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TV Station TV Bandeirantes, Campinas, SP, Brazil

This antenna tower is used by TV Bandeirantes

to broadcast the local version of its programming to the city of Campinas. In addition to three TV channels, theres also three FM radio stations and one AM radio station that are broadcasted. The Bandeirantes corporation also issues the local version of the free Metro newspaper.

Satellite Dishes at TV Bandeirantes

The most modern reception and transmission technology in Brazil Receives and transmits in HD Receives the main program via satellite A specialty is the combination of analog and digital channels

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TV Station TV Bandeirantes, Campinas, SP, Brazil

A Local TV Station in Campinas Utilizes the Most Modern HDTV Technology

Broadcast technician Joao
Carlos in the engineering room. The signals from the satellite antennas are received here in HD.

Campinas

The distribution of programming via satellite is required by many of the national TV chains so that all of the linked local stations can receive their programming. In the city of Campinas about 100km north of Sao Paulo can be found one of the most modern local TV stations from TV Bandeirantes; it is completely set up for HDTV. On a hill overlooking Campinas, theres a row of antenna masts for the citys local TV channels. One of those masts belongs to TV Bandeirantes. This TV station transmits in analog on Channel 4 as well as Channel 15 but on Channel 16 the programming is transmitted digitally and in HD. Jose Mariano is the stations Chief Engineer and explains to us: The first TV tower was erected on this spot back in 1996. In 2003 the entire system was rebuilt and thats what you see here today. Four engineers make sure that everything runs smoothly with all broadcasts. One of them is Joao Carlos, who told us more about the stations satellite antennas: We operate a 5.0-meter dish and a backup 3.2-meter antenna. Both of them are pointed to BRASILSAT 4 at 84W and receive the signals in MPEG-4. Another 3.6-meter dish receives the signals from the STARONE C2 satellite at 70W. An interesting feature of the station are the antenna combiners. TV Bandeirantes transmits in Campinas on UHF channel 15 in analog and on UHF channel 16 in digital. Both of these signals are merged in the combiner and then routed to the broadcasting antennas. Antenna specialist Nivaldo da Silva was responsible for aligning the satellite dishes. He is considered the satellite guru in this region. He has the experience and expertise to professionally set up these antennas. He admits that sometimes he talks to the antennas and LNBs; that earned him the nickname Antenna Whisperer.

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1. The TV Bandeirantes control room. The TV Bandeirantes national channel is received via satellite and is supplemented here with locally produced programming. 2. In the control room the technician can at any time access exterior cameras that are always active some of which are operated by TV Bandeirantes themselves and others that are operated by the local municipality. The municipal cameras include those on the highways and at specific locations in the city as well as a camera at the local airport. The technician in the control room can use a joystick to remotely pan and zoom the cameras. If theres a local event, the signals from these cameras can immediately be routed to the broadcaster.

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specialty: the analog and digital broadcast signals are merged together in the combiner.

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 This is Nivaldo da Silva. He is the

Sao Paulo regions satellite specialist when it has to do with the precise alignment of satellite antennas. He took all of TV Bandeirantes satellite antennas and precisely aligned them to each corresponding satellite. His nickname is Antenna Whisperer.

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