| Al
Jazeera English has since used BGan X-Stream daily for live broadcasts throughout
the Middle East region. Al Jazeera English is the sister television news network
of the Arabic-language Al Jazeera Satellite Channel. Stratos worked closely with
its UK-based channel partner Applied Satellite Technology (AST) to deploy this
solution for Al Jazeera English. Al
Jazeera English's successful deployment of BGan, over the past year including
the use of BGan X-Stream, led to Al Jazeera Arabic's decision last week to deploy
an additional 30 BGAN units for use at news bureaus worldwide. BGAN
X-Stream from Stratos enables media organisations to perform at optimal levels
at any remote location imaginable. Journalists can effectively use BGAN services
with minimal training. For
two years, Al Jazeera English videographers have depended upon BGan from Stratos
to transmit video from field locations worldwide to their various broadcast centers.
BGan from Stratos has helped Al Jazeera English broaden the scope of its field
reporting while avoiding transmission costs normally associated with satellite
trucks. Stratos
and AST have till date provided Al Jazeera English with 45 Hughes 9201 BGAN terminals
to successfully broadcast live news coverage. Sixteen of those terminals utilised
the BGAN X-Stream service. Al Jazeera English is using QuickLink software for
live and file-based video transport and acquisition over IP. Al
Jazeera English head of news operations Nick Taylor says, "While transmitting
video from major cities worldwide is facilitated by the availability of terrestrial
fiber and satellite newsgathering connections, reporting the news from remote
areas can be a major challenge, due to the lack of available infrastructure." | 
