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Appear TV Delivers Video Platform
At Orange Slovakia
A

ppear TV has announced that
Slovakia's
largest
mobile
operator, Orange SK, has installed the
XC5000 platform OTT headend system
into its facility.
The integration of the project was
done by Sunteq, a provider of digital
audio and video technologies who has
represented Appear TV in Slovakia and
the Czech Republic since 2012.
"We turned to Appear TV because
of the equipment's reliability and
universal platform for TV stream
acquisition, and its compatibility
with
the
existing
networking
infrastructure," said Jiří Laznička (IT &
Services Manager and Project Sponsor
in Orange). "The video headend is
used for reception and processing
of satellite and IP sources, both
encrypted and free to air. The pure IP
video headend is integrated with the
existing networking infrastructure
of Orange SK, utilising the output

redundancy technology of Appear
TV. The headend is connected with
the existing TV platform. All TV and
radio services are distributed to IPTV
network, and selected top channels
are distributed via OTT. For the
OTT transcoding, we utilise the geo
redundant multiscreen transcoding
solution from Appear TV."
The
advanced
features
and
functionality of the Appear TV solution
allows Orange's platform operators to
efficiently deliver analogue and digital
TV, radio, and data services, as well
as remotely configure and control all
modules in a 1RU or 4RU chassis.
In addition, the system features
Appear
TV's
award-winning
redundancy and hot swap module
capabilities. It features content
acquisition and aggregation, including
descrambling and decoding. It is
also equipped with trans-modulation
capabilities, edge QAM solutions,

regional programme
insertion,
and
Transport Stream
processing adaption
including EPG and EIT data.
Appear TV products that were used
on this project include the platform
XC5000, as well as new DVBS/S2/
S2X demodulators, descramblers,
multiscreen transcoders and dual IP IO
modules.
"We are thrilled that Orange SK
chose to use the XC5000 platform
OTT headend system," said Carl
Walter Holst, CEO, Appear TV. "The
advanced modular Appear TV headend
architecture enables operators to meet
their specific business and technical
requirements through incorporating a
variety of headend function modules
into a single chassis. Other benefits
include securing Top T1 compression
quality, low power consumption,
optimised flexibility, and spare part

Appear TV
XC5000 Series chassis

handling. In addition, IO modules
support DVB-S/S2/S2X, DVB-C and
DVB-T/T2, including IP and ASI."
Orange SK is the largest mobile
operator in Slovakia, and has built
a stable position as a leader for
more than three million customers.
Orange SK is also included in the
worldwide family of mobile operators,
an associated company of France
Telecom.
With 160 million customers,
France Telecom is a leading global
telecommunications operator and
the third largest mobile operator in
Europe.
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