TOT opts for ATEME for 4K contribution channels
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Rebecca Hawkes
| 05 July 2017

The Telephone Organisation of Thailand (TOT) is deploying ATEME’s Kyrion encoders and decoders to deliver nine 4K ultra HD contribution channels over IP.

The technology, based on the fifth generation STREAM compression engine, will enable TOT to deliver video at low latency of 130ms. Designed for contribution over satellite and IP networks, the ATEME Kyrion offers a software-upgradable HEVC encoding option to support ultra HD video streaming as well as legacy MPEG2 to H264 compressions.

“Video quality has always been a hallmark of ATEME’s strategy to provide customers with exceptional video quality for all broadcast standards and resolutions up to 4K,” said Xiao Zhang, sales manager for APAC region, ATEME. “By choosing our Kyrion pair, TOT acquires the best contribution solution that is fully upgradeable and future proof. The deployed system is able to embed new features on existing platforms which also increases the company’s return on investment.”

ATEME has already been covering much of TOT’s network, but this is the first time the company has used ATEME’s 4K-UHD contribution technology to add value to its primary distribution offer.

Saroj Phitapong, chief engineer of TOT, said ATEME’s technology “gives us the ability to switch from a regular HD feed to a high quality 4K feed according to our needs by simply activating a licence”.

“Their unparalleled video quality at ultra-low latency, the ability to support HEVC via a simple software update and the reliability of their Kyrion line of products offers TOT flexibility and performance while improving operational orchestration, productivity and efficiency,” he added.