98 Saturday 08.09.2012 theibcdaily AMOS-6 to launch in 2015
Spacecom By Ian McMurray
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is to manufacture the AMOS-6 satellite, Spacecom has announced. AMOS-6 is scheduled for launch in 2015. MacDonald, Dettwiler and
Associates will be the contractor for the Ku and multi-beam Ka pay-loads.
Under the terms of the $200 million agreement, IAI will construct the satellite, prepare it operationally for launch, place it into its 4°W orbital position, and provide ground control operations over the satellite’s life,
planned to be at least 16 years. The 4°W ‘hot spot’ is home to
Spacecom’s AMOS-2 and AMOS-3
constellation, which
provides satellite services to Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. East Coast.
“AMOS-6 will expand our reach to include Western Europe, add new Ka-band spot beams and eventually replace the
2 satellite when it ends commercial service in 2016. We are excited to start moving forward with this project which will enhance our reputation as a multi- regional satellite operator,” said David Pollack, president and CEO of Spacecom. To fund the AMOS-6
project, Spacecom is planning to raise funds from a
consortium of investors, including IAI and foreign lenders that support
AMOS- When at last you see the light: AMOS-6 to be built by IAI Vision blue5 support Vinten By David Fox
The Vision blue5 pan and tilt head and tripod system is the latest in Vinten’s Vision range, but with a higher carrying capacity of 5.5kg to 12kg than the original blue system, making it suitable for larger professional cameras.
“The unrivalled
performance of the Vision blue5 provides operators with all the benefits of Vinten’s renowned Vision support systems at a premium value,” said Peter Harman, product manager, Vinten. It was designed in
response to feedback from customers and the result, he claimed, “is a new system that is effortless to use”. Features include Vinten’s
Perfect Balance technology, providing consistent movement and easy positioning of the camera at any angle, says the manufacturer, and its LF drag technology that enables complete control of the camera at any level of movement. 11.E55
In balance: Vinten’s Vision blue5 head and tripod can carry up to 12kg
exporters of systems to be included in the
satellite. 1.C65
Canal co-op
NDS By Ian McMurray
A collaboration to launch a next- generation TV platform as a hosted, managed service has been announced by NDS and Canal Digital, the leading DTH pay-TV provider in the Nordics. Enabling both satellite and Over- the-Top (OTT) service delivery, the new platform will allow Canal Digital subscribers to access content anytime, anywhere and on multiple devices – whether in the home or on the go.
As an end-to-end hybrid infrastructure, delivered, hosted and managed for Canal Digital by NDS, the new platform will provide a scalable and flexible service that will allow for additional innovative features to be deployed quickly and easily after launch. 1.A71
Logserver IP debut
Mediaproxy By Carolyn Giardina
LogServer IP offers native TS logging, MPEG streaming and playback. It enables search, playback and analysis of decrypted and encrypted transport streams sources. LogServer IP comes with Monwall IP, a multiviewer client providing live MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 streaming and TS event monitoring. The configuration and user interfaces are
designed for easy setup of any system, and the system is also compliant with loudness regulations. It is available in
software-only, or as an appliance with 80TB or 120TB of RAID protected storage. Mediaproxy offers an upgrade path in either direction: owners of LogServer or LogServer ASI can move to
LogServer IP; customers with LogServer IP can add proxy logging and encoded streaming to their platform. 7.J07