In Broadcast - August 2020 - 17

17

www.inbroadcast.com | Vol: 10 - Issue 8 | August 2020

SES Delivers Video Services
For BBC Studios
B

BC Studios (BBCS) and its
subsidiary UKTV have selected
SES to manage the playout and
distribution of over 50 linear channels
and their associated video on demand
(VOD) services, SES has announced.
SES will provide playout, content
processing, distribution, and VOD
services, delivering BBCS and UKTV
content to a network of affiliates
globally and in the UK. These services
will be based on SES's European global
delivery services with technical playout
infrastructure provided from SES's
new Stockley Park facility in London
and with SES's Munich playout facility
overseeing operational management.
"We are truly excited to be
delivering a complete set of
video services to BBCS," said
Steve Collar, CEO of SES.
"Our London and Munich
service delivery approach
is specially crafted so that
broadcasters
and
production houses

like BBCS and UKTV can focus on
producing great content while we
take care of the content preparation,
playout, and delivery. This dualfacility approach is fundamental to
our success in ensuring that we have
always-on, fully backed-up content
delivery services and will enable us to
provide the highest quality of service
for BBCS."
BBCS is the commercial production
and distribution arm of the BBC,
crafting over 2,500 hours of content
every year.
BBCS is focused on promoting the
creative talent of the BBC and the UK
internationally and operates a global
content distribution and branded
services business.
UKTV is a wholly owned
subsidiary of BBCS. It has been
at the forefront of UK branded
television for over 25 years and
its channels span comedy,
Steve Collar, SES CEO

entertainment, natural history, factual,
and drama. The broadcaster is a
significant investor in British creativity
and is committed to working with new
and established writers, directors, and
programme-makers.
"Our UK and global audiences
and advertisers expect seamlessly
delivered high-quality services, and in
the transforming world of broadcast
we need flexibility and responsiveness
to meet ever-changing audience
demands. By selecting SES, we believe
we have found a partner that is

committed to delivering innovation
and can meet our business needs
going into the future," said Marcus
Arthur, President UK, Ireland BBC
Studios and CEO, UKTV.
SES has been awarded the multiyear contract after responding to a
BBCS and UKTV RFP where its service
offering aligned with the BBCS and
UKTV performance, business, and
commercial requirements.
The new deal also builds on BBCS
and UKTV's desire for cloud innovation
in the media industry.

Paradigm's HORNETKu Approved
On Maverick
P

aradigm has announced that their
tough, portable and compact
HORNETKu VSAT is now approved and
fully qualified for use on the Network
Innovations Group's MAVERICK VSAT
service.
NIC4, the U.S. Government focused
subsidiary of Network Innovations has
successfully introduced the HORNET
Ku VSAT into their customer base as
a fully-integrated MAVERICK flyaway
system with embedded modem for
ease of transport and use.
The fully scalable MAVERICK VSAT
service provides efficient and flexible
services to VSATs, running on multiple
satellites and supporting different
frequencies and path beams.
This network is ideally suited to the
Paradigm HORNETKu, Paradigm's
rugged portable PIM (Paradigm
Interface Module) -based VSAT
terminal. The field proven HORNETKu
provides a single satcom solution
for many different operational
requirements. The HORNETKu is
environmentally rugged, yet still

lightweight and crucially, even
the largest 100cm variant can be
packed into a single airline-friendly
case.
Jon Godfrey, General Manager
at Paradigm commented: "The
HORNET is easy-to use and
extremely portable, now on
MAVERICK, its high throughput
capabilities are available in the
remotest locations on affordable
and flexible plans."
The HORNETKu integrates the
easy-to-use and field-proven PIM,
which allows any non-skilled user
to point the antenna in just a few
minutes.
The PIM controller provides the
modem, baseband switching, assisted
pointing and setup functions for the
HORNET and comes with a built-in
visual crosshair and audio pointing
device. As well as making pointing
straightforward for any user, the PIM
supports Power over Ethernet devices
and provides a multitude of services
to the end user - from VLAN setup and

management to smart auto-selecting
of AC and DC power interfaces.
Chad Gatlin, CEO at NIC4 commented:
"NIC4 is excited to incorporate this
fully integrated terminal into the
MAVERICK network. The combination
of the HORNET's SWAP and ease of
use are an ideal complement to the
flexibility and exceptional reliability
MAVERICK offers to meet the stringent
demands of our U.S. Government
customer base."
MAVERICK
provides
flexibility
of service, bandwidth on demand

InSAT

and state of the art coding
and modulation to ensure
customers enjoy the benefits
of increased link stability.
With true dynamic bandwidth
allocation, MAVERICK services
can be shared across fleets of
HORNETKu terminals, adding
and deploying to new sites as
needed.
Paradigm has been making
satcom simple since 1996,
working closely with customers
to completely understand the
challenges and complexities
they can face when using
satcom in the field.
This knowledge is then used to
improve, advance and sometimes
completely redesign the technology,
utilising Paradigm's high levels of
engineering excellence to produce
state-of-the-art solutions which really
make a difference.
As a privately-owned, global
enterprise, Paradigm is able to
respond quickly to customers' specific
needs and feedback, providing clear
sighted solutions that are reliable,
optimal and innovative.
http://www.inbroadcast.com http://www.ses.com http://www.ses.com http://www.ses.com http://www.paracomm.co.uk
In Broadcast - August 2020

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of In Broadcast - August 2020
