Guide to DVB-H @ IBC 2007
To coincide with September's IBC exhibition in Amsterdam, the
DVB Project Office has compiled a Guide listing all companies
showing DVB-H products and services.
Guide
to DVB-H @ IBC'07 (updated 07/09/2007)
DVB-H Transmissions at IBC 2007
IBC exhibitors and delegates will be able to view the IBC News
and Information channels plus other content using the latest handsets,
mobile terminals and monitors, wherever they are within the RAI
Centre.
Two DVB-H transmissions will be made from the Amsterdam
Tower situated 0.5km due south of the RAI Exhibition Centre. Both
will be using 8MHz bandwidth 1kW transmissions on UHF channels
23 and 28. The facilities in the Amsterdam Tower are
provided by Alticom, who have provided accommodation for the racks
of equipment and antennas as well as feeder and power installation
services.
DB Broadcast have provided professional satellite receiving equipment
and distribution systems for the provision of content to the DVB-H
system.
Nokia Siemens Networks have provided satellite receivers and
encapsulation equipment to produce the first DVB-H multiplex on
channel 23. Rohde & Schwarz have a provided a 200W transmitter
with integral DVB-H modulator for this platform.
RRD have provided all the equipment required for the second DVB-H
multiplex, including satellite receivers, encapsulator, DVB-H
modulator and a 200W transmitter operating on UHF channel 28.
SIDSA have provided a complete DVB-H system including encapsulation
and low power transmitter for broadcasting on UHF channel 37 from
within the Mobile Zone.
National Grid Wireless have provided the transmit antenna systems
and combiners, the satellite reception of the content and have
project managed the whole installation.
Below you will find further details about
these, and other DVB-H broadcasts on air during IBC.
- Nokia Siemens Networks / Nokia
Supported by National Grid Wireless, IBC and bmcoForum
Available on Channel 23
The signal will contain free-to-air services signalled via an
OMA BCAST and a DVB-IPDC service guide, which are aligned with
the recommendations in the bmco profiles. Furthermore, services
protected with the OMA BCAST DRM profile will be contained. It
is still under discussion whether Smart Card Profile based protection
will also be provided, and what will be the exact feature set.
To access a recorded test stream for testing purposes please
send an email to uwe.rauschenbach@nsn.com and matthias.heller@nsn.com.
Please use these addresses also to report bugs and issues.
- RRD- Reti Radiotelevisive Digitali S.p.A.
Supported by National Grid Wireless
Available on Channel 28
The signal will consist of a DVB-IPDC and OMA BCAST service guide
each carrying the related OSF Simulcrypt and BCAST SCP/DRM protected
content streams. Further broadcast setup information and the necessary
ftp details for downloading the demo streams are provided in the
following documentation:
RRD TS Structure
for IBC 2007 V1.2
For additional information contact: cbesler@rrd.tv (Christian
Besler)
- SIDSA
To download the SIDSA test stream visit the following FTP site:
User: ibc2007
Password: :g1m2:
Host: ftp.sidsa.com
For additional information contact: polarissupport@sidsa.com
(Carlos Santos)
- Expway / bmcoForum
Available on Channel 34 (in the Mobile Zone)
Centre frequency (MHz): 578
Radiated Power (dBW): -20
Antenna Height (m): 3
Channel Bandwidth (MHz): 8
DMT System S.p.A. / Telecom Italia
CH 46 Freq.= 674 MHz, hierarchical modulation HP= DVB-H, LP=DVB-T
CH 48 Freq.= 690 MHz; DVB-H
T-Systems Media&Broadcast GmbH
Available on Channel 38 (610 MHz)
Only in the vicinty of Booth 1.279
The signal will consist of a DVB-IPDC ESG and OMA BCAST Service
Guide.
For further information or for ftp details for downloading the
demo stream please contact: Frank.Kattanek@t-systems.com
Updated: 30/08/2007
