SatKrak Trade Fair 2011

The DIPOL's success at SatKrak 2011. We are pleased to announce that we won the statuette for Best Component of SMATV System. The winner is TERRA MMH-3000+ headend. Photo: www.okoliceobrazu.pl

Photo of the stand

SatKrak 2011, the biggest digital television exhibition and trade fair in Poland, was held in Krakow on October 13-15.

Our stand was visited by over 1000 people. They were mostly installers, representatives of project offices, cable networks, electronics stores. DIPOL presented a wide range of products, including:

• the latest DVB-T receiver
• DVB-T antennas
• RF amplifiers designed for DVB-T systems
• concept of modernization of old MATV systems for DVB-T
• latest version of SatNet software for designing multiswitch systems
• concept and devices for creating home and building fiber optic systems
• 2nd generation headend - MMH-3000+
• Terra devices for CATV
• TRISET Profi coaxial cable
• DVB-T meters
• HDMI equipment
• LCD/plasma mounts
• GSM, 3G, CDMA repeaters

April 27, 2010 - Gold Medal for Redbeam IR illuminators!

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April 27, 2010 - Gold Medal for Redbeam IR illuminators!

IR illuminators of Redbeam series belong to the new generation of IR devices. The advantage of the series is application of specially designed LED arrays (instead of conventional sets of diodes) which, together with optical lenses, ensure desired operational angle and distance. They won the Gold Medal at Securex 2010 trade fair.

CeBIT 2009

The world's leading trade fair for IT and telecommunications, or ICT industry - CeBIT 2009 in Hanover - took place from March 3 to 8. This year there were about 4300 companies from 69 countries, exhibiting their products, and about 400,000 visitors. However, these numbers showing the scale of the event are much smaller than that of the peak 2001 year with 8100 exhibitors.



IBM, MSI, Panasonic, Comarch, Intel, ASUS, Microsoft and... beautiful women at CeBIT fair 2009:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAhq9YjEbu8&fmt=18

The absence of many traditional leaders of telecommunications market, both in the case of manufacturers and telecoms, and a very weak representation of companies supplying products for banking industry - were the main symptoms of the crisis. Among German operators we saw Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone, but couldn't find E-Plus and so blatant before O2 stand.

But the greatest sensation was caused by Samsung, not having its own stand but only being represented by distributors. It was a stark contrast in comparison with last year, when the corporation fascinated everyone with a grand scale, as well as with the number of new products. The sponsorship of World Cyber Games (WCG), with thousands of StarCraft, Counter-Strike, and Warcraft III gamers, was a thing of the past. It raised questions about the corporation's financial condition - the end of the sponsoring "e-sports" could be a real blow to the image of the tycoon among young people.

Japanese companies were modestly represented by NEC and Sony Ericsson; Toshiba, DoCoMo, Motorola failed to show up. There were no stands outside - last year's AMD show with off-road vehicles promoting new AMD processors was just a memory - the company was absent as well.

We couldn't find exhibitors presenting new technologies, probably the manufacturers didn't believe in possibility of profitable implementations in the near future (for example - lack of promising LTE technology). There was only one word for the pavilions promoting Green IT - boredom.

Was the fair a failure? - No !!!
More about CeBIT.

Megapixel revolution in Prague - Pragoalarm/ Pragosec 2009

The 17th international fair of security equipment, systems and services, fire protection and safety equipment - PRAGOALARM/PRAGOSEC 2009 - will be held from February 24 to 26, 2009. It promises to be the biggest event in this industry in Central - Eastern Europe, because this year the Securex in Poznan does not take place (it is held every two years). Czech market is one of the most advanced and demanding in Europe, so the fair will be attended by leading companies from all over the world: exhibitors.
The fair will be attended by DIPOL Czech and Slovakia, presenting products that bring about "A megapixel revolution". A candidate for the prize of the fair is ULTISYSTEM software, a unique in the world surveillance suite that effectively combines local CCTV systems with city surveillance.

Network video recorder NUUO provides means for recording video streams from megapixel cameras. DIPOL will exhibit megapixel cameras from four world leaders in video surveillance industry (ACTi, IQinVision, Pixord, ULTICAM), including new developments in the market - the devices using H.264 compression.
The organizers have prepared a pool of free tickets for all professional visitors that registe rat the website by February 8, 2009.

ULTISYSTEM got a distinction

The ULTISYSTEM software suite that enables cooperation of local monitoring systems with city video surveillance has been honored at Video Surveillance Conference and Exhibition ALARM, in Kielce, Poland (Nov. 5-6, 2008).

ULTISYSTEM allows to connect to the city surveillance system based on IP technology (and its monitoring center) a number of local CCTV systems, e.g. in:

• sports facilities, concert halls etc.
• schools, universities etc.
• banks, offices, agencies etc.

using analog cameras connected to DVRs.

ULTISYSTEM is a perfect platform both for small local monitoring systems and large, advanced video surveillance structures. ULTISYSTEM allows to manage the whole structure with all its sub-systems from one, professional Monitoring Center (live monitoring, PTZ control, recording). It is possible to organize temporary sub-centers for the security of mass events. The whole concept is focused on cost reduction of the installations and their operation.

TV-Sat Fair "SatKrak" in Poland

SatKrak 2008 trade fair was held in Krakow, Poland, on October 16-18. This annual event is dedicated to digital television and broadcasting industry.

The exhibition took place in the biggest television market in Central and Eastern Europe, which is Poland. Among the exhibitors there were leading manufacturers and distributors of receiving equipment from Poland and abroad, and all operators of digital platforms.

Observing the range of the equipment, listening to the discussions at the stands of the exhibitors, and looking at the offers of the platforms, one can make predictions for the next year.

The forecasts on large interest in digital terrestrial TV broadcasts in Poland were too optimistic. HD programs available in several Polish cities did not meet a wider interest of consumers. However, many companies (Technisat, Maximum, RWT) presented tuners for receiving digital terrestrial television, with future prosperity in mind.

A prosperous segment of the market is still satellite industry. A wide range of attractive programs, especially HD broadcasts, gave the impetus for the customers to change their receiving equipment. Many of them are interested in receivers enabling independent recording of satellite channels.

According to the installation companies, a true hit can be prepaid offer. The new offer of TVN - "prepaid TV" - is in the focus of interest today. Probably other platforms will follow this way.


Everyone could notice popularity of multiswitch systems, being a standard solution in modern buildings. Multiswitches were presented by practically all companies dealing with satellite equipment.

During the fair there were traditional awards for "Best product on the market" in various categories. This year the range was extended by categories for assessment of programs broadcast by Polish operators. The best thematic channel in the Polish market became HD Sport - Canal +.

We are pleased to inform that we received the award for the "Best Product of the Year 2008" in the category "SMATV systems" - for TERRA headend distributed by DIPOL.

The ceremony of presenting the "Best Product of the Year" award
to Mr. Virgilijus Repecka from TERRA and Mr. Tadeusz Szydlowski from DIPOL

International fair - list

Are you looking for information about trade fair somewhere abroad? There is a useful website which I was looking for a long time. So you can save your time :-) Fair in Poland, in Taiwan, Denmark, Stockholm et c. :-)))

Telecommunication trade fair in Europe

1. Germany

• ANGA cable trade fair: 27 - 29 May 2008, Cologne
• CeBIT: 4 - 9 March 2008, Hannover
• IFA: 29 August - 3 September 2008, Berlin

2. Poland

• ALARM Video Surveillance Conference and Exhibition: 5 - 6 November 2008, Kielce
• Intertelecom Fair of Electronic Communication: 8 - 10 April 2008, Lodz
  
• SatKrak Satellite Fair: 18 - 20 Octobre 2008, Krakow (Cracow)
  
• Securex International Security Exhibition: 22 - 25 April 2008, Poznan

3. England

• IFSEC: 12 - 15 May 2008, Birmingham

4. Spain

• 3GSM World Congress, mobile event: 11 - 14 February 2008, Barcelona

5. Belgium

• ECOC Optical Communication Event: 21 - 25 September 2008, Brussels

6. France

• Communication over IP VOIP Expo: 15 - 16 April 2008, Paris la Défense
• MtoM The Machine to Machine Show: 1 - 3 April 2008, Paris la Defense
• RF & HYPER EUROPE: 30 September - 2 October 2008, Paris

7. Georgia

• Georgia Tel, Georgian International Exhibition Telecommunications and Information Technologies: 22 - 24 May 2008, Tbilisi

Coaxial cable of the year 2007

"Triset" family of coaxial cables gained the "Product of the Year" award during SatKrak exhibition which took place in Krakow, October 18-20, 2007. DIPOL company got the prize in the "Best Accessories" category.

Distribution cables have to ensure higher quality of transmission because of transition towards HDTV standards. The main requirements for modern coaxial cables include perfect transmission parameters, such as shielding effectiveness (protection against external interferences).

Triset cable family belongs to the group of distribution cables that features the best screening efficiency in the market. It practically eliminates the negative influence of common electromagnetic fields on the signal quality. The cables also have low attenuation. Triset family includes cables:

• PVC for indoor installations
• PE, gel-filled cable for outdoor applications
• HF, halogen-free
  
• PE and HF