DC Sat.Net News

4 February 2008

Our Live Broadcast from Broadcast Live - DC-Sat Net provides a new approach to Outside Broadcast at this year's Earls Court Video Forum

As part of our exhibiting at Broadcast Live this year, our Seminar on New Approaches to Outside Broadcast was transmitted as a Live Broadcast on Sky Channel 168 Information TV using our VSAT technology.

We were able to illustrate the arguments for the adoption of VSAT for both Broadcast and Webcast platforms to the attendees of the Seminar and also those viewing on the live feed on Information TV.

Demonstrating how the technology of the service that we provide works first-hand to potential clients and other technical innovators has generated a huge amount of interest.

For anyone who missed the live feed, tune in to Information TV Channel 168 to view the DC Sat Net seminar.  See the link below for the Information TV schedule.

http://www.information.tv/WhatisOn/ByTheme/?genre_code=MED

29 January 2008

DC-Sat.Net's live MPEG-4 video delivery service, VSNG, which uses low-cost satellite technology, will be on show at Broadcast LIVE & VideoForum 2008

DC-Sat.Net’s live MPEG-4 video delivery service, VSNG, which uses low-cost satellite technology, will be on show at Broadcast LIVE & VideoForum 2008.

Primarily designed for News Journalists and the smaller cable and satellite Channel Operators, VSNG represents a compelling content delivery technology due to levels of economy, quality and availability. Video feeds are deliverable to the London Media Gateway (LMG) and Facility Line Networks, as well as to any destination on the web.

The system will be on display this year in the form of the Galaxy VJ- a low profile MPV, modified to include an automated satellite system, MPEG-4 encoders, full onboard power and racking- a full production and broadcast vehicle available for sub-£50K.

To date, the system has contributed to numerous live contribution feeds to TV for News Programs, as well as providing the mobile Video Journalist with connectivity for “store-and-forward” applications.

John Angeli, Multimedia Editor at The Press Association, comments, "With our DC-Sat.Net satellite vehicle we now have the ability to transmit our store-and-forward rushes and news clips, and to deliver live broadcast from the story's location.”

On the subject of how the system has contributed to stream-lining the production process, he continues,
“The process has been simplified to enable a single-operator to film, edit and upload a story with remote support from DC-Sat.Net if required."

To find out more about VSNG, The Galaxy VJ satellite vehicle, or DC-Sat.Net’s communication products and services please visit Stand K20 at Broadcast LIVE & Video Forum 2008, 30 January to 1 February, or contact:

Email- Contact@dc-sat.net
Tel- +44 (0) 207 38 76854
URL- www.dc-sat.net / www.vsng.co.uk

27 January 2008

DC-Sat.Net Selects HaiVision hai1000 for Affordable H.264 Satellite Video Transport Solution

HaiVision Systems Inc. (Montreal, Canada), the world leader in performance video encoding technology, today announces that DC-Sat.Net, the UK's most experienced provider of VSat video transport, has selected the hai1000 series of MPEG-4 AVC / H.264 codecs to provide efficient video to IP compression for IP based satellite transmission.

"DC-Sat.Net's focus is to provide affordable world wide occasional use video transport in order to allow broadcasters and webcasters to introduce new content to their audiences," states Steve Flood, founder of DC-Sat.Net. "Our expertise is an affordable network video service and the HaiVision component is extremely important."

DC-Sat.Net provides an end to end video transport service from mobile vehicle to the broadcast center. Housed within standard commercial vans or trailers, DC-Sat.Net couples a transportable VSat terminal with the hai1000 to provide mobile solutions that are about 10 times less costly than typical SNG trucks, and 4 times less expensive to use and maintain. These low cost contribution vehicles are attractive, but the main value of DC-Sat.Net's service is the IP network transport. The high quality IP video streams must traverse a satellite IP system and then cross over to a terrestrial IP system, occasionally over the open internet.

"DC-Sat.Net's application challenged and engaged us on a number of levels," said Francois Gariepy, HaiVision's president. He continues "as we have come to know them, they are an extremely capable technical company and we are very proud to be a part of their success story."

DC-Sat.Net's content delivery mechanism has contributed to numerous live broadcasts to TV for a leading British News Broadcaster, and continues to facilitate economical content delivery for speciality Channel Operators.

HaiVision's encoder/decoder systems are as well extremely attractive in interactive broadcast applications due to their extreme low latency and high reliability. HaiVision's new MAKO-HD codec achieves a mere 70 millisecond end to end latency at high definition resolutions up to 1080p.

About DC-Sat.Net Ltd.
Established in 1999, DC-Sat.Net is the UK's most experienced satellite services provider. The Company has over eight years experience in satellite IP data distribution and live video broadcasting and specialises in mission critical applications. DC-Sat.Net maintains its own network management and monitoring facilities and customer service centre based in the UK.

For further information about DC-Sat.Net’s products and services please contact:

E - contact@dc-sat.net

T - 0207 387 6854

www.dc-sat.net

About HaiVision Systems Inc.

HaiVision Systems Inc. is a private company dedicated to improving the way people live and work through the use of advanced network video technology. HaiVision's interactive products are used in the foremost telepresence suites, boardrooms, and continuous presence distance education systems worldwide. They are used as well in the medical field supporting information and service delivery within hospital campuses and across nations. HaiVision's streaming products are also used extensively for video backhaul and distribution in broadcast and IPTV applications. Please have a look at the product information, case studies, videos, and file samples available in the file download area of our web site (www.haivision.com/account/downloads).

For further information, please contact:
Peter Maag
HaiVision Systems Inc.
Tel: (514) 334-5445
Email: pmaag (at) haivision.com
Web: www.haivision.com