Integration of DVB-S/S2 Functionality Enables Broadcasters to Maintain Exceptional High-Definition Picture Quality while Reducing Overall Cost of Transmitting HD Signals over Satellite

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products and broadcast solutions, announced today that the Fujitsu IP-9500 MPEG-4 AVC encoder now features Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite (DVB-S) and Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite-Second Generation (DVB-S2) modulation functionality to transmit HD signals over satellite links. The integration of DVB-S/S2 capabilities into the IP-9500 eliminates the need for separate modulators, enabling broadcasters to maintain superior HD picture quality produced by the IP-9500 while reducing overall costs of transmitted HD signals via satellite. Fujitsu will demonstrate the DVB-S/S2 feature and other capabilities of the IP-9500 during the 2009 NAB Show (booth SU10921), April 20-23, 2009 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas. more

TV2GO, Canada’s leading HD satellite transmission provider, used the Fujitsu IP-9500e MPEG-4 AVC codec during its broadcast of the World Junior Hockey Championships in Ottawa to uplink high-definition (HD) signals to Sweden and other countries in Europe.

The Fujitsu IP-9500 helped TV2GO to provide multiple broadcast stations throughout Europe with a low-latency MPEG-4 feed that also met their stringent picture quality requirements. more