The Polish News Agency PAP (Polska Agencja Prasowa) has ordered a system for the distribution of news from the German firm mecom (Medien-Communikations-Gesellschaft mbH), in Hamburg.
The system named "mecom-newsPIPE" uses satellite and Internet communication for the distribution of text, pictures, graphics and data to customers of the news agency. Having formed a consortium with VSAT System s.j, Warsaw, mecom won a public tender and is to deliver its latest system this year to PAP, providing the agency with high-quality data transmissions and cost-efficient operations.
One module of newsPIPE, the Content Distribution System, allows PAP to deliver news individually to their customers using stored profiles based on news-content.
VSAT Systems will carry out all antennae installations, both for the central hub and for about 100 remote receiving stations.
PAP issued the order with a volume of approximately 1 million Euro after the consortium had won the international public tender.
"Announcing a public tender our goal was to get one of the most advanced and cost efficient systems of its kind," said Waldemar Siwinski, President and Editor-in-chief of PAP.
"Now we are ready to make an important step forward in our effort to modernise the technology in PAP, and with mecom and VSAT we have two competent partners for this plan".
"We could not buy anywhere the kind of innovative systems we require for our own operations. Therefore, we had to develop it ourselves," said Ulrich Wiehsalla, CEO of mecom.
"The high quality and functionality of the system will bring over many years advantages to PAP as our first customer for newsPIPE. Since we are using the same system for our operations, our experience will result in continuous development and will be of immediate benefit to our customers."
"Our core competence is the technology for the space segment and in this we are number one in Poland," said Wojciech Eckstein, CEO of VSAT System.
"We are delighted to continue bringing this competence together with mecom to our customer PAP."
