Satellite Telecommunications Network
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[edit] About STN Ltd.
STN Ltd. is an up-link facility which is currently transmitting to Hot Bird 6, AB1, AB2, TelStar 12, Intelsat 801, PAS10, Hellas Sat 2 satellite and other satellites. We also have the possibility to offer various different satellites all around Europe as well as around the world and can offer you whole world-wide coverage solutions.
STN Ltd. can offer SDTV/HDTV or Radio play-out services, i.e. that the client sends us the program material on tapes + the daily playlists; we then assemble the program together according to the provided playlist and up-link the program. Or we can offer SDTV/HDTV or Radio turnaround services, i.e. that the client delivers the TV program as a whole to STN's facility weather by satellite or by optical cable - STN then receives the program and up-links it to Hellas Sat 2. STN also has the possibility to transmitt the content either in MPEG-2 and/or MPEG-4 H.264/AVC codec.
We have the possibility to turnaround from the satellites which are American (in NTSC) and transcode them into PAL standard which is used in Europe. The satellite must be visible in Europe, of course (usually from American satellite C-band NTSC to European satellite Ku-band PAL or from American satellite Ku-band NTSC to European satellite Ku-band PAL).
Another possibility is the option of an "info-channel" (for example like Bloomberg TV), which can be filled remotely from anywhere in the world with the option of unlimited window screens for text (crawls, news windows, etc.), including one video screen.
We can also offer encryption services. We use Irdeto-2 DVB encryption which is widely used in Europe. Above that you cannot get a pirate-key for the encryption on the market - and we find that extremely important for TV stations.
Weather your channel is intended for cable re-transmission or for DTH, Hellas Sat 2 satellite combines high quality services at affordable prices. This new and powerful satellite (it requires only a 60cm antenna to receive the programmes) covers all of Europe and offers a cost-efficient solution.
