Ground services

Comprehensive signal processing, turnaround, uplinking and playout services

Through its facilities and those of its partners, ASTRA provides a complete range of ground services for media broadcast and contribution. From content aggregation and signal processing, to encryption and playout, we can provide you with all of the services you need to get your content ready for broadcast.

Services provided:

Standards conversion;
Encoding;
Programme playout
Application playout
Content hosting
Processing of DVB-SI metadata;
Broadcasting event information along with the broadcast stream;
Digital multiplexing services, including statistical multiplexing;
Hosting of customer equipment;
Encrypted platforms.

Features and Benefits:

Teleports and playout centres located in the heart of Europe;
Terrestrial links to tier-one carriers;
Video editing and playout facilities.

ASTRA Platform Services (APS)

Located in Unterföhring, Germany, APS offers one of the most modern technical platforms in Europe, through which TV programmes, radio channels and data services have been transmitted in DVB since 1996. The market leader in offering digital programmes in Germany, APS applies extensive know-how about pay-TV broadcast to address customers' specific requirements.

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