PBS & NPRTwo great contracts... Others will follow !
"Ottawa, January 04, 2010 – International Datacasting Corporation, (TSX:IDC) a global leader in the field of advanced video distribution networks, announced today that it has finalized a contract with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) for its Next Generation Interconnection System (NGIS). The contract is for a video distribution infrastructure that includes DVB-S2/IP satellite transmission equipment as well as dual redundant advanced satellite receivers with custom expanded storage capabilities for PBS’ approximately 180 Public TV licensees."
"January 11, 2010 – Washington, D.C. – NPR® has launched a multi-year project to upgrade or replace certain hardware and software components of the Public Radio Satellite System® (PRSS®). The PRSS transmits nearly 400,000 hours of programming annually from more than 200 producers to more than 800 public radio stations throughout the United States. NPR’s Distribution Division has managed this self-sustaining system since the PRSS’ inception in 1979, with funds for capital improvements and system replacement provided by Congress through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
The refurbishment project - known as “PRSS Forward” - will run through 2013 and utilize these funds to execute significant improvements to equipment provided to PRSS satellite interconnected stations nationwide and to internal PRSS systems. NPR will be replacing equipment at more than 400 downlink-equipped stations, and will be acquiring new equipment for the PRSS Network Operations Center (NOC) which will eventually be installed at a new NPR headquarters building in Washington, DC.
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As part of the project, NPR has reached agreement with its long-standing satellite equipment provider International Datacasting Corporation (IDC) of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to supply new head-end transmission equipment for the PRSS NOC, and to supply an initial order of new state-of-the-art station receivers."