type privately owned subsidiary industry telecommunications digital media services to the broadcast industry founded 2004 headquarters unterf hring germany key people wilfried urner ceo products satellite and broadcasting services website www.ses ps.com ses platform services gmbh previously astra platform services gmbh now mx1 is a subsidiary company of ses owner and operator of the astra satellites based in betzdorf luxembourg . from its headquarters in unterf hring near munich germany ses platform services operates a broadcasting centre providing a wide range of services including content management playout encryption multiplexing satellite uplinks and other digital tv media broadcast services for the broadcast industry . following completion of the acquisition by ses platform services of global digital media services provider rr media in july 2016 the name of the merged company was changed to mx1 1 before changing to mx1 ses platform services distributed more than 300 digital tv channels including hd and radio stations interactive services and data services . 2 in august 2013 ses platform services won an international tender by turner broadcasting system starting november 2013 to provide playout for the broadcast channels boomerang cartoon network glitz rt tnt film and tnt serie in both sd and hd for the german speaking market digitization of existing turner content and playout for turner on demand and catch up services in germany austria switzerland the benelux region . 3 contents 1 history 2 services 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit originally called dpc digital playout centre gmbh ses platform services was founded in 1996 by kirch a german media company . the german pay tv provider premiere now sky deutschland was part of the kirch group and dpc provided and as ses platform services continues to provide premiere sky deutschland as well as other private and public german broadcasters playout multiplexing encrypted satellite uplinks and other media broadcast services . in june 2004 ses announced that it had bought the controlling interest in dpc from premiere with the intention of launching an open pay tv platform for germany using premiere compatible digital set top boxes . 4 in december 2004 a requirement for regulatory approval from the german federal cartels office bundeskartellamt meant that the deal was changed to 100 % of dpc to give ses sole ownership . 5 dpc was later renamed to astra platform services gmbh aps and in april 2012 to ses platform services . in february 2016 it was announced that ses platform services had agreed subject to regulatory approvals to purchase rr media a global digital media services provider to the broadcast and media industries based in israel . 6 services edit ses platform services uplink dishes in unterf hring the main services provided to broadcasters by ses platform services are content management playout encryption distribution and interactive services . customers include sky deutschland and prosiebensat .1 in germany top tv in south africa channels such as home shopping europe dsf tele 5 9live and dmax and most german hdtv channels including those from discovery and anixe . ses platform services content management encompasses digitization of tape based content format conversion of video files quality control tape storage now being superseded by digital storage and a growing digital archive service with integrated digital asset management systems . 7 ses platform services uses the divarchive digital archiving system from front porch digital with as of mid 2009 over 1 pb capacity storing tens of thousands of hours of content . new material is added at the rate of about 1000 2000 hours per month . although ses platform services still provides videotape storage this has reduced by more than half since digital archiving was introduced . 8 ses platform services undertakes the preparation and playout of content from tape or digital files according to the customer s supplied schedule . ses platform services provides customers with visual quality control the incorporation of on screen branding and graphics in 2d or 3d epg data and expandable services that range from automatic small channel start up systems to high end systems with full time monitoring and support . where needed interactive services can also be provided to broadcasters including hbbtv hybrid broadcast broadband tv . ses platform services also designs and develops broadcasters web pages and has developed the blucom interactive tv service that combines broadcasting and mobile technologies to offer services such as programme announcements weather lottery and sports results and further programme information . blucom enables interaction such as voting downloads chats and advertising . it also gives mobile phones the ability to stream live tv broadcasts . blucom synchronizes tv content with the additional information in real time . content is sent to a set top box via satellite then to a mobile phone via bluetooth or directly to the mobile phone via umts gprs . the return channel operates from the viewer s mobile via sms or umts gprs . for pay tv broadcasts ses platform services provides channel encryption for subscription and pay per view protection with conax cryptoworks irdeto nagravision and nds conditional access systems using dvb simulcrypt operation for broadcasts using multiple conditional access systems in parallel this being a common practice in free to air fta satellite tv broadcast markets such as germany . ses platform services also provides microsoft or flash digital rights management for internet streamed channels . although the majority of ses platform services broadcasting traffic is digital television channels in sd or hd uplinked to the astra satellites ses platform services can also distribute programming to mobiles as on demand content and as live or on demand video over the internet using windows media player quicktime or flash . in april 2011 ses platform services opened a new playout centre at its headquarters in unterf hring to handle expansion of the company and its client list . the new network operations centre is in a purpose built new building with the latest technologies including air conditioning based on groundwater cooling fully redundant power distribution system and led screens and led room lighting in the master control room to minimise heat generation . the old premises are being retained as back up facilities and the new centre is expected to cope with growth for the next five years . 9 in june 2015 ses platform services launched its fluid hub managed cloud service for management playout and distribution of video content for studios content creators broadcasting companies telcos platforms and other customers . by october 20 the service had 10 customers including fox international channels germany and turner . 10 see also edit mx1 digital television in germany satellite television ses astra references edit ses announces successful completion of merger of rr media with ses platform services press release . ses . july 6 2016 . retrieved july 26 2016 . ses platform services takes charge of multiscreen encoding for sky go press release . ses platform services gmbh . july 1 2013 . retrieved august 31 2013 . ses platform services wins international tender by turner broadcasting press release . ses platform services gmbh . august 28 2013 . retrieved august 31 2013 . ses astra acquires 75.2 % stake in dpc digital playout center from premiere press release . ses astra . june 28 2004 . retrieved january 26 2012 . ses astra completes acquisition of 100 % of dpc digital playout center gmbh press release . ses astra . january 4 2005 . retrieved january 26 2012 . rr media to merge with ses platform services press release . rr media . february 26 2016 . retrieved february 26 2016 . astra platform services opens new playout centre press release . ses . april 8 2011 . retrieved january 26 2012 . fp digital case study astra platform services gmbh . company factsheet . retrieved july 30 2009 ses expands on the ground tvb europe june 2011 pp11 ses platform services fluid hub passes 10 customer milestone press release . ses . october 10 2015 . retrieved october 29 2015 . external links edit ses platform services website mx1 website onastra official astra consumers viewers site ses official ses trade industry site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ses platform services & oldid 741609853 categories satellite televisioninteractive televisionsatellite operators navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent 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