SES AMERICOM and International Datacasting Corporation have integrated IDC's next-generation DVB-S2 satellite receivers aboard the IP-PRIME IPTV service. As part of a newly-signed agreement, IDC is the exclusive provider of satellite receivers over the initial year of IP-PRIME service rollouts.

The IDC receivers feature state-of-the-art DVB-S2 technologies to maximize IPTV delivery over satellite bandwidth. SES AMERICOM is also using IDC IP encapsulators and custom engineering and network management in support of IP-PRIME, a centralized IPTV distribution solution enabling telcos to securely and affordably deliver broadcast quality television to customer homes across the country.

IP-PRIME programming originates from the SES AMERICOM IPTV Broadcast Center based in Vernon Valley, New Jersey, where video and audio will be received and processed for distribution via the AMC-9 satellite and fiber to telco video hubs nationwide. IDC receivers will be installed at the IP-PRIME hubs, where programming is either handed off to telcos or delivered all the way to IPTV set top boxes in consumer homes.