[09/07/07 – Satellite Today] Comtech EF Data is introducing a new Media Router platform, the company announced Sept. 7.

The Media Router 6000 is a single platform that functions as a satelllite receiver, combiner, filter and video to IP transcoder. It enables the reception of DVB-S and DVB-S2 transport streams and IP-based video, audio and data content to be delivered over satellite or high-speed ASI links and distributed to remote devices, the company said.

The product is based on a professional 1 Rack Unit (RU) rack-mountable platform. The Media Router 6000 has ASI and DVB-S/S2 inputs, and ASI and Ethernet outputs. It will support streaming of audio and video, multiplexing local content with incoming satellite content via an ASI interface, filtering PIDS on L-Band and/or an ASI interface, IP multicasting, business television, training, e-learning and live events.