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General information:
Phone +352 710 725 1

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Phone+352 710 725 650

Ground services

Comprehensive signal processing, turnaround, uplinking and play-out services.

ASTRA offers a complete range of ground services for media broadcast and contribution. We can provide all the services you need to get your content ready for broadcast. From content aggregation and signal processing to encryption and play-out.

Service examples

  • standards conversion
  • encoding
  • programme play-out
  • application play-out
  • 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
  • turnaround services

 

Features and benefits

  • teleports and playout centres located in ASTRA core markets
  • terrestrial links to tier-one carriers (main internet providers)
  • video editing and play-out facilities
  • redundancy for all vital parts and availability of 99.99%
  • teleports are manned 24/7
  • flexibility in terms of satellite capacity, from low bit rate to full transponder

 

ASTRA Platform Services (APS)
APS is located in Unterföhring, Germany, and offers one of the most modern technical platforms in Europe. It has been transmitting TV programmes, radio channels and data services in DVB since 1996. It is Germany’s market leader in digital programming and applies its extensive know-how in pay-TV broadcasting to address customers' specific requirements.