[Satellite TODAY 01-14-10] Broadcast Equipment India (BEI) has deployed Harmonic‘s Ellipse 1000 MPEG-2/MPEG-4 AVC contribution encoder to Sector-63 Noida, India’s first commercial high-definition and standard-definition teleport facility, Harmonic announced Jan. 13.
    The Ellipse 1000 is designed to provide Indian broadcasters with a smooth migration path to HDTV with the ability to simultaneously transmit MPEG-2 SD and MPEG-4 AVC SD/HD video to multiple transponders. Sector-63 Noida has the capacity to uplink 16 services to four transponders for transmission over the entire footprint of the InSat-2E satellite, located at 83 degrees East. The facility also can transmit video signal to other parts of the world through BEI’s collaboration with BT.
    “The Ellipse 1000 encoder increases channel reliability while significantly reducing capital and operating expenses,” Harmonic Vice President of Strategic Markets Sales Shimon Shanor said in a statement