IPTV

World-class Distribution for Last-mile Providers

• Overview
• How does it work?
• Benefits

Local Integration by IPTV Experts

• Intelsat IPTV is sold on a wholesale basis to distributors and integrators who are recognized specialists in IPTV integration. They incorporate Intelsat IPTV into customized end-to-end IPTV solutions that are marketed to regional telecom companies, cable system operators and other last-mile video service providers.

Satellites

• The IPTV distribution platform uses C-band capacity on two satellites, Galaxy 13 and Galaxy 23, both popular cable distribution satellites within Intelsat’s industry-leading Galaxy Neighborhood that reach nearly 7,500 cable headends.
  
  DVB-S2 modulation is used to improve the efficiency of transponder throughput.

Super Headend

• The Super Headend and uplink facilities are located at Intelsat’s Mountainside Teleport.
  
  At the Super Headend, TV programming is first acquired in MPEG-2 format and then decoded. The programming is then re-encoded in MPEG-4 and encrypted. After this, the individual channels are multiplexed and encapsulated into large IP streams uplinking to the satellite and delivery to the last-mile video service providers who downlink the IP stream for distribution into their local subscriber-based systems.

TV Channels

• Distributors and integrators can offer their last-mile provider customers a bouquet of more than 200 video channels plus additional audio channels, encoded in MPEG-4. The distributors and integrators are responsible for securing the necessary rights associated with the repackaging and delivery of the programming.

Service Availability

• The service is easily accessible throughout the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii.