Bird's Nest Hatches GigaSat HD Driveaway Systems

GigaSat has announced delivery of 23 flyaway and drive-away satellite systems in the run up to this year's Beijing Olympics.

"It is not unusual for us to see a surge of business before a major event such as the Olympics" said GigaSat managing director, Chris Lay "but what is interesting is that the great majority of those systems delivered were high definition. Chinese broadcasters have grasped the new standard with both hands and as far as I can tell seem to be leading the World when it comes to HD satellite newsgathering and outside broadcasting."

This is great news for GigaSat who manufacture flyaway systems with antennas up to 3.7m diameter and driveaway systems with antennas up to 2.4m diameter, as most high definition transmissions are still done in MPEG-2, which needs the high EIRP only these bigger dishes can provide.

The photo shows one of CTV's high definition outside broadcast vehicles with GigaSat DA-240 (2.4m) uplink system outside the famous Bird's Nest stadium.

GigaSat are displaying similar systems on their stand in Hall 1 at the IBC show in Amsterdam from September 12 to September 15.