Burt Liebowitz
President & Chief Operating Officer
NetSat Express, Inc.

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) is the European standard for transmitting digitalized video streams. The standard had been modified to incorporate delivery of data streams. Because it is standards based, DVB technology provides an opportunity to lower the cost and improve the quality of satellite-based IP transmission systems. This talk provides a basic description of  DVB technology and how it can be used in the transmission of bundled IP services. By using technology based on the DVB standard we can:

• lower receiver costs

• control which stations are entitled to receive program streams

• encrypt the data

• lower space segment costs through statistical multiplexing

• reduce antenna sizes by using saturated transponders.

The speaker will present an example of an integrated service satellite uplink, and will discuss the tradeoffs involved in selecting and implementing a DVB system for IP the transmission.