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ActiveVideo Demo Rides On Cisco VOD
Vendors Show Interactive Cisco Content Delivery System

ActiveVideo Networks will demonstrate its interactive TV system running on Cisco Systems' video-on-demand infrastructure at the IBC trade show in Amsterdam.

In the demo, ActiveVideo's CloudTV Platform software will run on Cisco's Content Delivery System (CDS). The system will let users navigate an interactive program guide application on an Apple iPad tablet to select live, time-shifted or VOD content, and then watch it on TV or directly on their iPad over a Wi-Fi network in a simulated home environment.

ActiveVideo-Cisco demoThe work ActiveVideo is doing with Cisco is not exclusive. "We're working with the preeminent networking company in the world, but we're hoping it's one of many potential relationships," said ActiveVideo president and CEO Jeff Miller.

He said it was too early to discuss go-to-market strategies with Cisco: "Right now, what we've got is a demo here at IBC," Miller noted.

The companies said they expect the combination of ActiveVideo's platform and Cisco CDS to let cable and telco TV operators introduce interactive applications to digital set-top boxes, CI+ connected televisions and IP-connected devices.

Also at IBC, ActiveVideo is showing off a 3DTV user interface, which the company claims can be delivered to any existing set-top box or Internet-connected device.

ActiveVideo's customers include Cablevision Systems and Time Warner Cable's Oceanic division in Hawaii. Cablevision, for one, has discussed a plan to deliver TV programming over Wi-Fi connections to devices such as iPads in subscribers' homes.

Separately, Cisco last month acquired ExtendMedia, which sells an online video management system.

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CNN Expands Contract With Level 3
Telecom Provider Installs Managed Video Network Services At News Net's Atlanta Headquarters

Turner Broadcasting System's CNN has expanded its relationship with telecommunications provider Level 3 Communications to include a managed video delivery and networking solution installed at CNN's global headquarters in Atlanta, as well as augmented fiber capacity into the news network's studios in New York City.

Level 3, which has worked with CNN for more than 20 years, has historically provided its Vyvx video backhaul services to the network. With the expanded deal, CNN's Atlanta headquarters have direct access to Level 3's IP backbone and Vyvx network, plus Internet access over 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections.

Level 3's Managed Video Network Services platform provides transmission of both video and data from a single box, allowing CNN to share video and data among multiple locations.

"With the speed at which information travels today, news cycles for broadcasters like CNN have accelerated. As a result, their connectivity needs have grown and their video and data must move faster and more efficiently," Level 3 president of sales Andrew Crouch said in a statement. "We developed our MVNS platform to meet the needs of the most demanding broadcast customers, to improve business efficiencies and digital workflows, and to support future innovation in the way content is delivered."

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16E: Ukrainian PRO Vse changed parameters

Ukrainian commercial television PRO Vse changed today its income parameters. Today at 12:00 pm local time, was suspended for posting the original parameters and 15:00 local time, the broadcast resumed with the new parameters.

Entertainment channel, PRO Vse broadcasts with a new symbol rate (SR), which means that the continuation of income is required to make a new search with new SR value.

new technical parameters:
Eutelsat Sesat (16°E) freq 12.727 GHz, pol. H, SR 2500, FEC 3/4, DVB-S/QPSK, FTA

PRO Vse provides programs for the whole family - a reality show, intelligent talk shows, entertainment and educational programs (tourism, travel, history, culture), domestic and foreign video clips, popular series, films and cartoons for the youngest viewers and teens, and entertainment events , concerts and meetings with celebrities.

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SES ASTRA EXPANDS SATELLITE BROADBAND SERVICE ASTRA2CONNECT TO UKRAINE, BELARUS AND MOLDOVA

Luxembourg, 10 September 2010. - SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), announced today that it has added another distribution partner to market its satellite broadband service ASTRA2Connect in Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. With Novacomm, ASTRA2Connect now counts 23 distribution partners in 21 countries across Europe.

ASTRA2Connect is an interactive broadband internet access that is offered via distribution partners to end customers and businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The service is independent from any terrestrial networks and immediately available anywhere within the footprint of the satellite. To date, ASTRA2Connect has more than 65,000 end-users in Europe, thereby representing the largest satellite-based broadband network on the continent.

Novacomm, a Russian internet service provider with a subsidiary in Ukraine, will use the service to expand its business outside Russia and develop important economic and social projects such as broadband connections for schools and transportation systems as well as for business and end customers who have no access to terrestrial broadband networks.

"Ukraine is a promising market for satellite services, both for broadcast and broadband. We are very delighted that we have signed this agreement with Novacomm which represents an important step for the roll-out of our product in Eastern Europe," said Norbert Hölzle, Chief Commercial Officer at SES ASTRA.

"There is still a large number of companies based outside the Ukrainian major cities which have no or limited access to the internet. With ASTRA2Connect we have found an ideal solution to provide businesses in rural regions with a reliable broadband connection," said Nikolay Marakhovskiy, General Director at Novacomm.

About SES ASTRA

SES ASTRA is the leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite system in Europe. The satellite fleet currently comprises 16 satellites. The ASTRA satellite system delivers services to more than 125 million DTH and cable households and transmits more than 2,600 analogue and digital television and radio channels. SES ASTRA also provides satellite-based multimedia, internet and telecommunication services to enterprises, governments and their agencies. With 150 High Definition (HD) channels on its main orbital positions, ASTRA represents the most important HDTV platform for Europe's leading broadcasters. The prime orbital positions for ASTRA are 19.2° East, 28.2° East, 23.5° East, 5° East and 31.5° East.

About SES

SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) wholly owns the market-leading satellite operators SES ASTRA and SES WORLD SKIES, and participations in Ciel in Canada, QuetzSat in Mexico as well as a strategic participation in satellite infrastructure start-up O3b Networks. SES provides outstanding satellite communications solutions via a global fleet of 44 satellites.

About Novacomm

Novacomm Russia is an internet service provider based in Moscow. The company is primarily serving business clients and VIP customers, providing different B2B internet solutions. Novacomm Ukraine is a sub-company of Novacomm Russia.

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VIVACOM Launches Media Platform in Bulgaria via the Intelsat Network
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intelsat S.A., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellites services, announced that Bulgarian telecom provider, VIVACOM, the leading telecommunication Service provider in Bulgaria, has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for Intelsat capacity on the Intelsat 12 satellite (IS-12), located at 45 degrees E. VIVACOM will extend its existing offer for residential customers, which currently includes a landline phone, mobile connection and Internet access, to television programming. Through this new offering, VIVACOM will deliver more than 70 channels of news, entertainment and sports programming to its subscribers throughout Bulgaria.

IS-12 provides capacity used for program distribution, broadcast contribution and enterprise networking. Part of Intelsat’s leading satellite fleet in the region and currently distributing international programming to millions of viewers across Eastern Europe, IS-12 is ideally located to support VIVACOM’s expansion into television programming.

“Intelsat’s global leadership in the transmission of entertainment, news and sports programming for content providers and direct-to-home (DTH) platforms made Intelsat an ideal choice for us as we sought to enter the media market in Bulgaria,” said Alexander Dimitrov, CCO from VIVACOM. “IS-12 will provide us with the ideal transmissions services necessary so we can offer converged telecommunication solutions of superior quality to our growing subscriber base.”

“Eastern Europe represents a growing media sector for satellite operators, and Intelsat is committed to strengthening its media services in the region,” said Jean-Philippe Gillet, Intelsat’s Regional Vice President, Europe and Middle East. “The VIVACOM agreement demonstrates Intelsat’s ability to provide advanced solutions to telecoms providers and support them in growing their service offerings.”

Intelsat will be exhibiting in Hall 1, Stand C71 at IBC 2010, the international tradeshow for the creation, management and delivery of content for the broadcasting industry, which will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 10-14.

About VIVACOM
VIVACOM is the trademark of the Bulgarian Telecommunications Company AD (BTC), Bulgaria’s incumbent telecoms operator. The company offers a full range of telecom services – fixed and mobile telephony, broadband Internet and data transfer. It has the country’s largest and best-developed telecom infrastructure. VIVACOM’s converged services are available in over 1 000 outlets of the operator and its dealers throughout Bulgaria.

About Intelsat
Intelsat is the leading provider of fixed satellite services worldwide. For over 45 years, Intelsat has been delivering information and entertainment for many of the world’s leading media and network companies, multinational corporations, Internet Service Providers and governmental agencies. Intelsat’s satellite, teleport and fiber infrastructure is unmatched in the industry, setting the standard for transmissions of video, data and voice services. From the globalization of content and the proliferation of HD, to the expansion of cellular networks and broadband access, with Intelsat, advanced communications anywhere in the world are closer, by far.

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Intelsat 15 expands Orion Express TV platform

Orion Express, a major satellite television provider in Russia, is now offering expanded direct-to-home (DTH) programming via capacity on the Intelsat 15 satellite (IS-15). Under the multi-year, multi-transponder contract, Orion Express is distributing news, sports, entertainment and children’s programming for its new satellite platform, Continent TV, which crossed the 100,000-subscriber threshold within three months of its service launch. Continent TV offers viewers access to 50 television channels and 16 channels for cable network operators.

IS-15, launched in November 2009, provides video and data services through its high power Ku-band payload. Located at 85º E, the satellite offers Orion Express the ability to deliver television and media services across the Russian territory and supports the country’s ever-growing demand for DTH services.

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9E: KHL HD and KHL TV turned into feeds

Viewers Continental Hockey League KHL to monitor the Wednesday, August 9, 2010 live broadcast of hockey games in standard definition (SD) and High Definition (HDTV) freely without charge of programming positions KHL KHL and HD TV.

Both position, as it eventually turned out, not a regular sports channels but only a transmission line (feed) for pay-channels. On Wednesday, it was possible to follow the same game in both SD and HD. A day later on Thursday to KHL HD channel positions changed on the second SD channel feed.

This afternoon has been changed to identify these two positions and feed1 feed2. The service is only for hockey broadcasts. Broadcasting is still the FTA.

Technical parameters:

Eurobird 9A (9°E) freq 11.900 GHz, pol. H, SR 27500, FEC 3/4, DVB-S/QPSK

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TV Barrandov began testing in packet Digi TV

Czech Stace full-format TV Barrandov offer spreads Czech multiregional satellite pay-TV Digi TV. On this platform have already started testing a channel with colored stripes erroneously labeled "Barandov" (right to be Barrandov TV), which until recently was broadcast on Romanian station RTS (Televiziune Severin).

Technical parameters:
Satellite: Intelsat 10-02 (1°W)
Frequency: 12.643 GHz
Polarization: Vertical
SR: 27500
FEC: 3/4
Standard: DVB-S
Modulation: QPSK
encryption (CA system): Nagra Media Access (Nagravision 3/4)

Barrandov TV started broadcasting in early 2009 and become the next nationwide digital television in the Czech Republic. Program consisting of entertainment - movies, serials, documents magazines own work focuses on the generation of Husak's children (30 years older viewers).

Barrandov TV channel will be joining the Digi TV available in all satellite platforms, which operates on the Czech market. On the platform, this will just be missing Prima COOL and R1

Over the past 30 days is already the second extension Czech Digi TV offers. On August 14, 2010 on this platform, launched a new Czech-Slovak sports channel with attractive Digi Sport broadcasts from the English soccer Premier League, Corgon Slovak League and many others. Digi Sports is exclusively available only to customers of DTH services.

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Digi TV: Pro TV International on a new frequency

Pro TV International today because of the relatively large changes in the programming menu multiregional satellite pay-TV Digi TV changed the transponder. After updating the program grid may be subscribers in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic to take back to TV International.

Pro TV International is mainly intended audience beyond the borders of Romania. Channel shows a selection of your own production as well as news and information for the Romanians abroad. Station belongs to a group of channels to CME, which operates in the Czech Republic a group of channels, Nova, Slovak Markíza and home.

Technical parameters:
Intelsat 10-02 (1°W), freq 12.607 GHz, pol. V, SR 27500, FEC 3/4, DVB-S/QPSK, CA Nagra Media Access (Nagravision 3/4)

The original position of Pro TV International (freq 12.687 GHz, pol. V) is broadcast on Czech Television Business Z1.

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Starting musical PMC Music

On the HOT BIRD 8 satellite (13E) began testing a second channel from the Persian sender PMC. The station is called PMC Music. Her uncoded promo appeared on a German multiplex operator Media Broadcast. The slogan promoting the new venture is "Pure Entertainment", or "Pure Entertainment".

PMC Music Channel will focus on the music of Iranian contractors.

Technical parameters:

Hot Bird 8 (13E)
tp. 155 (11.604 GHz, pol. H, SR: 27500, FEC: 5/6; DVB-S/QPSK)

ID: PMC Music
V PID: 4010
A PID: 4020
PCR PID: 4010
SID: 640
PMT PID: 4000
Encoding: none

Website: Pmcmusic.tv (under construction)

The first channel, which is transmitted to the PMC tp. 51 (11.747 GHz, pol. H, SR: 27500, FEC: 3/4; DVB-S/QPSK) Hot Bird 9 satellite (13E). Formerly it was a music channel, but now it changes its formula on the more general. A few months ago introduced a train-band "Family", which presents the series and soap operas. PMC headquarters is located in Dubai.