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TANDBERG Television DSNG Solutions

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TANDBERG philosophy for DSNG

• Protect customers investment• Base the product around a very flexible chassis• Offer a wide range of option cards to let system grow• Don’t follow our competitors who provide poor upgradeability and like to obsolete

products quickly! • Do engineer new option cards to make even older systems upgradeable to the latest

technologies• Provide a full migration path to HD, DVB-S2 and other latest developments• Provide first class support specially tailored to Mobile customers (Advance Loan

scheme)• Make a TANDBERG DSNG the customers first choice by being outstanding in the

key areas of technical performance, quality and value!


TANDBERG DSNG design principles

• All models based upon our standard broadcast MPEG-2 encoder platform• Same core software for all products• Same core hardware platform for all products• Using common hardware and software provides greater reliability and easier

maintainance than a multiple-product portfolio with many hardware and software varients

• One software version across the range recognises the option cards in the chassis and presents the appropriate options and menus.

• This approach provides the customer with almost infinite upgradeability as well as a very long product lifespan.


E5710 / E5720 MPEG-2 SD Encoder

• The E5710 and E5720 are the 1 and 2U encoder base platforms that form the basis of the DSNG range.

• 1U model has 2 option card slots; 2U model has 6

• Foundation for a great DSNG is a great encoder! TANDBERG encoders are the best.

• Best SD MPEG-2 CBR encoding based on TANDBERG Televisions World beating “home grown” dual pass compression algorithm

• Enabling many applications– Advanced features enabling high quality

Contribution and Distribution– Lowest bit rate CBR MPEG-2 for max reach

IPTV– Low latency modes for 2-way interview

situations• Flexibility

– Wide range of software and hardware options– Telco interfaces– Upgradeable to MPEG-4 & VC-1

• Standard Features include– SDI & CVBS Input– Two Stereo Pairs– Support for ATSC requirements– Web Browser R/C– 2RU E5720 front panel monitor

• Options include– Performance Upgrade– 4:2:2– Noise Reduction– SCTE 35 Splicing– Telco & IP Interfaces– Additional Audio channels– Remux


E5714 (1U) DSNG

• The E5714 DSNG is an E5710 encoder with a factory-fitted integrated modulator card to make it capable of satellite transmission.

• 2 DSNG models: E5714 L-band and E5714 IF. The difference is the modulator output; L-band or IF at 70 / 140MHz (frequency agile).

• Both models provide premium encoding with all of the encoder features of the E5710

• E5714 IF uses a simple modulator that cannot be upgraded. It supports QPSK only and cannot support DVB-S2. However, it occupies a single option slot making REMUX or extra audio also an option since the second option slot is kept free.

• E5714L-band uses our latest satellite modulator and can be upgraded to HOM and DVB-S2. The card takes 2 option slots and so fills the chassis

• Front panel control or use the excellent and recently updated web interface.


E5714 notes:

• IF model uses a single card-slot modulator leaving one option slot free for extra audio or REMUX

• This IF version cannot do DVB-S2 and only supports DVB-S QPSK• L-band version uses full, 2-slot card. It is DVB-S2 capable as standard• L-band version has no free option slots and so cannot have any other option cards• If you only have 1RU of rack space, the E5714 is great but for the larger display

and host of possible upgrade options the 2U E5740 is often the best choice


E5720 base encoder…. the starting point for all TANDBERG 2U DSNG

SLOT 4 SLOT 5 SLOT 6


The base 2U encoder (E5720) has 6 free option slots. An E5740 DSNG will have a satellite modulator fitted as standard in slots 2 and 3. Other cards can be chosen but many need to fit into specific option slots. You can choose from the following common options to create the ideal product for you. Only the most common options have been listed;

•Satellite Modulator (slots 2 and 3)•REMUX (slot 1)•MPEG-2 HD encoder option (slots 4 and 5)•ICE-3 H.264 HD / SD option (slots 4 and 5)•COFDM modulation option (slot 6)•COFDM RF up-converter option (slot 2)•COFDM TRIAX output with remote control for remote up-converter / PA (slot 2)•Audio option AUDLIN-2 card (can be fitted to option slots 1, 4 or 5) •Advanced audio option card providing multiple channels of AAC support (slot 4)•IRD option for MPEG-2 SD, DVB-S only (slots 5 and 6)

In development: •New option to support very high bitrate point to point terrestrial links using DVB-S2 for ultra high quality HD contribution


SD Solutions E5740 (2U)

• 2 models: E5740 L-band and E5740 IF

• All models provide premium encoding with all of the encoder features of the E5720

•E5740L-band and E5740 IF uses our latest satellite modulator card which is DVB-S2 hardware capable and can be licence-key upgraded to HOM and DVB-S2.

•Major options of REMUX, Internal IRD, COFDM card make it the most integrated DSNG available, as well as having by far the best video performance.

•All units upgradeable to either MPEG-2 HD or H.264 HD / SD. In all cases the ability to transmit MPEG-2 SD is retained.


MPEG-2 HD Solutions E5784 / E5788

• 4 models: E5784 L-band, E5784-IF, E5788 L-band and E5788-IF

• All models provide premium encoding of MPEG-2 HD with all of the features of the E5780. They will also do MPEG-2 SD.

•Only difference between the 84 and the 88 is software: The 88 does multiple formats and 4:2:2

•All models use our latest satellite modulator and can be upgraded to HOM and DVB-S2.

•You can upgrade the unit to become an EN5940 MPEG-4 HD DSNG if it is a new unit with the improved cooling and larger PSU.


E5780 / E5782 MPEG-2 HD

• Best HD MPEG-2 CBR and VBR Encoder– The best Stat Mux

performance for ATSC and Terrestrial DTH.

– HD 4:2:2 option for the best HD contribution, powering HD MPEG-4 DTH

– Essential Splicing and time code features support HD VOD ingest

– High Bit rate + DTS audio for HD Theatre.

• High performance and flexibility– HD Multi-Pass option for

mixed SD / HD Stat Mux Applications

– Wide Range of Telco & IP interfaces

• Standard Features includes– Switchable to SD MPEG-2– Two Stereo Pairs– Web Browser R/C– Support for ATSC

requirements

• Options includes– HD Multi-Pass– HD 4:2:2– Noise Reduction– SCTE 35 Splicing– Additional Audio channels– Remux


H.264 HD and SD Solutions EN8040

• 2 models: EN8040 L-band and EN8040-IF

• Both models provide premium encoding of H.264 HD and SD with all of the features of the foundation platform: the EN8090 encoder. They will also do MPEG-2 SD, and simultaneously with H.264 encoding.

•All models use our latest satellite modulator and come as standard with DVB-S2 QPSK and 8PSK. DVB-S HOM and DVB-S2 16 and 32APSK are options.

•EN8040 also come with BISS and RAS as standard

•Use with RX1290 receiver to build an end-to-end solution for efficient HD contribution over satellite.


Rx 1290 multi-format decoder: The perfect receiver for DSNG

•New multi-format decoder

•Available with a wide range of input options, just like the other receivers in the TANDBERG range. This includes ASI, satellite, satellite with DVB-S2, COFDM, IP etc.

•Capable of decoding MPEG2 and MPEG-4 (H.264) formats in SD or HD

•The hardware is capable of decoding all of these formats, but they are licence key controlled. If you don’t need MPEG-4 today, you can purchase the Rx1290 at a low price with MPEG-2 support only. When ready for MPEG-4, simply enable the extra features required with a licence key.

•Audio support for simultaneous decoding of 4 stereo audio services

•The perfect complement for DSNG that keeps all options open!


MPEG-4 HD:The easy way to save up to 55% bandwidth

•For HD, the benefits of h.264 are still at the lower bitrates.

•Many broadcasters are struggling with low-bitrate MPEG-2 HD, which means 16 –20Mb/sec for contribution

•MPEG-4 can help cut this by up to 55% making 1080i look good at say 10Mb/sec.

•EN8040 combines the benefits of h.264 HD compression with DVB-S2 for maximum efficiency.

•Saves transponder cost and the need to upgrade other very expensive equipment in the truck (HPA’s, power supplies, dish antenna etc.)


Introducing ICE3 Ultracompression

• Evolution of Intelligent Compression Engine family– Same form factor enables upgradeability

• Upgrade option to 20,000 E57xx and E59xx encoders deployed in field. Chargeable option

• Module upgrade for existing iPlex & MediaPlex customers• [Competition lacks upgradeability]

– Same chassis and motherboard• Control, system wiring, audio, muxing, encapsulation etc unchanged

– proven technology and implementation = LOW RISK for customers– Continuation of system and STB interoperability engineered into existing

products• Lower risk for customers to deploy with TANDBERG rather than with

competitors new first generation products which are unproven


Introducing ICE3 Ultracompression

• Common platform for SD and HD• Upgrade in future from SD to HD with no hardware change on EN8000• SD / HD switchable operation from same hardware on EN8000• Will become standard offer in 2007 (EN80xx range) for continuing development• Provides MPEG-4 AVC SD Ultra compression and HD compression solutions for

Plex products


ICE 3 Block Diagram (SD / HD)

SD MPEG-4 Compression

Engine

Multiplexer

Noise ReductionInput De-Blocking

SD HD MPEG-4 Compression

Engine

Look-ahead

Encoder

Bit Rate Prediction

ResolutionSub-sampling

SD to CIF to 96 x 96

Look-ahead Information

1 x 5.1 AACor

4 x 2.0 AAC LC & HE

Audio Encoder

AudioOptionModule

SD-SDI Transport Stream

Main SD+SD PiP

To Stat Mux Controller

DelayClarus™ VideoPre-Processing

2 x 2.0 AAC LC & HE & HE v2Audio Encoder

SD HD MPEG-4 Compression

Engine


ICE3 Advantage

• Includes all the most significant MPEG-4 AVC Tools– Mostly same MPEG-4 tools as v3 software for EN5930/90

• Further Performance increase generated by;– Content Adaptive Noise Reduction

• Better than MCTF– Adaptive Input De-Blocking Filter

• Significantly improves MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 transcoding for turn-around– Enhanced HD Multi-Pass

• Full-resolution HD multi-pass encoding aids encoding process and improves Reflex stat-mux performance

– Multi-Pass powers more sophisticated mode decision technology– Single slice for HD

• Dedicated low resolution encoding hardware for Picture-in-picture service– Only TANDBERG provides main HD, full res SD PiP and micro PiP

• Employs technology protected by 12 new patents


HDTV Bit rates over time

MPEG-4Video Encoding

MPEG-2 Video Encoding

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Input De-blocking filters – Release 2.0

• Important for turn-around systems– 80% of MPEG-4 transmissions uses material previously encoded using MPEG-

2

• MPEG-2 compression artefacts should be removed before re-encoding in H.264– to improve end-to-end picture quality by removing obvious blocking artefacts– to save H.264 bit rate– to improve stat mux

• Conventional noise reduction methods cannot remove MPEG compression artefacts without softening the picture

• Special input de-blocking filter is required


Clarus™ Input de-blocking filter - Release 2.0

• Not to be confused with the MPEG-4 in loop deblocking filters

• Detects blocking artefacts of video input signal• Detects horizontal resolution of previous encoding stage

– it knows where the block edges are• Leaves clean material untouched

– filter switches off when clean source is detected• Removes MPEG-2 compression artefacts with fully adaptive filters• Improves end-to-end picture quality• Provides on average up to a 15% bit-rate reduction compared to a system without an

input de-blocking filter– Maximum saving obtained with high detail, simple motion

HD content coded with MPEG-2 at ~10 Mbit/s


Example of Clarus™ input de-blocking filter

No de-blocking filter With de-blocking filter


Impulse Noise


Clarus™ SD Impulse Noise Filter - Release 2.0


EN8000 Typical CBR Bit Rates

Release 1.0 Release 2.0• 576i/480i x 720 1.9Mbps 1.7 Mbps• 576i/480i x 544 1.5Mbps 1.4 Mbps

• 1080i x 1920 8 to 12 Mbps 7 to 11 Mbps• 1080i x 1440 6 to 8 Mbps 5.5 to 7 Mbps• 1080i x 960 4 to 5.5 Mbps 3.5 to 5 Mbps• 720p x 1280 5 to 7 Mbps 4.5 to 6.5

Mbps• 720p x 960 4 to 5 Mbps 3.5 to 4.5

Mbps• Bit rates depend on material and quality expectations


ICE3 in the EN8000

SLOT 1Dual IP NIC

EN8030 and EN8090

SLOT 6Dual IP Output


EN8032 and EN8092

• Hardware option in release 1.0 – AOM (Audio Option Module - Support 5.1 Encoding HE AAC)– IP – Dual 100/1000BaseT


Upgrading with ICE3

EN8092

EN8030

E5720EN5990

E5710

E5720

E5710EN5930

SDEN8032

ICE3

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ICE3 Upgrade from SD to HD by licence

key

+ICE3

ICE3

EN8090 HD


AVC and latency

• Broadcasters often see AVC working with many seconds of encode / decode latency

• This has made it impossible to use H.264 for contribution• TANDBERG has engineered a solution and has new low latency modes in the

encoder and RX1290 decoder• This should achieve a useable latency of 0.55s (encode / decode) with many of the

H.264 encoding efficiency benefits still in place. • Delay same for HD and SD modes.• For example, good quality HD contribution at 10 to 12Mb/s is possible with 0.55s

delay!


DVB-S2 – A new MODULATION technology

• DVB-S2 is not connected with the encoding technology• DVB-S2 purely affects the modulator and the transmission of data to the satellite• DVB-S2 is simply more efficient than DVB-S (which it replaces). So, for the same

bandwidth DVB-S2 can either transmit more data, or the same data rate with more robustness, or a bit of both.

• Almost all Voyager products have a DVB-S2 capable modulator capable of supporting all DVB-S and DVB-S2 modes up to 32APSK!

• You need to have a DVB-S2 demodulator in your receiver. TANDBERG offers a demodulator upgrade to DVB-S2 for TT1260, TT1280 and RX1290.

• Make sure that the demodulator supports the features that you wish to use in the modulator!


DVB-S2 The easy way to save 35% bandwidth

• Only E5714IF and E5745 models cannot support DVB-S2

• All other products built in 2006 have the new DVB-S2 hardware as standard.

• If a customer needs to use DVB-S2 then follow this checklist;

– Has the customer got a new DSNG with the new modulator card?

– Is the customer running software version 3.10.1 or later?

– Has the customer got licence keys to activate the required DVB-S2 features?


Identifying the DVB-S2 Modulator

• DVB-S2 capable modulator is easily identifiable

• Look for 3 BNC connectors. If the card has 3 BNC’s (2 X ASI input plus 1 X BNC marked “TEST” then it’s DVB-S2 capable

• Same for both the IF and L-band versions.

• Remember it is provided as standard on most Voyagers built after 01.01.2006!


What can I use the modulator external inputs for?

• Most popular use is adding IP data!• Just add the TANDBERG TT6120 with IPED datacaster card at each end.• This unit has an RJ45 connector for IP connection to a hub• It has a “LOCAL” ASI input to which the IP data is encapsulated (at layer 2) and

added. The ASI Output contains the original transport stream with the IP data added to it. This is presented to the modulator via the external input.

• It has a “REMOTE” ASI input for inbound IP data extraction (if present) to provide a bi-directional link


IP data caster


Questions you will be asked:DVB-S2.

• Can I upgrade my Voyager to DVB-S2?

• Can I upgrade older non E57xx equipment to DVB-S2?

• As long as it’s an E57 or EN59 series product, the answer is almost always “Yes”. First, check to see if the modulator is DVB-S2 capable. If not, it will need replacing at our factory. With the correct hardware, a software upgrade to 3.10 or later will be required to make it work. This is free of charge if the customer performs the software upgrade themselves. Then, the customer must buy the licence.

• The customer must have a DVB-S2 compatible receiver. Note that our TT1260 / 1280 does not support 16APSK! However, this will not be used for mobile applications.

• Older than E57xx is not possible and the older equipment must be traded in.

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