Our satellite service for all of Europe
The best satellite transmission in Austria's living room
Austria is a satellite country - almost 2 million TV households are supplied with satellite television in this country. TV and radio customers rely on this leading reception path, which ORS provides in the highest quality.
ORS is an expert in the transmission of TV and radio signals via satellite. With many years of experience in operating its own broadcast centre in Vienna, ORS offers reliable communication solutions for encrypted and unencrypted satellite services for the whole of Europe.
What we specifically do for you:
Content delivery
- ORS takes care of the delivery of your content (TV, radio, data services, box software) to our playout centre (transport of studio signals via IP or ASI via microwave, fibre optics, networks IP).
Playout and signal processing (encoding, multiplexing)
- Operation, hosting and housing of the playout servers for broadcast processing
- Signal processing (video, audio, HbbTV and additional data) for encoders and multiplexers
- Generation of the complete transport stream including all additional data
- Extensive experience in the integration and control of regional programme windows (ORF federal state programmes)
- Control of the entire playout system by a superordinate operating and monitoring system
Encryption
- The proven Simulcrypt procedure has been used for years: Irdeto, Irdeto Cryptoworks, NDS, Viaccess
- Extensive know-how due to many years of operation
- Permanent further development of our own encryption platform
Consulting
- Development of business models, business plans and concepts
- Preparation of necessary technical documentation for authorities and satellite operators
- Planning of customised SAT solutions
Broadcast Centre Vienna
Coverage for all of Europe
ORS is the only broadcasting technology company in Austria that operates its own Broadcast Centre in Vienna and supplies the whole of Europe with television and radio via satellite. The Centre has all the compression, multiplexing, encryption, uplink, measurement and monitoring facilities required for broadcasting via satellite.
ORS Transponders
5 uplinks reach 60 million households
The in-house satellite broadcasting station consists of five uplinks. This means that around 60 million households (coverage) throughout Europe can be supplied with high-quality satellite programmes – encrypted or unencrypted.
The following transponders are available to ORS for programme distribution via satellite:
- Transponder 3 (19,2° Ost)
Satellit ASTRA 1 KR - Transponder 5 (19,2° Ost)
Satellit ASTRA 1 KR - Transponder 7 (19,2° Ost)
Satellit ASTRA 1L - Transponder 115 (19,2° Ost)
Satellit ASTRA 1N - Transponder 117 (19,2° Ost)
Satellit ASTRA 1N
Our Best Practices
ORF DIGITAL DIRECT
For more than 15 years, ORS has been operating the ORF Digital SAT platform, through which ORF offers its family of channels as well as the private channel groups Pro7Sat1 and RTL and ServusTV in HD without any ongoing additional costs.
With ORF DIGITAL DIREKT, a decoding system was also developed that enables satellite television without a smart card. Via the cardless satellite platform, suitable end devices can be directly activated for the reception of ORF HD programmes.
simpliTV SAT
Together with ORF DIGITAL DIREKT, ORS offers private consumers the additional service simpliTV SAT via satellite. In addition to the freely available channels, numerous private channels can be received in HD.
Certifications
ORS ensures consistently correct processing and dissemination of the DVB-S/S2 signal all the way to the consumer through certification of reception devices carried out together with the independent examining body TÜV Austria.
TV providers who use ORS' satellite platform enjoy the guarantee that their programmes can be received in an impeccable manner without any disruptions.
ORS defines specifications for the examination of set-top boxes and decryption modules for the reception of broadcast programmes and associated services. Furthermore, ORS sees to the technical and organisational handling of examination and certification of terminal devices in a DVB laboratory (test center for boxes) which was set up especially for this purpose. In addition, signal configurations are tested off air.
During the examination, particular attention is devoted to technical parameters such as encryption system, tuning behaviour, video and audio decryption, pertaining interfaces or demultiplexing and decoding of signal and service information.
Functioning of the remote control and smooth operation of teletext, subtitles, EPG and data services as well as power input are among the focal points of examination and certification of terminal devices.
Finally, devices under examination are subjected to a test as to long-term performance.
From 01.01.2021 receivers can be certified against these specifications:
- HDTV - IRD GUIDELINES AUSTRIA V4.1
- CA MESSAGES ORS HDTV IRD V1.1
- ORS API definition for HBBTV integration V1.2
- simpliTV Technical Requirements for Satellite Settopboxes
- simpliTV Technical Requirements for Tuning Profile
Guidelines Archive:
- HDTV - IRD GUIDELINES AUSTRIA V4.0 2016
- CA MESSAGES ORS HDTV IRD GUIDELINE V1.0 2016
- HDTV - IRD GUIDELINES AUSTRIA V 3.4 [Version September 2014]
- HDTV IRD Guidelines [Version September 2010]
- HD/SD [Version January 2008]
- Zapping Profile [Version April 2006]
- Enhanced Profile [Version March 2006]
- Interactive Profile [Version December 2005]
Your contact for satellite TV
Do you have questions about our services? Our employees are there for you for all concerns relating to the topic of satellite TV.
