Cobham Announces IP-based Instant Newsroom System at NAB 2013

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[Satellite TODAY 03-28-13] Cobham has announced the introduction of MediaMesh, a new IP-based platform for lightweight, rapid set-up field newsrooms. The announcement was made to the American market at the National Association of Broadcasters Show NAB 2013.

The transmission system includes a broadcast quality path for live two-ways; remote camera control; high-quality file transfer; and a high-capacity Internet connection with access to base newsroom computers and cell phones. The MediaMesh platform also uses Cobham’s COFDM mesh technology to provide wireless connectivity to laptops and other devices, and can provide a micro-cell for cell-phone coverage.

“The launch of high capacity Ka-band ‘broadband-over-satellite’ services means that dishes of less than one meter in diameter can be used to transmit genuine HD live video, which has not been possible before. Our MediaMesh satellite antenna, at only 75cm in diameter, is compatible with all major Ka-band services and is one of only two antennas currently approved by Inmarsat for their new Ka-band-based, superfast Global Xpress satellite broadband service, which is being launched this year,” Cobham’s Broadcast Systems Director Stuart Brown said on a statement.