RSCC, Romantis and Videopiù-Link Join Forces to Offer Comprehensive HDTV Solution for Europe via Express-AM44

2 December 2010

Romantis GmbH, announced the partnership with the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC), the Russian state satellite operator, and the Videopiù-Link group, the Italian market leader for permanent and occasional contribution services, to deploy a new interactive multimedia network through high-power Ku-band payload of the Express-AM44 satellite at 11⁰ West.

The joint solution comprises a digital DVB-S2 multiplexing platform (Mux) with a wide coverage over the most part of Europe and supports a variety of applications, including standard definition (SD) and high-definition (HD) distribution. In addition, with the help of this multimedia network news agencies and SNG operators are able to transmit broadcasts of special events in HD format, and in the long term – in 3D. Television organizations can deliver their content to this 1+1 Mux 24 hours a day, seven days a week via the teleport located in the city of Lucca (Italy) that is directly connected by fiber optics to the leading national and international telecommunication operators’ networks.

“Our service is fully compliant with state-of-the-art television companies, who need to distribute their programs with high quality, but also to regularly broadcast events or to cover news,” said Managing Director and CEO of Romantis GmbH, Dr. Harald W. Stange. – With ability to offer both live programs transmission and their subsequent rebroadcasting over the Mux in HDTV format, our platform is a unique and comprehensive instrument to cover sports and other events in HD and 3D.”

Luigi Tavella, Managing Director of Videopiù, added: “Romantis is not only a provider of bandwidth and hardware, but is a consulting company that offers cutting-edge solutions that constantly help us as a customer being competitive and always upbringing on the market. A partnership with Romantis has opened us to a world of opportunities in terms of access to satellite capacity, hardware provisioning, software development and network engineering”.

“The HDTV platform via Express-AM44 is a further step towards the implementation of our strategy to build alliances with European service providers to develop and promote joint products based on the resource of the RSCC satellite fleet,” comments on the cooperation of the companies Ksenia Drozdova, RSCC Deputy Director General. – This cooperation opens for RSCC new business horizons in Europe and makes our company a prominent player in the international arena of digital television.”