Gulfsat Communications has installed Ateme’s converged video headend to power its London and Kuwait sites, serving 100 mainly Arabic language channels. Gulfsat claims to be the leading the satellite communications and media service provider in the Middle East and north Africa region (MENA).
The new infrastructure enables Gulfsat to transmit standard definition (SD) and high definition direct to the home (HD DTH) services, and has “OTT capabilities” as well as ultra-high definition (UHD) technologies available for future use.
Gulfsat had to replace its video headend systems in London, which service 40 channels, and in Kuwait, which service 60 channels.
Encoding and statmux
The installations include Ateme’s TITAN encoding and statistical multiplexing technology and has high-density encoding, which should reduce energy consumption.
Gulfsat’s experience with the solution has been so favourable that it is now acting as system integrator for the Ateme converged headend solution for other organisations in the region.
Rajesh Jagadish, Sales Director MEA at Ateme, said, “As one of the largest DTH providers in the MENA region, Gulfsat is a trusted name among media companies.
“We are gratified not only to have won Gulfsat’s confidence for its own installations, but to also have built a strong partnership with its team to help other organizations in the region with similar technical requirements.”
Source: https://www.mobileeurope.co.uk/gulfsat-updates-video-headend-for-london-and-kuwait-sites/