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GLOBAL DIGITAL TV MAGAZINE IIIIIIIIII
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B 9318 E 02-03/2011
Company Report
SKYWORTH
Jack Jiang Managed a Highly Successful
South American Market Expansion
Company Report
JIUZHOU
Huang Wei Makes a Big
Move Into IPTV Production
Company Report
TRIMAX
DXer Report Jerry Chu’s Expansion Into
Satellites in Tokyo New Sectors: A Smart Decision
Big Dishes in Tokyo,
An Uncommon Hobby in Japan Company Report
SOWELL
30
TELE-satellite
Eagle Chain and His Four
Partners Built an OEM Out
of an Engineering Firm
Years
of
Digital TV
Business
Reporting
02-03/2011
Test Report
Golden Media UNI-BOX Perfect Family Receiver
ISSN 1435-7003 Not so fast, receivers won’t become obsolete that quickly, it’s actually quite the opposite.
TV manufacturers first and foremost have to do what the customers want and that is to
install tuners for digital terrestrial TV. Every buyer of a TV would be able to receive these
signals and that’s exactly what they’d expect from a TV. But does this buyer also have a
satellite system or a high speed Internet connection for IPTV? That’s a question unique to
each individual situation.
A TV will never include all of these different possibilities. Receiver manufacturers are
far too innovative for that and are continuously expanding and modifying the receivers
functions in every possible direction. Here’s only one example: radio reception will never
be included in a TV yet every receiver is capable of radio reception. A media player or PVR
are functions that TV manufacturers rarely have anything to do with since these functions
really have nothing to do with what a TV is supposed to do. But they definitely are features
that a customer would expect to find in a receiver.
The chance that a TV will one day have all the features that a receiver has today is very
unlikely. TVs will always include only basic features while all the extra functions will only
be found in the external receiver now and in the future. The receiver is and will always be
the focal point of your TV and media reception!
www.TELE-satellite.com
CONTENT
NETUP IPTV
COMBINE 4X
& AMINO
AMINET130M
IPTV Operator
Software System
& IPTV
receiver....... 26
CLONE+
CARDSPLITTER
Simple
Distribution of
PayTV Channels
in Your Own
Home.......... 46
Feature:
The New IPTV Standard OIPF ...........54 Company Report:
Receiver Manufacturer
Company Report: SOWELL, China ............................. 104
IPTV Box Manufacturer
JIUZHOU, China ..............................64 Company Overview:
Best Digital TV Companies
Company Report: of the World.................................. 112
Digital TV Meter Manufacturer
TRIMAX, China ................................72 Feature:
Silicon Tuners .............................. 128 DXer Report:
Company Report: Satellite Enthusiasts in Japan .......... 146
Receiver Manufacturer Feature:
SKYWORTH, China ...........................76 Single- and Multi Frequency Networks News:
in Digital Terrestrial Television ......... 130 HDTV & 3D Programmes ................. 150
Company Report:
PC Card Manufacturer Company Report: DTT of the World ........................ 154
TENOW, China .................................82 AZBox Distributor, Russia ............... 134
World Satellites .......................... 156
Company Report: City Report:
OEM Receiver Manufacturer The Satellite Dealer from TELE-satellite Magazine
GLOBALSAT, China ...........................90 Sidi Bel-Abbes ............................... 138 Worldwide .................................. 160
ADVERTISERS
8DTEK ........................................37 DVB-WORLD 2011 .................... 103 SATCATCHER ..............................89
ABC-BIZNIS ...............................33 FULAN ELECTRONICS .................. 5 SATELLITE GUYS ...................... 152
AB IPBOX ..............................44-45 GLOBALINVACOM .......................61 SATFINDER............................... 147
ALUOSAT .................................. 107 GLOBALSAT ................................49 SEATEL .......................................21
AMIKO ........................................71 GOLDENMEDIA ........................... 41 SKYWORTH ................................. 7
ANGA 2011 .................................69 HORIZON ...................................85 SMARTWI ...................................15
AZBOX ...................................... 163 HUBER+SUHNER ........................ 2 SOWELL......................................29
AZURE SHINE ........................... 135 ICECRYPT ................................... 4
SPAUN ........................................47
BOIINGSAT ................................53 INFOSAT................................... 103
STREAM ......................................87
BOXSAM .....................................75 INPAX ........................................63
SVEC ..........................................13
BYA ELECTRONIC...................... 131 JIUZHOU .................................. 164
TEHNICB .................................. 145
CABSAT 2011 ..............................79 MFC .......................................... 135
CCBN 2011 .................................93 MOTECK.................................... 143 TENOW .......................................19
COMMUNICASIA 2011 ................99 NABSHOW 2011 .................. 57, 139 TEVII ....................................... 109
CNBROADCASTING................... 153 NETUP ........................................95 TOPREAL .................................. 101
CONVERGENCE INDIA 2011...... 159 PYCH ........................................ 141 TOOWAY ................................... 147
DISHPOINTER .......................... 145 PREVAIL ................................ 24-25 TRIMAX .................................... 109
DOEBIS .................................... 8-9 ROGETECH................................ 151 WEISS ...................................... 131
DOEBIS-JAEGER .........................59 SATBEAMS ................................ 143 YINHE ........................................67
02-03/2011
Golden Media UNI-BOX 9080 CRCI HD
PVR COMBO Plus
Perfect family receiver but also a
top choice for the satellite DXer thanks
to its high-speed BlindScan function
GOLDEN MEDIA
Manufacturer and Distributor, Germany www.cynextra.com receiver with an SCR system, and reliably during our tests.
you’re in luck: the UNI-BOX An especially useful feature
9080 supports single-cable is the audible signal tone that
solutions and lets you define can be activated so that it
all its required parameters. isn’t necessary to repeatedly
The extensive LNB settings look at the TV screen while
are expanded even more with aligning the antenna.
the ability to increase the LNB
supply voltage by 0.5V. This Once all of the settings
is a great idea! If your cable are correctly entered and
run to the antenna is unusu- the receiver itself has been
ally long, increasing the LNB matched to the antenna
supply voltage by just 0.5V system, the next step would
would be enough to overcome be the channel scan. The
any larger-than-normal volt- channel scan is available in
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1009/eng/goldenmedia.pdf
age drop that would occur in three different modes: satel-
the cable. lite scan, manual transpon-
different antenna setups. As UNI-BOX receiver is not yet der scan and of course the
mentioned before, our test DVB-T2 compatible. An especially interesting BlindScan. Even though the
receiver came with DVB-T feature for those who have receiver comes with two CI
HDTV and DVB-S2 tuners. For DVB-S/S2 reception, older satellite systems would slots and two integrated card
the necessary settings and be the 0/12V programmable readers, the channel scan can
For DVB-T, the receiver options are far more exten- RCA output on the back of the be limited to only FTA (free)
comes preprogrammed with a sive. The manufacturer receiver. It can be individually channels. You can also fur-
list of DVB-T settings from a included a preprogrammed activated or deactivated via ther limit the scan to TV or
total of 17 different regions. list of 44 European satellites. the settings menu for every radio only with one button-
Most of these regions are in Unfortunately, Asian, Ameri- satellite entry. push on the remote control.
Europe: Great Britain, Ger- can or Oceanic satellites are Golden Media also thought
many, Greece, Slovenia, Den- not to be found in the list and In general we noticed with ahead when it came to the
mark, Finland, Italy, Poland, even the included European the UNI-BOX 9080 that the Network scan; in our tests an
Russia, Spain, Sweden, The satellite and transponder manufacturer at a variety of automatic scan of the HOT-
Czech Republic and Slovakia. data is not all that up to date. points in the operating con- BIRD satellites at 13° east
There are also settings for On the other hand, we were cept of the receiver incorpo- was completed in just over six
Australia. These regional set- impressed with the variety of rated some really wonderful minutes and yielded 1427 TV
tings take into account any the available LOF and DiSEqC ideas and bonus features that channels and 395 radio chan-
differences there might be settings. make it all the more easier for nels.
from one region to another the end user to play with this
such as the frequency band The UNI-BOX 9080 sup- box. In the case of satellite With that in mind, we
used or the channel plan. Nat- ports a range of DiSEqC pro- settings, it would be the auto- wanted to take a closer look
urally you can manually scan tocols including 1.0 for the matic DiSEqC recognition. at the DVB-S2 tuner. There
each desired frequency in the classic multifeed antenna were no hiccups whether it
UHF or VHF band with indi- with up to four LNBs, 1.1 for Who hasn’t seen this prob- was SCPC reception with very
vidual parameters. The UNI- the dual reflector dish with lem? The signals of multiple low symbolrates or whether
BOX 9080 can also supply 5V up to 16 LNBs as well as 1.2 satellites are delivered by a it was reception of very weak
at the DVB-T antenna input so and 1.3 (USALS) for use with DiSEqC switch with a single signals. It easily handled our
that a signal amplifier could a motorized antenna. The cable to the receiver but then SCPC test transponder with a
be used with an antenna with- available LOF settings were you can’t quite remember symbolrate of 1.240 Ms/sec.
out the need of an external just as extensive: in addition which satellite is connected on INTELSAT 14 at 45° west
power supply. to a universal Ku-band LNB, a to what DiSEqC port. For the as well as two very weak tran-
C-band LNB can also be con- Golden Media UNI-BOX 9080 sponders on BADR at 26° east
The red function button can nected. Thanks to the manual this is no problem at all; with while other similar receivers
be used to start a fully auto- LOF entry, less popular LOFs the push of one button, the hardly even recognized those
matic channel scan across the that are not preprogrammed receiver automatically looks signals.
entire frequency band. In our in the receiver can be manu- at each port to identify which
case the scan found all avail- ally entered. port the currently selected Over the past several years
able DVB-T channels in 84 satellite is connected to. This we’ve tested quite a variety
seconds. Unfortunately, the If you want to use this feature functioned quickly of BlindScan receivers here
at TELE-satellite but it’s safe range nor can you limit the
to say that the UNI-BOX 9080 scan to only one polarization.
can be ranked as one of the Nevertheless, it’s a function
best. We started a BlindScan that’s an absolute ‘must have’
on HOTBIRD at 13° east and for every DXer and feed-
were surprised that it finished hunter.
the task in just about seven
minutes. It found 1479 TV The entire installation pro-
channels and 430 radio chan- cess is rounded off by two
nels. At first we thought the more outstanding features:
2 receiver worked off of a pre- the first is the sub-menu
pared channel list; there was “Automatic Installation”. This
no other way to explain this feature takes much of the
exceptional result in such setup work away from the
a short time. So, we then end-user. In this mode the
moved our roof antenna to receiver attempts to identify
another satellite and started on its own what satellites –
a new BlindScan. The UNI- even through a DiSEqC multi-
BOX 9080 identified 287 TV switch – can be received with
channels and 143 radio chan- the available equipment. The
nels on TÜRKSAT at 42° east; automatic channel scan of all
even the narrowband SCPC the receivable satellites can
3 transponders were recog- be started with the push of
nized and stored in the chan- just one button. This feature
nel list. worked very well in our tests
and in addition to the usual
To compare, we then suspects such as ASTRA
performed a channel scan 19.2° east and HOTBIRD
without the BlindScan func- 13.0° east, ASTRA2 at 28.2°
tion using only the prepro- east and BADR at 26° east
grammed transponder data were also recognized without
from the manufacturer and any problems.
achieved very meager results:
only 25 TV and 3 radio chan- The second feature is an
4 nels were found on TÜRKSAT. azimuth and elevation cal-
Additional tests of the Blind- culator. You have to enter in
Scan function, for example, your local coordinates manu-
on EUTELSAT 36° east, con- ally but they can easily be
firm its incredible speed and found with Google maps or
precision; even the narrowest some other Internet service.
bandwidth SCPC transponder In return though, you’ll get all
was easily recognized and the necessary parameters to
processed. A more precise align your satellite antenna.
presentation of the BlindScan
test results can be seen in Once the UNI-BOX 9080
Table 1. The only drawback to has been set up with all the
5 the BlindScan function: you local parameters, it would be
can’t set a specific frequency a good idea to take care of all
7 12
8 13
9 14
10 15
17 22
18 23
firmware did not give us any problems during our E-Mail info@cynextra.com
Thomas Haring
tests. TELE-satellite Website www.golden-media.net
Up to 8000 channels can be stored in the receiv- Test Center
Austria Model Golden Media UNI-BOX 9080 CRCI HD PVR COMBO Plus
er’s channel memory; this is sufficiently large
Function Digital HDTV dual tuner PVR receiver with
enough so that this receiver can easily be connected to a motor- various Features & Blindscan,
ized antenna system. SCR single-cable solutions are supported available tuners DVB-T HDTV, DVB-C, DVB-S/S2
as are all the different DiSEqC protocols. Channel Memory 8000
Both the DVB-T and DVB-S2 tuners are extremely sensitive; in
Input range DVB-T 170-230 MHz, 470-860 MHz
DVB-S2 mode the receiver had no trouble handling narrowband
RF-input level DVB-T -70dBm to -8dBm
SCPC signals or very weak signals.
Demodulation DVB-T COFDM 2K/8K
The outstanding BlindScan function deserves especially high
praise! Input range DVB-S/2 950-2150 MHz
S-Video output no
UHF modulator no
EPG yes
PVR-function yes
Mode Apparent Active Factor USB 2.0 connector yes
Regular StandBy 5W 2W 0.4
Apparent Power
Active 27 W 15 W 0.55 Ethernet yes
Active Power Fast StandBy 25 W 13 W 0.52
E-SATA no
Dimensions 300x231x64mm
First 15 minutes: StandBy (regular) - Second 15 minutes: Receiver boot-up, Weight 2kg
then active operation with channel switching, recording, playback, etc. -
Operating temperature 0°C to 45°C
Third 15 minutes: Fast StandBy
■ The IPTV Combine 4x was the focus of an in-depth test report in TELE-satellite
issue 10-11/2010.
Generally, there are two 6. The IPTV Combine 4x boasts 1TB of internal hard disk capacity to store
customers of IPTV opera-
VOD and nVOD content
tors. It makes sure the right types of middleware that can
be used: The more simple trol as well as marketing. there is the server end (IPTV
version consists of the web Every time an IPTV network Combine 4x Server) which
server which creates and is set up to make money you provides all required infor-
provides HTML pages and need extended middleware, mation. And then there is the
JavaScript applications, such as the IPTV Combine client end (IPTV receiver)
which in turn are made 4x from Russian company which receives this infor-
available to IPTV receivers NetUP. The receiver compo- mation, processes all data
which then display all cor- nent of the NetUP middle- and creates a graphic user-
responding information on ware is written in C++, runs interface. As these two com-
2
the end users‘ screens. In directly on the IPTV receiver ponents need to work very
such a system the middle- and therefore allows lag-free closely with each other all
ware takes over the role of use of all features, even in of the time, middleware and
3
Main menu of the
NetUP middleware
1. United Control Center main
menu
2. Thanks to a DNS server all
services within an IPTV network
can be addressed by name. While
IP addresses can be used as well,
they are no prerequisite.
3. List of existing TV and radio
channels in the middleware
4. Adding a new TV channel
complete with logo and station
details
10
VOD – Video On
Demand and
14
nVOD – near
Video on Demand
In our first NetUP IPTV
Combine 4x test report we
mentioned that the server is
equipped with a 1TB internal
hard disk with enough capac-
ity to store several hundred
hours of video content. The
files need to be in transport
stream format (MPEG-2 or
H.264) in SD or HD reso-
lutions and can be added
to packages much like TV
channels. If required, differ-
ent on-demand content can
even be offered at differ-
ent prices. The middleware
menu of the UCC is used
means that in large set-ups a DNS server which takes Fax +7 499 143 5521
All user information at the 4x for hotels, with optimised Consumption ~ 100W
AmiNET130M
The back panel sports an HDMI output,
optical audio output and network inter-
face as well as USB connection.
Thomas Haring
2 7
3 8
4 9
5 10
12 17
13 18
19. Each channel can be stored with a short station description and
channel logo (seen here: Das Erste HD from Germany)
20. Each channel can be stored with a short station description and
channel logo (seen here: MBC 4 from Dubai)
21. Changing the rate plan
22. Radio stations can be transmitted as well via the IPTV network
23. Selecting VOD content from the dedicated menu item using the IPTV
set-top box software
ENERGY
DIAGRAM
Apparent Power
Active Power
Active use with channel switching and watching live TV during the first 15
minutes, standby during the second 15 minutes.
TECHNICAL
DATA
Manufacturer Amino Technologies, Buckingway Business Park,
Anderson Road, Swavesey, Cambridge CB24 4UQ,
United Kingdom
Email info@aminocom.com
Model AmiNET130M
Scart connector no
YUV output no
S-Video output no
Ehternet yes
WLAN no
Input Voltage 5V DC
Dimensions 114x102x35mm
Weight 262g
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TEST REPORT Cardsplitter
Clone+ Cardsplitter
02-03/2011
Clone+ Cardspli
Simple distributio tter
n of two PayTV pro
to as many as eig viders
ht rec eivers
in the household
Simple Operation,
Incredibly Powerful!
• Simple Distribution of PayTV The number of TVs in the TVs in the house with a signal
average household is consis- whether it was done via coax-
Channels in Your Own Home tently increasing. It all started ial cable or wirelessly. You
• Feed Up to Eight Receivers with in the living room and then were limited to watching one
expanded to the kid’s room all TV channel at a time on all the
Just One Card the way to the bedroom and TVs but not much was needed
the kitchen until now there’s for an installation like this.
• Supports Numerous Systems
hardly any room in the house
• Special Feature: Two Different that doesn’t have a TV. Just As HDTV began entering
a few years ago, when HDTV the picture, end users natu-
PayTV Systems are Possible
was an unknown entity, it was rally wanted to be able to
enough to have one central watch their favorite programs
receiver that supplied all the in the best possible quality.
years
warranty
-
TELE-satellite
headsets at the same time. of three reception cards could Test Center
Austria
not disturb this system. The encryption systems Nagravision and
The icing on the cake NDS Videoguard are not supported.
system would have to work transmitter section highlight Transmission band RF 868-915 MHz, BW 150 kHz, GFSK, NRZ 38.4 Kbps
with two entirely different the current operational status Transmitter power variable from -20 to 5 dBm
It was exactly four years ago, in March standard is being built. Secondly, all appli-
2007, that five telecom heavyweights cations that arise from IPTV interactivity
founded the ‘Open IPTV Forum’, with need to be integrated into the open stand-
major players such as Sony, Samsung, ardized application enablers. “The OIPF
Philips and Panasonic, but also with tel- specifications will address the necessary
ecom companies focusing mainly on the application enablers that will be the basis
Internet, like France Telecom, AT&T and for an open application ecosystem secur-
Telecom Italia. Added to that were cor- ing transparency towards the IPTV appli-
porations from the mobile sphere, such cation developers. This will ensure that
as Ericsson or Nokia Siemens Networks. the application development will be inde-
What started with nine founding members pendent of the IPTV middleware and the
has meanwhile grown to 66 OIPF member specific IPTV end-devices. The increased
companies, all of which have defined a availability of IPTV applications will enrich
single goal: to establish a uniform global the end user Quality of Experience of the
standard for TV services via Internet standard based IPTV deployments,” Yun
(IPTV) and stimulating a horizontal retail Chao Hu adds.
market for IPTV end devices. Interactivity does not only mean that
On the journey to this goal the chal- end users – i.e. TV viewers – select the
lenge does not lie in video and audio channel they want to watch from a list
transmission – more than enough estab- of offerings by using a remote control to
lished standards are used for that already. send a request to the provider. There‘s
The tricky part is interactivity and per- way more to it. The OIPF standard cre-
sonalization, as that is the main distin- ates a log with information about which
guishing feature of IPTV when compared channel is currently being watched, how
with terrestrial or satellite reception. In many times a new channel is selected and
the past, each IPTV provider seemed to at what time channels are switched. This
do its own thing, developing applications way a user profile with a precise viewing
and technologies that best fit its particular pattern can be created to provide valuable
purpose. IPTV had become a playground information for advertisers and content
for unregulated proprietary develop- providers. Commercials can be inserted
ments, and that is exactly what hindered at a time that creates most viewer atten-
further growth. Software engineers and tion and a whole range of offerings can be
hardware manufacturers were having a tailor-made to maximise their effect.
hard time trying to incorporate as many of In order to collect the required data
these diverging developments as possible, there needs to be an established and uni-
which at the same time meant too much form standard across platforms. What’s
energy had to be wasted on developments more, the OIPF standard defines how
and technologies that would simply come advertisements and other offers are
and go. transmitted to the viewer.
Yun Chao Hu is the president of OIPF, As you can see, simply watching TV
and we had the pleasure of meeting him is already based on a rather complex
during an OIPF workshop in China. “There technological structure. If we now con-
is a solution in sight,“ he states. „A uni- sider pay TV or pay-per-view – both of
form standard that is accepted and imple- which also have to be implemented in the
mented by all players and that establishes OIPF standard – it becomes plain for all
a level playing ground for all interested to see that establishing a new standard
parties.” The challenges that come with involves overcoming a great many stum-
creating the new OIPF standard are two- bling blocks. And then there’s the Inter-
fold: net, which offers even more possibilities,
For one, there is no need to start from according to OIPF marketing director
scratch again and re-invent something Monika Gadhammar: “Interactive EPG,
that is already available at our finger- video calling, chatting, file sharing, online
tips. Rather, existing standards should be voting, mobile TV and the like are only
the foundation onto which the new OIPF some of the applications that can be real-
• OIPF provides the IPTV market with open end-2-end IPTV specifications
• OIPF includes most IPTV stakeholders
• OIPF stimulates a go-to-market drive from the IPTV industry
Open IPTV Forum Tel: +33 4 92 94 43 83
650, Route des Lucioles Fax: +33 4 92 38 52 90
F-06921 SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS Cedex Email: contact@oipf.tv
France Website: www.oipf.tv
One of the strong technical partners which is renting office space at this build- schaft employs a technical workforce of
of the Open IPTV Forum is Fraunhofer- ing, but also other well-known businesses 17,000 and generates an annual turno-
Gesellschaft from Germany, which from the telecom field. One of them is ver of 1.7 billion EUR.“ We’re not talking
has been looking at IPTV since 2005. Media Broadcast, a satellite broadcaster about a commercial company here, but
We wanted to learn more about their on which TELE-satellite reported only rather an association with an exclusive
approach to that topic and met with recently in issue 08-09/2010. focus on technical research. „Some 30%
Robert Seeliger, the OIPF project man- of Fraunhofer‘s budget are received from
ager at Fraunhofer. He occupies an office We started out with asking Robert the German state, with the remaining
on the fourth floor of a recently built Seeliger about the nature of Fraunhofer- 70% being generated from commercial
office complex in northwestern Berlin Gesellschaft. Naturally, he can fill us in corporations with all sorts of manufac-
(Germany). Yet, it‘s not only Fraunhofer with all the details: „Fraunhofer-Gesell- turers. Some monies also come from the
New Products
from Trimax Shenzhen
Trimax’s trademark is the easy-to-use explains Jerry Chu about the past,
signal analyzers with built-in monitors: “Before that I was a Sales Director at a
this lets the installer set up a satellite receiver manufacturer.”
system with ease and also lets him show
the customer a live satellite picture. And But he wanted to realize his own
as we all know, a picture is worth a thou- ideas and founded Trimax with his part-
sand words. ner. “Trimax stands for ‘try maximum’,
in other words, ‘always try your best’”,
Now Trimax is expanding their ana- comments Jerry Chu about the company
lyzer spectrum and is also offering name.
tuners for DVB-C and DVB-T; even CI+ is
in the works. We met up with Jerry Chu, Trimax was originally a dealer: “I
Trimax’s General Manager, at the head- looked for and found the manufacturers
quarters in Shenzhen to find out more. in China while my partner in the USA,
“I founded Trimax in 2001 together with Tim Heinrichs, sold the products from
a partner: Tim Heinrichs in the USA”, those manufacturers.” Back then Trimax
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cess, “Our best year
Available online starting from 28 January 2011
In 2007 Jerry Chu hired a software was 2009 when we
engineer who then developed the first sold 12,000 analyz-
ers.” the first two years, Jerry Chu started his
■ A first PCB production sample of Trimax’s own production in 2008: “20 employees
new HDTV signal analyzer: this sample
will soon lead to an HDTV analyzer with While the signal analyzers were pro- work there to produce the signal analyz-
swappable tuner on the international market. duced by an independent manufacturer ers.” Trimax only ships to distributors
but does manufacture for some pro-
viders as an OEM. “We sell 80% of our
signal analyzers under our own Trimax
brand name, the other 20% are OEM
shipments”, explains Jerry Chu.
■ SKYWORTH’s futuristic
headquarters located directly
on Shennan Boulevard, the main
street that runs directly through
Shenzhen.
Shenzhen
SKYWORTH
is Expanding
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One of the larger receiver manufacturers in China is SKYWORTH. They’ve
consistently been in expansion mode and have managed to make a
phenomenal entrance into the South American marketplace in 2010: a large
contract with the government of Argentina involving 400,000 receivers for
the terrestrial ISDB-T standard resulted in SKYWORTH’s intense production
activity. “All these receivers have already been shipped”, we learn from Jack
Jiang, Sales Director of SKYWORTH’s receiver division. The company’s official
name is Shenzhen SKYWORTH Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
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Main Products
Receiver for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T, ISDB-T with single, twin and
combo tuner, Receiver Sticks for USB, SCART in DVB-S and
HDMI in DVB-S2
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www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1003/eng/skyworth.pdf
1 4
Shenzhen
Two of the founders, James Liu, Eric Deng, who is also involved with to become popular and they distributed
in charge of Marketing, and Bob Liu, Software Devlopment. All four of them DVB-T demodulator chips to local manu-
responsible for Software Development, founded the new company in 2005 facturers in Shenzhen.
met each other while studying at Wuhan using a starting capital of 500,000 RMB
University. The two other partners, both (roughly 50,000 Euros). Then, as a design house, Tenow devel-
of whom previously worked at a receiver oped complete applications for manu-
manufacturer, are Richard Zhang, in Tenow then operated as a commer- facturers. One success story involved
charge of Hardware Development, and cial enterprise: DVB-T was just starting DVB-T USB sticks: Tenow developed the
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PC-Cards for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, DVB-C with single, dual and
quad tuner, CAM Box for DVB-S2, USB-Stick for DVB-S/S2, DVB-
C and ISDB-T
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application which was then acquired by card in 2009 which was introduced by 1. Irene Jiang is responsible for International
a local manufacturer who then marketed TELE-satellite in the 12-01/2011 issue. Sales
the completed sticks. But now it’s 2011 and the four partners 2. Susanna Zhao is responsible for International
are really giving it all they’ve got: by the Sales. She speaks English and German
That was actually the trigger that com- time this issue reaches your hands, there
3. Lucky Lu is a Software Engineer. She is
pelled the four founders to reorganize will be a firestorm of innovative new PC currently working on an application for DVB-T2
their business model: instead of design- cards as well as boxes that can be con-
ing solutions for other manufacturers nected to a laptop: DXers will appear in the third quarter of
who then ended up profiting from the 2011:
sales, the four partners decided to take - a CAM Box in DVB-S2 with the
their designs and manufacture and dis- ST0903 chip - a PCIe Card with 4 x DVB-S2 and
tribute them themselves. - a PCIe Card with 4 x DVB-S2 with the NXP 10074 chip
the CX24117 chip
For Tenow though, the DVB-T stick was - a PCIe Card with 1 x DVB-T2 with a It’s special because this chip permits
old news; the prices for this product seg- Samsung tuner Blindscanning! Bob Liu, in charge of Soft-
ment were already too low to continue - a PCIe Card with 2 x DVB-T2 ware Development, reveals a few other
with that product. A new idea had to - a professional PCIe Card with the features to us regarding Blindscan: “Our
be found; it didn’t take long: a PCI card ST0900 chip supporting VCM/ACM/CCM CAM box with the ST0903 chip comes
for DVB-S that was marketed under the and multi-stream-input with the Blindscan function as does our
brand name Tenow at the end of 2006. data card with the ST0900 chip.” But for
The second quarter of 2011 should see feed hunters and satellite Dxers it’s the
Then each year after that it was some- other highlights: card with the NXP 10074 chip that brings
thing new: in 2007 there was the new with it the long-awaited all-around solu-
DVB-S2 PCI card and then in 2008 the - a double PCIe- Card with 2 x DVB-S2 tion to Blindscanning.
time was right for cards with a PCI and 2 x CI
Express slot. The first of those was a Software Developer Eric Deng explains
DVB-S2 card followed by a dual DVB-S2 An especially tasty treat for satellite a few more features to us: “Our target
Millions of Receivers
from Globalsat
• GLOBALSAT opens a new production facility
in Zhuhai (west of Shenzhen)
• Production capacity of up to 8 million units per year
• More than 100 engineers in R&D
• New multimedia receiver in 2nd quarter of 2011
• Distribution of their own brand name by 2012
• Sales numbers expected to double in 2011
With a new production facility that duction facility will be able to handle
will just be starting operations when a maximum of eight million receiv-
this issue of TELE-satellite hits the ers every year. We met up with Alvin
newsstands, Globalsat in China is Sun, Globalsat’s Sales and Market-
launching a new offensive in 2011 ing Director, in their current office
in the manufacturing of high-quality in Shenzhen to learn more about
receivers; and this includes boxes what’s going.
for satellite TV, terrestrial TV and
IPTV. The export of these boxes to Globalsat was founded in 2004
Europe and America tops the list for by Mike Miao together with a team
this expansion. of investors and partners includ-
ing Sales Manager Alvin Sun, R&D
To accomplish this, Globalsat is Hardware Manager Ian Wu and
planning on doubling their produc- R&D Software Manager Bean Zhou.
tion capacity from the current four In their first year 210,000 units
million boxes per year: the new pro- were produced and were delivered
■ Mike Miao is Globalsat’s founder. He develops the company’s strategy and is GLOBALSAT Company Details
consistently involved in driving the company forward. He managed in just the Receiver Mass Manufacturer, China www.globalsatdvb.com
few years that the company has been in existence to elevate it into the league of Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
million-unit manufacturers and is now determined to raise it to the upper-most ▼ ▼
0.............................. 125 ................................ 250
level of high-quality manufacturers. Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)
▼
0................................ 75 ................. 150 Mio US$
Production Certificates
RoHS, FCC, UL, CE, DVB, ISO
Main Products
Receiver for HDTV and SDTV in DVB-S/S2, DVB-T, DVB-C, ISDB-
T, HD+, CI+ and HbbTV, Multimedia Receiver, IPTV Boxes, Media
Player
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/globalsat.pdf
■ One of the many new products by Globalsat: an ISDB-T + DVB-S2 HD Combo, model name IS1-19HD. Some technical specifications: ISDB-T Compliant
(MPEG-II/ MPEG-IV/ H.264), DVB-S/S2 Compliant (MPEG-II/ MPEG-IV/ H.264), SCPC & MCPC receivable from Ku and C band satellites, Universal, Single,
Single Ku & C Band Wideband LNB compatible, Sensitive Tuner with Loop-Through, DiSEq C 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3(USALS), SCR Support, PAL/SECAM/NTSC,
Blind Search, variable aspect ratio (4:3, 16:9) with PAN&SCAN, CE, FCC, DTV compliant, supports Closed Caption (CC) function, optional Conditional
Access (e.g. Conax) embedded. This Combo model is for the Brazilian market, but a European model with DVB-T plus DVB-S2 HD has been launched
simultaneously.
3. Sample units are manually assembled and checked out here to see if they can be
produced that way.
4. These two employees solder sample circuit boards together for the sample units.
4 In this way the theoretical units designed by the engineers can be tested in practice
before they go into production.
3 4
3. Ryan Wang is the sales team leader for OEM customers in North
and South America.
5 5. A look at the sales team: the orders from the OEM customers are
handled by four teams that may each consist of up to four employees.
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Main Products
Receiver for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, DVB-C and ISDB-T, Receivers
with 3D graphics
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DISHPOINTER
EESHOP
HORIZON
WORLDWIDE SATELLITE
GLOBAL INVACOM SMARTINNOVATIONS
BEST DIGITAL TV
COMPANIES in
W EUROPE
SATSHOP24 SATBEAMS
Satellite Shop, Germany Software Programming, Belgium www.satbeams.com
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/eng/satshop24.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1011/eng/satbeams.pdf
SMARTINNOVATIONS GLOBALINVACOM
Satellite Distributor, Netherlands Fibre Optic Products, UK www.globalinvacom.com
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1009/eng/globalinvacom.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1011/eng/smartinnovations.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1005/eng/globalinvacom.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0909/eng/globalinvacom.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/eng/globalinvacom.pdf
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EESHOP DISHPOINTER
Satellite Shop, Netherlands Software Programming, UK www.dishpointer.com
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1005/eng/eeshop.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/eng/dishpointer.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/worldwidesatellite.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/eng/seatel.pdf
CLARK HORIZON
Distributor, Netherlands Manufacturer of Measuring Instruments, UK www.horizonhge.com
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/eng/clark.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/eng/horizon.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0701/eng/horizon.pdf
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COMPANIES OVERVIEW Best Digital TV Companies of the World
SMARTWI
TECHNISAT
DOEBIS NANOXX
GOLDEN MEDIA MEDIA BROADCAST
SMART SPAUN POWER
GT SAT SPAUN
BEST DIGITAL TV
COMPANIES in
N EUROPE
DOEBIS SMARTWI
Satellite Wholesaler, Germany www.doebis.de Wireless Card Reader Producer, Denmark www.smartwi.net
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1011/eng/doebis.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1011/eng/smartwi.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0709/eng/smartwi.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1011/eng/spaun.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1009/eng/goldenmedia.pdf
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MEDIA BROADCAST SPAUN
Broadcasting Services, Germany High Quality Accessory Manufacturer, Germany www.spaun.com
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1009/eng/mediabroadcast.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/eng/spaun.pdf
SMART GT SAT
Receiver Manufacturer, Germany LNB Distributor, Luxembourg
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/eng/smart.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/eng/gtsat.pdf
NANOXX TECHNISAT
Wholesaler and Receiver Manufacturer, Germany TV Manufacturer, Germany
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/eng/nanoxx.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0709/eng/technisat.pdf
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COMPANIES OVERVIEW Best Digital TV Companies of the World
NETUP
AB IPBOX
ABC BIZNIS
STAB
AZBOX
PROMAX
ANTECH
COMPANIES in
MENNYFIX
S/E EUROPE
NETUP Company Details
IPTV Software and Hardware Producer, Russia www.netup.tv
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
▼ ▼
0................................ 25 ...................................50
Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)
▼
0.................................. 5 ................... 10 Mio US$
Production Certificates
ISO, RoHS, PCI SIG, IEEE, DVB
Production Categories
OEM, ODM
Main Products
Professional PC Cards for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/MPEG-4, DVB-C,
ASI, IPTV Gateway/Streamer, IPTV Middleware, IPTV Conditional
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/eng/netup.pdf Access Systems, IPTV Billing Systems, Video on Demand
AB IPBOX AZBOX
Satellite Receiver Manufacturer, Slovakia www.abipbox.com Satellite Receiver Manufacturer, Portugal www.azbox.com
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1009/eng/abipbox.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1001/eng/azbox.pdf
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PULSTAR MENNYFIX
Satellite Installer, Spain Satellite Shop, Spain
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0911/eng/pulstar.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/mennyfix.pdf
PROMAX ANTECH
Accessory Manufacturer, Spain Uplink Technology, Italy
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0909/eng/promax.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/eng/antech.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/abcbiznis.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/eng/stab.pdf
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COMPANIES OVERVIEW Best Digital TV Companies of the World
ATLANTA
YAHYA
COMINTOUCH
BEST DIGITAL TV
ECHOLINK
COMPANIES in
MIDDLE EAST
ATLANTA ECHOLINK
Satellite Wholesaler, UAE Satellite Wholesaler, UAE
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1007/eng/atlanta.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1007/eng/echolink.pdf
COMINTOUCH YAHYA
Satellite Wholesaler, UAE Software Programming, KSA
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1007/eng/comintouch.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0911/eng/yahya.pdf
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Best Digital TV Companies of the World COMPANIES OVERVIEW
BEST DIGITAL TV
COMPANIES in
SQUARE PLAN
SAMMEG
CNBC
AFRICA
TELEMEDIA
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/eng/squareplan.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0709/eng/cnbc.pdf
SAMMEG TELEMEDIA
Satellite Wholesaler, South Africa Satellite Uplink, South Africa
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/eng/sammeg.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0709/eng/telemedia.pdf
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COMPANIES OVERVIEW Best Digital TV Companies of the World
YONGSAN TOPFIELD
NASA CNS ARION
SEKISAT
INFOSAT
FASHION TV
BEST DIGITAL TV
COMPANIES in
CISS
ASIA
SUBUR SEMESTA
CISS TOPFIELD
Satellite Wholesaler, Singapore High-End Receiver Manufacturer, Korea
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1007/eng/singapore.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/eng/topfield.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/eng/topfield.pdf
INFOSAT ARION
Dish Manufacturer, Thailand www.infosats.com High Quality Receiver Manufacturer, Korea
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/eng/infosat.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/arion.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/eng/infosat.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/eng/arion.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0705/eng/infosat.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0701/eng/arion.pdf
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OPERATOR MARKET Qualified NASA CNS
Classification for Best Digital TV Companies Satellite Wholesaler, Korea
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/eng/fashiontv.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/eng/subursemesta.pdf
YONGSAN SEKISAT
Satellite Shop, Korea Satellite Wholesaler, Korea
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/eng/koreasatshop.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/eng/sekisat.pdf
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COMPANIES OVERVIEW Best Digital TV Companies of the World
SHALOM
CHANGHONG
YINHE
SVEC
BEST DIGITAL TV
SKYWORTH BOXSAM
COMPANIES in MOTECK
TEVII
CHINA
AZURESHINE
Production Certificates
RoHS
Production Categories
OEM, ODM
Main Products
PC Cards for DVB-S/S2 and DVB-T/MPEG-4, Boxes for DVB-S/S2,
DVB-T/MPEG-4, PC Sticks for DVB-S/S2
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/eng/tevii.pdf
BOXSAM YINHE
Receiver Manufacturer, China www.boxsam.com High Volume Receiver Manufacturer, China www.yinhe.com
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1009/eng/boxsam.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1007/eng/yinhe.pdf
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SVEC AZURESHINE
Professional Dish Manufacturer, China www.svec.com.cn Professional Dish Manufacturer, Taiwan www.azureshine.com.tw
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1003/eng/svec.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0707/eng/azureshine.pdf
CHANGHONG MOTECK
Receiver and TV Manufacturer, China Antenna Motor Manufacturer, Taiwan www.moteck.com
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1003/eng/changhong.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0707/eng/moteck.pdf
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COMPANIES OVERVIEW Best Digital TV Companies of the World
TENOW GLOBALSAT
SKYWORTH TRIMAX
SOWELL
BEST DIGITAL TV
COMPANIES in
S CHINA
Production Certificates
RoHS, DVB
Main Products
PC-Cards for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, DVB-C with single, dual and
quad tuner, CAM Box for DVB-S2, USB-Stick for DVB-S/S2, DVB-
C and ISDB-T
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/tenow.pdf
Production Certificates
RoHS, CE, REACH, DVB
Main Products
Receiver for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T, ISDB-T with single, twin and
combo tuner, Receiver Sticks for USB, SCART in DVB-S and
HDMI in DVB-S2
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/skyworth.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1003/eng/skyworth.pdf
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GLOBALSAT Company Details
Receiver Mass Manufacturer, China www.globalsatdvb.com
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
▼ ▼
0.............................. 125 .................................250
Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)
▼
0................................ 75 ................. 150 Mio US$
Production Certificates
RoHS, FCC, UL, CE, DVB, ISO
Main Products
Receiver for HDTV and SDTV in DVB-S/S2, DVB-T, DVB-C, ISDB-
T, HD+, CI+ and HbbTV, Multimedia Receiver, IPTV Boxes, Media
Player
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/globalsat.pdf
Production Certificates
RoHS, FCC, DVB
Main Products
Signal Analyzer with built-in Monitor for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T and
DVB-C
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/trimax.pdf
Production Certificates
DVB
Main Products
Receiver for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, DVB-C and ISDB-T, Receivers
with 3D graphics
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/sowell.pdf
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COMPANIES OVERVIEW Best Digital TV Companies of the World
SATMAN
SONICVIEW COWMIX
QUALITY SATELLITE
GLOBAL SATELLITE
BEST DIGITAL TV
SEATEL
COMPANIES in
AMERICA
GLOBAL SATELLITE COWMIX
Satellite Dealer, USA Satellite Dealer, USA
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1007/eng/globalsatellite.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1003/eng/cowmix.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1005/eng/qualitysatellite.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0911/eng/seatel.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/eng/seatel.pdf
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WORLDWIDE SATELLITES SADOUN
Satellite Wholesaler, Canada Satellite Dealer, USA
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/eng/worldwidesatellites.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0707/eng/sadoun.pdf
SONICVIEW SATMAN
Satellite Receiver Manufacturer, USA Satellite Dealer, Canada
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/sonicview.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0705/eng/satman.pdf
MFC FORTECSTAR
Satellite Filter Manufacturer, USA www.microwavefilter.com Receiver Manufacturer, Canada
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/mfc.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0705/eng/fortecstar.pdf
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FEATURE New Generation Tuners
Silicon Tuners
of 54dB and a noise figure better than
6dB. These numbers significantly exceed
the parameters of a typical can tuner.
Also, other characteristics, like uniform-
Jacek Pawlowski ity of gain, are very constant across
the entire frequency band – something
that is very difficult to achieve with can
tuners.
• Miniature tuners with great advantages
There are already ICs available that
• More sensitive offer additional very exciting features
– like a complete channel scan of more
• Extremely fast BlindScan than 100 channels in less than two sec-
onds (chip makers claim that the chan-
• Economical nel lock is a mere 5 ms as opposed to
150 ms for the can tuner) or advanced
picture-in-picture (PIP) television tech-
There seems to be consistent pro- can tuners. Can tuners are built using a nology providing multiple PIP capabili-
gress in digital TV technology; features number of discrete components. Natu- ties that let the viewer watch up to 12
like HD, PVR, upscaling or BlindScan rally, the more components there are, video channels simultaneously around
were not available a few years ago. In the more it will cost to assemble it. Sil- the main channel.
most cases this progress is only possi- icon tuners are based on a single chip
ble when a new generation of integrated and require a minimal number of exter- The key success factor in this case is
circuits is developed. This is especially nal components – for example they don’t the innovative internal design architec-
obvious when we consider, for example, need expensive SAW filters as are used ture that enables spur-free reception of
the migration from SDTV to HDTV. Other in can tuners. A higher level of circuit analog and digital signals. Many silicon
times, these advances in technology are integration enables a 75% reduction in tuners include internal digital signal
less obvious and harder to detect from space and a 25% reduction in the cost processors (DSP). These are special
the end user’s perspective. This is the over can tuners. purpose processing units (i.e., comput-
case with the so-called “silicon tuners”. ers) optimized to do very fast calcula-
This term was coined to distinguish the Moreover, the integrated circuits of tions on real world signals. It enables
new generation of tuners from the classi- modern silicon tuners are compatible implementation of many functions and
cal tuners made of discrete components. with many TV standards. This is impor- features not possible or very, very dif-
The classical tuners are referred today tant for the manufacturers because it ficult to obtain without DSP. With DSP,
as “can tuners”. That’s because they enables them to offer just one multi- it’s quite easy to configure on-board
require electromagnetic shields – metal standard receiver model in different filters that meet all television standard
enclosures surrounding the electronic regions of the world. There’s no need to requirements.
components that look a little bit like tin keep stock of several models to match
cans. various digital and analog standards. You To use DSP, the analog signal at the
can now offer just one set-top box or TV input of the tuner has to be converted
But what is a tuner? According to Wiki- set model for cable, terrestrial, analog into digital form using an analog-to-
pedia, the definition of “TV tuner” is: “A and digital TV. The versatility of the chip digital converter (ADC). After the DSP
television tuner converts an RF televi- results in increased software common- has done its job, the signal is converted
sion transmission into audio and video ality between regional receiver designs back to analog using a digital-to-analog
signals which can be further processed and this in turn significantly decreases converter (DAC). So, silicon tuners con-
to produce sound and a picture. Differ- development costs. tain not only DSPs but also ADC and
ent tuners are used for different televi- DAC subcircuits. The architecture varies
sion standards such as PAL, NTSC, ATSC, Silicon tuners guarantee better from manufacturer to manufacturer and
SECAM, DVB-C, DVB-T, ISDB, T-DMB, repeatability of their parameters and from type to type and the available fea-
open cable.” We will see that while the this means that when testing receiver tures will also vary with different silicon
first part of the definition is absolutely after receiver, there’s hardly any dif- tuners, but one thing’s for sure: they all
true, the second part is not necessarily ference in their performance. They do outperform can tuners.
valid for the silicon tuner. not require manual tuning or adjust-
ments. Consistent performance and Naturally, the smaller overall size of
Many difficult hurdles had to be quality is one thing but superior specifi- silicon tuners and the ability to mount
jumped before a practical silicon tuner cations over can tuners is another. And them directly on the audio/video moth-
could be manufactured at a reasonable we’re not talking about just secondary erboards of set-top boxes or TV sets
cost. However, once it happened, sili- parameters but better sensitivity, adja- is another important feature. In this
con tuners began gaining rapid accept- cent channel rejection, phase noise and case, printed circuit boards need to be
ance among manufacturers because of dynamic range. For example, a modern designed with greater care and expertise
their advantages compared to traditional silicon tuner has a signal-to-noise ratio in order to avoid radio interference. For-
DVB-T/T2 and DVB-H standards for digital terrestrial Before the digital era, the analog TV
transmitters located in neighboring
TV use COFDM modulation. COFDM stands for Coded areas had to use different frequencies
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing and is a quite to avoid interference. It is intuitively
understandable that using the same
complex sort of digital modulation developed to ensure frequency to transmit channel A from
high bit rate capacity along with interference immunity. transmitter 1 and channel B from
transmitter 2 is not a good solution.
The latter feature is what makes single frequency There would always be a location where
networks (SFN) practically possible. the reception antenna would not only
receive the desired signal (say, channel
A) but also the undesired signal. The
■ Fig. 1. Different signal undesired signal (channel B), even if
paths in terrestrial TV. transmitted from a completely differ-
ent direction, could interfere because
of electromagnetic wave reflections or
scattering on various obstacles (like
buildings, masts, etc.). So the recep-
tion antenna properly directed to
receive channel A from transmitter 1
has always a chance to pick up some
signal from transmitter 2.
SFN MFN
» Excellent spectral efficiency= » No change in user antenna systems
= low bandwidth consumption required
» Good power efficiency= » Easy coexistence with analog channels
= lower electric energy consumption » Can re-use existing infrastructure of
Advantages » More homogeneous field strength analog TV transmitters and antennae
distribution for portable and mobile reception » Network splitting is easy=
(DVB-H) = different multiplexes in different regions
» Suitable for indoor reception
» Network splitting for local content is » Not effective in spectral occupancy
difficult (though much better than analog)
» Excellent synchronization required= » Not so good for DVB-H
=extra cost » Cannot assure indoor reception
Disadvantages » Costly infrastructure of dense grid » Lower power efficiency
of transmitters needed to avoid self
interference
» New aerials often required on the user's
side
tion of the AZBox to accept major smart- note of the serial number for every single
cards used in Russia, like those of provider customer of ours. This allows us to instantly
Tricolor. “It only took us three weeks to look up the features and equipment level of 4
write the software so that the internal card every box ever sold by us.” By the way, cus-
reader of the AZBox was able to work with tomers may even enter the serial number
those smartcards,” Ruslan Rozanov proudly of their box at www.azbox.su themselves
remembers. and check whether they have obtained their
That happened in October 2009 and receiver through legal channels.
things really got moving from there. In Currently, the young company employs a
November 2009 the first shipment of boxes workforce of 15: Four work in administra-
arrived. “It consisted of 100 Elite boxes tion, three are repair technicians, three are
and 100 Premium boxes,” Ruslan Rozanov software developers and four are installers
recalls how it all began. And that pace has who set up complete reception systems all
constantly increased up until today: For over Moscow and beyond. Added to that are
2010 shipments totalled 1,000 units. the two owners.
However the SatDream team was not at “Our top-selling product right now is the
the end with after the on-screen display AZBox HD Plus with two DVB-S2 tuners,”
texts had been localised. “We wanted our Sales Manager Andrej Dolgopolov reveals.
customers to get the best,” Ruslan Rozanov “We generate approximately 70% of AZBox
notes and mentions a CD-ROM which is sales with this model alone.” The question
shipped with every AZBox in Russia. The that arises in this context refers to DVB-T.
CD-ROM features a comprehensive FAQ After all, AZBox does offer its receivers as
covering all AZBox functions, as well as DVB-T variants as well. Technical Manager
assistance for downloading new software Ruslan Rozanov has the answer: “While
versions. “We also cover the initial instal- there have been some test transmissions
lation procedure of the AZBox receiver so in Moscow we don’t expect a real DVB-T
that all channels demanded from a Russian breakthrough in our market before 2012.
audience can actually be received,” Ruslan By that time we’ll be ready and prepared to
Rozanov adds. jump on that bandwagon.”
Incidentally, he compiled the complete Our visit has clearly confirmed the gene-
CD-ROM almost all by himself. Still, Sat- ral impression that AZBox Russia seeks
Dream service does not stop there. “All to offer excellent customer service. Its
AZBox receivers we sell come with a two- employees are in a position to solve soft-
year warranty,” Ruslan Rozanov explains ware problems in a timely manner, as well
and details the processes that have been as address any hardware issues that might
set up in the background: “Each AZBox is arise. This makes AZBox Russia very well
labelled with a unique serial number right placed for keeping up its steady expansion
at the manufacturing premises and we take pace.
■ A look at the beginning of the Rue Mascara in Well, no need to fill the gas tank in
Sidi Bel-Abbes in western Algeria. Here you’ll
find a large number of satellite dealers.
your car! As soon as we found the Rue
Mascara (also known as Boulevard
Zabana), we could not escape all of the
electronic shops. One store after ano-
ther offered everything under the sun
that came attached with a power cord.
2 3
1. Morsli Hallam (left) in front of his shop that he now only uses
as an office. His former colleague Boudera Kada (right) recently
became self-employed and installs satellite systems.
2 1
Satellite TV in Tokyo
Takao Kameda is already 61 years of
age and has been a very busy satellite
enthusiast for some 17 years now. He‘s
Aluo a well-known figure in the Japanese sat-
ellite world and has written numerous
articles about satellite reception. Most of
them were published in ‚Radio Life‘ maga-
zine which sheds light on all aspects of
• Japan's most prominent satellite enthusiasts are
radio and TV reception. „Young people in
Keito Takahashi and Takao Kameda, both of whom Japan these days don‘t watch a whole lot
live in Tokyo. We paid a visit to them and found out of live TV,“ he explains. „Most use PVRs to
record particular events and watch them
about their tricks of the trade. whenever their busy schedule allows
Tokyo
■ Hardly noticeable
from outside: Keito
Takahashi’s two
antennas in Tokyo (C
band in front, Ku band
in the back).
Edited by
Branislav Pekic
CHINA
INDIA
JAPAN
MIDDLE EAST
OSN FIRST IN MIDDLE EAST FOR 3D
OSN made history in December by becoming the first TV
network in the Middle East to bring its viewers 3D movies.
The launch follows on from the huge success of its HD ser-
vice which now has an estimated 5 million viewers.
OMAN
Satellites
NSS 806 - Europe ◄ 319.5 East (040.5 West)
C-Band: NSS 806 - America, Europe ◄ 319.5 East (040.5 West)
INTELSAT 11 - Brazil ◄ 317.0 East (043.0 West)
C-Band: INTELSAT 11 - Brazil ◄ 315.0 East (043.0 West)
INTELSAT 14 - Europe, North Africa, South America ◄ 315.0 East (045.0 West)
C-Band: INTELSAT 14 - America ◄ 315.0 East (045.0 West)
INTELSAT 1R - America ◄ 315.0 East (050.0 West)
C-Band: INTELSAT 1R - America ◄ 315.0 East (045.0 West)
World
INTELSAT 707 - America ◄ 307.0 East (053.0 West)
C-Band: INTELSAT 707 - America, Africa ◄ 307.0 East (053.0 West)
C-Band: INTELSAT 805 - America ◄ 304.5 East (055.5 West)
INTELSAT 9 - Mexico, Brazil, Europe ◄ 302.0 East (058.0 West)
of the
C-Band: INTELSAT 9 - America ◄ 302.0 East (058.0 West)
C-Band: INTELSAT 16 - America ◄ 302.0 East (058.0 West)
AMAZONAS 1 - Brazil, South America ◄ 299.0 East (061.0 West)
C-Band: AMAZONAS 1 - America ◄ 299.0 East (061.0 West)
AMAZONAS 2 - North America ◄ 299.0 East (061.0 West)
ECHOSTAR 12,15 - Conus ◄ 298.5 East (061.5 West)
TELSTAR 14 - Brazil, Mercosul ◄ 297.0 East (063.0 West)
STARONE C1 - Brazil ◄ 295.0 East (065.0 West)
C-Band: STARONE C1 - South America ◄ 295.0 East (065.0 West)
STARONE C2 - Brazil ◄ 290.0 East (070.0 West)
C-Band: STARONE C2 - South America ◄ 290.0 East (070.0 West)
AMC 6 - North America ◄ 288.0 East (072.0 West)
C-Band: AMC 6 - North America ◄ 288.0 East (072.0 West)
DIRECTV 1R, NIMIQ 5 - Conus ◄ 287.5 East (072.5 West)
HORIZONS 2 - North America ◄ 286.0 East (074.0 West)
C-Band: BRASILSAT B3 - Brazil ◄ 285.0 East (075.0 West)
ECHOSTAR 4, 8 - America, Mexico ◄ 283.0 East (077.0 West)
SIMON BOLIVAR - South America ◄ 282.0 East (078.0 West)
C-Band: SIMON BOLIVAR - South America ◄ 282.0 East (078.0 West)
AMC 2,5 - North America ◄ 281.0 East (079.0 West)
NIMIQ 4 - Canada ◄ 278.0 East (082.0 West)
AMC 9 - North America ◄ 277.0 East (083.0 West)
C-Band: BRASILSAT B4 - Brazil ◄ 276.0 East (084.0 West)
AMC 16 - North America ◄ 275.0 East (085.0 West)
AMC 3 - North America ◄ 273.0 East (087.0 West)
C-Band: AMC 3 - North America ◄ 273.0 East (087.0 West)
GALAXY 28 - America ◄ 271.0 East (089.0 West)
C-Band: GALAXY 28 - America ◄ 271.0 East (089.0 West)
NIMIQ 1 - Canada ◄ 269.0 East (091.0 West)
GALAXY 17 - North America ◄ 269.0 East (091.0 West)
C-Band: GALAXY 17 - North America ◄ 269.0 East (091.0 West)
GALAXY 25 - North America ◄ 266.9 East (093.1 West)
GALAXY 3C - North America ◄ 265.0 East (095.0 West)
C-Band: GALAXY 3C - North America ◄ 265.0 East (095.0 West)
GALAXY 19 - North America ◄ 263.0 East (097.0 West)
C-Band: GALAXY 19 - North America ◄ 263.0 East (097.0 West)
GALAXY 16 - North America ◄ 261.0 East (099.0 West)
C-Band: GALAXY 16 - North America ◄ 261.0 East (099.0 West)
DIRECTV 4S, 8 - America ◄ 259.0 East (101.0 West)
SES 1 - North America ◄ 259.0 East (101.0 West)
C-Band: SES 1 - North America ◄ 259.0 East (101.0 West)
AMC 1 - North America ◄ 257.0 East (103.0 West)
C-Band: AMC 1 - North America ◄ 257.0 East (103.0 West)
AMC 15 - North America ◄ 255.0 East (105.0 West)
C-Band: AMC 18 - North America ◄ 255.0 East (105.0 West)
ANIK F1R - North America ◄ 252.7 East (107.3 West)
C-Band: ANIK F1R - North America ◄ 252.7 East (107.3 West)
C-Band: ANIK F1 - South America ◄ 252.7 East (107.3 West)
ECHOSTAR 10, 11 - America ◄ 250.0 East (110.0 West)
DIRECTV 5 - America ◄ 250.0 East (110.0 West)
ANIK F2 - North America ◄ 248.9 East (111.1 West)
C-Band: ANIK F2 - North America ◄ 248.9 East (111.1 West)
SATMEX 6 - America ◄ 247.0 East (113.0 West)
C-Band: SATMEX 6 - America ◄ 247.0 East (113.0 West)
SATMEX 5 - America ◄ 243.2 East (116.8 West)
C-Band: SATMEX 5 - America ◄ 243.2 East (116.8 West)
ANIK F3 - Conus ◄ 241.0 East (119.0 West)
C-Band: ANIK F3 - America ◄ 241.0 East (119.0 West)
ECHOSTAR 14 - Conus ◄ 241.0 East (119.0 West)
DIRECTV 7S - Conus ◄ 241.0 East (119.0 West)
ECHOSTAR 9, GALAXY 23 - North America ◄ 239.0 East (121.0 West)
C-Band: ECHOSTAR 9, GALAXY 23 - North America ◄ 239.0 East (121.0 West)
GALAXY 18 - North America ◄ 237.0 East (123.0 West)
C-Band: GALAXY 18 - North America ◄ 237.0 East (123.0 West)
C-Band: GALAXY 14 - North America ◄ 235.0 East (125.0 West)
AMC 21 - North America ◄ 235.0 East (125.0 West)
GALAXY 13, HORIZONS 1 - North America ◄ 233.0 East (127.0 West)
C-Band: GALAXY 13, HORIZONS 1 - North America ◄ 233.0 East (127.0 West)
CIEL 2 - America ◄ 231.0 East (129.0 West)
TELE
C-Band: AMC 11 - North America ◄ 229.0 East (131.0 West)
GLOBAL C-Band: GALAXY 12 - North America ◄ 227.0 East (133.0 West)
DIGITAL TV
satellite
C-Band: AMC 10 - North America ◄ 225.0 East (135.0 West)
MAGAZINE C-Band: AMC 7 - North America ◄ 223.0 East (137.0 West)
C-Band: AMC 8 - North America ◄ 221.0 East (139.0 West)
002.0 East ► ASTRA 1C - Europe
002.8 East ► C-Band: Rascom QAF 1 - Africa
004.0 East ► EUROBIRD 4A - Europe, Asia
004.8 East ► ASTRA 4A, 1E - Europe
007.0 East ► EUTELSAT W3A - Europe, Africa
009.0 East ► EUROBIRD 9A - Europe
010.0 East ► EUTELSAT W2A - Europe
010.0 East ► C-Band: EUTELSAT W2A - Global
013.0 East ► HOTBIRD 6,8,9 - Europe, Middle East
015.8 East ► EUTELSAT W2M - Europe, Madagascar
015.8 East ► EUROBIRD 16 - Europe, Madagascar
015.8 East ► EUTELSAT SESAT 1 - Europe
017.0 East ► Amos 5I - North Africa, Middle East
017.0 East ► C-Band: Amos 5I - Africa, Middle East
019.2 East ► ASTRA 1H,1KR,1L,1M - Europe
020.0 East ► C-Band: ARABSAT 2B - Africa, Middle East
021.6 East ► EUTELSAT W6 - Europe, Asia, West Africa
023.5 East ► ASTRA 3A,3B - Europe
025.5 East ► EUROBIRD 2 - Europe, Asia
026.0 East ► BADR 4,5,6 - North Africa, Middle East
028.2 East ► EUROBIRD 1 - Europe
028.2 East ► ASTRA 2B - Europe, Nigeria
028.2 East ► ASTRA 2A,2D - Europe
030.5 East ► ARABSAT 5A - Middle East
030.5 East ► C-Band: ARABSAT 5A - Asia,Middle East
031.5 East ► ASTRA 1G - Europe
033.0 East ► EUROBIRD 3- Europe
036.0 East ► EUTELSAT W7 - Europe , South Africa, Asia, Russia
036.0 East ► EUTELSAT W4 - Russia, Nigeria, Africa
038.0 East ► PAKSAT 1 - Pakistan, North India
038.0 East ► C-Band: PAKSAT 1 - Pakistan, India, Middle East, Africa
039.0 East ► HELLAS SAT 2 - Europe, Middle East, Asia
040.0 East ► EXPRESS AM1 - Europe, Russia
040.0 East ► C-Band: EXPRESS AM1 - Europe, Russia
042.0 East ► TURKSAT 2A - Europe, Russia
042.0 East ► TURKSAT 3A - Europe, Russia, North India
045.0 East ► INTELSAT 12 - India, South Africa, Middle East, Europe
049.0 East ► C-Band: YAMAL 202 - Global
053.0 East ► EXPRESS AM22 -Europe, Middle East, North India
055.0 East ► C-Band: INSAT 3E - India
056.0 East ► BONUM 1 - East Russia
057.0 East ► NSS 12 - Europe, Russia, Africa, India
057.0 East ► C-Band: NSS 12 - Europe, Russia, Africa, India, Global
060.0 East ► INTELSAT 904 - Europe
060.0 East ► C-Band: INTELSAT 904 - Europe, Africa, Global
062.0 East ► INTELSAT 902 - Europe, Middle East
062.0 East ► C-Band: INTELSAT 902 - Europe, China, Australia, South Africa, Global
064.2 East ► INTELSAT 906 - India, Nepal
064.2 East ► C-Band: INTELSAT 906 - Europe, Africa, South India, Global
066.0 East ► INTELSAT 702 -Europe,Russia
068.5 East ► INTELSAT 7 - South Africa
068.5 East ► INTELSAT 10 - Africa, Europe, Middle East
068.5 East ► C-Band: INTELSAT 10 - Global
070.5 East ► EUTELSAT W5 - Europe,Middle East, India
074.0 East ► INSAT 4CR - India
074.0 East ► C-Band: INSAT 3C - India
075.0 East ► ABS-1 - Europe, Asia, Middle East
075.0 East ► C-Band: ABS-1 - Global
075.0 East ► EUTELSAT W75 - Middle East, North India, China
076.5 East ► APSTAR 2R - North East Asia
076.5 East ► C-Band: APSTAR 2R - Global
078.5 East ► THAICOM 5 - Thailand
078.5 East ► C-Band: THAICOM 5 - India,China,Thailand, Global
080.0 East ► C-Band: EXPRESS MD1 - Russia, North India
083.0 East ► INSAT 4A - India
083.0 East ► C-Band: INSAT 4A - India, Middle East
083.0 East ► INSAT 3B - India
083.0 East ► C-Band: INSAT 2E - Asia, Middle East, Europe
085.2 East ► INTELSAT 15 - Middle East
087.5 East ► C-Band: CHINASAT 5A - China, India, Midle East
088.0 East ► ST 1 - India, Malaysia
088.0 East ► C-Band: ST 1 - India, Thailand
090.0 East ► YAMAL 201 - Russia, North India
090.0 East ► C-Band: YAMAL 201 - Russia, North India
091.5 East ► MEASAT 3 - Malaysia, South Asia
091.5 East ► C-Band: MEASAT 3 -Global, Thailand, Australia, East Asia
091.5 East ► C-Band: MEASAT 3A -Global
092.2 East ► CHINASAT 9 - China
093.5 East ► INSAT 3A,4B - India
093.5 East ► C-Band: INSAT 3A,4B - India, Middle East
095.0 East ► NSS 6 - India, Middle East, South Africa, North East & East Asia, Australia
096.5 East ► C-Band: EXPRESS AM 33 - Asia, Russia,China
100.5 East ► ASIASAT 5 - East Asia, India, Middle East, Thailand
100.5 East ► C-Band: ASIASAT 5 - Global
103.0 East ► C-Band: EXPRESS A2 - Russia, China
105.5 East ► ASIASAT 3S - East Asia, South Asia, Australia
105.5 East ► C-Band: ASIASAT 3S - Global
108.0 East ► NSS 11 - South Asia, North East Asia, China
108.0 East ► C-Band: TELKOM 1 - Indonesia
108.0 East ► SES 7 - South Asia, Australia
110.0 East ► BSAT 2A,3A, N-SAT 110 - Japan
110.5 East ► C-Band: CHINASAT 5B - China, Asia Pacific
113.0 East ► KOREASAT 5 - South Korea, North East Asia
113.0 East ► C-Band: PALAPA D - Asia, Australia
115.5 East ► C-Band: CHINASAT 6B - Global
116.0 East ► ABS 7 - South Korea
122.0 East ► ASIASAT 4 - East Asia, Australia
122.0 East ► C-Band: ASIASAT 4 - Global
124.0 East ► JCSAT 4A - Japan
125.0 East ► C-Band: CHINASAT 6A - China
128.0 East ► JCSAT 3A - Japan
128.0 East ► C-Band: JCSAT 3A - Asia
132.0 East ► VINASAT 1 - Vietnam
132.0 East ► C-Band:VINASAT 1 - Asia, Australia
132.0 East ► JCSAT 5A - Japan
134.0 East ► APSTAR 6 - China
134.0 East ► C-Band: APSTAR 6 - Asia, Australia
138.0 East ► TELSTAR 18 - India, China
138.0 East ► C-Band: TELSTAR 18 - Asia, Australia
140.0 East ► EXPRESS AM3 - Russia, China
140.0 East ► C-Band: EXPRESS AM3 - Russia, China
144.0 East ► SUPERBIRD C2 - Japan
146.0 East ► ABS 5- Myanamar
146.0 East ► C-Band: ABS 5 - India, China
150.0 East ► JCSAT 1B - Asia
152.0 East ► OPTUS D2 - Australia, Newzealand
154.0 East ► JCSAT 2A - Japan
154.0 East ► C-Band: JCSAT 2A - Asia&Oceania&Hawaii
156.0 East ► OPTUS C1,D3 - Australia, Newzealand
160.0 East ► OPTUS D1 - Australia, Newzealand
162.0 East ► SUPERBIRD B2 - Japan
166.0 East ► INTELSAT 8 - Australia, Newzealand, North East Asia
166.0 East ► C-Band: INTELSAT 8 - Pacific
169.0 East ► C-Band: INTELSAT 5 - Pacific
172.0 East ► GE 23 - South Pacific, South East Pacific
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