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Cardinal iMDU Selected
For The UK DAB Roll Out
d

B Broadcast, a leading systems
integrator, is supplying its
Cardinal intelligent Mains Distribution
Unit (iMDU) for the UK roll out of DAB
transmitter systems, now underway
and managed by Arqiva.
Adoption of the Cardinal iMDU as
standard equipment was made by
Arqiva after a detailed design and
evaluation exercise.
The Cardinal iMDU was selected
for its ability to change over between
mains supply and uninterruptable
(UPS) supplies in the event of a power
outage at remote unmanned sites.
An additional valuable benefit is
the ability to switch off non-essential
devices selectively after a user
configurable delay in the event of a
mains supply failure.
This feature enables essential
equipment to be powered for longer by
prolonging the UPS battery life.

The DAB roll out is already in
progress, having started early in
2014 and planned to run for another
year. DAB transmitter sites are widely
distributed in sometimes inhospitable
locations,
making
autonomous
operation essential.
These are also challenging EMC
environments due to their proximity
to high power broadcast transmitters,
and the Cardinal iMDU has been
designed for EMC immunity EN55103
category E5:
'Heavy industrial
environment and environments close

to broadcast transmitters'.
Other unique features of the Cardinal
iMDU that were utilised as part of
Arqiva's system design include use
of the iMDU as a GPI-to-Ethernet
interface for telemetry, and its
external temperature and humidity
sensing for environmental monitoring
of the DAB transmitter equipment
rack.
Tom Swan, Sales & Marketing
Director of dB Broadcast, said: "We
introduced the Cardinal iMDU in
2010 for just such high reliability

applications as the DAB rollout. Its
robust design is unique, and features
include handling inrush currents of up
to 200A at switch on combined with
sophisticated features such as web
user interface, full SNMP control and
alarming plus e-mail alert messaging."
dB's Cardinal iMDU provides a
comprehensive solution for remote
control and management of power
distribution to a wide range of
broadcast equipment.
dB Broadcast's Dual Input
Cardinal intelligent Mains
Distribution System

Push VOD: Promising For
Providers And Viewers
By Peter Ostapiuk, Vice President,
Media Product Management, Intelsat

I

n developing markets where high
quality and affordable broadband
availability is limited, viewers are
looking for alternative ways to obtain
current entertaining and educational
content.
While broadband and internet
service providers are looking to deliver
media content via mobile devices
and infrastructure in Africa, the truth
is that they are not yet suited to
handle and transport the sheer size
and volume of media content that is
needed by the population they are
trying to serve.
One way, and quite often, the only
way to do so is through Push VideoOn-Demand (VOD). In regions such as
Africa, content is primarily delivered

via satellite via Direct-To-Home (DTH)
delivery. This method is secure, highly
reliable, of high quality and can
extend to the most remote parts of the
continent.
Satellite solutions will help enable
DTH providers in the region to further
expand their service offerings and
provide "Catch-up TV" to top-tier
consumers and educators alike.
From a business model perspective,
Africa is predominately a pre-paid
TV market. Additional Push VOD
content will enable DTH providers to
generate additional revenue, maintain
distribution costs and achieve a higher
return from subscribers compared to
linear subscription fees. By monetising
new and unique content without

Intelsat 20
has a pan
African
footprint

cannibalising current business, DTH
providers will be able to increase their
average revenue per user.
Importantly, broadcasters will be
able to deliver critical educational
push VOD content to the continent. For
example, as the satellite operator with
the ability to reach the largest number
of viewers in Africa, Intelsat has
worked closely with organisations such
as Mindset to 'push' educational VOD

content to schools and approximately
three million homes throughout the
continent.
Push VOD powered by satellite
presents DTH providers with a way to
further entertain the communities it
serves, generate additional revenue
streams and play an instrumental
role in further enhancing the
socioeconomic development of the
regions in which they operate.


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