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September 2018
NBN launches DOCSIS 3.1 network with ARRIS
Australia ’ s National Broadband Network ( NBN ) has begun rolling out ARRIS ’ technology solutions for its nationwide launch of DOCSIS 3.1 . This network expansion builds capacity to support the country ’ s current and future broadband services . Jointly , the companies will bring DOCSIS 3.1 to three million premises in major Australian cities by 2020 . The ARRIS technology solutions offer a framework to serve the country ’ s growing connectivity needs , and is able to double the network ’ s capacity while enabling multi-gigabit , full duplex DOCSIS , and advanced network innovation for future decades .
R & S facilitates Australian DVB-T2 trials
In collaboration with Free TV , ABC and SBS , Broadcast Australia has conducted trials of next-generation broadcast technology in the Sydney area . The trial assessed the performance of DVB-T2 technology in Australia . Supporting the trials was Rohde & Schwarz , who supplied its transmitters , retransmitters and test equipment for the testing phase , including an R & S TLU9 50W transmitter , an R & S ETL TV analyser , and an R & S BTC broadcast test centre .
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Martin Coleman
Executive Director Satellite Interference Reduction Group
Amitabh Kumar
Director , Corporate Zee Network
Louis Boswell
CEO AVIA ( Asia Video Industry Association )
Standing firmly on ground with open doors
From transmitting and receiving ground networks to the space and vice versa , the Earth station is an intermediary medium that connects the planet to the outside world beyond Earth . As remote and isolated as these facilities may be situated , the infrastructure within the facility is opening its doors to welcome new technologies that have the potential to revolutionise its entire ecosystem . Josephine Tan finds out more .
The worldwide public cloud services market is projected to grow 21.4 % in 2018 to total US $ 186.4 billion , up from $ 153.5 billion in 2017 , according to Gartner , a global research and advisory firm .
Due to its flexibility , cloud technology has been largely embraced by industries across all sectors , including the broadcast and media industry for many of its applications across the entire video content lifecycle — from acquisition through to transmission and delivery . Although public cloud revenue is growing more strongly than initially forecast , Gartner still expects growth rates to stabilise from 2018 onwards , reflecting the increasingly mainstream status and maturity that public cloud services will gain within a wider IT spending mix .
In an attempt to explore the opportunities that partnerships with cloud service providers are able to offer teleports , the World Teleport Association ( WTA ) has released the organisation ’ s first report on the adoption of cloud services , Clear Skies or Stormy Weather ? Cloud Services for Teleport Operators . The report also reveals the technical and policy requirements for interconnections , as well as analysing the competitive threat that cloud operators present and how teleport operators can best respond .
As a satellite ground station that performs as a hub connecting satellites with telecommunications networks , teleports have always been in the business of creating and managing capacity of — networks , transmission systems , analogue and digital processing — for shared use by their customers .
Robert Bell , executive director of the WTA , tells APB : “ Satellite remains the dominant distribution and contribution platform for broadcasting but there is no question that the volume of transponder capacity being purchased is falling and will continue to fall . In industrialised countries with strong cable TV penetration ,
Headquartered in Slovenia , STN has delivered over 600 TV channels across regions in Europe , the Middle East , Asia , Africa and the Americas .
cord-cutting is accelerating as viewers increasingly use the Internet to access programmes . In markets dominated by satellite TV , that is going to have a longer life than people expect . Satellite still has a cost and efficiency edge when it comes to distributing live sports , news and events , and it will be in that business for a long time to come .
“ What applies to satellite , however , does not apply to teleports . Because of their established role as content aggregators and distributors , teleports are providing their broadcast customers with all the services and transport needed to manage , prepare and distribute content over the Web . The same economics — shared use of complex and costly technology , and people — translate easily from satellite to online .”
On the other hand , cloud services , which the WTA labels as a new and important kind of capacity , are on the verge of becoming a staple of teleport operations . This is regardless of whether teleports incorporate Amazon Web
Services or other third-party offerings in their operations , or they provide their own cloud infrastructure , platform and services to customers .
These new services also have the potential to compete for business that has long been at the core of teleport services . Bell adds : “ The cloud is a technology development that is now affecting how every teleport customer thinks about their requirements , and the expanding options for meeting those requirements .”
Hence , the WTA stresses the importance for teleport operators to develop a cloud strategy , as they need to know what cloud capabilities customers could benefit from , and where the growth opportunities are . Furthermore , they also need to consider on preserving and strengthening their competitive advantages when adopting the cloud for specific services , or when integrating the cloud into their operations .
To fully embrace the benefits cloud