SIDSA launches the smallest and most interoperable DVB-H mobile TV platform in the world

SIDSA, International technology provider for Mobile TV, Digital TV, IP TV, Broadband and CAS, is the first company to launch a compact and fully integrated DVB-H mobile TV platform, POLAR PLUS, compatible with all DVB-H enabled devices.

POLAR PLUS meets all DVB standards and is the most interoperable platform in the market. It includes all the necessary equipment for the service – Headend with the ESG (the Electronic Service Guide) and Conditional Access System- to enable DVB-H mobile TV broadcasts, including free and pay-TV services.

The platform is commercially available and is giving service to the first commercial DVB-H mobile TV network in the Russian Federation to be launched in April in the region of Sverdlovsk with 15 TV channels.

POLAR PLUS is also into operation in a DVB-H trial, along with Axion, subsidiary of French TF1, in Spain ’s Region of Andalusia. Visitors to the forthcoming fair CSTB in Russia, between 5 and 7 February and to 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, 12-15 February, will be able to see how it works as SIDSA will provide the DVB-H mobile TV networks that will cover both events, with 24 TV channels in the Barcelona event.

SIDSA will give real and live demonstrations of DVB-H mobile TV transmissions at the 3GSM World Congress (booths 2J54, Hall 2, and CY14 in Spanish Pavilion, 2º Floor). The company will present the second generation of POLAR PLUS being the smallest and fully integrated modular mobile TV platform in the world.

For further information:

Olga Álvarez Maketing Manager +34 91 803 50 52, olga @ sidsa.es