Major Spanish Broadcaster Selects Scientific Atlanta

Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco company, today announced Abertis Telecom has expanded the regional program delivery capability of Spain's regional television association, Federation of Autonomic Radio and Television Entities (FORTA), by nearly 40 percent with an extensive Scientific Atlanta video contribution network platform

The new Abertis contribution network extends the reach of FORTA into three new regions, Aragon, Asturias and Murcia. This will enable the new regions, and the eight regions already receiving FORTA programming, to share content in a service expansion that will offer Spanish viewers exciting new programming choices. The high-quality video encoding, processing and management made possible by the new Scientific Atlanta platform help Abertis and FORTA meet a common goal of providing their viewers with a first-class entertainment and educational viewing experience.

The core of the new Abertis network platform is centrally located in FORTA's Madrid facility where multiple Scientific Atlanta digital encoders and decoders, as well as ATM network adapters, handle the various tasks needed to route the program from the three new regions to the eight other regions. In addition, Scientific Atlanta encoder, decoder, and adapter products and systems have been used to create regional TV studios and transmitter sites for digital delivery of programming to the Madrid site and for viewing within the Aragon, Asturias and Murcia regions - Cisco.