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The DMC Launches Food
Network HD In Russia
T

he DMC has announced the
launch of Food Network HD
in Russia for Scripps Networks
International.
The launch of the Food Network
channel into Russia is an extension
of existing services of the channel
to the EMEA region which is already
handled by the DMC.
All content, media handling and
playout for the EMEA channel will be
duplicated for the feed to Russia and
delivered initially via T12, moving to
ﬁbre by the end of 2014.
Jon Sichel, Managing Director
UK & EMEA at Scripps Networks
International, said: "We are proud
to further our partnership with the
DMC to launch the Food Network
channel into Russia.
"Scripps Networks is always
looking to expand our reach into
new markets and to bring our

highly popular lifestyle content to
new audiences.
"The DMC has proven to be a
trusted partner for our pan regional
channels so it made sense to work
with them on offering our channel
into Russia."
Jelmer Kleingeld, VP & General
Manager at DMC said: "This new

feed to Russia of the Food Network
channel is a great example of how
we are committed to simplifying
the logistics of media handling and
delivery for our clients.
"This enables our clients to
concentrate on growing their
business while we take care of the
technical aspects."

K telecommunications provider
TalkTalk has chosen an
integrated headend solution from
Harmonic to help deliver its IPTV
services.
Utilising Harmonic's Electra 9200
universal multiservice encoder and
ProStream 9100 with ACE stream
processor and transcoder, which
feature a highly dense and scalable
architecture, TalkTalk can costeffectively deliver high-quality live
and VOD content and an increased
channel line up to subscribers'

USA: Globecast has been
selected to provide content
management and playout for
equestrian lifestyle channel Ride TV.
Globecast's satellite and fibre
capacity in North America and
the LatAm region, along with its
capability to handle the end-toend service provision, from content
ingest, scheduling and origination
through to playout and distribution,
in-house was a key factor for Ride TV.
This is the ﬁrst new channel to be
launched since Globecast's Media
Factory investment in Culver City.

Schwabisch Media
Employs Cinegy

DMC push Food Network HD into Russia

TalkTalk Expands IPTV Service With Harmonic
U

Media Factory
Backs Ride TV

set-top boxes.
"YouView from TalkTalk is Britain's
fastest growing TV service. To
deliver our growing range of content
to more than a million subscribers,
we needed an IPTV headend
solution that would increase our
encoding efﬁciency and support
future growth," said Naresh Raj,
Broadcast Systems Team Leader
at TalkTalk Group.
"Harmonic's integrated video
processing solutions provide
outstanding video quality while

lowering our capital and operating
expenses through density and
scalability. Relying on a unified
headend from Harmonic, we have
the ﬂexibility to support additional
subscribers and add more channels
as our market requirements change."
Harmonic's Electra 9200 provides
high-quality, low-bandwidth MPEG4 AVC encoding of video content for
TalkTalk's IPTV services. Through a
high-density design that supports
up to eight HD output services per
chassis, Electra lowers TalkTalk's
capital and operational expenses.
TalkTalk is also leveraging
Harmonic's ProStream 9100 with
ACE, which can transcode up to
60 SD MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 AVC
Harmonic Electra 9200 offers high-quality, low-bandwidth MPEG-4 AVC encoding broadcast services.

GER: Schwabisch Media has
deployed a Cinegy system to
help manage its assets spread
across the company's five sites.
Based in Baden-Wurttemberg,
the company required a scalable
end-to-end solution that would
crosslink these sites to ensure
delivery of three regional channels.
Schwabisch Media offers a full
range of media related services to
its customers - including one of
Germany's largest regional private
broadcasters Regio TV.

ENENSYS Intros
ASIIPGuard
FRA: ENENSYS has released its new
ASI switcher technology, ASIIPGuard.
The solution is viewed as
a significant upgrade of its
ASI switches, and is a highly
c o s t - e ff e c t i v e t e c h n o l o g y,
allowing network operators
and broadcasters to provide
premium signal quality for viewers.
ASIIPGuard provides automatic
switching capabilities between
two ASI sources, ensuring the
best quality input is selected at by
analysing the transport feeds.

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