New generation 3D technologies and multi-device satellite distribution focus Hispasat's presence at IBC

The company shows its most avant-garde projects in terms of satellite multimedia communications, where new generation 3D technologies and the distribution of satellite content to smartphones, tablets and other home devices stand out. On the other hand, the operator announces that it chooses Arianespace to launch the Amazonas 4A and Hispasat AG1 satellites

In the IBC framework, Hispasat presents its latest developments in three-dimensional technology and advanced content distribution in the home.

The satellite operator shows its most avant-garde projects in terms of satellite multimedia communications, where new generation 3D technologies and the distribution of satellite content to smartphones, tablets and other home devices stand out.

Project JEDI (Just Explore DImension)

The JEDI (Just Explore DImension) project studies the evolution of 3D television, identifying the best technological alternatives for its development. The 3DTV channel JEDI, available free-to-air through the Hispasat 1E satellite, is the first channel in the world with Full HD quality, compatible with the new DVB-3DTV Phase-2a standard, approved in June 2012. It is a powerful solution that allows the same content to be transmitted in HD and 3D on the same channel and with higher image quality, saving bandwidth and improving the user experience.

This innovative 3DTV channel can be seen both at the Hispasat stand and at that of the European DVB standardization group, of which the Spanish satellite operator is a founding member.

Saturn Project

At IBC we can also see first-hand the development of the Saturno project, an initiative that researches and develops the necessary equipment for the distribution of advanced content in the home under the premises of total mobility, quality, flexibility and multi-device.

In this way, Saturno allows you to view satellite TV content on all home devices (TV, tablets, smartphones, etc.) without having to deploy infrastructure at home.

At its stand, Hispasat exhibits a complete demonstrator of Saturn technology, through which multiple devices reproduce the audiovisual content received via satellite, transparently for the user.

Hispasat chooses Arianespace to launch the Amazonas 4A and Hispasat AG1 satellites

Carlos Espídos, CEO of the Hispasat group, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, president and CEO of Arianespace, announced this Monday in Paris the signing of the launch contracts for the Amazonas 4A and Hispasat AG1 satellites in an event attended by the director general of the European Space Agency (ESA), Jean-Jaques Dordain, and its director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications. The launch of these two satellites into orbit represents a new advance for the Spanish operator in its growth and expansion strategy.

The Amazonas 4A will be launched into space by an Ariane 5 ECA or Soyuz rocket from the European Space Center in French Guiana, in Kourou, at the beginning of 2014. Built from a GEOStar 2.4 platform from Orbital Sciences Corporation, the new satellite of the HISPASAT Group will be located in the 61º West orbital position. It will have 24 Ku-band transponders and an estimated launch mass of three tons. During its more than 15-year useful life, the Amazonas 4A will provide the Group with additional space capacity in Latin America to offer its customers a wide variety of television and communications services.

Amazonas 4A will be the company's eighth satellite launched into orbit by Arianespace. Previously, the Hispasat 1A and 1B satellites were launched in 1992 and 1993, respectively. In 2005 and 2006, through Hisdesat, Arianespace was again hired to launch the XTAR-Eur and Spainsat satellites into space. The Amazonas 2 and Hispasat 1E satellites were put into orbit in 2009 and 2010. And in the first months of 2013 Arianespace will launch another satellite of the group, Amazonas 3.

The ninth Hispasat satellite to be launched by Arianespace is Hispasat AG1, the first mission of the Small GEO platform, developed by OHB Systems (Germany) with the European Space Agency and Hispasat. It incorporates the innovative REDSAT regenerative payload, which will allow Hispasat to use the satellite's power more agilely and efficiently, substantially increasing the transmission capacity with the consequent reduction in the cost of communications. The Hispasat AG1, which will be launched at the end of 2014 by an Ariane 5, will have an estimated launch mass of 3.2 tons and will carry up to 20 transponders in Ku band and up to 3 in Ka band, in addition to an innovative active antenna with reconfigurable beams.