ENMA (Egypt) trusts Ateme for the codification of the African Cup of Nations

Ateme has provided the Egyptian National Media Authority with a complete video headend solution based on Kyrion and Titan.

The Egyptian National Media Authority (ENMA) has selected the convergent video header of Atem to cover the African Cup of Nations 2019, which will take place from June 21 to July 19.

Ateme has provided ENMA with a complete video headend solution based on its Kyrion encoders/decoders and in the Titan pure software multiplexer. The system is installed in twelve sites throughout Egypt to feed ASI signals to DTT television broadcasters and under the G.703 E3 standard to existing networks.

During the event, ENMA will use BISS-CA, the new encryption standard from EBU Tech – EBU Tech 3292-s1. The standard developed by the European Broadcasting Union, in close collaboration with major industry players including Ateme, has been integrated into Ateme solutions to ensure the secure transmission of ENMA feeds to all twelve sites.

Using Ateme's best-in-class technology, Kyrion's compression capabilities and the efficient Titan software-based solution has enabled ENMA to install a high-quality video platform that provides exceptional TV channel encoding from SDI to ASI with video synchronization. video/audio. Ateme's solution provides ENMA with high-quality remuxing capabilities and other benefits, such as reduced OPEX and CAPEX costs through bandwidth efficiency.

Mervat Hassan, president of broadcast engineering at ENMA, states that “offering the highest levels of service and quality to our clients is essential. “The integration of Ateme’s Kyrion and Titan family will allow us to not only deliver exceptional video quality to our customers for the African Cup of Nations, but also expand the range of our services in the future.”

For its part, Razik Zaghlouli, sales director for ENMA at Ateme, admits that he is delighted to “provide ENMA with a complete video headend. The implemented solution is flexible and future-proof. “It is the ideal combination of performance and cost, allowing ENMA to meet its ambitious goals of high-quality coverage of an event like the African Cup of Nations.”

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