Thomson will debut two new ranges of television transmitters at IBC 2014

Thanks to more than twenty years of experience in energy conversion within the Arelis group, Thomson will present an autonomous solar transmission system that promises to offer the best cost-efficiency ratio.

The Arelis Group subsidiary, Thomson Broadcast, will launch two new lines of television transmitters at IBC 2014.

Pascal Veillat, president of Thomson Broadcast, highlighted that "IBC 2014 will be a new challenge for us with the launch of two ranges of television transmitters that will meet the highest customer expectations in terms of compactness, energy efficiency and signal quality. Benefiting from the industrial experience of the group we are also launching the new energy transmission system, autonomous and ecological, for any environment. Sharing innovative horizontal R&D programs within the group allows us to develop solutions of cutting-edge technology regarding energy conversion, radio frequency and telecommunications.”

At the Amsterdam fair we will see for the first time Thomson's new low-power range designed for the rapid deployment of digital television. This new low power emitter will range from 20W to 150W RMS, and its ultra-compact design offers many options, such as built-in 1 +1 redundancy to adapt to any SFN or MFN network. Agile in the UHF band, DVB-T and DVB-T2 dualcast, up to 8 PLPs are supported to allow broadcasters to combine various mobile and fixed services within one RF channel with maximum efficiency.

In a medium power range, we will find new proposals from 200W to 3 kW RMS, designed for the deployment of low-consumption networks or extensions of existing networks. With a modular design, it offers high cost efficiency with capacity for up to 6 completely autonomous 400W transmitters or 3 autonomous 750W transmitters in a single cabinet. This range has the latest advanced technologies for next generation broadcasts, such as support for MPLP and DVB-T/DVB-T2 dualcast, thus facilitating migration.

Finally, and thanks to the experience of more than 20 years in energy conversion within the Arelis group, Thomson will present an autonomous solar transmission system that promises to offer the best cost-efficiency ratio. Suitable for low power 4G and broadcast applications, this photovoltaic system will come in a size adaptable to any environment thanks to a self-contained modular design.