Rohde & Schwarz wins Egyptian DVB-T2 transmission
April 18, 2019 11.21 Europe/London By Julian Clover
The Egyptian National Media Authority (ENMA) has selected Rohde & Schwarz to supply DVB-T2 transmitters for its DVB-T2 transmission system.
R&S THU9evo transmitters will be installed at nine sites across the country.
The multi-million Euro contract comes with a strict timetable. All equipment has to be installed and commissioned by mid-June 2019 so that DVB-T2 SD and HD broadcasts are on air before the start of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament.
Rohde & Schwarz is working closely with its local partner, Egypt-based Integrated Communication Systems (ICS).
“ENMA is planning to cover Egypt with DVB-T2 transmission and the current project will cover part of our plan,“ commented Mervat Hassan, Chair of Broadcast Engineering Sector at ENMA. “This project is very important for us and we are looking forward to cooperating with Rohde & Schwarz to execute this project on the timeline as scheduled. ENMA is looking forward to Rohde & Schwarz support in the next two phases also.”
The R&S THU9evo UHF high-power transmitter family is designed to minimise operating costs for terrestrial broadcasters whilst maintaining performance and reliability. Overall efficiency is set at values of up to 40 per cent for COFDM and 43 per cent for ATSC.
“This is an ambitious project and will position ENMA as a leading broadcast service provider in the North Africa region,” commented Rommer Balanon, Bid Manager at Rohde & Schwarz Middle East & Africa.
each transmitter site will employ R&S PRISMON base multiviewers, which are configured to monitor and analyze eight SD and one HD television channels.