Case Study Media Broadcast SKYflow in Peru

ST Engineering iDirect and Divicam enable ubiquitous access to free-to-air public tv channels in Peru using DVB NIP over Satellite Ecosystem

1. Challenges
During the global COVID-19 pandemic, the National Institute 
of Radio and Television of Peru (IRTP) quickly realized they 
were incapable of: 
1. effectively communicating critical public health news and 
information via public broadcasting, 
2. providing a viable Distance Learning platform to the nearly 
30% of the Peruvian population without connectivity.  
A solution was needed to address these gaps in connectivity 
infrastructure that included both video and non-video data.
Solution
The National Institute of Radio and Television of Peru (IRTP) 
selected SKYflow, a partner ecosystem whose technology 
leverages the DVB-NIP (Native IP) standard and does not 
require internet connectivity. The cutting-edge multicast ABR 
(Adaptive Bit Rate) ecosystem offers cost-effective, ultra-fast, 
low-latency delivery of live video, files and documents to 
mobile devices and large screens for global audiences.  
Because of SKYflow, the final 30% of the Peruvian population 
will receive DTH content and have access to live TV that can be 
ST ENGINEERING IDIRECT AND DIVICAM ENABLE
UBIQUITOUS ACCESS TO FREE-TO-AIR PUBLIC TV CHANNELS
IN PERU USING DVB NIP OVER SATELLITE ECOSYSTEM
ST Engineering iDirect | www.idirect.net
recorded, enabling the Peruvian government to attain its goal of 
reaching every household in Peru with invaluable educational 
video and media content. This is especially significant for the 
distribution of content in a multiscreen environment to 
households that may not have internet access but have a 
television, tablets, or even smart devices. SKYflow is also capable 
of providing two-way broadcasting which would expand the use 
cases available to the Peruvian government in the future, 
allowing it to benefit from the unique attributes that satellite 
brings to the delivery of OTT services.
A multi-phased implementation, live video, including public 
broadcasting, will be provided at launch early 2024. File-based 
delivery, including content from the Peruvian Ministry of 
Education to support distance learning, will follow in 2024. The 
project is being co-managed as a system integration by DIVICAM 
and ST Engineering iDirect. 
SKYfow Ecosystem Partners
“Following a year of development by teams at ST Engineering iDirect and partners EKT, Quadrille and EasyBroadcast, we’re 
pleased to confrm the activation of live free-to-air channels in Peru using SKYfow – a DVB Native IP over satellite ecosystem. 
With SKYfow, we are able to assist the Government in their pursuit to reach 100% of the population with cost-efective, 
ultra-fast, low-latency delivery of DTH (direct-to-home) live and fle-based video content to homes and mobile devices. Soon 
we will be able to supplement this ofering with multiple government and educational channels, emergency/disaster 
notifcations, the option of 2-way network communications, all-IP contribution capabilities, and more.”
Emma Park, Senior Vice President Market growth Strategies - ST Engineering iDirect
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2. IP Based Media/OTT Ecosystem
BIDIRECTIONAL
Unicast ABR
Dialog
platform
MDM2010
VSAT Modem
EKT DSD5115
Set Top Box
Easy Broadcast
Player Application
Live Channels
(ATS)
Unicast ABR Multicast ABR
Multicast ABR
Native IP over SAT
Multicast ABR
Unicast ABR
Multicast ABR
Content Management
& Service Definition
On-the-fly packaging
to HLS/DASH format
GSE DS Encapsulation
& US Decapsulation
DVB-S/S2(X)
DS Modulation &
US Demodulation
DS Demodulation &
US Modulation
GSE de-encapsulation
Quadrille
Mstore
AV Decode
Demodulation
&
GSE de-encapsulation
Quadrille
Mstore
AV Decode
OTT Players
Regular TV
OTT Players
Regular TV
Multicast to Unicast Conversion &
Media Streaming Sessions Handling
Edge cached backend for content,
metadata and service definition
EasyBroadcast
EZB-STREAMER
QuadriLive
(mABR)
QuadriFast
(VOD & CMS
Database)
? Unicast to Multicast
Conversion (mABR)
? VOD content
? EZB Back-end CMS
database distribution
Educational links
File Content
Video
Books
Government info