellite) at the end of 2010, up 27% year-onyear. The Orange IPTV service recently added a new top-tier channel package, new information services, and launched a new application which can stream content from Orange cinma series to a variety of screens including Android devices.

CTC MEDIA SIGNS GERMAN IPTV DEAL

CTC Media has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute the CTC-International channel via the Kartina TV IPTV network, with a one-year right to sublicense it to other IPTV networks across European territories.

WATCHDOG BLOCKS ONLINE TV PLATFORM


Germanys antitrust watchdog has vetoed plans by RTL and ProSiebenSat.1 to launch a joint online video platform for their own content as well as that of other broadcasters. The Federal Cartel Office believes the joint platform would further strengthen the still existing dominant duopoly between the two broadcasting groups.

GERMANY VODAFONE GERMANY LAUNCHES HYBRID TV PLATFORM

CROATIA T-HRVATSKI TELEKOM CLOSE TO 300,000 IPTV SUBSCRIBERS

Vodafone Germany has officially launched its hybrid TV service, Vodafone TV, based on

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HUNGARY HUNGARY WITH 557,000 IPTV SUBSCRIBERS


Hungarys twelve biggest digital TV companies had 1,423,000 subscribers at the end of December 2010, according to the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (NMHH). The number of their digital subscribers with cable or IPTV connections rose by 20,000 to 557,000 during the month.

content, including HD films, TV series, cartoons, documentaries and football matches.

KOSOVO HARMONIC POWERS PTK IPTV SERVICE


PTK has deployed Harmonics IP-based digital video head end solutions for its new IPTV service. The solution includes ProView integrated receiver/ decoders (IRDs), Electra 8000 dual-channel SD/HD encoders, Ion AVC encoders, and NMX Digital Service Manager. BeeSmart is providing the interactive TV middleware platform.

access to social networks. Since 2010, Crnogorski Telekom is the pay-TV market leader, with a 38 percent market share (42,8000 subscribers).

NETHERLANDS KPN IPTV SUBSCRIBERS MORE THAN DOUBLE

ICELAND VODAFONE ICELAND SELECTS AMINO IPTV BOXES

Vodafone Iceland has selected Amino Communications HD set-top boxes for the next phase of its IPTV service rollout. The operator will deploy a number of Amino A140 SD/ HD STBs as part of a service upgrade of its IPTV service which offers TVoD, Catch-up and 100 TV channels to over 25,000 customers.

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MOLDTELECOM SELECTS MIDDLEWARE FROM MINERVA Moldtelecom has started scaling up its IPTV service using middleware from Minerva Networks, delivering the service to tens of thousands of subscribers. The operator offers two basic packages and one thematic package for adults. It also recently added an HD package to its content line-up.

KPN more than doubled the customer base for its IPTV service Interactieve TV last year to reach 302,000 subscribers by December 2010, compared to 106,000 one year previously. An estimated 80% of Dutch households are now covered, while around 69% of Dutch households are capable of receiving its HD IPTV service.

POLAND TPSA WITH 544,000 PAY-TV SUBSCRIBERS


TPSA had reached 544,000 subscribers for its TV services (delivered via DTH and IPTV) by the end of 2010, having added 47,000 customers in the 4Q period. The company reports that its pay-TV services now have a 23.8% penetration of its broadband subscriber base.

ITALY ACCENTURE HELPS MEDIASET LAUNCH OVER-THE-TOP TV

MONTENEGRO CRNOGORSKI TELEKOM UPGRADES IPTV PLATFORM

Accenture is providing a solution for Mediaset, enabling the broadcaster to provide Over-theTop services for TV, PC and other devices as part of the Mediaset Premium offer. Customers will be able to access linear content and nonlinear services such as Catch-up TV, VOD and Virtual Linear Channels on the TV set. Premium Net TV will offer over 1,000 different types of

PORTUGAL PORTUGAL TELECOM INTRODUCES PRE-PAID CARD FOR VOD

Crnogorski Telekom introduced a new software solution for its IPTV platform Extra TV. The solution is based on one of the newest version of the Microsoft Mediaroom software, with new features including the addition of favourite channels in real time, the scheduling of recordings, as well as

Portugal Telecom has enabled subscribers of its IPTV service Meo to pay for VOD with pre-pay cards. The cards have a value of EUR 5 or EUR 10, valid for a three-month period. Portugal Telecom had reached 830,000 Meo

The New IPTV Standard

OIPF provides the IPTV market with open end-2-end IPTV specifications OIPF includes most IPTV stakeholders OIPF stimulates a go-to-market drive from the IPTV industry
Open IPTV Forum 650, Route des Lucioles F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS cedex France Tel: +33 4 92 94 43 83 Fax: +33 4 92 38 52 90 Email: contact@oipf.tv Website: www.oipf.tv

subscribers by the end of 2010, having added 249,000 customers in the 12-month period.

ABC LAUNCHES VOD SERVICE WITH ZON

ABC TV On Demand has launched in Portugal through subscription VoD operator Zon. Some 500 ABC shows, including Greys Anatomy, Desperate Housewives and Lost, will be available with new content added each month. Zon customers with subscriptions to its Filmes e Sries Ilimitado on Videoclube package can now access the ABC service for EUR 10 per month.

one 3D channel, as well as a range of ondemand content in SD, HD and 3D. In the near future, Uralsvyazinform is expected to introduce over-the-top (OTT) access to Utel.TV from PCs, iPhones, iPads and Android-based devices.

Imagenio will offer both the SD and HD versions of Sundance Channel on demand.

TV3 DEPLOYS ANEVIA IPTV SOLUTION

SCANDINAVIA DREAMPARK PROVIDES MIDDLEWARE SOLUTIONS

TV3 has chosen to deploy Anevias IPTV gateways for use within its broadcasting facilities. Anevia IPTV gateways receive live TV broadcasts in DVB and analogue formats and streams them over an IP network.

RUSSIA NTV PLUS, SMARTLABS LAUNCH JOINT IPTV SOLUTION

NTV-Plus has partnered with SmartLabs to jointly deliver a new IPTV service aimed at Russian broadband operators. SmartLabs will provide customers with client applications and a centralised management system for IPTV services and resources, while NTV-Plus will provide them with access to premium TV content.

Dreampark is providing its TV middleware solution to Faroese Telecom in the Faroe Islands as well as to Finlands Alcom. The Finnish operator is swapping out a competitors middleware solution and replacing it with the Dreampark Dreamgallery middleware. Meanwhile, Motorola Mobility has signed an agreement to acquire Dreampark and the acquisition should be closed before the 2Q 2011.

SWITZERLAND SWISSCOM REPORTS 81% GROWTH IN IPTV SUBSCRIBERS

Swisscom had reached 421,000 subscribers for its IPTV service Swisscom TV by the end of 2010, up 81.5% from one year previously, having added 63,000 new customers in the last quarter alone.

OUTDOOR CHANNEL ARRIVES IN SCANDINAVIA

TURKEY TTNET LAUNCHES IPTV SERVICE IN TURKEY

VLADLINK TO LAUNCH IPTV IN FAR EAST


Vladlink is conducting trials of IPTV services in Russias Far East, in preparation for a full commercial launch with its residential customers. The company has selected Netris to provide its iVision middleware for the new service, to be called Vladlink.TV.

Outdoor Channel has launched on TeliaSoneras IPTV platform in Sweden and Finland, with upcoming launches planned for Norway and Denmark. The deal is part of a joint venture between Chello Zone and the Outdoor Channel announced last year.

SPAIN TELEFONICA REACHES 788,000 IPTV SUBSCRIBERS

TTNET has launched its IPTV service, Tivibu Ev, following the launch of the Web TV service one year ago. A mobile version, Tivibu Cep, will be available in the 2Q 2011. On Demand Group is TTNETs international VOD content management partner.

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CANADA TELUS ADDS 48,000 IPTV SUBSCRIBERS IN 4Q 2010

URALSVYAZINFORM UPGRADES IPTV PLATFORM

Uralsvyazinform has upgraded its IPTV platform using an end-to-end solution from Moscow firm SmartLabs. The Utel.TV IPTV service currently offers 96 SD channels, five HD channels and

Telefonica has reached a total of 788,000 IPTV customers by the end of 2010, giving it a 19% market share of the Spanish pay-TV market. The Movistar Imagenio service is adding Sundance Channel Global to its channel line-up on June 1. Additionally, Movistar

Telus had reached 314,000 IPTV subscribers by the end of 2010, up 85% from one year previously.
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The strong gains are attributed to the launch of its Optik TV brand in June, the introduction of OVR Anywhere, and expanded broadband coverage. At the end of 2010, there were an estimated 2.1 million homes within its IPTV-capable footprint.

U-VERSE TV WINS INDUSTRY AWARD FOR BEST MULTISCREEN TV

INDIA BHARTI AIRTEL LAUNCHES IPTV SERVICE


Bharti Airtel has launched its IPTV service, Airtel Broadband TV, offering 28 live TV channels to subscribers via PC. Three different tariff options are available, with prices starting at INR49 (USD 1.06) per month for either the Night Pack or My Pack. The most expensive option, Gold Pack, offers all live TV channels in addition to a number of VOD channels for INR99 per month.

TBAYTEL SELECTS CALIX FOR IPTV LAUNCH


Tbaytel has selected the Calix B6 Ethernet Service Access Node from Calix for its launch of IPTV services. Tbaytel will leverage VDSL2 and Active Ethernet fibre access technology to bring Microsoft Mediaroom-powered video services to residential subscribers in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Tbaytels IPTV platform will include PVR, HDTV, EPG and interactive applications.

The IP&TV World Forum has honoured AT&T with an Industry Award for AT&T U-verse TV. The award was for the Best Multiscreen TV Service and the operator was also nominated as a finalist in the Best IPTV, Hybrid or Connected TV Service Growth Achievement category.

CARIBBEAN
BONAIRE TELBO SELECTS AMINO IPTV SET-TOP-BOXES

MALAYSIA TIME, MEASAT TEAM UP FOR IPTV


Time dotCom (TTdC) has teamed up with Measat Broadcast Network Systems (MBNS), for the provision of IPTV and broadband services across the Klang Valley and Penang. Customers in apartment blocks, multi-dwelling units or commercial buildings will be offered an Astro IPTV solution, bundled with triple play.

COLBA.NET TO LAUNCH IPTV

Colba.Net will proceed to launch in 2011 its new IPTV service, following a recent decision by the CRTC approving the application by Colba.Net for a broadcasting license. Colba.net footprint currently covers approximately 400,000 households over the Island of Montreal. At launch, the new IPTV service will offer several HD channels.

Telefonia Bonairiano (Telbo) has selected Aminos A140 HD next generation IPTV set-top boxes for the deployment of HDTV services. Aminos A140, an MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 HD set-top box, is based on the latest STi7105 System on Chip solutions and was launched in mid-2010.

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ASIA & PACIFIC


AZERBAIJAN BTRIB TO DOUBLE IPTV SUBSCRIBERS
The Baku Telephone Network Production Association (BTRIB) intends to increase the number of IPTV users in 2011 to 2,000. Currently, the figure stands at 1,000. BTRIB is only one of the companies providing IPTV in the country and they include Aztelekom, Azeurotel, Adanet, and Ultel.

MONGOLIA UNIVISION ADDS SIX TURNER CHANNELS TO IPTV SERVICE

Minerva Networks has scored a deal with Salisbury (North Carolina) to deliver broadcast TV, VOD and Internet TV to 10,000 subscribers in conjunction with the city-owned Fibrant FTTH service provider. The new TV services include HDTV, whole-home digital video recording (WHDVR), VOD and Internet TV.

Univision has signed a multi-year agreement with Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific under which some of the latters premium channels will be added to its IPTV service. The channels include CNN International, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and truTV. Univisions IPTV service offers a core package of 70 linear channels for USD 9 per month, as well as VOD.

QATAR QTEL TO ADD HDTV AND VOD IN 2011


Qtel plans to start offering fibre-based services for customers in mid 2011, including high-speed Internet, HDTV, and advanced services such as movies and VOD. More than 300km of fibre network has been laid to replace the existing copper network across Doha.

SAUDI ARABIA SAUDI TELECOM IPTS FOR JDSU IPTV SOLUTION


Saudi Telecom (STC) has selected JDSU to provide a comprehensive IPTV end-to-end service assurance solution. Saudi Telecom launched its IPTV service inVision in August 2010, initially available in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam, and more recently introduced new sports packages.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ETISALAT SELECTS IPTV TECHNOLOGICAL PARTNERS


Pace and Verimatrix have been appointed by Etisalat to enable delivery of digital TV services to customers. The Pace HD PVR will provide VOD, PVR and Interactive services, while Paces Advanced Residential Gateway enables delivery of a variety of wireless digital services into the home through a single device. A Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) solution is being used to secure revenue streams from Etisalats IPTV service.

AFRICA
EGYPT EAMS CHOOSES LATENS, DREAMPARK CAS FOR IPTV PLATORM
EAMS has chosen Latens software-only Conditional Access System (CAS) to protect its Satellite IPTV delivery system. The EAMS Ecosystem will consist of Latens CAS, plus other system components. EAMS plans to offer HD/SD linear TV, PPV, and VOD services using satellite delivery of content via Nilesat to 50 regional head ends. The IPTV operator has also chosen the Dreampark Dreamgallery Middleware.

WORLD
GLOBAL IPTV SUBSCRIBERS TO REACH 70 MILLION IN 2015
Subscriber growth in China, Latin America and Eastern Europe will help double the number of IPTV subscribers worldwide to 70 million by 2015, according to a report from IMS Research. The market, which currently stands at 36.5 million, will see a slowing of growth in Western Europe as that market reaches the saturation point. Only China is expected to see continued strong growth.

OVER 11.5 MILLION IPTV SUBSCRIBERS ADDED IN 2010


The total number of IPTV subscribers worldwide had reached nearly 45.4 million at the end of 2010, with over 11.5 million added in 2010, according to the latest figures from the Broadband Forum. Europe is still the number one region for IPTV subscribers, but the growth rate was lower mostly due to market saturation. Asia recorded a 50 percent growth last year and should overtake Europe in 2011. The Middle East & Africa region had the strongest percentage growth at 63.5%. France remains the leading IPTV nation (10 million subscribers), closely followed by China (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan), which should overtake France in 2011.

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