Assendive Communications is a group of consultants focusing on professional support across the rapidly evolving broadcast and media industry spectrum. The Assendive gamut of implementation services are customised, compliant and within approved budgets to suit individual customer preferences. They offer a wide range of products which includes the following:

1. Television Broadcast Solutions
2. Radio Broadcast Solutions
3. Satellite Transmission Solutions
4. Terrestrial Transmission Solutions
5. IPTV, OTT & Headend Solutions
6. File Based Media Solutions
7. Structural Design & Analysis
8. Electrical & Earthing Solutions
9. Heat Ventilation & Air Conditioning Solutions

Television Broadcast Solutions

Television broadcast starts in the studio. Before production, a TV studio is simply a large empty space with a lighting grid in the ceiling. Everything else is designed, built, assembled and later put in place Cameras, microphones and lighting are the primary equipment in a studio. A studio floor houses audio-visual and communications facility panels that allow connection of simple to complex multi-cameras, microphones and other related equipment essential to a studio. A number of control rooms or galleries control and operate all of the cameras, vision and audio mixers. In smaller studios, these are sometimes combined. With rapid growth in digitization of production equipment and use of information and IT technology in broadcasting organizations, the norm is to depend on virtual studios. These are also cost-effective

The Assendive expertise in television studios, production and post-production and extended knowhow of broadcast technology gives clients the capacity to deliver their message on any platform and any device.

Radio Broadcast Solutions

Radio stations broadcast live and record audio professionally in soundproofed rooms that remove unwanted noises that may get mixed into broadcasts

A typical radio station consists of console, microphones, computers and occasionally some older analogue-based equipment. Though most radio stations have switched to digital operations, ‘reel-to-reel’ tape recorders/players are still around. Automation and Playout software is a core component. Even when running with a live announcer, most stations use an automation system to assist the announcer in playing and recording audio. Most radio stations employ sophisticated software to automatically run the station or to assist a live DJ in running the station

Building a radio studio can be challenging. Our highly skilled team of radio broadcast systems specialists have been offering engineering expertise for production systems and studio infrastructure to major broadcasters for more than 25 years

Satellite Transmission Solutions

Digital satellite television provides a wide range of channels and services to many parts of the globe, often to areas not serviced by terrestrial or cable providers. Due to larger footprint and global coverage area, only few services are free-to-air while the rest are encrypted due to content rights

Satellite television like other communications relayed by satellite, starts with a transmitting antenna located at an uplink facility. Since the advent of satellite broadcasting, cost-effective operations and high-quality, viewer experience have continued to be top priority for content owners and producers. Technical advances including state-of-the-art video delivery products and signal transmission products continue to play a significant role in the improvement, evolution and future of satellite broadcasting

In 1993/1994, the DVB Project developed the specification of a digital multi-program television system for satellite broadcasting (DVB-S). With worldwide success of this system its suitability for DTH and DSNG applications was clear, along with significant advantages in cost, performance and flexibility over the previous system. From contribution to distribution, satellite technology continues to play a vital role in the delivery of video from the point of origin to home

Our team is specialized in the processing and distribution of video signals through satellite (DTH or DSNG) with many years of experience in satellite contribution and distribution application

Terrestrial Transmission Solutions

Terrestrial broadcast plays a major role in the economic, cultural and social ethos of a nation as each country restricts reception to within its national territory

FM transmission is an important distribution mechanism for radio services, however, development of FM radio is hampered by capacity constraints of the available spectrum. To accommodate more programs and new data services, digital systems are required. DAB+, DRM and DRM+ have the clear advantage over FM as a viable system. Although AM radio was losing importance, with DRM in the LF/MF/HF frequency band and its exceptional reception quality, many are experiencing the advantages of DRM and tend to continue with AM radio due to its large coverage area.

IPTV, OTT & Headend Solutions

Headend is the heart of DTT, satellite, IPTV, OTT and cable TV distribution where it is a master facility for receiving signals for processing and distribution over a broadcast television distribution system. Input video audio signals are compressed, multiplexed and then distributed.

File Based Media Solutions

Broadcast workflows were cumbersome and less efficient in the past due to linear workflows. Though non-linear workflow was introduced more than 20 years ago, broadcasters have been cautious and slow about implementing it until the last few years.

The top priority when it comes to non-linear workflow is file-based workflow. It is an end-to-end workflow from ingest to playout where digital media content is contained in files (unlike digital videotape which only records media digitally as a stream, and not as a file).

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