Amsterdam IBC from September 8th to 12th, 2006

Conference:

The conference program has been organised to cover a range of subjects over the five days in multiple parallel streams. The themes are:

  • Multimedia in the Networked Home
  • HDTV Lift-Off
  • Media on the Move
  • IPTV
  • Content Production
  • D-Cinema.

None of these specifically involve satellite internet service via satellite, but the subject may well get a mention at times.

In the exhibition however there are a number of satellite communications firms attending - see below for my selection.

Satellite internet and satellite broadband related companies attending the exhibition:

Over 1000 exhibitors are expected to fill the exhibition halls which have been grouped in themes covering content creation, content management and content delivery dominating.   Selected companies at the exhibition are:

Advantech AMT: Offering MIL-STD-188-165A and DVB-S2 compliant modems and scalable DVB-RCS systems that support network deployment of all sizes.

Amino Communications: Selling AmiNET™ IPTV set-top boxes - MPEG-2 and MPEG-4

Codan: Supplier of satellite RF sub-systems, transceiver and block up-converter BUC products.

Colem Communications Ltd: CCL are friends of mine and provide X-Com Control Systems to Satellite and Broadcast companies.

Comtech EF Data: Satellite communications equipment, particularly bandwidth-efficient modems forDVB-S2 with LDPC and TPC.

GT&T: Hall 4 - Booth number 356.    Satellite Teleport and operation over a population as big as 2 billion people, satellite coverage on Eutelsat W6 (Europe, the Middle-East), leased-line and shared access Internet service up to 4.5 Mbps, appliance server: global network solution (mail, web, ftp, dns, proxy, prepaid server), VOIP capacity. Operate on 4 satellites with a capacity > than 100 Mbps and we will double this capacity in the coming year.  Every 4 hours, one of GT&T's VSATs is being activated. More information are on theiir web site at http://www.globaltt.com  or email info@globaltt.com

Holkirk Communications: Lightweight and cost-effective satellite uplink systems.

iDirect Technologies: My choice as the top VSAT equipment manufacturer, bith VSAT hubs and remote customer terminals.

ND SatCom: Supplier of satellite broadband VSAT network and ground station solutions.

Paradise Datacom: Design and manufacturer of satellite modems, SSPAs, BUCs, LNAs and redundancy equipment

Sematron UK Ltd: Leading UK supplier of satellite ground station equipment for fixed, transportable and flyaway applications.

Servicesat Limited: Satellite services provider with VOIP and VPN solutions. Featuring auto-deploying antenna associated with Hughesnet and iDirect VSAT terminals.

Please attend if you can - you will be very welcome

More details of the conference and exhibition from their main web site at http://www.ibc.org/cgi-bin/displaypage.cgi?pageref=100 

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