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SES Redefines Live Events with Synchronized Satellite and OTT

SES’s latest solution, which will be premium sports. When a fan is watching 8,200 channels via satellite. SES’s recent
showcased at IBC2019 in Amsterdam, an important match on an OTT platform unification of its wholly-owned video
synchronizes over-the-top (OTT) and and they hear the crowd at the bar down services subsidiary, MX1, with its SES
satellite broadcasts by delivering IP signals the street cheering before they even see Video business unit, means SES now
to OTT platforms as fast as satellite to the goal, the disappointment is palpable,” manages over 525 channels and delivers
create enhanced live viewing experiences. said Ferdinand Kayser, CEO of SES Video. more than 8,400 hours of online video
The new solution, named Satellite and “Being a hybrid video distributor, SES streaming, including over 620 hours of
OTT in sync, gives broadcasters the power can process video at the source for both premium sports and live events per day.
to deliver a more consistent experience satellite and OTT distribution, helping Going to market with a unified solution for
to viewers watching any screen, or even broadcasters deliver a unique, consistent, video infrastructure and services means
multiple screens, by eliminating the delay and satisfying end-user experience.” that SES will accelerate the rollout of hybrid
between their TV broadcast and OTT SES leads the industry with its worldwide linear and non-linear content delivery
services. Even a few seconds of delay reach of over 355 million TV households services and solutions with unprecedented
between different screens can spoil the (or 1 billion people) and distributes over global reach.
live event experience, and this has been
a challenge to eliminate. SES’s unique
solution achieves that synchronization,
giving broadcasters confidence that their
viewers will be able to enjoy unforgettable
moments. SES’s Satellite and OTT in sync
solution takes the source signal on its
way to the satellite and distributes it via
IP in tandem with satellite. By applying
low-latency encoding and tuning to the
IP stream at the source, the solution can
deliver the content to OTT platforms in sync
with the satellite signal. The technique
shaves off the seconds of delay between
a traditional television broadcast and
other low-latency OTT solutions or regular
OTT broadcasts. “Today’s broadcasters
are looking to protect and grow their
business by delivering the best experience
possible during live events, particularly for

SES to Enhance and Expand O3b mPOWER System Capabilities with Dynamic

Software Innovation

SES announced that Adaptive Resource with a superior end-user experience. orchestrated end-to-end by ONAP.
Control (ARC), a dynamic software ARC will deliver unprecedented levels of SES’s high-throughput low-latency O3b
solution under development in partnership automation and adaptability for telco, mPOWER communications system,
with Kythera Space Solutions. This government, and communications-on- scheduled to launch in 2021, will leverage
groundbreaking system will further the-move customers, enabling predictable, seven next-generation MEO satellites,
enhance the market-leading flexibility and reliable services delivered over O3b each capable of generating thousands of
efficiency of O3b mPOWER, SES’s next- mPOWER. ARC uses standards-based electronically-steered beams that can be
generation medium earth orbit (MEO) application programming interfaces dynamically adjusted to suit customer
communications system. ARC will enable (APIs) for easy integration into SES’s demand and geographic position. O3b
the dynamic control and optimization of service orchestration solution based mPOWER also will include a variety of
power, throughput, beams and frequency on Open Network Automation Platform intelligent, application-specific Customer
allocation across the entire O3b mPOWER (ONAP). ARC and ONAP work together as Edge Terminals integrated with SES’s
system’s space and ground assets, a unified service delivery and optimization terrestrial network. SES will leverage
resulting in the efficient delivery of low- solution, with ARC managing the physical ARC to efficiently synchronize, optimize
latency, satellite-based data services network resources allocated to services and automate the utilization of these

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