[Satellite TODAY 04-11-13] TV Integração, the first Brazilian affiliate of TV Globo, has deployed Thomson Video Networks’ ViBE CP6000 contribution platform and RD5000 MPEG-2/4 receiver decoder to provide video contribution services to more than 5.4 million viewers.

 

    Based in Uberlândia in Minas Gerais state, TV Integração serves viewers living in more than 230 cities. The network offers a full range of local and national news and entertainment programming over four free-to-air channels. TV Integração chose the ViBE CP6000 and RD5000 to replace aging existing equipment at its central broadcasting facility. Thomson Video Networks worked on the project with its authorized reseller, São Paulo-based broadcast specialist Videodata.

 

    The Thomson Video Networks ViBE CP6000 offers a modular design that supports up to four hot-swappable boards to drive eight HD channels per 1RU chassis. Each board manages up to two encoders or decoders and has embedded the latest MPEG video compression technology.

 

    Thomson Video Networks’ RD5000 is a multi-format modular receiver decoder supporting MPEG-2/4 SD and HD 4:2:0 formats. TV Integração is able to customize the RD5000’s compact, modular chassis with up to eight I/O modules including RF inputs (DVB-S/S2, COFDM, QAM, 8VSB), ASI inputs/outputs, and IP inputs/outputs in addition to decoded audio/video outputs (HD/SD SDI, AES, analog).