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MatthiasLiu – founder,president
andsalesdirectorofTevii
Tevii Tapping Into
New Markets
PCCard&ReceiverManufacturerTevii,Taiwan
Tevii – while being young of age – has already
worked up a solid reputation for its PC cards and
USB boxes and is now in the progress of launching
a new range for new markets. Matthias Liu is the
founder of Tevii and the company’s top-scoring
sales director. He reveals some future plans in
a meeting we had with him in Munich, one of a
number of global destinations he recently visited.
To start with, Matthias Liu
gives us a brief account of
where he comes from: “Up
until 2006 I was employed
as sales manager for a major
company in the satellite indus-
try. When this company was
taken over by another player
I took the decision to become
self-employed.” Some of his
former colleagueswereequally
impressed with his envisaged
business strategy and so they
decided to jump on board
as well. “Tevii started with a
total workforce of only eight
people,” Matthias recalls on
his walk down memory lane.
“It’s never easy to start from
scratch and the first item on
our to-do listwas the develop-
ment of our own products. It
was only in the following year,
2007, thatwewereable togen-
erate a modest turnover.” In
case you’re curious about the
exact figure: it was 250,000
US$ in 2007. Tevii has come
a long way since and expects
sales reaching 2.2million US$
in 2010 and even 3millionUS$
the year after. Talk about rock-
solid business!Obviously, staff
numbers have also increased
so that “today we have 28
employees, a whopping 18
of which are engineers in
Research and Development.”
Matthias Liu can trulybeproud
of what he has been able to
achieve in such a short period
of time. But what exactly is
Tevii all about?
“We have always focused on
PC cards for satellite reception.
And for laptop users our range
includes USB boxes as well,”
Matthias Liu explains. Inciden-
tally, Matthias himself has no
engineering background, but
a dependable gut feeling for
what the market needs. “For
each product we sit down and
evaluate whether expected
sales will justify – and ulti-
mately pay for – development
costs,” he explains. It comes
as now surprise, then, that
the R&D department is the
core element of the Tevii busi-
nessmodel. Actual production
is outsourced to third-party
manufacturers in Taiwan as
well in Shenzen in mainland
China. “The trick is to come up
with the right product at the
right time,”Matthias Liu states
and illustrates this credo with
an example: “Right now there
is somuch talk about DVB-T2,
for example, even though this
is a technology that will only
start to penetrate markets in
about two years. By the time
that happens our own DVB-T2
products will also be ready
for take-off.” There’s no point
in being the first, it is a waste
of valuable resources that can
only be brought to fruition if
used wisely. Deciding on the
right time is the key to eco-
nomic success.
A closer look at the Tevii
product range lends additional
support to that theory. When
the company was established
in 2007 it offered two prod-
ucts: the S400 DVB-S PC card
and the S600 USB box for use
with laptop computers. “Both
products came with a tuner
sourced fromSharp,whichwas
replacedwithaNIM tuner from
Seritat thebeginningof2008.”
Since then the product desig-
nations have changed to S420
and S630. When the DVB-S
era slowly came to an end
and DVB-S2 was just around
the corner Tevii launched suc-
cessor models S464 as PC
card and S660 as USB box for
laptop use at the end of 2008.
And – wouldn’t you know it –
the Tevii S470 was introduced
in 2009 just when the whole
worldwas turning to PCIe (PCI
Express) slots as a replace-
ment for older PC slots. At
the end of 2010 new demand
was met with the launch of a
PC card with dual tuner – the
model name is S480 and it
sports twoDVB-S2 tuners.
If you have read all the lines
of this report so far, you can
probably guess what comes
next.DVB-Thaspickedup con-
siderably theworld over,which
called for a USB box with one
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TeviiTapping Into
NewMarkets
PCCard&ReceiverManufacturerTevii,Taiwan
Tevii –while being young of age – has alreadyworked up a solid reputation for its PC cards and
USB boxes and is now in the progress of launching
a new range for newmarkets.Matthias Liu is the
founder of Tevii and the company’s top-scoring
sales director.He reveals some future plans inameetingwe hadwith him inMunich, one of a
number of global destinations he recently visited.
To start with, Matthias Liu gives us a brief account of
where he comes from: “Upuntil 2006 I was employed
as sales manager for a major
company in the satellite indus-try. When this company was
taken over by another playerI took the decision to become
self-employed.” Some of hisformer colleagueswereequally
impressed with his envisagedbusiness strategy and so they
decided to jump on board
as well. “Tevii started with atotal workforce of only eight
people,” Matthias recalls onhis walk down memory lane.
“It’s never easy to start from
scratch and the first item onour to-do listwas the develop-
ment of our own products. Itwas only in the following year,
2007, thatwewereable togen-
erate a modest turnover.” Incase you’re curious about the
exact figure: it was 250,000US$ in 2007. Tevii has come
a long way since and expectssales reaching 2.2million US$
in 2010 and even 3millionUS$the year after. Talk about rock-
solid business!Obviously, staff
numbers have also increasedso that “today we have 28
employees, a whopping 18of which are engineers in
Research and Development.”
Matthias Liu can trulybeproudof what he has been able to
achieve in such a short periodof time. But what exactly is
Tevii all about?
“We have always focused on
PC cards for satellite reception.And for laptop users our range
includes USB boxes as well,”Matthias Liu explains. Inciden-
tally, Matthias himself has noengineering background, but
a dependable gut feeling for
what the market needs. “Foreach product we sit down and
evaluate whether expectedsales will justify – and ulti-
mately pay for – developmentcosts,” he explains. It comes
as now surprise, then, thatthe R&D department is the
core element of the Tevii busi-
nessmodel. Actual productionis outsourced to third-party
manufacturers in Taiwan aswell in Shenzen in mainland
China. “The trick is to come upwith the right product at the
right time,”Matthias Liu statesand illustrates this credo with
an example: “Right now there
is somuch talk about DVB-T2,for example, even though this
is a technology that will onlystart to penetrate markets in
about two years. By the timethat happens our own DVB-T2
products will also be readyfor take-off.” There’s no point
in being the first, it is a waste
of valuable resources that canonly be brought to fruition if
used wisely. Deciding on theright time is the key to eco-
nomic success.
A closer look at the Tevii
product range lends additionalsupport to that theory. When
the company was establishedin 2007 it offered two prod-
ucts: the S400 DVB-S PC cardand the S600 USB box for use
with laptop computers. “Bothproducts came with a tuner
sourced fromSharp,whichwas
replacedwithaNIM tuner fromSeritat thebeginningof2008.”
Since then the product desig-nations have changed to S420
and S630. When the DVB-Sera slowly came to an end
and DVB-S2 was just aroundthe corner Tevii launched suc-
cessor models S464 as PC
card and S660 as USB box forlaptop use at the end of 2008.
And – wouldn’t you know it –the Tevii S470 was introduced
in 2009 just when the wholeworldwas turning to PCIe (PCI
Express) slots as a replace-ment for older PC slots. At
the end of 2010 new demand
was met with the launch of aPC card with dual tuner – the
model name is S480 and itsports twoDVB-S2 tuners.
If you have read all the lines
of this report so far, you canprobably guess what comes
next.DVB-Thaspickedup con-
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tuner for DVB-S2 receptionand a second tuner for DVB-T.
Still, Matthias Liu has left thebest for last: “We are currently
also offering a quad tuner
card forDVB-TMPEG-4 recep-tion!” This particular product
was developed for an Austral-ian provider. “The quad tuner
card is a huge seller in regionswith a large DVB-T offering.”
Once again, Tevii has waitedfor the rightmoment. Up until
very recently DVB-T had not
been fully rolled out in manycountries, and the regionswith
more than fourDVB-T frequen-cies had been few and scat-
tered.
So what’s next in Tevii’spipeline?We can’twait to hear
from Matthias Liu what his
gut feeling is telling him. “Atthe beginning of 2011 we will
launch our first fully-fledgedconventional receiver!” It will
be called B600 and will sporta DVB-S2 tuner, Linux operat-
ing system, PVR functionality,USB and Ethernet interfaces
and – of course – HDMI, even
though two scart euroconnec-torswill guarantee compatibil-
ity with older TV sets as well.CI and CA slots will round off
the package.Whatmade Teviiexpand from the PC card seg-
ment to the receiver market?“It’s actually quite simple,”
Matthias Liu replies. “PC
cards are products for a nichemarket and now that we have
achieved a rock-solid reputa-tion in that niche market it’s
time to launch our brand in thereceivermarket aswell.”
This does not mean, how-
ever, that the PC card andUSB
box range is being neglected.MatthiasLiuuseshis laptopcomputer to showus thebrandnewB600 receiverwhichwillbe launchedshortly
Notye receiver forentering anewmarketsegment.Specimenof theB600, aDVB-S2HDTV receiverbasedonLinux
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SatelliteFootprints
Satbeams
A Website for Professionals
AlexanderDerjugin, founder andoperatorof
the satbeamswebsite. In the lobbyof ahotel in
Brussels,Belgium,heuseshis laptop to explain
the functionalityof satbeams.com.
Alexander D rjugin has set some lofty goals for himself.
He is the founder and operator of the satbeams.com
website the main purpose of which is to reach the
professionals. That’s a rather ambitious goal so we
wanted to find out from him personally how he intends
to reach it. We met up with him in Brussels, Belgium, the
city he calls home.
First we wanted to know how satellite
reception came into his life.He explains,
“I’m originally from Moscow. I worked
there as an IT manager for a big ‘Fast
Moving Consumer Goods’ company. The
company transferredme withmy family
to their European headquarters in Brus-
sels back in 2001.”
There Alexander Derjugin started to
work as an IT consultant in the area of
web infrastructure. In 2003 his depart-
ment was outsourced to another big
international company providing global
IT services he continues to work as a
ManagedWeb Service consultant.
Working in another country is a big
challenge and it was very important
for Alexander to setup his first satel-
lite dish to receive Russian programs!
“If we couldn’t receive Russian TV, my
wife would be very upset and we would
just pack and go back toMoscow”, jokes
Alexander Derjugin. As it turns out, he
has hiswife to thank for getting his start
in satellite reception. “My first satellite
system consisted of an 80cm antenna
that I used back then to receive SIRIUS
at 4.8 east and HOTBIRD at 13 east”,
he explains. Not long after that, he
expanded his system to 100cm.
Meanwhile,AlexanderDerjuginwanted
to learn more about this mysterious
technology.Ashis colleagues and friends
also learned of his interest they began
asking him more and more questions
related to satellite reception. One thing
led to another and he eventually became
a satellite specialist.
As Alexanderworkedmost of the time
withweb technologies, he one day came
across the idea to combine satellite foot-
prints with Google Maps. That was back
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SatelliteFootprints
Satbeams
AWebsite forProfessionals
AlexanderDerjugin, founder andoperatorofthesatbeamswebsite. In the lobbyofahotel inBrussels,Belgium,heuseshis laptop to explain
the functionalityofsatbeams.com.
AlexanderDerjugin has set some lofty goals for himself.He is the founder and operator of the satbeams.com
website themain purpose ofwhich is to reach the
professionals. That’s a rather ambitious goal sowe
wanted to find out from him personally how he intends
to reach it.Wemet upwith him in Brussels, Belgium, thecity he calls home.
First we wanted to know how satellite
reception came into his life.He explains,“I’m originally from Moscow. I worked
there as an IT manager for a big ‘FastMoving Consumer Goods’ company. The
company transferredme withmy familyto their European headquarters in Brus-
sels back in 2001.”
There Alexander Derjugin started to
work as an IT consultant in the area ofweb infrastructure. In 2003 his depart-
ment was outsourced to another big
international company providing global
IT services he continues to work as aManagedWeb Service consultant.
Working in another country is a big
challenge and it was very importantfor Alexander to setup his first satel-
lite dish to receive Russian programs!
“If we couldn’t receive Russian TV, mywife would be very upset and we would
just pack and go back toMoscow”, jokesAlexander Derjugin. As it turns out, he
has hiswife to thank for getting his start
in satellite reception. “My first satellite
system consisted of an 80cm antennathat I used back then to receive SIRIUS
at 4.8 east and HOTBIRD at 13 east”,he explains. Not long after that, he
expanded his system to 100cm.
Meanwhile,AlexanderDerjuginwanted
to learn more about this mysterioustechnology.Ashis colleagues and friends
also learned of his interest they beganasking him more and more questions
related to satellite reception. One thingled to another and he eventually became
a satellite specialist.
As Alexanderworkedmost of the time
withweb technologies, he one day cameacross the idea to combine satellite foot-
prints with Google Maps. That was back
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in 2006 and after fewmonths of hesita-tion he decided to implement this idea.
“In the Fall of 2007 I contracted severaltalented programmers who helped me
develop the necessary software as well
as electronically convert the satellitefootprints”, he explains. In themiddle of
2008 the web site went online with itsfirst version. Initially, Alexander wanted
to use the domain name “satcoverage”but a friend suggested that “satbeams”
would be better. “That name is short,easy to remember and gets right to the
point”, he says.
At first Alexander Derjugin wanted to
gear his web-sitemore
towards satellite DXers, in other wordstowards hobbyists. He implemented the
solution that satellite DXers could clickon their location via Google Maps and
then enter in realistic reception results.
But he wasn’t satisfied with the resultsand decided to redesign the website. In
July 2009 the new version of Satbeamswent live.
Now almost every satellite footprint
from around theworldwas digitized andcould be projected onto Google Maps.
“Dozens of volunteers help me keep
all of the satellite data up-to-date”, hesays. So in addition to satellite technical
details and footprints all of the associ-ated transponder data is also displayed.
Now he’s in the process of
making his website moreuser-friendly. “I am focused
on ‘usability’ to improve
the user experience”, heexplains, “you can search
by channel name or youraddress and filter the
charts by any field like ‘language’ or
‘band’. All of the data is linked togetherand you can reach almost any informa-
tionwith just 2-3 clicks of themouse.”
Alexander is constantly thinking about
how he canmake hiswebsite evenmoreuser-friendly. “But above all I want to
reach out to professionals and imple-ment additional features that would be
useful for them. For example satelliteproviderswould be interested to know if
their footprint overlapswith footprints of
other satellites.” So Alexander is think-ing of the best way to overlay multiple
footprintson theworldsmapwhichwouldmake it easy to seewhat satellites cover
the same area.
He sees the future of Satbeams withspecialised applications. “Interested
companies could license the footprint
data fromme”, says AlexanderDerjugin,“with themonthly licensing fee the foot-
print updates are locked in.”
What kind of companies could use hisservices? “First and foremost would be
Internet-via-Satellite providers”, com-ments Alexander Derjugin, “Satbeam’s
first customers came from this sector.
The footprintdatawould alsobe interest-ing for uplink stations, for satellite pro-
viders and also for SNG operators whoneed to find the proper footprint for their
VSAT systems.”
Alexander Derjugin discovered aninteresting market segment with Sat-
beams. A website geared specifically
towards the satellite professionals seemsto be a very good idea!
Anexample from the satbeams.comwebsite: the footprintofEUROBIRD9A isprojectedonline
ontoGoogleMaps.Youcan zoom intoandoutof themapwith the footprintsmatchingeachindividualmap.Satbeamshas createdanelectronicversionof the footprintofeverysatellite.
Professionaluserscan license thedataand thenuse thedataon theirownwebsite.
This iswhat thehomeofAlexanderDerjugin looks like.AChannelmaster 120cmantennawith aC-bandandKu-bandLNBcanbeseen all theway tothe left.Thisantenna ismotorizedandcanbemoved from57 east to45west.AT90multisatelliteantenna is in thecenterandsportseightLNBs forreceptionofsatellites from 4.8 east to53eastandall theway to the right isa125cmantenna for40east reception.
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PowerSupplyUnitManufacturer
Power Supply Units Made by
SPAUN – guaranteed!
Every multi-switch and every amplifier comes
with one, and of course every receiver has o e,
too: a power supply unit which is required to
connect the device to the mains. It has become
such an everyday component of virtually any
electronic device that w have stopped thinking
about how it actuallyworks.SPAUN, on the other
hand, has given it great d al of thought and
has arrived at a remarkable conclusion. Kevin
Spaun is the managing director of SPAUN, on
of the most renowned quality manufactures of
multi-switches and other accessories for sa llite
signal distribution. He tells us what it‘s all about.
SPAUN administrationoffice
(front) andproductionpremises
(right) inSingen, southwest
Germany
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directorofSPAUNPOWERGmbH
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PowerSupplyUnitsMadeby
SPAUN–guaranteed!
Everymulti-switch and every amplifier comes
with one, and of course every receiver has one,
too: a power supply unitwhich is required to
connect the device to themains. It has become
such an everyday component of virtually any
electronic device thatwe have stopped thinking
about how it actuallyworks.SPAUN, on the other
hand, has given it a great deal of thought and
has arrived at a remarkable conclusion.Kevin
Spaun is themanaging director ofSPAUN, oneof themost renowned qualitymanufactures of
multi-switches and other accessories for satellite
signal distribution.He tells uswhat it‘s all about.
SPAUNadministrationoffice
(front)andproductionpremises(right) inSingen,southwest
Germany
KevinSpaun,managing
directorofSPAUNPOWERGmbH
ëSingen am
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In the southwesternmost corner of
Germany, right on Lake Constance, lies
the small town ofSingen,which iswhereSPAUNhasbeenheadquartered formore
than 40 years. All the experience gainedindecadesof technologicalexpertisehas
always been put intomaking great prod-ucts even better. Today, the brand name
SPAUN is a by-word for high-quality andinnovative products in the satellite busi-
ness and beyond. This has led to SPAUN
starting to offer a 5-year completewar-ranty for its products some years ago.
In the courseofall theseyears,SPAUN
founder Friedrich Spaun and his sonKevin, who has meanwhile taken over
management of the company, noticedone thing. „Whenever a devicewas sent
in for repair, the one component that
was faulty inmost caseswas the powersupply unit,“ Kevin Spaun reveals. „And
by the way, this diagnosis is true foralmost all electronic devices.“
Electrolytic capacitors in thesedevices
are usually to blame for failures. „Onthe market there are a number of dif-
ferent electrolytic capacitors with dif-
fering product lives. Less expensive
models are designed for a total service
life of3,000 operatinghours,whilemore
sophisticated typesmay last for 10,000hours andmore.“Obviously, electrolytic
capacitors do not stop working all of asudden after 3,000 or 10,000 hours –
the product life given refers to averagehours under maximum operating tem-
perature and maximum power intake.As these extreme conditions only occur
in rare situations the capacitors usually
exceed these rated operating hours byfar.
Like most manufacturers of elec-
tronic devices SPAUN used to sourceits power supply units from third-party
suppliers. After all, a company produc-ing multi-switches should not focus on
power supply units, right? Well, if the
guiding principle is quality and you pro-vide a 5-year extended warranty on all
your products, your focus has to be onevery single component. „At first we
demanded from our supplier to onlyuse top-quality electrolytic capacitors,“
Kevin Spaun remembers. But at the endof the day, even this requirement was
not enough to guarantee the quality
SPAUN demanded.
In addition to quality and reliability, a
premiummanufacturer also has to look
atenergyefficiency,andsoSPAUNfinallyrealised that its specifications for third-
party power supply unit manufacturershad become so complex and demand-
ing that it startedmaking sense to lookat in-house production of these com-
ponents. „Independent manufacturersalways have to strike a balance between
component cost and component quality
in order to offer a competitive pricingarrangement. If we, on the other hand,
produce everything ourselves, we havethe whole process under our own con-
trol and are able to select each individ-ual component so that the final product
meets our stringent demands. This isthe only way to achieve the quality we
expect.“
Once thisdecisionhadbeenmadeeve-
rything went very fast: SPAUN POWERGmbH was founded as a new company
and a new production hallwas set up aswell. „We invested some 2million EUR,“
Kevin Spaun explains while showing usaround thenewproduction facilities.The
new company has been up and running
for two years now. „We‘re in a position
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approximately 20,000 boards.” A total of
92 employees work in the SMT depart-
ment to supervise insertion machines
and to make sure a steady supply of
required components is available.
Finally, Vice President Jeffrey Zhao
points to the construction site right
opposite the existing premises. “This
is where our new manufacturing hall
is taking shape. We will
antenna and LNB production.”
This makes us prick our ears. How
come BOXSAM is planning to break new
ground with a whole new product line-
up? “BOXSAM was granted one of the
very few licenc
ment for production and domestic sale
of satellite antennas and LNBs. Taking
nt the fact that BOXSAM is
also one of the official manufacturers for
the Chinese DTH system we identified a
great business opportunity and will be
offering dishes and LNBs as well.” While
there is an endless number of dish and
LNB manufacturers in China, most of
em only possess export licences and
are restricted from selling their products
domestically in China – at least officially.
BOXSAM production hall with a net floor area of 17,000 square metres.
The many dishes in front give a clear
indication of what is
going on inside.
BOXSAM Vice President Jeffrey Zhao in front of a display wall with a selection of
the company’s products.
VP
Jeffrey
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DigitalTVReceiverManufacturerBOXSAM,China
Receivers
madeby
BOXSAM
BOXSAMheadquarters inJinhua, some200kmsouthwestofShanghai.TheChinesecharacterson the roofmean “Science and
TechnologyCentre”–an aptdescription foranambitiousmanufacturer likeBOXSAM.
BOXSAM can easily be considered an
up-start company as itwas founded
only in 2002with a seed capital of15millionUSD. Starting outwith
CATV products BOXSAM expanded its
business to cover satellite receivers
and some other interesting products
aswell in 2004.We paid a visit to thiscompany to learn about theirway of
doing business.
BOXSAM isaprivatecompanywithXiaofengHuang
being themain investorandGeneralManager.
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BOXSAM is headquartered in the cityof Jinhua in the easternChineseprovince
of Zhejiang.With a population of aroundone million it is considered a small city
by Chinese standards.
Jeffrey Zhao is Vice President of
BOXSAMandhismainareaof responsibil-ity is the OperatorMarket,which covers
sales to content providers and networkoperators. He tells us that back in 2004
– the first year of receiver production –only 100.000 boxes left the premises.
“By 2009 that figure had increased to
three million receivers of all kinds, andfor 2010 the target stands at fivemillion
receivers,” states Jeffrey Zhao.
No production facilities can be seenanywhere near the headquarters, so
the question arises where manufactur-ing actually takes place. Jeffrey Zhao
has the answer: “Our manufacturingpremises are located 6 km away.” In
the beginning both administration and
production where at the same place,“but demand soon outstripped capacity
and so we built a 17,000 square metermanufacturing hall some time ago. Cur-
rentlywe are in the process of settingupa second manufacturing hall with some
40,000 squaremeters, which should befinished by the end of 2010. At that time
wewill alsomove our administration and
offices there.”
Next, a company driver appears totake us to the production buildingwhere
a total of 700 employees are kept busyon four floors. “In addition, we employ
almost100 engineers in the cityofXi´an,which hosts an outstanding technical
university,” Jeffrey Zhao explains.
BOXSAM’s pride and joy are four SMT
lines for assembling circuit boards withtruly breathtaking speed: “We operate
three Samsung surface-mount tech-nology lines and a brand new one from
Panasonic,” Jeffrey Zhao tells on a touraround the hall. Naturally, all SMT lines
are located in a clean room which canonly be accessed through wind locks in
which all dust particles are sucked from
clothes. Artie Lee is the SMT Managerand he explains in the clean room that
the four SMT lines have a combinedmaximum daily output of 28,000 circuit
boards. “But thiswouldmean running attop gear – on an average day we finish
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was designed to be used with antennas
and satellite dishes.
It didn’t take long for him to realize
that coax cable could be a pro table
business; his rst coax cable delivery
quickly sold out so he had to order more.
His local customer in Dubai asked him if
he could also acquire satellite receivers.
One thing led to another and satellite
wholesaler ATLANTA was born.
“In the rst year my father sold 3000
analog receivers for US$ 25.00 a piece”,
remembers Sanjeev Jain, the rst gen-
eration of his family born in Dubai.
The age of digital receivers began in
1998 at which time ATLANTA started
marketing receivers under its own label.
“In 2010 we see a new future with HDTV
for our satellite business”, believes San-
jeev Jain.
SmartWi was introduced as part of
their business in 2005. A mutual friend
brought Rajmal Jain and Kurt Olesen,
SmartWi’s President, together.
ATLANTA managed to sell 500 Smart-
Wi’s in the rst year they we e ffered
and by 2009 that number increased to
2000. “For 2010 our goal is to doubl t is
number”, explains Sanje v Jain.
These numbers only represent domes-
tic sales. “We also export just as many
pieces to North Africa, the remaining
Middle Eastern countries and eastern
Europe”, comments Sanjeev Jain. H
estimates that SmartWi makes up about
5% of their total sales. That’s quite a
large number for a single product.
Even more interesting is what Kurt
Olesen told us: “We are expecting to
receive approval from one of the largest
operatores in Middle East, named ART.”
Once that happens, large scale expan-
sion of their SmartWi business will be
possible!
A new generation of SmartWi units will
be marketed soon. We here at TELE-sat-
ellite are waiting for the rst sample unit
for a test report that would appear in one
of the upcoming issues.
Group shot inDubai (from left to right):AlexanderWiese,TELE-satelliteEditor-in-Chief,KurtOlesen,SmartWi‘sPresident,Rajmal Jain,ATLANTA’s
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was design d to be used with antennas
and satellite dishes.
It didn’t take long for him to realize
at coax cable could be a pro table
business; his rst coax cable delivery
quickly sold out sohehad to ordermore.
His local customer in Dubai asked him if
he could also acquire satellite receivers.
One thing led to another and satellite
wholesal r ATLANTA was
“In the rst year my father sold 3000
analog receivers for US$ 25.00 a piece”,
remembers S njeev Jain, the rst gen-
eration of his family born in Dubai.
The age of digital receivers began in
1998 at which time ATLANTA started
marketing receivers under its own label.
“In 2010 we ee a new fu ure with HDTV
for our satellite business”, believes San-
jeev Jain.
SmartWi was introduced as part of
their business in 2005. A mutual friend
brought Rajmal J in and Kur Olesen,
SmartWi’s President, together.
ATLANTA man ged to sell 500 Smart-
Wi’s in the rst ye r they were off red
and by 2009 that number increased to
2000. “For2010 ourgoal is todouble this
number”, explains Sanjeev Jain.
These numbers only represent domes-
tic s les. “We also export just as many
pieces to North Africa, the remaining
Middl Eas ern countries and eastern
Europe”, comments Sanjeev Jain. He
estimates that SmartWi makes up about
5% of their total sales. That’s quite a
large number for a single product.
Even more interesting is what Kurt
Olesen told us: “We are expecting to
receive approval from one of the largest
operatores in Middle East, named ART.”
Once that happens, large scale xpan-
sio of their SmartWi business will be
possible!
A new generation of SmartWi units will
be marketed soon. We here at TELE-sat-
ellite are waiting for the rst sample unit
fora test report thatwouldappear inone
of the upco ing issues.
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founderandSanjeev Jain,his sonandDirectorofATLANTA.
Director
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SatelliteWholesalerATLANTA,Dubai
SmartWiDistributor
ATLANTA inDubai
TheATLANTA storeonNaifStreet in the satelliteSouk inDubai’sDeiradistrict.Thestore is
openeverydayexceptFriday from09:30 to14:00and thenagain from16:30 to21:30.ATLANTA isawholesaler and thereforedoesn’t sell tohegeneralpublic.
This reportwaswritten
because of SmartWi, the
Card SharingModule
that lets youwatch every
channel in every room inyour house using just one
PayTV card.
SmartWi inDenmark
distributes their products
all over theworld and thisincludes TheMiddle East.
SmartWi’s ever increasing
sales gures in this region
are due in large part to
the non-stop efforts oflocal distributor ATLANTA
headquartered in Sharjah
in theUnited Arab
Emirates.
While having lunch at an Indian res- taurant on Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed
street across from the glistening Bur-
juman Shopping Center, Sanjeev Jaintold us the story of ATLANTA. Just like
with most of the other shops in Dubai,ATLANTA is also run by an Indian family.
“My father Rajmal Jain came toDubai in1968”, explainsSanjeev. “He began sell-
ing satellite products in 1992. He hadcontactwithamanufacturer in India that
produced electronic cables. One day he
received a sample of a black cable: itwas a coax cable.”
Butwhat to dowith it? The cableman-
ufacturerexplained tohim that this cable
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Inside the store canbe foundSalesRepresentativesVishalMalviya (left)andSunil Jain (right).
Repairs areoccasionallynecessary.TechnicianSadanandShetty takes
careof thiswork inhis littleshack.
Above thestoreisastoreroom
stockedwithsmalleramountsofeveryproduct.
Largerquantitiesareshipped from
ATLANTA’smainwarehouse inSharjah.
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YINHE also works very closely
together with the larger CA module
producers such as Irdeto, Conax, NDS,
Topreal, Sumavision, Novel and Crypto-
works.”
What about any upcoming new prod-
ucts? The head of the R&D department
must have known that those questions
were coming. We weren’t disappointed
with the answers. On the contrary,
YINHE has quite an array of new prod-
ucts in the works. According to Hong-
chun Gu: “In the third quarter of 2010
there will be a new DVB-S2 receiver
with a built-in media player and also
with CI. In the fourth quarter will follow
a DVB-S2 twin tuner PVR with Irdeto
as well as a DVB-S2 box with a media
player and integrated web browser. For
2011 a DVB-S2 receiver with WiFi and
CI+ is planned.”
That’s quite an impressive list, but
there’s still more. Up until now we only
mentioned satellite receivers; but YINHE
also has plans for terrestrial receivers.
“We just released a DVB-T MPEG-4 box
with HD, twin tuner and PVR”, reveals
Hongchun Gu, “and we will shortly be
coming out with a twin tuner PVR for the
Freeview system in Great Britain, Austra-
Jianbiao Zhu, Overseas
Marketing Manager, in
YINHE’s showroom.
Samples from the
production line are
on display here.
Marketing
Manager
Jianbiao
Zhu
Zhangjiagang,
Jiangsu
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HighVolumeDigitalTVReceiverManufacturerYINHE,China
Organized for theFuture
ReceiverManufacturerYINHE
PresentsTheirFactory
AlexanderWiese
Chinese high volumemanufacturer YINHE is one of the top ve producers in China. Although this company iswell knowwithin China,
it is only the insiders that recognize the name YINHE outside the
country since abroad it is only anODM. In otherwords, the YINHE
designed boxes (OriginalDesign) aremarketedby other companies, primarily dealers and
programming operators, under their own
brand name. YINHE therefore is just
themanufacturer (henceODM) andfor the time being itwill stay that
way. There are no plans for YINHE
to dive into the exportmarketwith
their own brand name.What doesit look like inside one of these high
volumemanufacturing plants?
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YINHE’sMainEntrance.Theadministrationbuilding is to the leftbehindwhichare
numerousproduction facilities.1500employeesworkhere.
The enormous 280,000 square-meter
production site is located in the city ofZhangjiagang in the Jiangsu province
roughly 100 Km north of Shanghai ineastern China. Here, in addition to the
four-story administration building, you’llalso findmultiple fabrication buildings.
During the tour of the facility, Jian-biao Zhu, Overseas Marketing Depart-
ment Manager, told us there are a totalof 1500 employees, 1100 in production
and 400 in administration. “Last yearwe had 1200 employees but in 2010 we
added 300 additional employees”, heexplained to us. Business seems to be
booming at YINHE!
YINHE was founded in 1975 and at
that time it was a state-run companythat had the goal of producing China’s
firstmemory chips for use in the largecomputer systems of that time. “It all
started with 50 employees”, Jianbiaosays as he looks back at the old days.
In 2000 the ownership structure
changed and it became a privately run
companymade up of 40 share-owners.“But all of that could possibly change“,
reveals Jianbiao Zhu, “We’re planningto go public this year on the Shenzhen
stock exchange.” The goal is to acquireadditional capital for expansion.
So,what do YINHE’s sales figures look
like? “For2009our receiverproductshad
salesofUS$80millionwhile the remain-
ing product groups produced sales ofUS$ 30 million”, says Jianbiao Zhu. He
continues, “In 2010we are expecting anincrease to US$ 100 million in receiver
saleswith the remaining product groupsincreasing to US$ 35million.”
What are these other product groups? “We are one of the largest PC housing
manufacturers;wealsoproduce satellitedishes as well as professional receiver
components for cable headends .”
But TELE-satellite is primarily inter- ested in receivers, so let’s get back to
that. “Satellite receiver developmentstarted in 1997”, remembers Jianbiao
Zhu, “and in 1998 we produced 10,000
receivers.” This number increased at atremendous rate: “In 2009we produced
3.6million boxes and in 2010we expectproduction of four million boxes”, he
reveals and then adds, “In both yearstwomillion receiverswere sold domesti-
cally in China; the restwere exported.”
We wanted to know more about the
export side of does YINHE export to? Jianbiao Zhu takes a look at
his laptop and then says, “30% of our
receivers end up in The Middle East,
20% go to Europe including the CIScountries and Southeast Asia, another
15% go to Australia, 10% to Africa and5% to South America.”
It should come as no surprise that
YINHE operates offices in critical
regions namely inDubai since 2003 andin Australia since 2005. “This year 2010
we plan to open two additional officesin Sao Paolo and Moscow. We are also
looking to open an office in Chennai in2011”, confirms Jianbiao.
The best export countries are Austra-
lia with DVB-T receivers in MPEG-4 andHD aswell as IndiawithDVB-C boxes in
MPEG-2 andSD. “Wewant to expand our
distribution in Europe including the CIScountries with DVB-T MPEG-4, DVB-T2
MPEG-4 and DVB-S2 receivers”, com-ments Jianbiao Zhu. He adds, “60% of
our exports are satellite receivers, 30%are terrestrial receivers and 10% are
cable receivers.”
Another interesting note: with a
market segment of about 10%, YINHEis one of the largest providers of cable
receivers domestically in China.
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DavidFugeman,Sales andMarketingDirector, isseen
here showingus thenewF-IRSGTUconverterbox: it
is installedby theend-userwhowould thenconnect a
maximumof four satellite receiversaswell asoneDTT
receiver. “We’ve integrated twonew features”,explains
DavidFugeman, “oneLED indicates if there’s anoptical
signal, thesecondLEDshows ifpower is connected.”
That was yesterday! Today one single
optical cable is enough to transportboth
satellite and terrestrial signals. Global
Invacom has expanded their system to
include DTT signals as well. Ivan Hor-
rocks, Director Sales and Marketing,
explains to us how thisworks: “We took
the satellite signal arried in the opti-
cal cable and combined it with the DTT
signal; now both signal formats can be
carried on one optical cable.”
For this purpose, Global Invacom
developed a new system that will be
marketed under the nickname “Whole-
band”, ormore officially, F-IRS (Fibre -
Integrated Reception System). But first
we want to take a quick look again at
how Global Invacom’s optical system
works: the optical LNB (universal LNB)
takes the four satellite frequency
ranges, that is, the upper and lower
bands in both horizontal and vertical
polarizations, and “stacks” them on top
of each other so that all four bands are
carried over the optical cable in one fre-
quency range. Each of these four bands
covers 1000 MHz and if you place them
one on top of the other you get a band-
width of 4000MHz.
Somuch for the satellite range. How
do you include the DTT range? Very
simple: Convert the Digital Terrestrial
Transmissions using another laser at a
different frequency then combine the
two together.
In order to do that, Global Invacom
had to modify their LNB system: the
optical LNB already has the laser built
into it so that the optical cable can
be connected directly to the LNB. To
include terrestrial signals, Global Inva-
com could have added a second con-
nector on the LNB for the terrestrial
antenna along with the necessary elec-
tronics. “Thiswould have been theoreti-
cally possible”, says IvanHorrocks, “but
it really doesn’t make any sense since
the LNB would have become too heavy
and bulky.Not tomention itwould have
created problems for installers in that
IvanHorrocks,Global Invacom’sDirectorof
SalesandMarketing, isshowingus thenew
F-IRSLNB (Fibre IntegratedReceptionSystem):
thenewLNButilizesacoaxialNoutput instead
of anopticaloutput.Thisoutputsupplies the
0.95 to5.45GHz frequency range to a 1.5-meter
longcoax cablewhichconnects to theF-IRS
ODU32 (OutdoorUnit).Global Invacomopted
touseN-typeconnectorson thiscoaxcable.
“These connectorsareperfect forusewith this
high frequency rangeandabove allareexcel-
lentwatertight connectors”,explains IvanHor-
rocks the reasonwhy standard “F”connectors
weren’tused.
Sales
David
Fugeman
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Global Invacomgoes
FibreDTT
AlexanderWiese
FibreOpticProductsbyGlobal Invacom
The British companyGlobal Invacom is best known to
TELE-satellite readers as the inventor andmanufacturer
of the sensational fibre optic LNB system (see TELE-satellite
issues 04-05/2008 and 08-09/2009).With an opticalsystem distances are no longer a factor since the
attenuation in a fibre optic cable is next to nothing. It’s an absolutely great
system except for one thing: these days peoplewant not just satellite TV
but digital terrestrial TV channels aswell.Up until now, thatmeant once
again that you needed two separate cablesrouted to the TV; one for satellite signals
and the other for terrestrial digital TV
signals.
Global Invacomhas two locations
theirheadoffice inAlthorne (Essex).
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DavidFugeman,SalesandMarketingDirector, isseenhereshowingus thenewF-IRSGTU converterbox: itis installedby the end-userwhowould then connecta
maximumof foursatellite receivers aswell asoneDTTreceiver. “We’ve integrated twonew features”,explains
DavidFugeman, “oneLED indicates if there’sanopticalsignal, the secondLED shows ifpower isconnected.”
That was yesterday! Today one single
optical cable is enough to transportbothsatellite and terrestrial signals. Global
Invacom has expanded their system to
include DTT signals as well. Ivan Hor-rocks, Director Sales and Marketing,
explains to us how thisworks: “We tookthe satellite signal carried in the opti-
cal cable and combined it with the DTTsignal; now both signal formats can be
carried on one optical cable.”
For this purpose, Global Invacom
developed a new system that will bemarketed under the nickname “Whole-
band”, ormore officially, F-IRS (Fibre -Integrated Reception System). But first
we want to take a quick look again athow Global Invacom’s optical system
works: the optical LNB (universal LNB)takes the four satellite frequency
ranges, that is, the upper and lower
bands in both horizontal and verticalpolarizations, and “stacks” them on top
of each other so that all four bands arecarried over the optical cable in one fre-
quency range. Each of these four bandscovers 1000 MHz and if you place them
one on top of the other you get a band-width of 4000MHz.
Somuch for the satellite range. Howdo you include the DTT range? Very
simple: Convert the Digital TerrestrialTransmissions using another laser at a
different frequency then combine thetwo together.
In order to do that, Global Invacom
had to modify their LNB system: the
optical LNB already has the laser builtinto it so that the optical cable can
be connected directly to the LNB. Toinclude terrestrial signals, Global Inva-
com could have added a second con-nector on the LNB for the terrestrial
antenna along with the necessary elec-tronics. “Thiswould have been theoreti-
cally possible”, says IvanHorrocks, “but
it really doesn’t make any sense sincethe LNB would have become too heavy
and bulky. Not tomention itwould havecreated problems for installers in that
IvanHorrocks,Global Invacom’sDirectorof
Sales andMarketing, isshowingus thenewF-IRSLNB (Fibre IntegratedReceptionSystem):thenewLNButilizesacoaxialNoutput instead
of anopticaloutput.Thisoutputsupplies the0.95 to5.45GHz frequency range toa1.5-meter
longcoaxcablewhichconnects to theF-IRSODU32 (OutdoorUnit).Global InvacomoptedtouseN-typeconnectorson this coax cable.
“These connectorsareperfect forusewith thishigh frequency rangeandabove all areexcel-
lentwatertightconnectors”, explains IvanHor-rocks the reasonwhystandard “F”connectorsweren’tused.
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today it is
ginnings of
founded in
ducing mili-
hecompany
, pluralistic,
rent indus-
m digital tv
conditioner
oducts, set
and power
of techni-
neering and
he
HA
.,
he
re
development, marketing and manufactur-
ing of digital set top boxes in ll standard
like DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T, ISDB, DMB-TH
and of course HDTV including value-added
systems for digital tv.
Th ir production capacity r aches up to
12 million, making them the largest STB
manufacturer i China. The company has
heavily invested in their quality control and
h boratory, a digi-
tal HFC experimental net, E C laboratory
and most importantly a high accuracy SMT
CHANGHONG’s aim is to
he strongest suppliers for
s worldwide.
NGHONG started its TV
ard Cheng Li remembers.
mported a complete pro-
AtChen role
asOverseasSalesDirector
leadsRichardChengLi to
manydestinationsaround
theglobe.
duction line from Panasonic in Japan and
we als implemented every single produc-
tion guideline right down to the very last
detail.” Richard co lain that
“this is how things go in the rst phase of
Sales
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Large-scaleQuality
and InnovationMade
byCHANGHONG
CHANGHONG is one of the largest volumemanufacturers of receiverswith
headquarters inMianyang in theSichuan province of south-westernChina,
some 130 km from the provincial capital ofChengdu.Not only domillions of satelliteand terrestrial receivers leave the production premises every year
but also an equal number of flat-screenTVs,sothatthecompanyranks
among themost important digital corporations in theworld.
DigitalTVmanufacturerCHANGHONG is
headquartered inMianyang, a cityof 600.000inhabitants.Theadministrativebuildingcanbe seen in thecentre,with thedevelopment
centre to the leftandanymanysatelliteantennason its roof. In thebackground
andextending to the left theCHANGHONGmanufacturingplantsstretchoutover 2squarekm.
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Looking at their business today it is
hard to imagine the humble beginnings ofthe project. CHANGHONG was founded in
1958 and started out with producingmili-tary radarsystems.But today thecompany
has evolved into a super-huge, pluralistic,
international group of 13 different indus-tries, producing everything from digital tv
paneldisplays to ITsystems,airconditionersystems, digital audiovisual products, set
top boxes, eco-friendly battery and powersupplies up to whole systems of techni-
cal equipment, electronic engineering andchemicalmaterials.
One of the 13 industries of the CHANG-
HONGGROUP istheSICHUANCHANGHONGNETWORK TECHNOLOGIES Co., Ltd. It is
an independent subsidiary of the CHANG-HONGGROUPand specializes in research&
development, marketing and manufactur-
ing of digital set top boxes in all standardslike DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T, ISDB, DMB-TH
and of courseHDTV including value-addedsystems for digital tv.
Their production capacity reaches up to12 million, making them the largest STB
manufacturer in China. The company hasheavily invested in theirquality controland
has built up a digital TV laboratory, a digi-tal HFC experimental net, EMC laboratory
andmost importantly ahigh accuracySMTproduction line. CHANGHONG’s aim is to
become one of the strongest suppliers fordigital tv solutionsworldwide.
“In 1978 CHANGHONG started its TV
production,”RichardCheng Li remembers.“At the timewe imported a complete pro-
AtChen role asOverseasSalesDirector
leadsRichardChengLi tomanydestinationsaroundtheglobe.
duction line from Panasonic in Japan and
we also implemented every single produc-tion guideline right down to the very last
detail.” Richard continues to explain that“this is how things go in the rstphaseof
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us if we could also manufacture satel-
lite receivers.” This customer was so
impressed with the overall quality and
further development of Kaifa’s products
that it only seemed natural that Kaifa
should also produce satellite receivers
for this customer and its DTH project in
India.
Naturally this is quite a fast start for a
brandnewsatellite receiverproducer.But
of course there’smoregoingon than just
this one customer. Jackie Yan explains,
“We are currently in negotiations with
another large DTH operator who also
happens to be from the Southeast Asia
region and we are also waiting to start
negotiationswith a third customer.”
And what about production capacity
at Kaifa?GuangYun Zhu is their Satellite
Receiver ProductionManager.He says to
us, “Right nowwe have production facili-
tieswhich can produce 5million satellite
receivers per years.”
While touring the fabrication facilitywe
can clearly see why Kaifa holds such a
highposition in theEMS -
thing is exceptionally organized and the
machines are state of the art.
But this is completely understand-
companies likeSamsung
demand nothing but the best quality.
And it looks like itwas a very good deci-
sion for Kaifa to step into the satellite
receivermarket.
Aportionof theproducts thatKaifa
manufactures: to the left arepowermeters, in
themiddle are components forharddrivesand
to the far right arehead stackassemblies for
harddrives.
JackieYan,MarketingManager,isseenhere
showingusKaifa’s rstsatellitereceivermodel.It
isbeingmanufactured for aDTHprovider in India.
JackieYan is standing in frontof awallonwhich
are calligraphiesof the formerPresidentofChina
ZeminJiang.
sible for quality and system manage-
ment with another 30 expatriats who
aremostly responsible forMarketing and
Management.
After this introduction to everything
thatKaifaproduces, it’seasier to seewhy
Kaifawants to startmanufacturing satel-
lite receivers. Marketing Manager Jackie
Yan explains it to us in words: “About a
year go one of our largest powermeter
customers in India came to us and asked
Marketing
Manager
Jackie
Yan
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By the time this issue of TELE-satellitewill be published, Kaifawill have
beenmanufacturing satellites receivers for just a fewweeks.When
we paid them a visit, theywere just nishingtheinstallationoftheir
assembly line and an initial test runwas soon to follow.Who exactly is Kaifa andwhatmakes this company think they’re ready
to step into themarket as a satellite receivermanufacturer?
Kaifa’sadministrationbuilding inShenzhen,China
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f the largest receiver
acturers in the world
worth. Skyworth
Co. Ltd. is one of the
g manufacturers of TV
China. The company
d into the satellite
er research as early
7 and in 2002 a
iary was established
the name of
hen Skyworth Digital
ology Co. Ltd. Those
rs of experience in
te technology made
the company more and
more professional and by
now Skyworth claims to be
the leading STB (set top
box) manufacturer in China.
The futuristicSkyworth
building inNanshan/
Shenzhen in southern
China
Skyworth’sbackground
Vice GM
David
Ken
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r ports on receivers from th s manufac-
turer but always under a different brand
name. Skyworth happens to be an OEM
(Original Equipment Manufacturer). The
success of an OEM is measured by the
quality of their products. So what makes
Skyworth so s ccessfull in the OEM busi-
ness? Why do more and more big and
famous customers from all over the
world st rt to cooperate with Skyworth?
And why are these customers all so satis-
ed with Skyworth? It is exactly for these
reasons that we decided to pay them a
visit in Nanshan’s Hi-Tech Park in the c
of Shenzhen in southe n China.
Skyworthcanbe found in
sive-looking futuristic bui
where we met Vice Ge
David K n. On the compa
we saw that Skyworth man
and other products beside
naturally, our rst questio
is how is it all divided. He e
look at it from a sales gur
then 70% of it is TV’s, 20
and the remaining 10% fal
products.” But as David Ken continues,
it gets more interesting: “If you look at
it from a pro t aspect, then the receiver
section is greater than 20%.” These g-
ures are all made possible by the 2000
employees in the receiver section; Sky-
worth has a total of 20,000 employees.
Skyworth is a publicly traded company
listed on the Hong Kong exchange. “In
Jack Zhang is
Chief Technical
Of cer, he
manages the
strong R&D team
of 350 employees
A look at a portion of the R&D department in which a group of engineers just nished a meeting
Technical
Manag r
Jack
Zhang
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One of the largest receiver
manufacturers in theworld
isSkyworth.Skyworth
GroupCo. Ltd. is one of theleadingmanufacturers of TV
sets inChina. The company
started into the satellite
receiver research as early
as 1997 and in 2002 asubsidiarywas established
under the name of
ShenzhenSkyworthDigital
TechnologyCo. Ltd. Those
13 years of experience insatellite technologymade
the companymore and
more professional and by
nowSkyworth claims to be
the leadingSTB (set topbox)manufacturer inChina.
The futuristicSkyworth
building inNanshan/Shenzhen in southern
China
DavidKen isViceGeneral
Manager and explainsSkyworth’sbackground
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Founder and own r of
PROMAX, José Clotet
Founder
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José Clotet founded the company in
1963. That was only a few years after
the first TV station came on the air in
Barcelona. Suddenly, you had not only
antenna installers but also then-exist-
ing TV manufacturers who needed signal
analyzers and above all test pattern
gener t rs. In the first ear PROMAX
employed four engineers each of which
developed t eir own u it. Production on
these four newly designed units started
the following year; in 1964 there were
ten employees.
In 1968 a second TV station made
its appearance in the UHF band. Again
as right there and began
delivering the first UHF signal analyz-
ers.
In1986 itwasanotherfi stforPROMAX:
the first satellite signal analyzer and in
1993 the first microprocessor controlled
universal analyzer that covered every-
thing from VHF/UHF (including FM) to
the satellit
Today PROMAX is still owned by José
Clotet. In 2005 his son José-Maria Clotet
took over business operations and in
2007 PROMAX was divided into four divi-
sions: Test & Measurement, Broadcast,
TV Distribution and Electronic Training.
That’s quite an assortment and we
asked José-Maria Clotet about the last
on
ta
to use our products.” This service only
made up about 10% of their sales but it
has been a goodwill gesture by PROMAX
that should not be underestimated.
Obviously, much more important
economically are their signal analyz-
ers. “Roughly 30% of our sales can be
attributed to signal analyzers”, explains
009 the status of
vision was greatly
enhanced when PROMAX took over a
local manufacturer of distribution prod-
ucts. “This division now also is respon-
sible for 30% of our sales”, comments
José-Maria Clotet. The remaining 30%
falls on the Broadcast division.
At first glance, there does not seem
to be too much uniformity here. But as
tet explained the connec-
re became cle rer and the
strategy could be seen. “We are strongly
focused on DVB-T”, says José-Maria
Clotet, “Our strong points have always
been the reception side with our signal
OneofPROMAX’sfir
generator from 1964
A l okin themuseum at anoldtrainingdevice:
“That’ howTVworked”
The theory isdemonstrated viaanactual connection:
each slot represents apossiblesignal source.At the
otherend yougetacombined signal inDVB-T.
José-MariaClotet,PROMAX’sCEO,explains thebasic ideabehind thePROMAX
strategy: the fourpossible reception sources–satellite,antenna, videosources (e.g.
DVD)or live camera –arePROMAX amplifiedandmodulatedandroutedusingDVB-T
technologywirelesslyorviacable.
GM
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Partialviewof thePROMAX fabrication andadministrationbuilding inL’HospitaletdeLlobregat,
a suburbsouthofBarcelona andclose to theElPratairport.A totalof6600sq-mofspace isatPROMAX’s
disposal.Thesebuildings areoccupiedby120employees,ofwhich50are inproduction, 30 in sales,
30 inR&D and10 in administration.
TheFour
Divisions
of
PROMAX
TELE-satellite readers have
known about PROMAX’s
reliable,widely used satellite
signal analyzers formany years
now. They are recognizable by
their characteristic yellow color.
But PROMAX hasmuchmore to
offer: their products range from
those that you already know
to signal processing products
all theway to end-user signal
distribution components.
PROMAX covers somuch that
wewanted to take a closer look
atwhat they’re all about so off
wewent to one of themost
lively tourist cities – Barcelona.
Up until 1981, PROMAX called
downtown Barcelona home,
but then theymoved out to
L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, a
suburb that is easily reachable
with the L1Metro Line.
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Innovation
Out of Thailand
iran Tangpiroontham (left), INFOSAT’s Chief, and
Alexander Wiese (right), TELE-satellite’s Editor-in-Chief,
in front of INFOSAT’s head office in Nontaburi, a uburb
northwest of Bangkok.
Founder
Niran
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Innovation
OutofThailand
Even a long-standing product
such as a C-band antenna still
has room for improvements.
A fewmonths ago, INFOSAT
in Thailand introduced a 1.5-meter single-segment antenna
to themarket. The resultwas
immediate success! The driving
force behind this new product is
Niran Tangpiroontham, founder
and owner of the company
INFOSAT.He is not new to the
pages of TELE
previously reported onNiran and
his new ideas in TELE-satellite
issues 02-03/2007 and 02-
03/2008.
NiranTangpiroontham (left), INFOSAT’sChief,and
AlexanderWiese (right),TELE-satellite’sEditor-in-Chief,in frontof INFOSAT’sheadofficeinNontaburi,asuburb
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Thispictureappeared in the
02-03/2008 issueofTELE-satellite…
…and thispicture is fromthe same spot inMarch 2009;where anopenfieldwasonly
a fewmonthsago, todaystands anew factory.