DVB-T POLARplus Platform
As DVB-T standard is gaining momentum in the audiovisual arena and Broadcast Network Operators need to move from analogue to digital, the need of a company with a sound expertise gets more and more important.
SIDSA is a Company with a deep know-how in all the Digital Broadcast value-chain, from the DVB-T/H standards themselves to the way content should be protected or the different business models than need being supported.
SIDSA provides different levels of turn-key fully interoperable Digital Broadcast Solutions for broadcasters reducing dramatically time-to-market and enhancing the operator’s success probabilities and the value of the overall proposition.
SIDSA and our partners, selected among key vendor leaders, can provide complete solutions:
Headend (MPEG-2 and H.264 codecs).
Conditional Access System.
Program Guide.
Interactivity.
Network Planning.
Distribution Network.
Transmitters and Gap Fillers.
Local integration and Support.
And…, last but not least, overall project management and the know-how and expertise of a company that fully understands broadcast and the related business.
Regarding Headends...
Our headend platform is an extremely modular and cost-effective solution that allows network broadcast operators to ensure a fast deployment, easy operation and maintenance, and a quick evolution to future services.
Our headends follow an IP-based topology that provides the operator with an extremely high degree of flexibility and scalability without losing any of the relevant typical features of a traditional ASI-based headend.
We have carried out extensive interoperability tests with the main STB (MPEG-2 and H264.AVC) in the market, having installed several commercial and fully functional headends around the World. Besides, we have strategic agreements with key interactive services, electronic program guide, transmitter providers so we can bring all the necessary interoperable technology to build a complete solution.
Other Features:
Available in traditional 1RU components and in ultra-compact version (boards housed in a EtherTV chassis - 19’’,4RU).
Support of open loop statistical multiplexing - enabling more channels (but keeping a good quality of experience) in the multiplex and being independent of the type and location of encoders/transcoders.
Commercial bundles with KeyFly 2.0 CAS.
SIDSA components:
EtherTVcomponents. DVB-IP gateways with demultiplexing or passing-through functionality.
Karina encoders. Series of SD/HD MPEG-2 and H264 encoder-streamer.
Ursus transcoders. MPEG-2 to H264 SD transcoder/transrater. Fully IP-based.
VegaMux multiplexer: TS remultiplexer/multiplexer with advanced PSI/SI capabilities. EPG and MHP data carousel can be inserted.
KeyCrypt scrambler. CSA scrambler with simulcrypt interface.
POLARplus Manager. User-friendly Interface based on Java technology for headend management.
KeyFly 2.0 Xtreme. SIDSA conditional access system.
Third party components:
Electronic Program Guide (EPG).
Interactive applications (e.g. MHP).
MIP inserter for Single Frequency Network (SFN) planning’s.
Regarding CAS...
SIDSA has developed a very advanced new Conditional Access system KeyFly 2.0 that prevents the most typical hacking attacks nowadays: card-sharing. And not less important, tremendously reduces the overall cost of the CA system where matters the most, at the receiver side (always keeping Security renewable). For further details see link.
Regarding distribution...
SIDSA has developed a complete solution for CDN via satellite and IP networks, also considering a network redundancy scenario: POLAR CDN distributes the transport stream generated at the headend from headend to remote transmitter sites, respecting SFN synchronization and securing the content. For further details see link.
SIDSA Strategy
SIDSA strong expertise and know-how in all value chain, from demodulator semiconductors to Headend, makes the perferct technological partner to ensure a successful overall DTT deployment.
Our agreements with local system integrators and the technological partnership with key manufacturers (transmitters, gap fillers, micro-gap fillers, network management, CAS, etc...) made of SIDSA the preferred value-added technological partner.
