EADS SPACE Brings the World Cup Live to the Royal Navy
- The World Cup being broadcast to Naval personnel at sea via TOMS
- First broadcast of live “high quality” TV images to RN ships at sea
- Skynet 4 satellites used for all transmissions
Portsmouth, 10 June 2006
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In preparation for England’s eagerly-awaited first game today in the FIFA World Cup, EADS Astrium and Paradigm Services have, at the request of the Royal Navy, increased the capacity of their TOMS (Television Over Military Satellite) service to ensure that those on board Royal Navy vessels within the coverage area of Skynet 4, can enjoy live high-quality coverage of the matches.
The combined capabilities of these two EADS SPACE companies enable the World Cup games to be transmitted from EADS Astrium’s Portsmouth-based control centre over the Paradigm-owned and operated UK military Skynet 4 satellites.
The TOMS broadcast service, which is installed onboard all of the Royal Navy’s SCOT-equipped ships, allows the broadcast of recreational television and news services, with programmes provided by the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS). Typically TOMS operates at a “normal” image quality rate, but, following the UK Ministry of Defence’s procurement of increased satellite bandwidth from Paradigm for the duration of the World Cup, the service has been upgraded to a “high” image quality, allowing normal TV-quality footage to be viewed.
One of the ships to benefit from this extra service is the Royal Navy’s Flagship HMS ILLUSTRIOUS, currently on overseas operations in the Indian Ocean. As a user of the enhanced TOMS ‘Media Backlink’ service, HMS ILLUSTRIOUS can transmit live reports to television news rooms, including the BBC and Sky News, to cover stories such as its current efforts in the fight against piracy off the coast of Africa.
Notes to Editors:
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EADS Astrium’s TOMS (Television Over Military Satellites) system fitted to Royal Navy ships which provides recreational television and news services for sailors on RN ships around the world, with programming by the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS).
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TOMS is a simple and cost effective additional service to the EADS Astrium shipborne communications system (SCOT), with over 150 SCOT systems procured by 11 navies worldwide. The TOMS system has also completed successful trials over existing UK Armed Forces land terminals.
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The Media Backlink Unit enhances the TOMS system, providing a live news feed TV capability.
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Paradigm Services, as part of its Skynet 5 contract, provides secure global satellite communications to the Royal Navy along with the rest of the UK's Armed Forces.
EADS Astrium is Europe’s leading satellite system specialist. Its activities cover complete civil and military telecommunications and Earth observation systems, science and navigation programmes, and all spacecraft avionics and equipment. EADS Astrium is a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS SPACE, which is dedicated to providing civil and defence space systems. In 2005, EADS SPACE had a turnover of €2.7 billion and 11,000 employees in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain.
Paradigm Secure Communications Ltd / Paradigm Services Ltd, a subsidiary of EADS SPACE Services is the world 's first commercial provider of military satellite communications and the only provider of end-to-end, hardened and protected satellite services, using X-band and UHF frequencies compliant to NATO standards.
Paradigm signed a £2.5bn contract with the UK MOD in October 2003, for the provision of all worldwide satellite communications services to UK Armed Forces up to 2018. The programme, procured as a groundbreaking Private Finance Initiative (PFI), includes the funding for the next generation of UK Milsatcom capability. In December 2005, Paradigm Secure Communications Ltd signed an amendment with the UK MoD to extend the 15 year Skynet 5 PFI service contract, bringing the concession period to 2020.
Paradigm also offers military and commercial communications services to other governments and international organisations using the existing Skynet 4 satellites and will launch the first of three Skynet 5 satellites in 2006.
Paradigm is also able to access the full range of commercial satcom solutions and is now the definitive one stop shop for military satellite communications. For more information visit www.paradigmsecure.com
EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2005, EADS generated revenues of €34.2 billion and employed a workforce of more than 113,000
The Satellite Communications Acquisition Team Integrated Project Team (SAT IPT) operates under the Defence Communication Services Agency (DCSA) umbrella. It is responsible for the provision of MoD's long haul, tactical and strategic communications including satellite, land lines and fibre optics.
Contacts for the media:
| Jeremy Close | EADS SPACE (UK) |
Tel.: 01438 773872 www.space.eads.net |
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