Spacecom and Encompass Join Forces To Create New European TV Distribution Platform
14 April 2016
Spacecom and Encompass Digital Media, a global technology services company delivering end-to-end video solutions to broadcast and digital media companies, today announced a joint new European TV distribution platform. The joint service will be distributed throughout EMEA over the AMOS-6 satellite's Ku Pan-European beam from its 4°W prime orbital position.
Encompass and Spacecom's shared initiative will provide channels and other content providers with a complete, comprehensive solution for all playout, uplink and European space segments, for a full range of media distribution services over the satellite. Spacecom has partnered with Satellite Mediaport Services Ltd., (SMS), located in Rugby, UK to provide uplink services for the platform.
Marco Tinnirello, Encompass' Managing Director, EMEA, stated, "Our new joint TV distribution venture will ensure top of the line quality from both a content and communication standpoint. AMOS-6's Ku Pan-European beam will enable us to bring new and exciting services to our European viewers and add more services to our channel, programmer and digital provider clients."
According
to
Spacecom
CEO
and
president
David
Pollack,
"The
addition
of
AMOS-6
to
our
fleet
will
expand
the
types
of
services
and
coverage
we
provide
throughout
Europe,
Africa
and
the
Middle
East.
Together
with
Encompass,
we
will
offer
a
complete
solution
meeting
the
needs
of
clients
seeking
a
one-stop
shop
that
will
boost
the
types
of
available
services
for
growing
channels.
Throughout
all
of
the
continent
with
a
new
Pan-European
beam
and
with
its
HTS
Ka-band
spot
beams,
the
satellite
will
take
us
into
new
markets
and
provide
tremendous
services
to
our
clients."
AMOS-6 is scheduled to launch during the third quarter of2016.
The satellite's39 Ku-band segments and 24 Ka-band beams will provide a wide array of services. The new satellite will be larger than AMOS-2 and AMOS-3 combined and will incorporate new technologies such as High Throughput Ka-band spot beams for improved broadband internet access. The Ka-band spot beams will cover Europe and Africa as well as Ku-band technologies for new and existing clients. Its Ka-band beams have been selected by Facebook to be the satellite backbone of its initiative to bring broadband Internet to Sub Sahara Africa with Eutelsat.
