The FINANCIAL — At Cairo ICT 2012, Cisco and Nilesat, the leading satellite operator in the MENA region, announced that Nilesat has successfully installed Cisco Digital Media solutions for its contribution network.
Cisco's end-to-end Media, Satellite, and Broadcast Video Solution provides all the important features Nilesat will need in the digital headend, including acquisition, video encoders and transcoders, video processors, encryption and management. Using the Cisco Lifecycle Services approach, Cisco and its partners developed a broad portfolio of services that addressed all aspects of planning, deploying, operating, and optimizing Nilesat's video network. The Cisco ROSA Video Service Manager system will also provide a complete solution for end-to-end management. It will monitor, manage, and control equipment and services throughout the Nilesat network.
According to Cisco Systems, currently the new digital contribution system between the Nilesat headend and the Egyptian Radio & Television Union (ERTU) site carries 32 government TV channels and hosts 40 radio stations to be broadcast over Nilesat's Satellites, Cisco video solutions at Nilesat headend (Nilesat DVB Center) is also processing more than 150 TV and radio channels.
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