Satellite News

[halohammer]

I remember reading about this!!

I did some research and I found the original news article from General Satellite themselves on their website. It's here: http://www.general-satellite.com/news/1274726026

That had to be soooo cool, man.
BTW, has anybody gotten this technology yet for watching movies??

PARIS, April 14, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a new display of how 3D is rapidly redefining the viewing experience, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) is teaming with Russia's General Satellite Corporation and the Mariinsky Theatre for a satellite transmission on 15 April from St. Petersburg of an exceptional sequence of classical ballet performances by leading Russian dancers. The 3D content will be received live in Moscow and Paris and displayed for the first time on Samsung's first generation of Full HD 3D TV sets.

In an agreement announced today between Eutelsat and General Satellite, up to 500 hours of 3D content produced by General Satellite will further enrich the line up of Eutelsat's All-3D channel. General Satellite is already Russia's leading supplier of HD content for the Platforma HD package broadcast across European parts of Russia via EUROBIRD(TM) 9A.

The dance sequences in St Petersburg will be filmed in 3D (two video signals and one audio signal), mixed, encoded and uplinked to Eutelsat satellite capacity from an SNG truck at the Mariinsky Theatre. The live signal will be delivered to six Samsung 3D Ready 55" displays via a standard HD set-top-box produced by General Satellite. Viewers will watch the ballet sequences using Samsung Active glasses to show the lifelike depth and colour clarity that is now possible in consumer homes.

Commenting on the premiere 3DTV transmission, Michel de Rosen Eutelsat CEO said "Coming only three weeks after the remarkable 3D broadcast to cinemas in France of the Six Nations rugby match between France and England, this premiere satellite-delivered 3DTV display will be a new landmark in the rapidly emerging market for transmitting premium 3D content. Eutelsat has been the trailblazing satellite partner in this transformation. Since content will always be king, we are delighted to conclude the agreement for 3D content with General Satellite that will enrich the programming on our unique All-3D channel on EUROBIRD(TM) 9A."

Andrey Tkachenko, Chairman of General Satellite Corporation added "This live ballet transmission marks a brand new step in General Satellite's European ambitions for 3D, in close technical partnership with Eutelsat. Viewers with the appropriate equipment can now watch high-quality 3D content broadcast by General Satellite and Eutelsat from the EUROBIRDTM 9A satellite."

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At the First International Business Conference for the production of microelectronics and nanoelectronics Si-Forum 2011 in the Technopolis Gusev (Kaliningrad region), the General Satellite Corporation, and the RC Module announced the development and manufacture of Russia's first chip for digital TV.

Don't want to paste the whole thing... lol
Full article is here: http://www.general-satellite.com/news/1300200307

[tommyy]

Wow, sounds like a huge project. Could be great for the whole region aroud Kaliningrad

[me1960]

Sky Sports News HD launches

January 3, 2012


Sky Deutschland has launched its news sports news channel. Sky Sports News HD went live on New Year’s Day at 12:00.

Brian Sullivan, CEO of Sky Deutschland, said: “The launch of Sky Sport News HD is a landmark in the history of Sky. A 24-hour live sport news channel signals something completely new in the German-speaking TV landscape. With the new channel, Sky is once again adding to its unique portfolio of new products and innovations.”

Sky Sports News HD, with 200 employees including anchors Kate Abdo and Thomas Fleischmann, will air sports news 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Sky Sport News HD is available in HD via satellite and through cable networks Kabel BW, Tele Columbus and NetCologne. The channel can also be received in SD via satellite and through all digital cable networks. Sky Sport News HD will be broadcasted unencrypted for the first month to all digital satellite and cable households in Germany and Austria. The channel will be part of the Sky Welt package and is available in Germany and Austria through TV, internet, iPad, iPhone, and soon through Xbox 360 as well as sports bars and hotels.

[me1960]

N.DS set to change name to reflect Cisco ownership

14-06-2012

'' Technology provider N.DS will get a new name following its take-over by US electronics giant Cisco.

The N.DS brand will disappear, Yves Padrines, vice president and general manager at N.DS for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told German industry magazine "Digitalmagazin" at the trade fair ANGA Cable in Cologne.

By the end of this year, the company will be renamed Cisco Service Provider Video Technology Group, said Padrines. Product brands such as VideoGuard, MediaHighway or Snowflake will keep their names, though.

N.DS provides conditional access solutions, middleware and other technologies for digital and interactive television to broadcasters including BSkyB, Sky Deutschland and Kabel Deutschland. ''