Intellian Technologies announced the development of a 3.6-m television receive only (TVRO) system to enable passengers on cruise ships access to TV services worldwide
Available for pre-order with delivery scheduled for later this year, Intellian said the t360CK offers users the ability to electronically switch between C-Band and Ku-Band, while supporting C-Band linear and circular polarisation in the same feed, helping to mitigate blockage and creating resiliency for the TVRO services.
The system will also provide greater diversity, allowing for multiple modes of operation; individual or combined link configurations for greater service availability.
For a cruise line, this means less downtime and resources spent on feed swaps to the antenna while changing regions, as Intellian said the changes and adjustments can be now made automatically through Aptus NTV, the company’s latest graphical user interface (GUI) for TVRO. The provider said users can create different groups of satellites to meet their needs when changing regions and can also add or change satellite information using the improved library system.
Intellian claims the new hardware design makes the system one of the lightest 3.6-m TVRO systems available in the market.
T360CK has also been designed with 5G mitigation – a proprietary technology that reduces the C-Band interference as vessels get closer to shore, enabling live TV at all times.
Intellian chief executive Eric Sung said, “Despite the ever-increasing subscriptions of streaming services, there’s still huge demand on board for TV to watch live sport and news.
“Our new t360CK is designed to facilitate this demand on every vessel with both circular and linear polarisation, 5G mitigation and individual or combined links, making it even easier for entertainment and engineering teams on board to deliver operational excellence.”
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