During the international exhibition CSTB 2011, General Satellite Corporation won the second National Award in the area of multi-channel digital TV, “BIG DIGIT 2011”, in the category of "The best digital set-top box." The Digital terrestrial receiver TE-8310** came out on top.
Upon receiving the award, Vice-President for Innovation of General Satellite Corporation P. Chumakov thanked the jury for the recognition of the company's progress over the last 20 years, and assured that General Satellite would remain at the forefront of digitalization and innovation for at least the next 20 years.
From February 1st to February 3rd in the exhibition center "Crocus Expo", anyone could evaluate the new market trends of television and telecommunications. The debate between the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media and the business representatives was launched at the round-table "Russia's transition to digital broadcasting.”
General Satellite Corporation, the leading developer and manufacturer of receiving equipment for television, announced plans to establish a research and educational center within the project "Technopolis Gusev" to prepare specialists in the field of microelectronics, nanotechnology and innovative entrepreneurship. Project Technopolis Gusev, implemented by General Satellite in the Kaliningrad region in 2008, will include a scientific and educational basis.
General Satellite exhibited two specifically prepared layouts for the project "Technopolis Gusev": "Center of Residential development of Technopolis” and “GS Nanotech”, a microelectronics production plant.
Of particular interest was the electronic guide, made in the form of a virtual mannequin, which gave visitors answers to various questions about the project "Technopolis Gusev."
As to be expected, the CSTB 2011 exhibition and conference provided all of the latest formats and trends of television and telecommunication technologies. More than 400 exhibitors from 27 countries for over three days showed visitors their latest developments. More than 20,750 experts, representatives of specialized agencies, media representatives and interested individuals attended the event this year.
**TE-8511 receives both open and encrypted television and radio channels. Its built on the elemental basis of standard-definition television and supports the accepted Russian progressive compression format MPEG-4. The unit is compact and of modern design.
General Satellite Corporation is a Russian research and production company, presenting at domestic and international market the hi-tech radio-electronic equipment, which specifications meet the highest standards. Reliability and professionalism through many years of successful activity enabled the company to take the leading place in telecommunications business community of Russia.
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Technopolis: Gusev
One of the most important activities of the General Satellite Corporation today is the continued investment and development of the Technopolis Gusev technological project. In this article, we’ll explain the idea behind this project as well as talk about the global experience of innovative urban design, creation and the development of industrial parks.
Project Objectives:
To establish a radio-electronics industry cluster in the town of Gusev and create a new pole for innovative development at the federal level. The project provides for the launch of five high-tech industries, of which four have already been constructed and work. The idea of Technopolis involves the construction of industrial facilities as well as complex social infrastructure for a complete living environment.
Current Accomplishments:
Since 2008, Technopolis has been in operation.
As of today, Technopolis has the largest radio-electronics production in Russia and Eastern Europe with the company «NPO «Digital Television Systems» (DTVS), the production of antennas and housings for consumer electronics with the company Pankor, a factory for the manufacture of corrugated cardboard and packing and a house-building factory which will provide convenient and inexpensive cottages for the staff of Technopolis.
These capable enterprises ensure digitization of mobile television in Russia as well as already creating more than 1,500 new jobs.
Future Goals:
In 2011, Technopolis will begin construction for the center of development and production of microelectronics in the GS plant NANOTECH. The first step is to build a plant for packaging multichip microprocessors and is scheduled to begin creating chips with a topology of 45 nanometers by the end of this year. In 2012, microprocessors and printed circuit boards with 6-meter class accuracy are scheduled to be produced. By the end of 2013, Technopolis will have created a nanotechnology, scientific research and innovation center. It will operate on the basis of one of the leading Russian universities.
Negotiations on a joint program to train highly qualified personnel in the field of micro-and radio-electronics programming and mathematical modeling are carried out with the Immanuel Kant State University of Russia, Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University and the Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications.
January 28, 2011, an agreement was signed between the Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics and General Satellite Corporation to cooperate in facilitating the innovative development of the Russian Federation, including promoting the modernization of scientific innovation and the educational system for training and retraining of young professionals in the field of advanced technologies.
The contract provides for the establishment of a research and education program to train specialists in the field of microelectronics, nanotechnology and innovative entrepreneurship.
The scientific and educational basis will function within the framework of the Technopolis Gusev project area of scientific and technological development, implemented by the project investor General Satellite since 2008 in the Kaliningrad region. The agreement was signed by General Satellite President A. Tkachenko and O. Goncharuk, Rector of Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics.
Creating innovative cluster involves the construction of not only industrial buildings, but also objects social infrastructure. The house-building factory “Beliy Klyuch” will build houses for a permanent residence of Technopolis specialists that will create a unique social environment for innovation and attract intellectual capital. The first phase of residential settling is already planned for the end of 2011.
International Experiences:
The most successful project of such kind is Silicon Valley in California, USA. This technology center concentrates scientific and production companies whose activities are related to research and the implementation of electronic devices and biotechnological innovations. In Britain, Milton Keynes became the most successful project, which is located 75 miles to the northwest of London. In 2006, the city’s population reached 215,000, of whom 46% were under the age of thirty. The concept of the architectural design of the city states that no building can be taller than the tallest tree in the city. Milton Keynes has more than 1600 hectares of parks, a city surrounded by ancient forests and 160 hectares of lakes. The production zone consists of world-class industrial and commercial buildings.
Russian Experience:
The biggest projects to be implemented in the near future are: Innovation Center Skolkovo near Moscow and the coal-metallurgical center Uglenaukograd. Also, in the Kemerovo region, an experimental investment project of integrated development is a satellite city named “Lesnaya Polyana” where President Medvedev was present when the first stone was laid. This pilot project is an example of successful implementation of a new strategy for socio-economic development in low-rise buildings and entered a number of significant federal projects. It can also be noted that for every one ruble of budget investment, there are four rubles of private investment in the project. As for Technopolis Gusev, it is the first and only project of such scale that is supported only by private investments.
Andrey Tkachenko, the president of the General Satellite Corporation said: "In 2008 we began to build a high-tech industrial park in Gusev. Manufacturing plants, housing, infrastructure facilities including a community center for housing development, as well as communication and roads - all with a clean slate. These places where people live are not just dots on the map of our country; they are, first and foremost, a space for those people to life a comfortable life. Innovations that are being introduced into the real economy bring visible improvements in the entire socio-economic life of the region; successfully solving problems with jobs and housing."
What is a “technopolis”?
Technopolis is (from the Greek, “techne”, meaning the skill; and “polis”, meaning city) a modern form of territorial integration of science, education and highly developed production. It represents the integrated scientific, production, educational and cultural areas, all united around the science center. This concept of development of territories is tested and cost-effectively applied in many countries.
Project Objectives:
To establish a radio-electronics industry cluster in the town of Gusev and create a new pole for innovative development at the federal level. The project provides for the launch of five high-tech industries, of which four have already been constructed and work. The idea of Technopolis involves the construction of industrial facilities as well as complex social infrastructure for a complete living environment.
Current Accomplishments:
Since 2008, Technopolis has been in operation.
As of today, Technopolis has the largest radio-electronics production in Russia and Eastern Europe with the company «NPO «Digital Television Systems» (DTVS), the production of antennas and housings for consumer electronics with the company Pankor, a factory for the manufacture of corrugated cardboard and packing and a house-building factory which will provide convenient and inexpensive cottages for the staff of Technopolis.
These capable enterprises ensure digitization of mobile television in Russia as well as already creating more than 1,500 new jobs.
Future Goals:
In 2011, Technopolis will begin construction for the center of development and production of microelectronics in the GS plant NANOTECH. The first step is to build a plant for packaging multichip microprocessors and is scheduled to begin creating chips with a topology of 45 nanometers by the end of this year. In 2012, microprocessors and printed circuit boards with 6-meter class accuracy are scheduled to be produced. By the end of 2013, Technopolis will have created a nanotechnology, scientific research and innovation center. It will operate on the basis of one of the leading Russian universities.
Negotiations on a joint program to train highly qualified personnel in the field of micro-and radio-electronics programming and mathematical modeling are carried out with the Immanuel Kant State University of Russia, Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University and the Bonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications.
January 28, 2011, an agreement was signed between the Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics and General Satellite Corporation to cooperate in facilitating the innovative development of the Russian Federation, including promoting the modernization of scientific innovation and the educational system for training and retraining of young professionals in the field of advanced technologies.
The contract provides for the establishment of a research and education program to train specialists in the field of microelectronics, nanotechnology and innovative entrepreneurship.
The scientific and educational basis will function within the framework of the Technopolis Gusev project area of scientific and technological development, implemented by the project investor General Satellite since 2008 in the Kaliningrad region. The agreement was signed by General Satellite President A. Tkachenko and O. Goncharuk, Rector of Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics.
Creating innovative cluster involves the construction of not only industrial buildings, but also objects social infrastructure. The house-building factory “Beliy Klyuch” will build houses for a permanent residence of Technopolis specialists that will create a unique social environment for innovation and attract intellectual capital. The first phase of residential settling is already planned for the end of 2011.
International Experiences:
The most successful project of such kind is Silicon Valley in California, USA. This technology center concentrates scientific and production companies whose activities are related to research and the implementation of electronic devices and biotechnological innovations. In Britain, Milton Keynes became the most successful project, which is located 75 miles to the northwest of London. In 2006, the city’s population reached 215,000, of whom 46% were under the age of thirty. The concept of the architectural design of the city states that no building can be taller than the tallest tree in the city. Milton Keynes has more than 1600 hectares of parks, a city surrounded by ancient forests and 160 hectares of lakes. The production zone consists of world-class industrial and commercial buildings.
Russian Experience:
The biggest projects to be implemented in the near future are: Innovation Center Skolkovo near Moscow and the coal-metallurgical center Uglenaukograd. Also, in the Kemerovo region, an experimental investment project of integrated development is a satellite city named “Lesnaya Polyana” where President Medvedev was present when the first stone was laid. This pilot project is an example of successful implementation of a new strategy for socio-economic development in low-rise buildings and entered a number of significant federal projects. It can also be noted that for every one ruble of budget investment, there are four rubles of private investment in the project. As for Technopolis Gusev, it is the first and only project of such scale that is supported only by private investments.
Andrey Tkachenko, the president of the General Satellite Corporation said: "In 2008 we began to build a high-tech industrial park in Gusev. Manufacturing plants, housing, infrastructure facilities including a community center for housing development, as well as communication and roads - all with a clean slate. These places where people live are not just dots on the map of our country; they are, first and foremost, a space for those people to life a comfortable life. Innovations that are being introduced into the real economy bring visible improvements in the entire socio-economic life of the region; successfully solving problems with jobs and housing."
What is a “technopolis”?
Technopolis is (from the Greek, “techne”, meaning the skill; and “polis”, meaning city) a modern form of territorial integration of science, education and highly developed production. It represents the integrated scientific, production, educational and cultural areas, all united around the science center. This concept of development of territories is tested and cost-effectively applied in many countries.
Monday, 25 April 2011
The world's first clownery-performance was held in Moscow in 3D format.
April 19, 2011, in Moscow's cinema center Karo Film October, the first clownery premiere in the world was held in 3D format. The Russian Corporation General Satellite - the largest developer and manufacturer of television set-top boxes has made a movie version of Leonid Leikin’s Show (by the Litsedei Theater) Fly and Saw, dedicated to Slava Polunin.
The Fly and Saw Program is a best creation by Leonid Leikin, a world famous unique clown, who for the last 12 years cheers up the spectators at the DU SOLEIL Circus.
Before the premiere, the Project-Makers shared with the assembled reporters the goal of such an unusual experiment as the clownery in 3D that they have decided to go for.
"Our theater is very fond of everything innovative: we have been the first to leave the mime theater and create an established clownery theater, - Leonid Leikin said. - Therefore, when the General Satellite Company came to us with a proposal to tape the show in the 3D format, we readily agreed. Even in Soviet times, I loved to watch TV shows, and I am very sorry that this tradition is almost gone: The movie you can shoot anew, while each theater performance is unique, it is shot the way it is, and its value lies therein."
Pavel Chumakov the General Satellite Company’s Innovation Director supported Leonid Leikin, "It is very difficult to shoot such an action. We have long been engaged in the technology and content creation, yet this experience is the first one and is very important to us. In the movies, you can reshoot the take. A theater-play is sort of a frozen reality that cannot be repeated, so you need to shoot at the one and only attempt. Our Project is something new both technologically and as far as the creative vision is concerned."
After the official part, Leonid Leikin, Victor Solovyev, Anwar Libabov and Anna Orlova greeted the guests, and the young actors of the Litsedei tried to leave everyone with a nose: bright clown noses and flutes brought joy that evening not to the children only but also to all the participants.
Armen Dzhigarkhanjan, Oleg Mityayev, Nikita Vysotsky, Igor Ugolnikov with his wife, Helen Vorobei and her family, Catherine Strizhenova with her youngest daughter Sasha, Cornelia Mango, Viktor Chaika and other fans of Litsedei came to the premiere to congratulate their friends and colleagues. Armen Dzhigarkhanjan admitted it was for the first time in his life that he saw something in 3D and enjoyed trying on the glasses before the show.
The Premiere guests greeted the unusual movie-play: the applause did not cease throughout the entire show, so the Cinema Hall (designed to seat 1500 spectators) of the October Movie Center resembled a rather huge auditorium that evening. The Project-Makers hope that the 3D movie-play by Litsedei will soon be available to a wide range of Russian viewers.
The Fly and Saw Program is a best creation by Leonid Leikin, a world famous unique clown, who for the last 12 years cheers up the spectators at the DU SOLEIL Circus.
Before the premiere, the Project-Makers shared with the assembled reporters the goal of such an unusual experiment as the clownery in 3D that they have decided to go for.
"Our theater is very fond of everything innovative: we have been the first to leave the mime theater and create an established clownery theater, - Leonid Leikin said. - Therefore, when the General Satellite Company came to us with a proposal to tape the show in the 3D format, we readily agreed. Even in Soviet times, I loved to watch TV shows, and I am very sorry that this tradition is almost gone: The movie you can shoot anew, while each theater performance is unique, it is shot the way it is, and its value lies therein."
Pavel Chumakov the General Satellite Company’s Innovation Director supported Leonid Leikin, "It is very difficult to shoot such an action. We have long been engaged in the technology and content creation, yet this experience is the first one and is very important to us. In the movies, you can reshoot the take. A theater-play is sort of a frozen reality that cannot be repeated, so you need to shoot at the one and only attempt. Our Project is something new both technologically and as far as the creative vision is concerned."
After the official part, Leonid Leikin, Victor Solovyev, Anwar Libabov and Anna Orlova greeted the guests, and the young actors of the Litsedei tried to leave everyone with a nose: bright clown noses and flutes brought joy that evening not to the children only but also to all the participants.
Armen Dzhigarkhanjan, Oleg Mityayev, Nikita Vysotsky, Igor Ugolnikov with his wife, Helen Vorobei and her family, Catherine Strizhenova with her youngest daughter Sasha, Cornelia Mango, Viktor Chaika and other fans of Litsedei came to the premiere to congratulate their friends and colleagues. Armen Dzhigarkhanjan admitted it was for the first time in his life that he saw something in 3D and enjoyed trying on the glasses before the show.
The Premiere guests greeted the unusual movie-play: the applause did not cease throughout the entire show, so the Cinema Hall (designed to seat 1500 spectators) of the October Movie Center resembled a rather huge auditorium that evening. The Project-Makers hope that the 3D movie-play by Litsedei will soon be available to a wide range of Russian viewers.
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
The General Satellite Corporation joined the International Telecommunication Union
March 23, 2011
The Association of Electronic Equipment Manufacturers and Traders in Kaliningrad Region the General Satellite Corporation became a member of the Telecommunication Development Sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The Company’s Application was approved by the national regulator - the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation.Joining the ITU allows the General Satellite Corporation taking part in international telecommunications development programs and events dedicated to urgent problems’ solving in the telecommunications field. Admission to ITU membership means recognizing the Corporation as answering the most modern standards. Functioning within the ITU framework provides the Company with a basis to step out into international markets development.
ITU was formed in 1865 by 20 countries, including Russia, and is the oldest international organization among the existing ones. ITU is currently a UN specialized agency with the membership of 192 countries and about 700 companies of both public and private sectors.
The purpose of the Union is to promote and enhance the international cooperation in the regional use of all communication forms, improving technical means, their efficient operation.
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Russia's first chip for digital TV
March 15, 2011
At the First International Business Conference for the production of microelectronics and nanoelectronics Si-Forum 2011 in the Technopolis Gusev (Kaliningrad region), the General Satellite Corporation, and the RC Module announced the development and manufacture of Russia's first chip for digital TV.
In Gusev, Kaliningrad region, the First International Business Conference for the production of micro and nanoelectronics Si-Forum 2011 took place, held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Kaliningrad region Government. The Si-Forum 2011 hosts are the Association of Manufacturers and Traders in Electronic Equipment in Kaliningrad Region the General Satellite Corporation and the leading developer of chipsets in Russia the Research Center Module.
International semiconductor companies attended the Si-Forum 2011. Among them Texas Instruments, Fujitsu, Renesas, Crocus Technology. The Rosnano Company took part in the Si-Forum 2011 as well.
The main topics of the Forum have been the prospects for Russia's participation in the international labor division in the field of micro and nanoelectronics. The Forum’s congress consisted of presentations and discussions that focused in the most pressing issues affecting the electronics’ development and manufacture in Russia, and other relevant topics.
The following issues were discussed among the topics for reports and discussion:
- Prospects for the electronic components base development and manufacture in Russia.
- Foreign companies’ interest in the transfer of contract microelectronics manufacturing from Southeast Asia to Russia.
- Special economic zones’ emergence and development in Russia and the microelectronic production development. Kaliningrad region prospects to turn into an international platform for the microelectronics production.
- Reducing the cost of electronic-component base production by means of contract manufacturing in special economic zones in Russia.
- Formation of new effective poles for innovation development in the micro and nanoelectronics field in Russia. Emergence of new clusters of electronics industry in Russia.
- Russia's first chip for digital TV development and manufacturing. Creating a digital terrestrial set-top box on the basis of the chip.
In the framework of Si-Forum 2011, signing a set of agreements between Fujitsu, the RC Module and the General Satellite Corporation to set up digital television components manufacturing in Kaliningrad region has become the first step in implementing the strategy chosen by the Forum’ hosts to transport microelectronics contract manufacturing projects from Southeast Asia to Russia.
The RC Module and the General Satellite Corporation agreed to cooperate in the field of digital set-top box creation on SLSI K1879HB1YA (the first chip for digital TV developed in Russia according to the 90nm technology) and arrange the final manufacturing of SLSI analog at the GS plant NANOTECH in Gusev, Kaliningrad region. It was also agreed to create a hybrid chip that would have the decoder and descrambler chips’ functionality with full hardware support for CAS ROSKRYPT-PRO.
The RC Module and Fujitsu (the RC Module’s long-term partner) agreed that Fujitsu will host the production of the first chip for digital TV developed in Russia at Fujitsu’s manufacturing facilities. The two Sides agreed as well to continue cooperation in the development and manufacture of digital television components.
During the Si-Forum 2011, the operation of a SD / HD digital terrestrial receiver prototype based on the first national SLSI K1879HB1YA was shown – a standard and high definition digital television decoder. The designed set-top box meets the functionality specifications for Russia's digital broadcasting national network.
The Forum’ Hosts Summary
The Association of Manufacturers and Traders in Electronic Equipment in Kaliningrad region the General Satellite Corporation
The GS was founded in 2008 in order to facilitate a speedier digitalization of broadcasting in the Russian Federation by establishing a complex of modern highly automated production facilities that would meet the consumers’ demand for digital set-top boxes. In addition, an important task to be solved by the Association is testing an innovative model for small cities’ development in Russia as shown by the investment project The Area of Scientific and Technological Development Technopolis Gusev.
The CJSC Research Center Module
The CJSC RC Module was founded in 1990 by leading State research institutes engaged in the development of advanced radio-electronics. Since 1995, the CJSC RC Module develops high-performance processor cores with the DSP / RISC architecture and analog-digital system-on-chip based on the leading global companies semiconductor technology.
The CJSC RC Module was founded in 1990 by leading State research institutes engaged in the development of advanced radio-electronics. Since 1995, the CJSC RC Module develops high-performance processor cores with the DSP / RISC architecture and analog-digital system-on-chip based on the leading global companies semiconductor technology.
In 2010, the RC Module has successfully completed complex design and manufacturing projects of systems-on-chip based on NeuroMatrix® and ARM® processor cores in the navigation and digital television fields, which pertain to the national development infrastructure and priority areas. These systems-on-chip are made according to the 90-nm technology.
Friday, 11 March 2011
The General Satellite Corporation at the Andina Link'2011 Conference in Cartagena (Colombia)
March 05, 2011
February 22 - 24, representatives of the General Satellite Corporation participated in one of the largest conferences in the field of telecommunications in Latin America - the Andina Link'2011, which was held in Cartagena (Colombia).
According to the Event results, the General Satellite representatives came into agreement to cooperate with Companies from the United States, Colombia, Costa Rica, United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands.
As a part of this Event, there was held the FICA 2011 International Forum, dedicated to new technologies and new markets emerging in digital broadcasting. The event was represented by companies from 14 states, mostly from Latin America. General Satellite Delegation presented their projects and developments in direct satellite broadcasting, terrestrial television digitalization as well as cable television digitalization.
General Satellite Corporation at the CabSat MENA and Satellite MENA Exhibition
March 04, 2011
February 08-10, 2011, the General Satellite Corporation took part in one of the largest exhibitions of latest achievements in the field of telecommunications and broadcasting in the Middle East and North Africa - CabSat MENA and Satellite MENA that was held in Dubai, UAE.
Contacts have been established at the Exhibition with the satellite operators interested in commercialization of TV broadcasting through their participation in service provider projects, as well as with a few other large companies of the same industry, who are looking for opportunities to establish joint projects in broadcast digitalization in the region.
In the spring of 2011, The General Satellite Corporation will hold extensive consultations with the potential partners according to the results of negotiations held at the Exhibition.
General Satellite in DR Congo and Gabon
March 03, 2011
General Satellite to participate in the development of the DTT Transition Concept in DR Congo and Gabon
In mid-February this year, with the assistance of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the delegation of General Satellite headed by Foreign Projects Department Director Mr. Sergey Dolgopolsky met the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Communications, DR Congo, as well as the leadership of the relevant governmental structures of Gabon.
As a result of the proposals voiced by the company at the meetings in Kinshasa and Libreville, the decisions have been made on the General Satellite participation in the development of the Transition to Digital Broadcasting Concept in the DR Congo and on setting up a Special Interagency Commission on implementing the leading technologies of the Russian company in the Republic of Gabon.
Both countries, which, like Russia, have to disconnect the analogue TV signal in 2015, are interested in cooperation with General Satellite on the digitalization of terrestrial TV using the DVB-T standard. In this regard, as the African partners have noted, the experience, technology and equipment of the Russian company may be in great demand in the region.
Project’s development in Nicaragua
February 17, 2011
General Satellite Corporation will carry on the Project’s development supported by the Investment Promotion Agency of Nicaragua.
The General Satellite Corporation presentation took place at the meeting of Russian companies' representatives and the Nicaraguan part of Russia-Nicaragua Intergovernmental Commission (RNIC) this February. The GS Foreign Broadcasting Projects Department Managers presented information regarding the General Satellite Corporation and a proposal on Joint Satellite Television (DTH) Project to be implemented in Nicaragua.
The RNIC Conference was held at the National Committee for Economic Cooperation with Latin American Countries (NC ECLAC) supported by the Ministry for Economic Development of the Russian Federation.
The Nicaraguan part representatives - the chief officers of Investment Promotion Agency of Nicaragua and those of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua in particular - expressed their interest in the General Satellite Corporation proposal.
An agreement was reached as a result of presentation and the business meetings that followed, to carry on the Project’s development supported by the Investment Promotion Agency of Nicaragua.
General Satellite in Ghana, Africa
February 17, 2011
General Satellite Corporation reached a cooperation agreement in the field of joint Satellite and Terrestrial TV Projects with a number of African countries at DISCOP Accra Forum in Ghana, Africa.
The General Satellite Corporation representatives took part in the DISCOP Accra Forum, organized and carried out by the BasicLead Company in Ghana.
During the 3-day Event the managers of the Foreign Broadcasting Projects Department made preliminary agreements on joint Satellite and Terrestrial TV Projects with companies from Nigeria, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Ghana.
The General Satellite Corporation presented its products at the Council of Federation
January 26, 2011
Receiving equipment and interactive digital TV features, developed by the General Satellite Corporation, were on display at the "Innovative Components of Information Society" exhibition for the members of the Federal Assembly and journalists to see. The exhibition had been installed in the lobby of the Council of Federation building as an accompaniment to a report by Igor Schegolev, the Minister of Communication and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, at "The Government Hour" on January 26, 2011.
New features implemented in the CSMW (Control systems middleware for operator functioning), developed by the General Satellite, attracted special interest. These features allow use of terrestrial digital broadcasting as a mean of public information. The following features of set-top boxes with integrated CSMW support were presented to the visitors of the exhibition:
New features implemented in the CSMW (Control systems middleware for operator functioning), developed by the General Satellite, attracted special interest. These features allow use of terrestrial digital broadcasting as a mean of public information. The following features of set-top boxes with integrated CSMW support were presented to the visitors of the exhibition:
individual and group video and audio Civil Defense and Emergency information via digital set-top box with CSMW support;- various announcement modes - if a TV-set is turned off the announcement is made via a loudspeaker installed into a set-top box;
- emergency announcements addressed to a single house, settlement or a whole region;
- voice messaging;
- visual instructions for the population on what to do in case of an emergency by distributing video clips.
Visitors were also shown an unique feature - "The Electronic Government" services access via set-top box. The technology, developed by the General Satellite Corporation, requires Universal Electronic card (UEC) for terrestrial digital TV subscribers.
Infomat - apparatus which enables access to the government services portal even for those who do not have internet access - were another subject of interest.
When the switch to digital broadcasting is complete everyone will require either a modern TV-set or special set-top box for an older TV-set in order to receive digital transmissions. The Minister informed the audience that the price of such a set-top box is already comparable to one of a low-end mobile phone and has a tendency to decline further.
A multifunctional set-top box could be used not just to watch TV channels but also to get an access to the Internet and to "The Electronic Government" services, the Minister pointed out.
"There are Russian made set-top boxes which allow access to both digital TV channels and the government services portal. Information is displayed on a TV screen. It is also possible to watch video, pay for goods and services using a bank card, make VoIP calls", - said the Minister.
While talking to journalists after the speech the Minister had the following to say about gradual switching off terrestrial analog TV broadcasting: "We have chosen a soft approach to turning off of analog broadcasting. It will actually be turned off only when most of the population has access to digital broadcasting, - said Igor Schegolev. - We together with the Ministry of Industry and Trade intend to pass a legislation later this year requiring every piece of receiving equipment imported to Russia to contain a module for receiving a digital signal."
Igor Schegolev emphasized that Russian industry will be capable of meeting at least 90% of the demand for transmitters and over 75% for receiving equipment once TV broadcasting is switched to a digital format.
While talking to journalists after the speech the Minister had the following to say about gradual switching off terrestrial analog TV broadcasting: "We have chosen a soft approach to turning off of analog broadcasting. It will actually be turned off only when most of the population has access to digital broadcasting, - said Igor Schegolev. - We together with the Ministry of Industry and Trade intend to pass a legislation later this year requiring every piece of receiving equipment imported to Russia to contain a module for receiving a digital signal."
Igor Schegolev emphasized that Russian industry will be capable of meeting at least 90% of the demand for transmitters and over 75% for receiving equipment once TV broadcasting is switched to a digital format.
Kant RSU and the General Satellite Corporation signed a cooperation agreement in the framework of the Technopolis Gusev Project
December 09, 2010
Kaliningrad region, Gusev. A cooperation agreement has been signed between Kant RSU and the Association of Electronic Equipment Manufacturers and Traders of the Kaliningrad region General Satellite Corporation on the establishment and development of University Educational and Research Center (UERC) in the framework of the Technopolis Gusev Project for scientific and technological development.
University Educational and Research Center is scheduled to be build by 2013. It should become a platform for training world-class specialists in the field of microelectronics. They will be employed in companies and research laboratories of the Technopolis. Kant RSU is currently a leading partner of the Technopolis Gusev in establishing the UERC.
The agreement was signed during the first working meeting of representatives of several leading scientific schools in Russia and those abroad with the leadership of the Association General Satellite Corporation. The aim of the workshop was the working out of major policy issues of interaction between business, science and education within the Technopolis Gusev Project, discussing strategic forms of UERC interaction with academic and research institutions in Russia and abroad.
A.G. Tkachenko, the President of the Association General Satellite Corporation: We endeavor to make every effort to secure the growth of the Technopolis Gusev into a full-fledged research and production site over the coming years. Today we took a big step in that direction. I hope that together with the Kant RSU we will succeed in creating the innovative projects cultivation environment in Gusev. The Emmanuel Kant RSU was the first of the high schools and it is them that most vigorously responded to our invitation to create together the University Educational and Research Center within the Technopolis Gusev Project framework.
S.A. Zhdanyuk, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences, the Director of A.V. Lykov Heat - and Mass Transfer Institute of Belorussia National Academy of Sciences: In Belarus there are many professionals who are ready to cooperate with the General Satellite. I think that Technopolis Gusev is a good point of growth, they have a good potential for development.
The Meeting Participants:
Kaliningrad region, Gusev. A cooperation agreement has been signed between Kant RSU and the Association of Electronic Equipment Manufacturers and Traders of the Kaliningrad region General Satellite Corporation on the establishment and development of University Educational and Research Center (UERC) in the framework of the Technopolis Gusev Project for scientific and technological development.
University Educational and Research Center is scheduled to be build by 2013. It should become a platform for training world-class specialists in the field of microelectronics. They will be employed in companies and research laboratories of the Technopolis. Kant RSU is currently a leading partner of the Technopolis Gusev in establishing the UERC.The agreement was signed during the first working meeting of representatives of several leading scientific schools in Russia and those abroad with the leadership of the Association General Satellite Corporation. The aim of the workshop was the working out of major policy issues of interaction between business, science and education within the Technopolis Gusev Project, discussing strategic forms of UERC interaction with academic and research institutions in Russia and abroad.
Comments from the meeting participants:
A.G. Tkachenko, the President of the Association General Satellite Corporation: We endeavor to make every effort to secure the growth of the Technopolis Gusev into a full-fledged research and production site over the coming years. Today we took a big step in that direction. I hope that together with the Kant RSU we will succeed in creating the innovative projects cultivation environment in Gusev. The Emmanuel Kant RSU was the first of the high schools and it is them that most vigorously responded to our invitation to create together the University Educational and Research Center within the Technopolis Gusev Project framework.
Timur Gareev, the Vice President for innovative development of the Emmanuel Kant Russian State University: We have seriously and with great enthusiasm welcomed the appearance of such a player as the General Satellite in the Kaliningrad region. We perceive them as one of our key strategic partners. The Technopolis Gusev Project presents to us an opportunity to develop mutual cooperation of businesses and high schools in order to produce highly skilled specialists that would be sought-after in the world. We are very interested in accelerating the development. Being transformed into the Baltic Federal University, the Emmanuel Kant RSU prepares the program of its five-year development, which fits the General Satellite's strategic plans for the formation of the UERC in Gusev. This gives us the opportunity today to synchronize their plans.
S.A. Zhdanyuk, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences, the Director of A.V. Lykov Heat - and Mass Transfer Institute of Belorussia National Academy of Sciences: In Belarus there are many professionals who are ready to cooperate with the General Satellite. I think that Technopolis Gusev is a good point of growth, they have a good potential for development.
Reference
The Meeting Participants:
Bukharin, Nikolai A., Director of the Interdisciplinary Institute for Advanced Studies, St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University- Gareev Timur Rustamovich, Vice President for innovative development of the Emmanuel Kant Russian State University.
- Goikhman Alexander, the Head of the Laboratory for Ion-Plasma Technologies at the Kant RSU Innovation Park.
- Zhdanok Sergei Alexandrovich, Director of A.V. Lykov Heat - and Mass Transfer Institute of Belarus National Academy of Sciences, Academician of NAS of Belarus.
- Komrakov Boris Petrovich, the Director of the Applied Mathematics and Information Technology Institute, Belgium.
- Andrew Georgievich Tkachenko, the President of the Association General Satellite Corporation.
- Shpilevoi Andrey Alexandrovich, Department Head of the Telecommunications Faculty of Physical Engineering of the Emmanuel Kant Russian State University.
- Lee Igor Vasilievich, the First Vice-Rector of the St. Petersburg State Engineering and Economics University
Association of Electronic Equipment Producers and Traders in the Kaliningrad region General Satellite Corporation was founded in 2008 to facilitate the speedy digitalization of broadcasting in the Russian Federation through the creation of a complex of modern highly automated production facilities capable of satisfying the demand of consumers for the digital set-top boxes. An important task to be solved by the Association, is also testing an innovative model of development of Russia small cities according to the example set by the investment Project the Area of Scientific and Technological Development - Technopolis Gusev. In August 2009, two enterprises of the Association of Electronic Equipment Producers and Traders in the Kaliningrad region General Satellite Corporation started operating. They have been built within the Project the Area of Scientific and Technological Development - Technopolis Gusev. The SIA Digital Television Systems has become Europe's largest enterprise manufacturing set-top boxes. To date, the Company produced more than 1 million digital set-top boxes for receiving terrestrial and satellite television signals. The plant utilizes a full cycle products manufacturing, including the motherboards assembly.The Corporation Enterprises are capable of producing up to 5 million set-top boxes a year on the Federal Target Program the Development of digital broadcasting in the Russian Federation for 2009-2015.
The inauguration of the First Cardboard Factory
November 25, 2010
On November 25, 2010 in Gusev, the inauguration of the First Cardboard Factory took place. The factory is the largest enterprise in the region for the corrugated board and corrugated packaging manufacturing. The solemn ceremony of launching the main production line was attended by N.N. Tsukanov, the Governor of the Kaliningrad region.
The demand of the Kaliningrad manufacturers for high quality, environmentally friendly packaging and knobby packaging will be fully satisfied with the new Complex production capabilities. The project production capacity is 80 million sq. m. of corrugated board per year. "This is certainly an important event for regional producers, - says Sergey Slutsky, CEO of the First Cardboard Factory - because today, 7-9% of the packing cost is its delivery costs from Russia or the former Soviet republics." About 150 specialists with secondary and higher education will be employed to operate the business. "We are ready to provide jobs for people with disabilities such as hearing impairment,"- he added.
The plant will produce three products: corrugated cardboard, corrugated packaging and knobby packaging, which is made of waste products of the first two. Corrugated cardboard is the most common packaging material in the world: it provides for hygiene, reliability and durability during goods transportation.
High quality equipment by the leading world manufacturers will produce packaging of any configuration. The First Cardboard Factory has been built in the framework of the innovative Area of Scientific and Technological Development Technopolis Gusev Project, which is implemented in Gusev, Kaliningrad region since 2008. The Project envisages the construction of 7 high-tech Enterprises, which together with two cottage Communities will be located on 700 hectare territory.
The cluster territories development approach allows of rational organization of the production chain. Thus, the first customers of the First Cardboard Factory products will be the companies that have already been operating in Technopolis – the SIA Digital Television Systems and Prankor.
Investment in the Technopolis Gusev Project is attracted by the Association of Electronic Equipment Manufacturers and Traders in the Kaliningrad region General Satellite Corporation. "Today, in Gusev, a cluster of electronic industry is formed, a new pole of innovation development at the Federal level. Despite everything, the Technopolis Gusev Project develops without deviating from the schedule. In the very near future we will start construction of an ultra-modern plant in microelectronics, which has no analogues in Russia. Electronic components at the new Plant will be produced by a 45-nanometer technological process. Also, in 2010, construction of residential quarters and the Technopolis social center will be started"- Andrey Tkachenko, the President of the General Satellite Corporation has shared the plans at hand.
General Satellite enters the Asian market
November 17, 2010
During the international CASBAA Convention 2010 General Satellite has agreed about mutual partnership in the sphere of satellite, terrestrial and cable broadcasting with companies from India, Indonesia, Singapore and Philippines.
«CASBAA 2010» is the largest event of South-Eastern Asian region which this year gathered around 1000 participants – operators of satellite and cable television, content providers, platforms and multichannels.
CASBAA is Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia. It includes 128 corporations oriented for the Asian region. Among members there are AETN International, Al Jazeera, Arianespace, Asia Broadcast Satellite, AsiaSat, ASTRO, BBC Worldwide Channels Asia, Bloomberg Television, Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific, Disney Media Distribution, Fox International Channels, HBO Asia, Intelsat, Irdeto, ITV , Tiger Gate Entertainment and Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific.
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