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| Company type | Privately owned subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications Digital media services to the broadcast industry |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Unterföhring, Germany |
Key people | Wilfried Urner (CEO) |
| Products | Satellite and broadcasting services |
| Website | ses-ps |
SES Platform Services GmbH (previously ASTRA Platform Services GmbH, later MX1, now part of SES Video) was a subsidiary company of SES (owner and operator of the Astra satellites) based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg. From its headquarters in Unterföhring near Munich, Germany, SES Platform Services operated a broadcasting centre, providing a wide range of services, including content management, playout, encryption, multiplexing, satellite uplinks and other digital TV media broadcast services for the broadcast industry.
Following completion of the acquisition by SES Platform Services of global digital media services provider RR Media in July 2016, the name of the merged company was changed to MX1[1] In September 2019, MX1 was merged into the SES Video division and the MX1 brand dropped.[2]
Before changing to MX1, SES Platform Services distributed more than 300 digital TV channels (including HD) and radio stations, interactive services and data services.[3] In August 2013, SES Platform Services won an international tender by Turner Broadcasting System, starting November 2013, to provide playout for the broadcast channels, Boomerang, Cartoon Network, glitz*, RT, TNT Film and TNT Serie (in both SD and HD) for the German-speaking market, digitization of existing Turner content, and playout for Turner on-demand and catch-up services in Germany, Austria, Switzerland the Benelux region.[4]
- ^ "SES ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF MERGER OF RR MEDIA WITH SES PLATFORM SERVICES" (Press release). SES. July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ MX1 and SES to ‘merge’ Broadband TV News. 24 September 2019. Accessed 30 October 2019
- ^ "SES Platform Services takes charge of multiscreen encoding for Sky Go" (Press release). SES Platform Services GmbH. July 1, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ "SES Platform Services wins international tender by Turner Broadcasting" (Press release). SES Platform Services GmbH. August 28, 2013. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2013.