According to Scopus, the combination of company’s encoding, multiplexing, DVB S2 channel coding, and network management equipment has helped RMT significantly reduce its bandwidth costs and raise its quality-of-service levels for viewers throughout two Brazilian states.
Scopus services form the basis for a new transmission infrastructure that enables RMT to leverage the lower cost and reliability of content delivery over an IP network. Content is delivered via IP from TV Globo to TV Centro America’s operations center in Cuiaba and TV Morena’s center in Campo Grande, said Scopus.
The video feeds are received and decoded by the IRD-2900 integrated receiver decoders and then multiplexed for insertion of local content by the IVG 7304. The UE-9000 provides local content encoding for distribution to viewers’ homes. The Scopus NMS 4000 provides a centralized, holistic view of each network to simplify troubleshooting and help RMT maintain consistent, high-quality transmissions, added Scopus.
Luis Botello, engineering director of RMT, said: With the Scopus solutions and their support of the DVB S2 standard, we’ve been able to reduce our bandwidth costs by 30% – in fact, we expect to see a complete return on our investment in 18 months. We’ve also seen significant improvements in service quality, and Scopus’ ability to provide a reliable, turnkey solution with access to local support puts it head and shoulders above other vendors.
