The thread has known this for awhile, but maybe not the proportions, it's HUGE! From IBC daily news.
DiviCom wins huge MPEG contract
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has awarded a huge contract for
MPEG-2 compression and multiplexing equipment to DiviCom Inc, for the
handling of its TV and radio services from Sydney to ABC stations across
the country. It plans to replace ageing analog B-MAC technology in
stages, commencing this month with Western Australia. The Optus Aurora
system, on the B-3 satellite, will be the platform the ABC uses.
Once fully installed the whole of Australia, apart from Sydney, will at least
in part receive ABC programmes via digital distribution, and almost 500
National Transmission Authority UHF and VHF transmitter sites.
Thousands of remote area homesteads will also receive the digital service
via Aurora.
Explaining why DiviCom won 'sole supplier' status, Ian McGarrity, general
manager at ABC Development, said: "The DiviCom encoder systems are a
fully redundant solution which is obviously important when your whole radio
and TV service depends on the digital distribution system. The pictures
transmitted via the DiviCom encoders and the Aurora platform will increase
the quality of reception for all Australians."
DiviCom struck the deal through its local distributor Techtel, which reports
that the ABC order involves the MediaView MV40 program encoder and the
MediaNode MN20 multiplexer. |
