Tandberg Television
Prime Integration Enables Galaxy’s exTV Launch
(23 February 2004) Acting as one
of the major integrators for exTV, Asia’s newest subscription television
platform, Tandberg Television has provided a multi-channel television delivery
solution with built-in expandability based on its evolution 5000 compression
engine including MPEG-2 compression, modulation, multiplexing and decoding.
TTandberg Television also undertook the role of prime integrator for the build
and deployment, integrating conditional access, subscriber management and
middleware from a host of market leading vendors.
exTV
is Hong Kong's newest subscription television service and is designed to offer
an exciting all-digital multi-channel service specially designed for the Hong
Kong audience.
At launch, exTV will provide 27 channels that will
cater particularly to the tastes and interests of the local TV audience. It
brings a unique mix of innovative quality local programming and quality
entertainment from around the world. This includes five exclusive Chinese
channels supplied by TVB, Hong Kong's premium content broadcaster and one of
the world's largest producers of Chinese language programming. It also includes
two new exclusive Chinese movie channels and a wide range of news and
infotainment programming from leading local and international content
providers.
exTV subscribers will be able to enjoy free interactive
services such as video games and electronic program guide. Future enhancements
to the service include home shopping, home banking and advanced recording
devices.
The exTV service is being uplinked from Galaxy's teleport in
Hong Kong over an Intelsat VII series satellite and downlinked to roof-top
receiving dishes. Existing in-building wiring will deliver the service to
individual subscribers and apartments.
(source: Tandberg
TV)
