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| Africas MultiChoice Upgrades Digital DTH System with Scopus |
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By Elina Shatkin, September 30, 2004
Scopus Network Technologies, a supplier of digital compression technology to the broadcasting industry, reported that MultiChoice Africa has once again selected Scopus' digital broadcast platforms for digital Direct-to-Home (DTH) services. Utilizing Scopus platforms, MultiChoice transmits 54 digitally compressed TV channels on the W4 platform to viewers throughout the African continent.
In 2001, Scopus provided MultiChoice with a "one-stop-shop" solution including integration of head-end architecture, engineering, and the supply of digital video compression equipment. The new contract expands and upgrades the current systems with new platforms as well as technologies that push MultiChoice's digital broadcast abilities into the future
. In addition, the upgraded system enables the pay-TV giant to increase its market presence encompassing a wide swath of French- and Portuguese-speaking Africa. Scopus is represented in South Africa by GIT (Graphic Image Technologies).
Scopus is supplying MultiChoice's head-end at Telefonica's Satellite Control Centre (SCC) in Guadalajara with a full platform including the CODICO E-1200 Professional Encoder, the CODICO® RTM-3800 Statistical Multiplexer/Re-multiplexer, a PSI/SI generator, and the Scopus NMS 4030 network management system. The complete end-to-end solution includes four fully redundant statistically multiplexed encoding systems.
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