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Abstract
Session 4 - Satellite Solutions for Multimedia Delivery
Speaker: Mr. A. Arcidiacono, Head of Broadband Multimedia Sevice Division, Eutelsat
Abstract
In the last few years Eutelsat has been among the leading forces that have created the
offer of Broadband Multimedia Services via satellite in Europe. In the early 90’s being
among the founders of the DVB project Eutelsat has created the premises that today have
materialized into more than 1200 digital TV channels broadcasted through Eutelsat satellites.
In the mid 90’s it has been at Eutelsat initiative the development of the DVB-IP standard;
today a widely accepted worldwide standard. This standard used for conveying IP over DVB contents
(Streaming Channels, Push Contents, WEB contents, etc.) have been initially used for B-to-B
applications with more than 30 platforms on Eutelsat satellites using today this technology.
More recently with the launch of the Open Sky services Eutelsat is extending the use of the
DVB-IP technology also to the consumer market creating a wide offer of services from Multicast
Streaming and Push Services to Fast Internet Services aiming at the development of the so-called
Multimedia Kiosk.
Finally with the evolution towards personal broadcasting any customer today having his own web
site can potentially have his own uplink facility and reach a large public within the Eutelsat
satellite coverage.
Biography
Dr. Eng. Antonio ARCIDIACONO after graduating in Electronic Engineering at the University of
Pisa (Italy). was with SELENIA SPAZIO (Italy), TELESPAZIO (Italy). And the EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
(ESA) Headquarters (Paris).
Since April 1990 he has been with the European Telecommunications Satellite Organisation
(EUTELSAT today Eutelsat S.A.).. He was at the origin of the EUTELSAT Digital TV offer,
launching the first DVB bouquet in Europe in summer 1995 (Viacom), today representing in
excess of 1200 digital TV channels.
In January 1996, he was nominated Head of Multimedia Services. He was among the founders
and member of the DVB Steering Board, since the creation of the Digital Video Broadcasting
project in 1993. He was Chairman of the DVB Data Broadcasting Services Group where he managed
to conceive and finalise the DVB-IP standard (April 1997) approved by more than 200 companies,
today the de-facto worldwide standard.
Today he is the Director of the OpenSky Services Business Unit where OpenSky services are
being conceived, developed, operated and commercialised all over the countries covered by
Eutelsat satellites. He has recently launched the development of OpenSky Personal
Broadcasting services that will allow any end user to become a broadband content provider.
Mr. Arcidiacono has been the originator of the EUTELSAT Multimedia Platform (EMP) initiative
and leads a team of extremely qualified professionals. He has published in excess of 100 papers
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