Television Jamaica Goes Live With COMARK’s Fully Integrated ATSC 3.0 Solution
Once logged in you can set content preferences to let us know what you are interested in and whether you want to receive email from us.
Already Registered? Login
COMARK delivered an E-Compact air-cooled UHF transmitter system along with a Dielectric Communications panel array transmit antenna for this initial over-the-air service in Kingston. The E-Compact transmitter family features asymmetric broadband Doherty amplifier technology for maximum power efficiency. The E-Compact product line also features the EXACT-V2 IP Optimized DTV exciter that is fully compatible with ATSC 3.0.
Comark Digital Services (CDS) provided the end-to-end “IP-enabled” workflow of ATSC 3.0 headend equipment. The CDS solution features the ATEME TITAN Live software-based encoding solution, which is configured with 4x HEVC encoded video services. Since the system is server based, additional encoding licenses can be added should more capacity be needed at any time in the future. The solution also includes Triveni Digital’s GuideBuilder XM ATSC 3.0 Transport Encoder with NextGen TV signaling, NRT* 1, and ROUTE*2 encoding capabilities. Triveni Digital’s ATSC 3.0 Broadcast Gateway system simplifies the implementation and management of revenue-enhancing ATSC 3.0 services for Television Jamaica. Finally, Television Jamaica is using Triveni Digital’s StreamScope XM Analyzer for ATSC 3.0 testing and monitoring. CDS provided equipment integration, service level agreement, remote installation, and training services to the TVJ staff.
“TVJ came to COMARK in late November and questioned if we could deploy a complete ATSC 3.0 solution with an on-air deadline of January 31, 2022” states Joe Turbolski, VP of Sales and Marketing at COMARK. “We prepared the UHF transmitter and worked with our partners to line up the necessary equipment to make this happen. Using CDS, which was re-launched in 2018 to assist customers with the migration to NextGen TV, we continue to provide market-leading solutions with best-of-breed technology and system expertise for ATSC 3.0 projects.”
“We are proud to be part of a history making event in Jamaica by being the first local FTA station to be broadcasting in HD using the ATSC 3.0 technology and COMARK’s quick response to a very tight deadline was very instrumental in making this happen” states Michael P. Henlin, Chief Technology Officer at RJRGLEANER Communications Group.
*1 NRT (Non-Real-Time). It is content Delivery standard that has a backwards-compatible enhancement for digital TV broadcasting.
*2 ROUTE (Real-time Object delivery over Unidirectional Transport). Its protocol is used to deliver content packaged in MPEG DASH Segment.
You might also like...
The Battle To Beat Content Piracy
OTT operators need heightened awareness of how to manage the threat of piracy. But OTT also offers a promise: with the right legal framework, the available technical solutions could bring video piracy to dramatically lower levels.
The Meaning Of Metadata
Metadata is increasingly used to automate media management, from creation and acquisition to increasingly granular delivery channels and everything in-between. There’s nothing much new about metadata—it predated digital media by decades—but it is poised to become pivotal in …
The Future Of Sports Media & Fan Engagement
This is a story about the COO of a media business, that shines a light on the thinking underway at the leading edge of the media industry, where the balance shift from Linear Broadcasting to D2C Streaming is firmly…
The Streaming Tsunami: The Necessary Evolution Of The TV (From A Broadcaster Perspective) - Part 3
Here we conclude our discussion of the immense challenges presented by an ecosystem of end user devices that is already at 13K + devices and growing continually.
FEMA Experimenting At IPAWS TSSF
When government agencies get involved, prepare for new acronyms.