Services

ECS is a leading worldwide provider of distribution and broadcasting services for Video, Audio and Data, covering Europe, the Middle East, Pan-Asia, Africa, North and South America and Australia. We at ECS take pride in the quality of service and our dedication to fulfilling our customer’s needs. 

Our services are custom tailored to the requirements and budgets of each customer, based on our experience and familiarity with the broadcasting industry. We provide high-quality services in numerous modular formats – from a single, specific service to comprehensive turnkey solutions for broadcasters, and also offer a unique cost-cutting consultancy model.

ECS’ range of services:

 Distribution: 
Global satellite distribution using a wide range of advanced distribution methods and technologies to suit the needs of all broadcasters, as well as their cost constraints. 

 Contribution: 
Worldwide solutions for delivering signals to uplink stations and cable operators throughout the globe, over a dedicated fiber optic network backhaul satellites, MPLS or high quality IP streaming.

 Playout: 
State-of-the-art playout services using automated, high capacity facilities with expansion capabilities. 

 Encryption: 
A range of conditional access encryption systems, including Viaccess, Irdeto, Neotion, Conax, as well as Subscriber Management System (SMS) and smart card Activation systems. 

 Content Analysis and Monitoring: 
An innovative, cost-effective web-based service that enables recording, monitoring and analysis of broadcast content from multiple sources up to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

 IPTV:
Providing immediate access to hundreds of channels, PCTV options and innovative services such as Video-on-Demand and Catch Up TV for viewers who want to watch a program post-broadcast.
 Teleport Services: 
Reliable teleport solutions throughout the world, including Uplink, Downlink and Turnaround services for C-Band, KU-Band and Ka-Band transmissions over SCPC and MCPC Platforms.

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ECS - European Communication Services - is a leading provider of television and radio distribution services through premium satellite packages and leading cable operators.
ECS offers access to satellites and cable operators throughout Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia and Africa.
ECS is an access point to the playout centers of leading cable operators, as well as uplink stations of satellite operators such as; Eutelsat, Intelsat, Asia sat, Nileat, ArabSat, Turcksat, Optus and more.

As a company providing turnkey solutions, ECS offers a comprehensive range of services, including: playout, channel management, uplink, downlink and turnaround, encryption, video monitoring and services for IPTV platform operators.
ECS provides broadcasters and content providers with flexible and cost-effective solutions, designed to satisfy all their permanent broadcasting needs.
Our resources are available throughout the world.

Media Management Technology

ECS offers an innovative, cost-effective web-based service enabling recording and monitoring of broadcast content from multiple sources up to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 


In addition to compliance recording and media archiving, the service provides unique features such as graphic display of rating information, insertion of tags into media and text searches, creation and management of a clips library and much more. 


This web-based system is provided via an easy to use interface that can be managed from multiple workstations.

Applications of the multi-purpose system include :

 Compliance recording and logging for regulatory requirements.
 Broadcast archiving for lawsuit protection. 
 Viewing relevant media anytime, from anywhere. 
 TV/Radio channel archiving. 
 Repurposing of media items for web and mobile. 
 Signal quality monitoring for control rooms and viewer quality assurance 24/7 with real-time alerts. 
 Recording any number of sources for any amount of time at any quality and frame size. 
 Exporting any part of media into many video formats and qualities.
 Exporting via FTP, saving content on server or downloading it to your computer.
 Providing an interactive graphical view of your and competitor's rating information, along with the actual   broadcast media.
 Automatically monitoring and detecting recurring media items such as commercials, promos, and election   campaign ads on TV/Radio broadcast channels.
 Adding notes and keywords to any media time range.
 Navigating using Electronic Program Guide (EPG).
 Creating and managing a multi-item clip library.
 Text searches of all available information such as annotations, clips and EPG.

Investments

ECS serves as a consultant to banks and large investment houses that are considering investments and acquisitions in the field of media, communications and broadcast companies. 

Our hands-on familiarity with the media and broadcasting industry enables us to identify companies that offer a combination of high-end technologies, quality services and financial robustness, and to serve as matchmakers on the road to success.

As such, companies requiring financing or investment partners in this sector seek ECS’ assistance in finding the right investors for their new or ongoing ventures.

Utilizing our expertise as experienced professionals with an in-depth understanding of the entire industry, we put our wealth of knowledge at the disposal of banks and investors as contributing, active members of the decision making teams, and recommend the most profitable course of action when considering large scale investments in the industry.

Contact Us

ECS - European Communication Services


Registered no:                     07659542
Registered office:                 Regency House
                                         Westminster Place York Business
                                         York
                                         YO26 6RW


Sales and Marketing:


Eran Avni
Executuve Sales Manager
sales@ecs-tv.com
+44 (0) 207 206 7276


John Pineda
Sales Associate
john.pinede@ecs-tv.com
+44 (0) 207 206 7276

About Us

Broadcast and Distribution services for Video, Audio and Data, covering Europe, the Middle East, Pan-Asia, Africa, North and South America and Australia

 ECS - European Communication Services - is a leading provider of television and radio distribution services through premium satellite packages and leading cable operators.

ECS offers access to satellites and cable operators throughout Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia and Africa.

ECS is an access point to the playout centers of leading cable operators, as well as uplink stations of satellite operators such as; Eutelsat, Intelsat, Asia sat, Nileat, ArabSat, Turcksat, Optus and more.
As a company providing turnkey solutions, ECS offers a comprehensive range of services, including: playout, channel management, uplink, downlink and turnaround, encryption, video monitoring and services for IPTV platform operators.

ECS provides broadcasters and content providers with flexible and cost-effective solutions, designed to satisfy all their permanent broadcasting needs.

Our resources are available throughout the world.

ECS Satellite Services

Satellites Coverage

Europe

Satellite: Hot Bird   Position: 13° East

Coverage: Europe, Middle East and North Africa

More than 1,100 channels are broadcast via the Hot Bird video neighborhood, which serves over 120 million homes, via cable and satellite, in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. 

Satellite: EuroBird 9   Position: 9° East

Coverage: Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Around 300 channels are broadcast by EB9, with nearly 40 in high definition. Adjacent to Eutelsat’s premium Hot Bird position, enable the reception of channels from both locations with off-the-shelf dual-feed domestic dishes.Optimized for DTH (Direct-to-Home) broadcasting.

Satellite: W2A   Position: 10° East

Coverage:Africa, India, parts of Asia and Latin America

W2A Ku-band Transponders cover a Wide beam footprint over Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. The Ku-band transponders enable connectivity between Africa and Europe.The C-band transponder provides a pan-African coverage, extending to India and parts of Asia, as well as Latin America.

Satellite: Sesat 1  Position: 16° East
Satellite: Sesat 2  Position: 53º East

Coverage:From the Atlantic Ocean to Eastern Russia, including a large part of Siberia, Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

Provide a wide range of telecommunications services; broadcasting services to Africa, Eastern Europe the Middle East and North Africa.  

 

Satellite: Atlantic Bird 1  Position: 12.5° West

Coverage: Europe, Middle East and North Africa.

Asia

Satellite: AsiaSat 5   Position:100.5° East

Coverage: Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, CIS and Australasia

AsiaSat-5 provides unprecedented regional power and coverage.
The C-band beam reaches 53 countries and 138 million potential viewers in Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, CIS and Australasia. AsiaSat-5 offers excellent interconnectivity between Asia, Australia and the Middle East, and is especially strong in sports, news and multicultural channels.

Satellite: AsiaSat 3S   Position: 105.5° East

Coverage: Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, CIS and Australasia. AsiaSat 3S has been the television broadcasting champion of Asia Pacific for nearly decade, and one of the leading satellites in the region, reaching a potential audiences of 95 million households and 360 million viewers. AsiaSat 3S broadcasts numerous premium TV channels.

Satellite: Measat 3   Position: 91.5° East C Band
Satellite: Measat 3a   Position: 91.4° East C Band

Coverage: Asia, Australia, East Africa and Eastern Europe. One of the most modern and powerful broadcast satellites in the Asia Pacific region. Measat 3 has a fast-growing HD neighborhood and the pan-Asian network carriage to make it a leading platform of choice, providing the best value in the region. The Global C Band Beam covers over 100 countries, representing more than 2/3 of the world’s population.

Satellite: Intelsat 10   Position: 68.5° East
Satellite: Intelsat 10-2   Position:359° East

Coverage: Europe, Asia (India), Middle East, Africa and North and South America

Intelsat 10-02 provides a full range of services in Ku and C-band for premium landmass coverage of Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Additionally, Intelsat provides coverage as far east as Asia (India) and as far west as South and North America.

Intelsat 10 in the Indian Ocean region is among the most valuable regional video neighborhoods, offering unmatched reach and connectivity for cable networks and DBS providers. Intelsat 10 and Intelsat 7 satellites, that are co-located at 68.5 degrees East, represent South Asia’s most successful cable-distribution neighborhood.

Satellite: Thaicom-5  Position: 78.5° East

Coverage: Asia, Africa, Australia

Satellite: Insat-2E  Position: 83° East

Coverage: Asia, Africa and Australia

Middle East

Satellite: Arabsat Badar 4, Badar 5, Badar 6  
Position: 26° East

Satellite: Arabsat 2B  
Position: 20° East

Satellite: Arabsat 5A 
Position: 30.5° East

Coverage: Middle East, Africa and Europe

Backed by 21 Arab countries, with 30 years of operational experience, Arabsat offers the Arab world and sub-Saharan Africa an unrivalled range of satellite communications services. Arabsat reaches 170m viewers in over 100 countries across the Middle East, Africa and Europe, broadcasting 340 TV channels and 160 radio stations. Arabsat offering a full spectrum of Broadcast, Telecom & Broadband services.

Satellite: Arabst 5A C Band Africa  Position: 30.5° East

Coverage: Africa, Middle East, and large parts of Asia and Europe

Arabst 5 A C Band Africa covers the entire African continent in addition to Arabsat's regular coverage of the Middle East and large parts of Asia and Europe. It provide all communication services, satellite television broadcasting, telephone connections, Internet (broadband) services, VISIT and interactive services.

Satellite: Nile Sat 
Nilesat 101, NileSat 102, NileSat 201,  Atlantic Bird 4 (AB 4), NileSat 103 - NileSat 104 
Position: 7° West 

Coverage: Middle East and North Africa

NileSat broadcasts about 450 digital TV channels in the KU band, and more than 100 digital radio channels, in addition to data transmission and turbo internet services. Nearly 76% of the TV channels are free to air.

Satellite: Express A4   Position: 14.0° West

Coverage: Middle East

Satellite: Intelsat 10   Position: 68.5° East, Intelsat 10-2 - 359° East

Coverage: Europe, Asia (India), Middle East, Africa and North and South America.

Satellite: Telestar 11   Position: 37.5° West

Coverage: North & Central America, Europe & North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa

Telstar 11N utilizes high powered Ku-band transponders to support a wide range of video and data applications in North America, Europe and Africa and across the Atlantic Ocean.

Satellite: AMOS-5i, AMOS-5  Position: 17°East

Coverage: Middle East KU Band and  pan Africa C BAND

Amos 5i provides pan-African C-Band and North-East African and Middle East Ku-Band capacity. 
The satellite precedes AMOS-5, which is scheduled to commence operational services over Africa by mid 2011.

Satellite: AMOS-2, AMOS-3 Europe   Position: 4°W

Coverage: North America, Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe

The AMOS satellite constellation offers a orbital “hot-spot” for the Middle East and Central and Eastern Europe. Amos satellites provides broadcasting and communications services to DTH operators, TV broadcasters, government organizations,and VSAT network operators. 
Amos Satellites services also include a wide range of value-added services:

Platforms for DBS/DTH services  Video, audio and data distribution 
Broadband Internet via satellite GSM backhaul

AMOS platforms delivers superior G/T and EIRP over Central Eastern Europe and the Middle East. 
The co-location of the AMOS-2 and AMOS-3 satellites also enables back-up capabilities over the Middle East, Europe, and the East Coast of the U.S.