M-Three Satcom

BROADCASTING AND CONNECTING

Giglio Group’s fully owned M-Three Satcom SpA is an Italian company committed to providing reliable, complete and cost-effective solutions to international television, radio and A/V professionals. Since 2004 when M-Three Satcom was founded, its activity has been based in two teleports in Milan and Rome, connected to the worldwide Interoute network and allowing for a full range of services in terms of geographical coverage and solutions. A fleet of OB facilities for production and transmission of news, sport and shows and a systems integration unit completes the 360° range of available services.

Initially focused on the Hot Bird – E13 east DTH distribution as a starting point, M-Three Satcom gradually increased its activity range and coverage reaching a primary position in the infrastructureprovider arena. The services portfolio is organised into three interdependent business units: teleport services, outside broadcast, systems integration as VAR (value-added reseller) for Thomson TV Networks and other primary brands for all elements of the broadcast and delivery chain.

Teleport Services Top-level and Worldwide Delivery: From its twin teleport facilities in Milan and Rome and through long-term agreements with teleport and satellite operators worldwide, M-Three offers a wide choice of digital platforms for fibre optic, satellite, OTT contribution and distribution.

The prime orbital positions directly managed by M3 from Milan station are

Eutelsat 13 East and 9 East, both in DVB-S and S2 configurations, and serving a number of SD and HD channels as well as Italian and European radio networks. Most recently, M-Three started a new service for distribution in the east and Far East regions through Eutelsat E70 East, uplinking on two beams dedicated respectively to the Middle East and India (widebeam) and to the Far East and Oceania (Asia Beam).

At the same time, both Eutelsat and other key players in the European and EMEA region are cooperating with M-Three in delivering DTH bouquet in the areas, and joining forces to provide cost-effective, reliable solutions to clients. Clients benefit from an M-Three commitment to interruption-free service, earth station’s redundancy, power and fibre diversity, 24/7 support, plus a full site backup and recovery system managed between Milan, Rome and partner platforms.

Playout services and co-location: At M-Three premises, in addition to the robust fibre connectivity (which benefit from the co-presence of Interoute POP facilities at the teleport), a number of co-location and managed services are available. The playout centre consists of secured rack space, MCR, multiscreen area, systems and personnel for a 24/7 operation from basic ‘hands on’ support to full management of TV and radio channels. Clients can very easily monitor and operate self-owned or leased equipment through IP-dedicated access while onsite personnel will provide ingestion, files quality controls and provide a single contact point to coordinate operations between broadcaster and distribution platforms. Systems Integration Services The approach as technology supplier and end user makes M-Three Satcom the ideal partner in projecting, delivering and supporting all production and transmission solutions from studio facilities to modulation and compression systems, uplink stations and complete teleports facilities. M-Three provides turnkey solutions covering all steps of the digital supply chain from content acquisition and processing, to compression and delivery to final audience. The experience as direct technology user and provider and the continuous research and implementation activity carried at its teleport facilities allows M-Three Satcom to fully understand client needs in building efficient, affordable digital networks for contribution and transmission via satellite or terrestrial infrastructures.

M-Three is driven by innovation and care and shares with clients and partners every improvement in compression, bandwidth optimisation, reduction of delay in transmission and delivery. A full systems integration concept including project, delivery, on-site configuration and 24/7 maintenance and assistance assure

client success.

As value-added reseller of Thomson Networks and many other main brands, M-Three gives support with on-field experience to clients for: • Production facilities. • DSNG and fly-away integration. • Playout systems. • Encoding, compression, networking systems. • Modulation. • Amplifiers, RF units. • Antenna systems for fixed installation, fly-away or on-the-move auto pointing antennae.

Outside Broadcast M-Three Satcom through its fleet of OB Vans and SNGs provides live coverage of sport, entertainment, news and corporate events. Broadcasters, news agencies, sports associations and rights holders can count on M-Three Satcom’s affordable structure including a 24/7 booking centre, HD mobile facilities, fibre and satellite capacity for occasional use in every bandwidth and protocol configuration. Outside broadcast production and transmission units from various locations in and around Italy and in the neighbouring countries can rely on M-Three’s affordable and flexible OB van and DSNG trucks fleet, configured to support any kind of live events. These production services combine the forces of a skilled team of professionals for all related activities, from events scheduling and management, system configuration and optimisation to complete on field service delivery. In addition, the M-Three teleports and MCR support live transmissions with 24/7 troubleshooting services, turnaround and backup.

M-Three has supported and covered a number of prime time event–the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France cycling races, SuperBike motor show and races, skiing, rugby and football championships as well as the Olympics and the World Championships, to name a few.

Available OB Facilities • HD/SD DSNG trucks. • Production facilities from light standup to HD multi-camera van. • Special units with aircraft, helicopter and special MW links in cooperation with international partners for sport events such as marathons, cycling races, car rallies and such. • Playout, uplink and fibre injection centre in Milan and Rome. • Editing and post-production.

M-Three applications range from news coverage to sports broadcasting, content delivery and exchange, entertainment broadcasting, live corporate and business events, HD and 3D production and distribution. Through long-term agreements with major fibre and satellite operators, M-Three provides occasional and permanent use capacity on fibre and satellite networks for worldwide coverage in every required configuration.

Available Resources – Satellite • OU satellite capacity with booking on a pay per minute basis. • From 4.5 MHz to full transponder in various orbital positions. • Middle and long-term booking available for special events. • 24/7 booking centre and MCR for support and troubleshooting.

Available Resources - Fibre Network • Connecting most city centres all over

Europe and worldwide. • Leased lines from E1 to GbE and

STM1/4/16/64. • IP Backbone access with CBR and burst capacity. • Network management and global NOC.

M-Three Satcom at CABSAT 2016 M-Three’s showing at CABSAT covers new and available services. The company management together with colleagues from the Holdings Giglio Group discusses possible projects or queries with prospective clients and partners.

CONTACT

M-Three Satcom SpA Via Borgonuovo 4 – 20121 Milano

Operation Teleport Milano Via Brianza 15

20098 SG Milanese – Milano, Italy

Operation Teleport Rome Via Cornelia 498 00166 Rome

Email: sales@m3sat.com

Website: www.m3sat.com