New generation 3D technologies and multidispositive satellite distribution, focus the presence of Hisapasat in IBC

The company shows its most avant -garde projects in terms of multimedia satellite 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 he chooses Arianespace to launch the Amazonas 4a and Hispasat Ag1 satellites

In the IBC frame, Hispasat It 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 multimedia satellite communications, where new generation 3D technologies and the distribution of satellite content to smartphones, tablets and other home devices stand out.

Jedi Project (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 Jedi channel, available in open 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 HD and 3D content to be transmitted on the same channel and with the highest image quality, saving bandwidth and improving the user experience.

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

Saturn project

In IBC we can also see first hand the development of the Saturn project, an initiative that investigates and develops the necessary equipment for the distribution of advanced content in the home under the premises of total mobility, quality, flexibility and multidispositive.

In this way, Saturn allows visualizing the satellite TV contents in all home devices (TV, tablets, smartphones, etc.) without the need to display infrastructure at home.

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

Hispasat chooses Arianespace to launch the Amazonas 4A and Hispasat Ag1 satellites

Carlos Espinós, CEO of the Hispasat Group, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, president and CEO of Arianespace, have announced on Monday in Paris the signing of the launch contracts of the Amazonas 4a and Hispasat Ag1 satellites in an act to which the general director of the European Space Agency (ESA), Jean-Jaques Dordain, and the director of Telecommunications and Integrated Applications and applications have attended of it. The orbit of these two satellites supposes for the Spanish operator a new advance in their growth and expansion strategy.

The Amazonas 4a will be launched to space by an Ariane 5 ECA or Soyuz rocket from the European Space Center of the French Guiana, in Kouroou, at the beginning of 2014. Built from a geostar 2.4 platform of Orbital Sciences Corporation, the new Satellite of the Hispasat group will be located in the orbital position 61º West. It will have 24 transponders in KU band and an estimated three -tons launch mass during its more than 15 years of useful life, the Amazonas 4A will contribute to the group additional space capacity in Latin America to offer its customers a variety of television and communications services.

The Amazonas 4a will be the eighth satellite of the company placed by orbit by Arianespace. Previously, the Hispasat 1a and 1B satellites in 1992 and 1993, respectively. In 2005 and 2006, through Hisdesat, Arianespace was reaped to launch the XTAR-EUR and SPAINSAT satellites. The Amazonas 2 and Hispasat 1E satellites were put in orbit in 2009 and 2010. And in the first months of 2013 Arianespace will launch another satellite of the group, the Amazon 3.

El noveno satélite de Hispasat que será lanzado por Arianespace es el Hispasat AG1, la primera misión de la plataforma Small GEO, desarrollada por OHB Systems (Alemania) con la Agencia Espacial Europea e Hispasat. Incorpora la innovadora carga útil regenerativa REDSAT, que permitirá a Hispasat utilizar de manera más ágil y eficiente la potencia del satélite, aumentando sustancialmente la capacidad de transmisión con la consiguiente reducción del coste de las comunicaciones. El Hispasat AG1, que será lanzado a finales de 2014 por un Ariane 5, contará con una masa de lanzamiento estimada de 3,2 toneladas y embarcará hasta 20 transpondedores en banda Ku y hasta 3 en banda Ka, además de una innovadora antena activa de haces reconfigurables.