We will be showcasing the award-winning MCX8000, the Next-Gen Broadcast Multi-Carrier Satellite Gateway. The Gateway is uniquely positioned to provide a path to support the transport of today´s traditional broadcasts and tomorrow´s OTT services. 

The MCX8000 is a high density, high availability, fully redundant modular system that is suitable for a variety of broadcast use cases. These include direct-to-home broadcasting where bringing quality content to the largest possible subscriber base is key.

The MCX8000 Multi-Carrier Satellite Gateway is highly bandwidth efficient thus maximizing the throughput, using the DVB-S, DVB-S2, or DVB-S2X standard and providing reliable transport stream delivery. 

Bart Van Utterbeeck, General Manager of LATAM at ST Engineering iDirect said: ‘Broadcasters are looking to lower CAPEX and OPEX and be more cost-effective in a competitive landscape’.

‘We designed the MCX8000 with the idea of bringing together the best of both worlds – high density and high reliability – through robust design and industry-leading redundancy solutions. The result is a future proof system that combines video and IP multiservice capabilities to support the transport of today´s and tomorrow´s services’.

In Distribution to Towers (DTT), the MCX8000 ideally fits as a satellite front-end, feeding multiple IRDs (Integrated Receiver Decoders) and one MCX8000 can be used for tens of TV channels. 

For OTT delivery, the MCX8000’s high IP encapsulation rates and efficient multicast capabilities, means that it is uniquely positioned to provide a path to support the transport of today´s traditional broadcasts and tomorrow´s OTT services.

Its unique features include a hot-swappable design that reduces OPEX, high availability and full redundancy and easy configuration. The result is a future proof system that combines video and IP multiservice capabilities to support the transport of today´s and tomorrow´s services.