INVACOM is an innovative manufacturer of LNBs and satellite accessories based in Stevenage, England. Founded in 2000 by two engineers, the company has experienced rapid sales growth, doubling yearly to an expected £11 million by March 2008. INVACOM designs proprietary LNB systems for satellite network operators worldwide. A key innovation is an LNB that transmits signals through fiber optic cable, enabling distribution to 32 users without amplification over long cable runs. This technology could significantly increase INVACOM's sales and disrupt the satellite industry.
Is The Television The Next Two Way Communication Tool March3John Gallagher
This document discusses the potential for televisions to become the next major two-way communication tool. It notes that communication applications are extending beyond enterprises to any device on any platform. While Steve Jobs previously said televisions are for turning your brain off, major companies like Cisco, LG and Samsung are entering the home telepresence market. Two-way communication capabilities on televisions could include uses like interactive reality shows, remote news reporting, and video conferencing. High-definition voice and video would provide high quality for these interactions. Standards and technologies have advanced to support transforming televisions into a new type of communication device.
Telmap began as a 16-year-old's idea and grew to become an Intel company. It reacted quickly to market developments, adopted an innovative culture, and chose partners wisely. This preparation allowed Telmap to seize opportunities in the mobile navigation and location-based services market. It started locally in Israel and expanded globally, serving over 7 million subscribers and driving 1 billion km per quarter by 2011 when it was acquired by Intel.
Community Marketing. The convergence of devices to engage audience more into experience based marketing activities.
Presented in Telkomsel Event together with Tomi Ahonnen in June 2009.
Consumer access to the Any where Network will boom during the next five years, and the biggest growth will be in wireless lines. But true Any where experiences will emerge not from wireless broadband, but from devices and services that can blend the ubiquity of wireless with the quality experiences of
fiber.
Yankee Group analysts Carl Howe and Christopher Collins discuss a new framework report and present on how consumer access to the Anywhere web is transforming the wireless device and service provider industries.
Preben Schack is a senior director at Cisco who focuses on service provider video technologies. The document discusses how the video industry is shifting from service providers to experience providers due to changes in technology, consumer behavior, and market dynamics. Specifically, it notes that online video traffic is growing rapidly and consumers want a unified video experience across multiple devices and platforms. This is driving providers to transform their business models and video value chains to offer more open, flexible, and monetized experiences and services.
This document summarizes a presentation on geofencing and location marketing success stories. It includes an agenda that discusses location technology, geofencing for mobile marketing, typical location marketing success stories, and best practices for geofencing. There are also polls included to gauge the audience's experience with location-based marketing. Examples of geofencing use cases and success stories from companies like The North Face and Molson Canadian are provided.
The document discusses the evolution of connected TV and the initiatives of Telkom Indonesia to meet customer demands in this area. It outlines how TV has evolved from traditional cable to integrated IP video experiences across multiple devices. It also discusses the challenges of connected TV relating to broadband connectivity, user experience, and content features. Customer demand is highlighted as being for time-shifted and on-demand content. Telkom's initiatives are presented as converging their services across platforms and devices to provide integrated multi-service experiences to customers on TV, PC and mobile through their SmartTV, TelkomVision and Speedy products and promotions.
Leveraging the promise of publishing and monetizing on the Mobile ecosystem w...Connected-Blog
Nicolás Amado, Leveraging the promise of publishing and monetizing on the Mobile ecosystem with Video and Apps, brightcove
M-Days 2013
Blog by Messe Frankfurt for the Digital Business:
http://connected.messefrankfurt.com/en/
Is The Television The Next Two Way Communication Tool March3John Gallagher
This document discusses the potential for televisions to become the next major two-way communication tool. It notes that communication applications are extending beyond enterprises to any device on any platform. While Steve Jobs previously said televisions are for turning your brain off, major companies like Cisco, LG and Samsung are entering the home telepresence market. Two-way communication capabilities on televisions could include uses like interactive reality shows, remote news reporting, and video conferencing. High-definition voice and video would provide high quality for these interactions. Standards and technologies have advanced to support transforming televisions into a new type of communication device.
Telmap began as a 16-year-old's idea and grew to become an Intel company. It reacted quickly to market developments, adopted an innovative culture, and chose partners wisely. This preparation allowed Telmap to seize opportunities in the mobile navigation and location-based services market. It started locally in Israel and expanded globally, serving over 7 million subscribers and driving 1 billion km per quarter by 2011 when it was acquired by Intel.
Community Marketing. The convergence of devices to engage audience more into experience based marketing activities.
Presented in Telkomsel Event together with Tomi Ahonnen in June 2009.
Consumer access to the Any where Network will boom during the next five years, and the biggest growth will be in wireless lines. But true Any where experiences will emerge not from wireless broadband, but from devices and services that can blend the ubiquity of wireless with the quality experiences of
fiber.
Yankee Group analysts Carl Howe and Christopher Collins discuss a new framework report and present on how consumer access to the Anywhere web is transforming the wireless device and service provider industries.
Preben Schack is a senior director at Cisco who focuses on service provider video technologies. The document discusses how the video industry is shifting from service providers to experience providers due to changes in technology, consumer behavior, and market dynamics. Specifically, it notes that online video traffic is growing rapidly and consumers want a unified video experience across multiple devices and platforms. This is driving providers to transform their business models and video value chains to offer more open, flexible, and monetized experiences and services.
This document summarizes a presentation on geofencing and location marketing success stories. It includes an agenda that discusses location technology, geofencing for mobile marketing, typical location marketing success stories, and best practices for geofencing. There are also polls included to gauge the audience's experience with location-based marketing. Examples of geofencing use cases and success stories from companies like The North Face and Molson Canadian are provided.
The document discusses the evolution of connected TV and the initiatives of Telkom Indonesia to meet customer demands in this area. It outlines how TV has evolved from traditional cable to integrated IP video experiences across multiple devices. It also discusses the challenges of connected TV relating to broadband connectivity, user experience, and content features. Customer demand is highlighted as being for time-shifted and on-demand content. Telkom's initiatives are presented as converging their services across platforms and devices to provide integrated multi-service experiences to customers on TV, PC and mobile through their SmartTV, TelkomVision and Speedy products and promotions.
Leveraging the promise of publishing and monetizing on the Mobile ecosystem w...Connected-Blog
Nicolás Amado, Leveraging the promise of publishing and monetizing on the Mobile ecosystem with Video and Apps, brightcove
M-Days 2013
Blog by Messe Frankfurt for the Digital Business:
http://connected.messefrankfurt.com/en/
GlobalInvacom adds terrestrial TV (DTT) signals to its fibre optic distribution system using new optical-to-RF converters. Testing showed the GTU converters transmitted DTT signals with nearly no degradation in signal quality over fibre. Both the QUAD GTU and QUATRO GTU performed excellently, maintaining high signal power and quality even when transmitting satellite and terrestrial signals simultaneously over long distances.
The document tests and evaluates multiple output LNB models from Technomate, including twin, quad, quattro, and octo models. The tests found that the Technomate models performed extraordinarily well, often topping the performance of the reference LNB. Both the standard and super high gain versions delivered strong signals with very good quality at their outputs. In conclusion, the Technomate LNBs performed the best seen in the lab tests.
The document provides a review of the Sonicview SV-360 Elite PVR satellite receiver. It describes the receiver's external features like its black front panel with chrome stripe and buttons. The rear panel connections include dual satellite inputs and outputs, RCA, S-video, component video, digital audio, USB and serial ports. The included remote is silver with illuminated buttons and can control other devices. The review tests the receiver's set up process, menu system, channel scanning and recording functions. In summary, the Sonicview SV-360 Elite PVR is a full-featured satellite DVR receiver.
1) Arion, a South Korean manufacturer of high-quality receivers, has relocated its headquarters to a new building that offers better working conditions for its 80 employees.
2) Arion's receivers are manufactured in southern China, with 30% of products going to India, 30% to South America, and 40% to other parts of Europe.
3) In 2009, Arion plans to expand further in Western Europe by launching new HD receivers, including a PVR-ready HDTV receiver and a receiver with an integrated hard disk.
The document provides a test report of the LEXIUM FastAlign 5110Pro satellite meter. It summarizes the key features of the meter, including its compact size, easy-to-use interface, and quick sweep technology. The report then demonstrates how to use the meter to quickly and accurately align a satellite dish to Galaxy 19 and Hispasat satellites in just a few steps by connecting the meter and following the positioning instructions it provides.
The document discusses new firmware for the AZBox ME receiver that includes a beta version of blind scan functionality. It describes how to flash the new firmware which involves accessing the receiver's built-in web interface via IP address to select the memory bank for installation. Flashing the firmware is a simple process but should not be interrupted. The updated firmware allows testing of the new blind scan mode for finding all active channels.
This document provides information about Skyworth, a Chinese manufacturer of televisions and set-top boxes. It discusses Skyworth's history and growth, noting they started researching satellite receivers in 1997. Currently, Skyworth manufactures over 8 million receivers per year. The document outlines Skyworth's focus on quality control, with extensive testing at each stage of production. It also notes Skyworth's large research and development team that works to incorporate new technologies into their products. Overall, the document highlights Skyworth's success in the receiver manufacturing industry due to their emphasis on quality control and innovation.
Luo Shi Gang is a prominent figure in China's satellite industry. He founded his company, Aluo-sat, in 1995 in Shenzhen to distribute satellite equipment and provide consulting services. Aluo-sat now employs 7 people to handle technical support, accounting, and sales. Luo enjoys traveling and meeting people in the satellite field to expand his network of contacts in China.
The document provides details about the Imperial DB 1 CI HDMI satellite receiver. It has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to set up and navigate channels. It can output video at 1080p resolution via HDMI. The receiver stores up to 5000 channels and allows organizing channels into lists. It has digital audio outputs, supports radio reception, and has a front display for viewing radio information without turning on the TV.
Globalsat, a Chinese OEM receiver manufacturer, is opening a new production facility that will increase its annual production capacity to 8 million units. It plans to double its sales to $150 million in 2011 by expanding into new markets in Europe and North America. The company was founded in 2004 and now employs over 100 engineers for research and development. It produces receivers for satellite TV, terrestrial TV, and IPTV, and will begin distributing products under its own brand name in 2012.
Viewtech is a satellite receiver manufacturer located in Oceanside, California. It operates out of a large, modern facility equipped with advanced technology. The company was founded in 2005 and has experienced annual sales growth of around $35 million in recent years. It employs 12 people and manufactures receivers under the Viewsat brand name for markets in the US and Latin America.
1. Panodic is a major receiver manufacturer in China with over 1200 production employees and 100 R&D engineers. It was founded in 1999 as MICO in Hong Kong and established its production facilities in Shenzhen and Bao'an District.
2. Panodic exports its DVB receivers under various brand names as an OEM and ODM manufacturer. It started exporting DVB-T receivers to Europe in 2005 and has since expanded its product line.
3. In addition to traditional satellite and terrestrial receivers, Panodic is developing new product lines including a combination DVB-S2/DVB-T receiver, an IPTV box, in-car DVB-T modules, and projectors. It aims
Nokia was once the dominant player in the mobile phone market but lost its position due to several strategic mistakes. It underestimated the importance of the transition to smartphones and competition from Apple and Android-powered phones. Nokia focused too much on hardware and marginalized software developers. It also took too long to realize it needed to innovate and adapt to shifting consumer demands for touchscreen smartphones. By the time Nokia partnered with Microsoft and launched Windows phones, it was too late as Android and iOS had already gained significant market share. Adapting to Android earlier may have helped Nokia compete better against Apple and Samsung.
YINHE is a major Chinese manufacturer of digital TV receivers and other electronics. It operates a large factory in Zhangjiagang, China with over 1,500 employees. YINHE produces millions of receivers annually and exports the majority overseas, with key markets in the Middle East, Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia. While primarily an ODM manufacturer for other brands, YINHE is exploring expanding its own brand internationally.
Red Giant Syndrome - How to turn around a tech juggernaut on the verge of imp...Jump Associates
We all know huge tech companies suffering from Red Giant Syndrome: Yahoo!, Research In Motion, AOL, Nokia. Companies, once dominant in their markets, that continue to sell a huge number of products and services yet are losing consumers and customers at an alarming rate. Barring radical change, each is bound to collapse within a few years.
We call this situation Red Giant Syndrome. The term, borrowed from astronomy, originally refers to when a star exhausts the supply of hydrogen that has sustained it for millions of years and begins gobble up any bits of matter it can convert into fuel to sustain its existence. Consequently, they grow to hundreds of times their original volume while dramatically dropping in density. Over time, this imbalance leads to collapse.
But it doesn't have to be that way. IBM and Apple - both once "Red Giants" - successfully came back from the verge of implosion. How did they do it? We explain the 3 critical steps in this Slideshare. To read the accompanying article, head over to Forbes. http://blogs.forbes.com/jump/
Design by: Laura Polkus, http://www.laurapolkus.com
Advances in technology 2010 to 2040 and beyond 22Gabriela Otto
Marvin Cetron's document discusses advances in technology from 2010 to 2040 and beyond. It summarizes a timeline of future technologies developed by Ian Pearson that includes artificial precipitation control by 2025, self-driving cars giving tours by the early 2020s, and the first trips to orbiting hotels by the late 2020s or early 2030s. The document also notes how technology acceleration has shortened product cycles from 40 years in the early 20th century to just 6 months for most consumer products today.
Robby Dosetareh founded WS International in 2001 and has grown it into a successful wholesaler and manufacturer of satellite components. He opened a second office in Pacoima, California in 2010 to better serve the western US and Canada. WS International now produces LNBs, dishes, receivers and other accessories under their own Lexium brand. Robby plans to continue expanding internationally and entering new markets like IPTV.
Global Satellite is a satellite equipment retailer located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The company's president and CEO, Martin Fierstone, founded the business in 2001 after moving to Florida from France. Global Satellite started with four employees and has since grown to eight employees. While satellite TV equipment makes up about 10% of sales, most revenue comes from satellite phones, internet systems, and GPS units. As Fort Lauderdale is home to many luxury yachts, it is a good location for Global Satellite to sell satellite equipment to vessels.
- Paul Pickering founded Horizon in 2001 and has since expanded their offerings to include signal analyzers for all DVB sectors through numerous new products.
- Horizon started by manufacturing satellite signal analyzers but now provides products covering all DVB frequency ranges, exporting to every country.
- They focus on reliable and easy-to-use signal analyzers for installers, with Technical Director Paul Hardcastle and Technical Manager Rob Sydee leading development of new analyzers.
Mobileye's products were recently showcased in Europe, Asia, and South America, expanding their cooperation with partners. They welcomed a new marketing manager and signed an agreement with a German PR company to promote Mobileye in the German market. Mobileye also held a seminar with their partner Movon outside Seoul to demonstrate their systems to the Korean automotive industry.
1) Bomare Company is an Algerian manufacturer of TV sets and satellite receivers located near Algiers that began operations in 2001 assembling digital receivers.
2) It has since expanded to produce its own LCD TVs, HD receivers, and other products under the Stream System brand for the Algerian market.
3) Looking to expand exports, Bomare Company visited TELE-satellite to showcase its production facility and quality control processes and express its capabilities and interest in becoming an OEM or ODM partner for European manufacturers and distributors.
GlobalInvacom adds terrestrial TV (DTT) signals to its fibre optic distribution system using new optical-to-RF converters. Testing showed the GTU converters transmitted DTT signals with nearly no degradation in signal quality over fibre. Both the QUAD GTU and QUATRO GTU performed excellently, maintaining high signal power and quality even when transmitting satellite and terrestrial signals simultaneously over long distances.
The document tests and evaluates multiple output LNB models from Technomate, including twin, quad, quattro, and octo models. The tests found that the Technomate models performed extraordinarily well, often topping the performance of the reference LNB. Both the standard and super high gain versions delivered strong signals with very good quality at their outputs. In conclusion, the Technomate LNBs performed the best seen in the lab tests.
The document provides a review of the Sonicview SV-360 Elite PVR satellite receiver. It describes the receiver's external features like its black front panel with chrome stripe and buttons. The rear panel connections include dual satellite inputs and outputs, RCA, S-video, component video, digital audio, USB and serial ports. The included remote is silver with illuminated buttons and can control other devices. The review tests the receiver's set up process, menu system, channel scanning and recording functions. In summary, the Sonicview SV-360 Elite PVR is a full-featured satellite DVR receiver.
1) Arion, a South Korean manufacturer of high-quality receivers, has relocated its headquarters to a new building that offers better working conditions for its 80 employees.
2) Arion's receivers are manufactured in southern China, with 30% of products going to India, 30% to South America, and 40% to other parts of Europe.
3) In 2009, Arion plans to expand further in Western Europe by launching new HD receivers, including a PVR-ready HDTV receiver and a receiver with an integrated hard disk.
The document provides a test report of the LEXIUM FastAlign 5110Pro satellite meter. It summarizes the key features of the meter, including its compact size, easy-to-use interface, and quick sweep technology. The report then demonstrates how to use the meter to quickly and accurately align a satellite dish to Galaxy 19 and Hispasat satellites in just a few steps by connecting the meter and following the positioning instructions it provides.
The document discusses new firmware for the AZBox ME receiver that includes a beta version of blind scan functionality. It describes how to flash the new firmware which involves accessing the receiver's built-in web interface via IP address to select the memory bank for installation. Flashing the firmware is a simple process but should not be interrupted. The updated firmware allows testing of the new blind scan mode for finding all active channels.
This document provides information about Skyworth, a Chinese manufacturer of televisions and set-top boxes. It discusses Skyworth's history and growth, noting they started researching satellite receivers in 1997. Currently, Skyworth manufactures over 8 million receivers per year. The document outlines Skyworth's focus on quality control, with extensive testing at each stage of production. It also notes Skyworth's large research and development team that works to incorporate new technologies into their products. Overall, the document highlights Skyworth's success in the receiver manufacturing industry due to their emphasis on quality control and innovation.
Luo Shi Gang is a prominent figure in China's satellite industry. He founded his company, Aluo-sat, in 1995 in Shenzhen to distribute satellite equipment and provide consulting services. Aluo-sat now employs 7 people to handle technical support, accounting, and sales. Luo enjoys traveling and meeting people in the satellite field to expand his network of contacts in China.
The document provides details about the Imperial DB 1 CI HDMI satellite receiver. It has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to set up and navigate channels. It can output video at 1080p resolution via HDMI. The receiver stores up to 5000 channels and allows organizing channels into lists. It has digital audio outputs, supports radio reception, and has a front display for viewing radio information without turning on the TV.
Globalsat, a Chinese OEM receiver manufacturer, is opening a new production facility that will increase its annual production capacity to 8 million units. It plans to double its sales to $150 million in 2011 by expanding into new markets in Europe and North America. The company was founded in 2004 and now employs over 100 engineers for research and development. It produces receivers for satellite TV, terrestrial TV, and IPTV, and will begin distributing products under its own brand name in 2012.
Viewtech is a satellite receiver manufacturer located in Oceanside, California. It operates out of a large, modern facility equipped with advanced technology. The company was founded in 2005 and has experienced annual sales growth of around $35 million in recent years. It employs 12 people and manufactures receivers under the Viewsat brand name for markets in the US and Latin America.
1. Panodic is a major receiver manufacturer in China with over 1200 production employees and 100 R&D engineers. It was founded in 1999 as MICO in Hong Kong and established its production facilities in Shenzhen and Bao'an District.
2. Panodic exports its DVB receivers under various brand names as an OEM and ODM manufacturer. It started exporting DVB-T receivers to Europe in 2005 and has since expanded its product line.
3. In addition to traditional satellite and terrestrial receivers, Panodic is developing new product lines including a combination DVB-S2/DVB-T receiver, an IPTV box, in-car DVB-T modules, and projectors. It aims
Nokia was once the dominant player in the mobile phone market but lost its position due to several strategic mistakes. It underestimated the importance of the transition to smartphones and competition from Apple and Android-powered phones. Nokia focused too much on hardware and marginalized software developers. It also took too long to realize it needed to innovate and adapt to shifting consumer demands for touchscreen smartphones. By the time Nokia partnered with Microsoft and launched Windows phones, it was too late as Android and iOS had already gained significant market share. Adapting to Android earlier may have helped Nokia compete better against Apple and Samsung.
YINHE is a major Chinese manufacturer of digital TV receivers and other electronics. It operates a large factory in Zhangjiagang, China with over 1,500 employees. YINHE produces millions of receivers annually and exports the majority overseas, with key markets in the Middle East, Europe, Australia, and Southeast Asia. While primarily an ODM manufacturer for other brands, YINHE is exploring expanding its own brand internationally.
Red Giant Syndrome - How to turn around a tech juggernaut on the verge of imp...Jump Associates
We all know huge tech companies suffering from Red Giant Syndrome: Yahoo!, Research In Motion, AOL, Nokia. Companies, once dominant in their markets, that continue to sell a huge number of products and services yet are losing consumers and customers at an alarming rate. Barring radical change, each is bound to collapse within a few years.
We call this situation Red Giant Syndrome. The term, borrowed from astronomy, originally refers to when a star exhausts the supply of hydrogen that has sustained it for millions of years and begins gobble up any bits of matter it can convert into fuel to sustain its existence. Consequently, they grow to hundreds of times their original volume while dramatically dropping in density. Over time, this imbalance leads to collapse.
But it doesn't have to be that way. IBM and Apple - both once "Red Giants" - successfully came back from the verge of implosion. How did they do it? We explain the 3 critical steps in this Slideshare. To read the accompanying article, head over to Forbes. http://blogs.forbes.com/jump/
Design by: Laura Polkus, http://www.laurapolkus.com
Advances in technology 2010 to 2040 and beyond 22Gabriela Otto
Marvin Cetron's document discusses advances in technology from 2010 to 2040 and beyond. It summarizes a timeline of future technologies developed by Ian Pearson that includes artificial precipitation control by 2025, self-driving cars giving tours by the early 2020s, and the first trips to orbiting hotels by the late 2020s or early 2030s. The document also notes how technology acceleration has shortened product cycles from 40 years in the early 20th century to just 6 months for most consumer products today.
Robby Dosetareh founded WS International in 2001 and has grown it into a successful wholesaler and manufacturer of satellite components. He opened a second office in Pacoima, California in 2010 to better serve the western US and Canada. WS International now produces LNBs, dishes, receivers and other accessories under their own Lexium brand. Robby plans to continue expanding internationally and entering new markets like IPTV.
Global Satellite is a satellite equipment retailer located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The company's president and CEO, Martin Fierstone, founded the business in 2001 after moving to Florida from France. Global Satellite started with four employees and has since grown to eight employees. While satellite TV equipment makes up about 10% of sales, most revenue comes from satellite phones, internet systems, and GPS units. As Fort Lauderdale is home to many luxury yachts, it is a good location for Global Satellite to sell satellite equipment to vessels.
- Paul Pickering founded Horizon in 2001 and has since expanded their offerings to include signal analyzers for all DVB sectors through numerous new products.
- Horizon started by manufacturing satellite signal analyzers but now provides products covering all DVB frequency ranges, exporting to every country.
- They focus on reliable and easy-to-use signal analyzers for installers, with Technical Director Paul Hardcastle and Technical Manager Rob Sydee leading development of new analyzers.
Mobileye's products were recently showcased in Europe, Asia, and South America, expanding their cooperation with partners. They welcomed a new marketing manager and signed an agreement with a German PR company to promote Mobileye in the German market. Mobileye also held a seminar with their partner Movon outside Seoul to demonstrate their systems to the Korean automotive industry.
1) Bomare Company is an Algerian manufacturer of TV sets and satellite receivers located near Algiers that began operations in 2001 assembling digital receivers.
2) It has since expanded to produce its own LCD TVs, HD receivers, and other products under the Stream System brand for the Algerian market.
3) Looking to expand exports, Bomare Company visited TELE-satellite to showcase its production facility and quality control processes and express its capabilities and interest in becoming an OEM or ODM partner for European manufacturers and distributors.
AMIKO is a Hungarian manufacturer of digital TV receivers. It was founded in 2010 by two partners with previous experience in the satellite industry. AMIKO began as a satellite equipment wholesaler but now focuses on its own receiver brands, AMIKO for retail and SYNAPS for operators. Receivers are assembled in Budapest using components from Chinese supplier FULAN. AMIKO expects its own brands will account for 70% of sales in 2011 as it has established production, quality control processes and a growing central European customer base.
BlackBerry was once a dominant player in the mobile industry, popularizing on-the-go email and messaging. However, it failed to adapt to the rise of touchscreen smartphones led by Apple's iPhone. BlackBerry stuck to physical keyboards and its proprietary OS rather than adopting multi-touch screens and more open platforms. As a result, it rapidly lost market share as consumers and developers shifted to Android and iOS alternatives. Kodak similarly dominated the photography industry for decades but was slow to transition to digital. It missed opportunities in digital cameras and struggled to change its business model away from film as digital photography grew. Both companies' inability to adapt their business strategies and technologies in response to market changes ultimately led to their decline.
Aim Proximity Location Based Services WhitepaperIan Hulme
This document discusses the rise of location-based services enabled by smartphones and other portable devices. It outlines how these services allow users to share their location and experiences through social networks and check-in platforms like Foursquare. The document also explores how location data can be used for geo-tagging, geo-networking, and geo-targeting content and ads to users based on their real-time location.
GlobalInvacom is a UK-based fiber optic manufacturer that developed FiberIRS, a technology for distributing satellite signals via fiber optic cables. Since its introduction 5 years ago, FiberIRS has connected over 2 million households. GlobalInvacom continues improving FiberIRS, allowing it to now support up to 4,096 connections from a single satellite dish. The company has grown significantly, with 1,600 employees working across multiple offices and 14 engineers dedicated to further developing FiberIRS. GlobalInvacom is working on new products to transmit more signal types over fiber optic networks and make installation easier.
INPA is a Turkish company founded in 2001 that produces satellite and terrestrial receivers and multiswitches under their own INPAX brand name. They started by importing multiswitches from China and selling them in Turkey, achieving $500,000 in sales their first year. In 2007 they introduced their first self-produced satellite receiver, the X-2007 FTA, selling 40,000 units in the first year, primarily to Middle Eastern markets. Production has increased yearly, with an expected 550,000 units in 2012, half of which will be DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 HD models. Approximately 75% of INPA's products are exported, with major markets being Iran, Iraq, Greece, and
This document discusses the rise of location-based services enabled by smartphones and other portable devices. It outlines how these services allow users to share their location and experiences in real-time within social networks. Three leading location-based apps - Foursquare, Gowalla and Brightkite - are profiled. The implications for advertisers, marketers and businesses to engage customers based on their location are also examined.
This document discusses the rise of location-based services enabled by smartphones and other portable devices. It outlines how these services allow users to share their location and experiences in real-time within social networks. Three leading location-based social platforms - Foursquare, Gowalla and Brightkite - are profiled. The implications of precise user location data and growing mobile internet adoption are that location-based services have huge potential for advertising, content and commerce.
The document tests and reviews the Moi Plus streaming box by TBS, which acts as a central DVB receiver that can distribute TV and radio signals via a home network to multiple devices. Key features include its small size, ability to be located remotely from TVs, support for wireless and wired networking, and integration of tuners. It comes preinstalled with the Tvheadend software, which allows automatic channel scanning, creation of customized channel lists for each user, electronic program guide functionality, and recording of content to external USB drives connected to the Moi Plus box. The review concludes the Moi Plus and Tvheadend together provide a versatile whole-home digital TV solution.
The Tekniksat optical distribution system can deliver 4 satellite signals and 1 terrestrial signal to hundreds of receivers with equal signal quality at all outputs. It uses an optical transmitter to convert the signals to a single optical signal, an optical splitter to divide the signal, and an optical multiswitch to convert it back and distribute to subscribers. Testing showed the system maintained sufficient gain and only minimally impacted signal quality even when splitting the signal across 320 receivers. It is recommended for efficiently distributing signals to a large number of subscribers.
The document reviews the Satlink WS6979HD signal analyzer. It has a high-resolution screen, HDMI output, long battery life, and supports DVB-S2 and DVB-T2. The device has comprehensive measurement and analysis functions for satellite and terrestrial signals. It also functions much like a standard satellite receiver, with features like an editable channel list and electronic program guide. Overall, the Satlink WS6979HD is a fully-featured, high-quality signal meter suitable for both professional and amateur use.
The document summarizes a mobile app called Satbeams that helps users align satellite dishes. It allows users to check if a satellite is receivable at their location and see satellite footprints offline. The app displays satellites on a virtual sky and calculates azimuth and elevation. It relies on an extensive satellite database but lacks daily frequency lists. Overall, the app provides a valuable tool for easily determining satellite reception and positioning dishes.
The document discusses the Logitech Harmony Smart Control system, which allows a smartphone or tablet to replace all original remote controls. It utilizes a hub connected to devices via infrared and Bluetooth. The hub also connects to the local WiFi network to handle commands from the Harmony app. The app can control up to eight devices at once and remembers pre-programmed command sequences. Gestures on the app allow for easy control of functions like volume. The system was able to successfully control all devices tested, including receivers, Blu-Ray players, an Apple TV, and gaming consoles.
Jim Edstein operates a large satellite reception system from the remote mountains of Taiwan to provide streaming services around the world. He first set up systems for expats to watch channels from home, then began streaming channels over the Internet in 2006. With fast, unlimited fiber Internet access in his area, he is now able to stream over 1000 TB of data per month to 90 point-to-point customers and host equipment for 7 additional customers. Operating from a small town in Taiwan, he distributes international TV channels globally via Internet streaming.
TELE-audiovision is a digital TV industry publication established in 1981 that is headquartered in Munich, Germany. It is published by TELE-audiovision Magazine GmbH and edited by Alexander Wiese. The publication has a readership of over 350,000 digital TV professionals worldwide. The current issue discusses the shift from coaxial cable to fiber optic technology for satellite signal distribution. Fiber optic distribution eliminates limitations of cable length and number of distribution points. It also means each user has access to the full satellite bandwidth at all times. The editor notes that while coaxial cable faces issues like signal attenuation related to frequency, fiber optic technology is not impacted by these factors.
The document discusses a DekTec DTA-2115 PCI Express card that can generate test signals for terrestrial, cable, and satellite receivers using a single PC card. It has an extremely wide frequency range from 32 MHz to 2186 MHz and supports virtually all digital modulation standards. This makes it very useful for testing receivers and troubleshooting reception issues. The card's software allows the user to adjust various signal parameters like modulation, frequency, error injection and signal quality to simulate real-world conditions.
The document provides a review of the SATFINDER 5 HD Slim handheld satellite meter from Alpsat Elektronik. It is small, lightweight device that features a high-resolution color display, integrated battery, and ability to simultaneously measure up to four transponders. The meter has a comprehensive pre-programmed database of satellites, transponders and channels. It allows for fine-tuning of dish alignment through features like cross-polarization measurement and constellation diagrams. The review concludes the SATFINDER 5 HD Slim is an extremely responsive meter for evaluating satellite signals.
The document is the May-June 2015 issue of TELE-audiovision Magazine, the world's leading digital TV industry publication. The issue includes test reports on new satellite equipment from companies like TEKNIKSAT, SATLINK, TENOW, and SATBEAMS. It also features articles on the growing use of fibre-optic technology for signal distribution, a profile of a Taiwanese satellite enthusiast, an overview of notable satellite uplink stations, and the history of TELE-audiovision magazine.
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1. COMPANY REPORT LNB and Accessory Manufacturer INVACOM
Innovation + Communication =
INVACOM GLOBAL
Alexander Wiese
It’s not
exactly grammati-
cally correct, but INVACOM’s name is
derived from those two words: Innovation and Com-
munication. The second word is directly connected with satellite com-
▲
munication and the first word, well, that’s actually what we wanted to find out. What is so
innovative with INVACOM? To learn more, we took a trip to Stevenage in England north of INVACOM
recently moved into this
London. Stevenage was at one time the location of England’s largest aircraft manufacturer;
office complex that from the outside looks unre-
today you will find a large shopping center much like those you’d find in the USA. In the markable - their previous location, not far from here,
same area it is also where you will find INVACOM. had become too small. Jerry Vaughan’s Mitsubishi
pickup truck sits here in a visitor’s parking space. He’s
The company has been around since the company GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS in a fisherman and often travels to the country with this
truck.
year 2000. It was founded by two Microwave his garage; a company, which specializes
Engineers, Gary Stafford and Dave Smith, in the manufacture of satellite accessories. the future of individual components would
who previously worked for Marconi, where GLOBAL’s first successful product in 1984 become very critical. The start of a new LNB
they developed LNBs. They recognized was a Magic switch that back then was used manufacturer such as INVACOM opened a
the large Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) to switch between polarizations; DiSEqC completely new perspective for him. Roger
market and decided to take their ideas and switches and other products, such as the Pannell has now taken a five year sabbati-
further develop them on their own. They tvLINK, came later on. cal, leaving his position in the capable hands
picked up a significant investor in Roger of Tony Taylor, the new Managing Director
Pannell, who, in 1984, literally founded the Roger certainly had the ability to look of Global Communications.
ahead; in the year 2000 he recognized that Ro g e r
▲
A look at the courtyard. The door to the right leads
to INVACOM’s warehouse. After the merger between
INVACOM and GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS in early
2007, all of their products reach their customers from
this warehouse, previously operated by another com-
pany.
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2. Sales and Marketing Department while John have. And that’s when the bundled fibre
Parfitt manages production. optic cable appeared from behind Jerry’s
Jerry Vaughan gave us a few more details: back. Now what could this be all about?
“Today INVACOM has 23 employees of which In fact, Jerry next showed us an LNB
four are Directors, 10 are Design Engineers, with a fibre optic connection. Excuse me? A
five are in production, two are in the ware- what? Did I wake up in a space ship? Am
house and logistics and two more in sales I still on Earth? Jerry laughed. “One of our
and management.” founders, Gary Stafford, came up with this
Jerry told us even more, namely the idea in early 2007.”
unusual but gratifying increase in sales
figures: “In the fiscal year from April 2005 The question of whether this is even
to March 2006 we had sales of 2.1 million technically possible was in the meantime
Pounds, a year later, that is, up to March answered; the first prototypes already exist.
2007 it was 7 million Pounds, by the end of More development work needs to be done
March 2008 we expect it to be 11 million but the system should be on the market by
Pounds.” the Spring of 2008.
The most significant advantage of a fibre
Sales figures that double every year? Can optic system is the extremely small signal
that be? We were skeptical, and this is where loss. At this point in its development, the
▲ Jerry introduced us the innovations at INVA- signal can be split up to 32 times allowing
One of the success products from GLOBAL COM- COM: INVACOM developed special LNBs with up to 32 users to be connected without the
MUNICATIONS, originally an INVACOM partner, or without transceiver and also for Ku-band need for any intermediate signal amplifica-
and now melded into INVACOM: a DiSEqC switch
or Ka-band for leading VSAT Network opera- tion. Even the question ‘how long a cable
for a US PayTV provider. 10 million of these com-
tors world wide. run can you have?’ really no longer comes
ponents were produced and shipped by June
2005. It is, however, a product without much One model in addition to the LNB, also into play: because of the negligible signal
future: today DiSEqC switches are integrated in includes an OMT and wave guide. These sys- loss, cable runs can be quite long.
combination LNBs. tems are proprietary and are only offered by Andrew, INVACOM’s fibre Project Manager,
providers in connection with a service pack- explains the technology: “The two polariza-
age. For INVACOM they are products that tion levels are stacked on top of each other,
removed himself from active participation in
significantly increased sales. that is, we use a bandwidth of 1 to 5 GHz in
the company and is currently expending his
On closer inspection we noticed that much the transmission laser in the LNB.”
time and energy with aid projects in Africa.
of their sales goes to the USA. Jerry ana-
It is an extraordinary gesture from a man
lyzed it for us geographically: “In 2007 55% Two-way and four-way splitters are used
who never took his personal success for
of our sales went to the USA, 30% ended up to distribute the fibre optic signal and spe-
granted and gives some back in an effort to
in Europe and 15% went to Asia.” cial wall plates are used to link the fibre
make the world a better place.
For 2008 these numbers will spread even optic cable to a standard satellite receiver.
further apart: “65% to the USA”, Jerry is These wall plates convert the receiver’s con-
After GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS entered
confident since the majority of the orders trol signals for use in the fibre optic cable.
the picture financially as a part owner of
are already in place, “15% to Europe and “Why does this LNB still have an ‘F’ con-
INVACOM, the first product appeared on
20% to Asia.” nector?” we asked innocently enough. “The
the market: an LNB especially designed for
LNB gets its power through this connector,”
Channel Master UK.
The management at INVACOM is well explains Andrew, “because power can’t be
In 2003 the ownership team expanded
aware of the dependency on a few large delivered via a fibre optic cable.” But, of
even more: Jerry Vaughan took over the
customers and the negative effects this can course.
The use of fibre optic cables to carry sat-
ellite signals is so new that we never even
considered the consequences.
This technology is highly interesting and
was conceived with the future in mind. No
longer any attenuation: extremely long dis-
tances can now be spanned! Star distribu-
tion systems are a thing of the past! Fibre
optic cables are much thinner than coax
cables! If you bundle a number of fiber optic
cables together, a large number of satellite
signals can thus be accessed.
Much of this is still in the future. One
advantage is that pre prepared fibre optic
cables can be used. Regardless of how long
▲
Tony Taylor is Managing Director. Tony, who lived for many years
in France and Germany and who speaks both languages fluently, is
showing us here the Award INVACOM received from ASTRA for the
development of the fibre optic technology.
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shouldn’t, then it won’t take long before receivers will come with
the necessary fibre optic connection for the LNB.
This should all be very thoroughly thought out; what could the Jerry Vaughan will be introducing these fibre optic LNBs at the NEW
consequences of this technology be? What, for example, will become GLOBAL INVACOM booth.
of the looped-through output? And what about two, three, four, five Despite this exceptionally new technology, there are still more
or six receiver systems when it will be so easy for the satellite signal innovations with Invacom. A high-performance switch will be intro-
to be multiplied? duced in an upcoming issue of TELE-satellite and in a subsequent
issue a stacker will be highlighted: it will take a polarization level
TELE-satellite will be reporting on this system in their upcoming and give it a frequency shift resulting in some interesting possibili-
04/2008 issue. Until then, ready-to-use components from the regu- ties.
lar manufacturing line will be available. If you want to get a look
at this new technology yourself, simply pay a visit to ANGA 2008 - INVACOM: this company certainly lives up to its name!
▲ ▲
Jerry in his Command Central. The in-house safety people were undoubt- Even the electronics in the LNB is simulated. Adrian Brixton is seen here
edly right in insisting that the laptop be mounted on a pedestal so that the with a PCB simulator. He designs the circuit concept and then uses the PC
display would be at eye-level for the user. Sue Twomey, in the background, to determine if it will function as planned in the real world.
works with Jerry handling marketing and management affairs.
▲ ▲
How do you test the concept of your LNB? Today, this is also handled elec- INVACOM products are manufactured in China under constant supervision.
tronically. Chris Timmins demonstrates the “HF Structure Simulator” soft- Thanks to Skype, this is today no longer a cost issue: INVACOM telephones
ware: it simulates the behavior of an LNB and its feed. Here, Chris is in the manufacturer every morning to discuss the day’s production. One Inter-
the process of optimizing the polarizer of an LNB model. He adjusts a few net server is constantly fed with live production data that INVACOM perma-
parameters, simulates a satellite signal and checks for any improvement. nently has at their fingertips. But virtual values must also be checked in
the real world. Here we see Andy Bolt checking out the LOF of a recently
delivered LNB: everything looks OK, the spektrum analyzer shows a spike
at 9.75 GHz; a push of a switch and the spike now sits at 10.6 GHz. Perfect!
4. Here INVACOM is constructing the future
Dave Smith is Technical Director and one of
the three founders of INVACOM
Andrew is INVACOM’s Fibre Project Manager. Mike checks out the prototypes. Here
He has the stressful job of building a new we see a sample product: an artificially
future: linking the LNB with fibre optic produced satellite signal is sent over
cables. a 30-meter long fibre optic cable to a
converter. He uses a test probe to deter-
mine if the original signals arrive at the
Gary Stafford, a.k.a. ‘the crazy professor’, analyzers within tolerance.
is Managing Director and another founder
of INVACOM
This is what the wall plate prototype
looks like: the fibre optic input is on
the front while the standard connec-
tion for a receiver coax cable is on the
back. As you can see, the wall plate
needs power. In actual use later, the
wall plate will get its power from the
satellite receiver’s LNB input.
John Parfitt is Operating Officer and joined
INVACOM in 2003 as a partner. He previously
worked for Marconi and Channel Master.
The future has already
started and TELE-satel-
lite readers already know
more: here is the first
prototype of an LNB with
a fibre optic connection.
The “F” connector is only
used to supply the LNB
with power.
Roger Pannell made their success possible:
he invested in INVACOM and later merged
his company GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS
with INVACOM. GLOBAL COMMUNICA-
TIONS operates from another location and
deals with accessories such as DiSEqC
switches. GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS lists
45 employees, but the warehouse and ship-
ping are managed centrally by INVACOM.
Jerry Vaughan has been an INVACOM part-
ner since 2003. He is a marketing oldtimer
with 30 years of experience of which 15
years were with SIS, Hughes Network Sys-
tems and Red Wing Satellite Solutions, an
uplink provider.
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