September 11, 2008 04:43 ET
Indian TV Group Reliance BIG TV Selects Thomson Headend System for Massive Deployment of 300 TV Channels over Hybrid Networks
PARIS and AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - September 11, 2008) - Indian TV Group
Reliance BIG TV Selects Thomson Headend System for Massive Deployment of
300 TV Channels over Hybrid Networks
Paris (France) / Amsterdam (Netherlands) - IBC, September 11, 2008 -
Reliance BIG TV, a new venture of India's largest private company Reliance,
is to launch 300 high-definition and standard-definition channels, as well
as 50 radio channels, using a complete head end system from Thomson
(Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS), the worldwide leader in video
solutions.
Reliance has selected Thomson's innovative solutions for launching and
managing a hybrid distribution network of satellite direct to home (DTH)
and IPTV over broadband, for high-definition (HD) and standard-definition
(SD) video services throughout India. Using Thomson's video head ends,
Reliance is able to optimise its distribution network to launch a large
number of channels, ensure excellent quality of service, and reach more
viewers.
"This is an ambitious project and launching such a large bouquet of
channels, including HD channels, over a dual-distribution network is a
challenging proposition which Reliance Big TV is uniquely qualified to
meet. Viewer quality expectations are high and satellite bandwidth over
India is limited," said Mr. Arun Kapoor, Chief Executive Officer, Reliance
BIG TV. "We selected Thomson's solutions as they indisputably offer best-in-
class performance for picture quality and compression capacity."
"Our solutions have been specifically developed to reply to the pain points
encountered by operators when choosing their systems for delivering video -
notably quality of service, return on investment and network distribution
optimisation for delivery of bandwidth heavy services such as HD." said
Didier Trutt, Senior Executive Vice President of the Systems Division
within Thomson..
At its launch in later this year Reliance BIG TV will offer 300 HD and SD
television channels, making it the first to launch HD video services in
India. Reliance is offering its customers a choice of satellite or
broadband delivery platforms. To do this cost effectively demands a
flexible head end which can manage both DTH and IPTV platforms
simultaneously and transparently.
Thomson has supplied Reliance with a complete video headend for hybrid
networks, including its market-leading compression solutions featuring the
Thomson ViBE Multi-channel MPEG-4 SD encoders, ViBE Premium MPEG-4 encoders
for HD video, XMS monitoring equipment, and NetProcessor repurposing and
multiplexing solutions. In addition Thomson is supplying full engineering,
consulting and support services, including integrating the headend with
Reliance's existing equipment.
Thomson has also supported Reliance in creating a redundancy system on a
larger scale, providing two separate uplinks which are 1,000 kilometers
apart to protect viewing enjoyment being disrupted by exceptional weather
factors such as monsoons.
Network agnostic, Thomson's solutions are the heart of some of the world's
largest deployments of IPTV, Triple Play, VoIP and Mobile TV. Thomson is
unique in being able to offer a complete end-to-end solution for deployment
of video and triple play services - from transmitters, video head ends and
video on demand servers, to service platforms and consumer premises
equipment.
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About Thomson: the worldwide leader in video solutions
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