Training could be a key to overcoming the problem of interference to broadcasters' satellite signals, an international meeting in Montreal heard today
CNN Vice President Dick Tauber told the World Broadcasting Unions International Satellite Operations Group (WBU-ISOG) that many instances of interference were caused by untrained operators uplinking their signals.
Mr Tauber, who is also WBU-ISOG Chairman, said everyone in the industry - broadcasters, satellite operators and equipment manufacturers - needed to join the fight against satellite interference.
WBU-ISOG, which is run by the world's regional broadcasting unions, is playing a leading role in looking for ways to overcome the problem.
It is working with other groups on possible solutions, including training, the certification of operators and the insertion of carrier identification devices in equipment used for satellite transmissions.
"It's a multi-faceted problem and it's great that broadcasters have stepped up on this," Stewart Sanders, Senior Vice President of satellite company SES, said.
The two-day WBU-ISOG forum is being hosted by Canada's national broadcaster, the CBC.
(Source : Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union)
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