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AND grows its Balkans presence

SCTE corporate member, AND, continues to grow its presence in the Balkans. Following projects in Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Bulgaria, it can now add Serbia to its list of customer countries in the region. In October 2016, the Belgrade cable operator Kopernikus placed its order for the AND SystemSolution. Delivery and installation of the system is expected later in November. With training scheduled to take place before the end of the year the operator, which was established in 2006 and today offers triple play services to over 50,000 customers nationwide, will begin re-documentation of its existing DOCSIS cable network.

"Once completed, it will have documentation with integrated engineering allowing users to access essential information when out on the network via their tablets and other mobile devices. They will also be equipped for any network expansions and upgrades, for example towards DOCSIS 3.1," explained AND. This October, AND partnered with Axiros at the Broadband World Forum at London’s Docklands, where it demonstrated the AND SystemSolution, a software solution for the design, documentation and operational support of access networks including FTTH, G.fast, HFC/RFoG and campus networks.

For further information, see www.and.com

DVBWorld 2017 gears up

Topics on the agenda for the first two days include: DVB Receiver Technology; TV Business Models; End-to-end OTT; Digital TV in Austria; DTT-Wideband; DTT-Mobile/3GPP; Satellite Now; DVB UHD-1 Phase 2 (HDR HFR NGA); UHD Phase 2 Features, Benefits, Tests; UHD + HDR in Practice/ HLG Production; HbbTV 2.0 in Practice, Roll Out (Italy, UK); IP - Personalisation, Measurement, Targeted Advertising and IP - ABR/DASH UHD.

The DVB World 2017 conference and exhibition, to which SCTE will be sending two bursary winners, will take place in the Austrian capital, Vienna, from 13-15 March 2017. The three-day event will be held at the city's Hilton Danube Waterfront Hotel, overlooking the River Danube. The hotel is close to Vienna city centre and is a 20-minute drive from Vienna International Airport.

Day three will be given over to topics such as Virtual Reality, Next- Generation Video Compression Standards and 5G/Mobile.

The DVB World evening networking event will include the chance to take a ride on the Riesenrad, Vienna's giant Ferris wheel and one of the oldest operating Ferris wheels in the world. The 213-feet high attraction provides exceptional views over the entire city of Vienna. The Riesenrad was built in 1897 to honour Emperor Franz Josef I's 50th Jubilee and has been one of the city's most beloved attractions ever since. It even played a prominent role in the classic movie adaptation of Graham Greene's novel "The Third Man". The next evening, delegates are invited to join a one-hour sightseeing bus tour leaving from the Hilton Danube Hotel.

Prof. Albert Heuberger, Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, is to deliver one of the keynote addresses. The pre-conference Masterclass will be on the subject of Virtual Reality, following the recent publication of the Executive Summary of the in- depth DVB Study Mission on VR.

Above: Prof. Heuberger

See www.dvbworld.org for further details or follow the event on Twitter #dvbworld . SCTE members can apply for two bursaries to the event (flights and hotel paid for by the SCTE and event entrance provided by DVB World). Email 300 words to office@thescte.eu on why you should receive the bursary.

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Vol. 38 No. 4 - November 2016 Issue