are not of a permanent nature, increased, a requirement for the new net- work was to use the capacity more efficiently. Also the network should offer services in the way broadcasters are using it with on-demand service provisioning, with the aim to offer customer self-provisioning. Combining these requirements, as well as strict QoS, on-demand and low OPEX operations in one solution remained a big challenge when looking into the different architectural choices. The Issue Embratel has a unique history of offering media transport services for the major broadcasters and events on national and international level, using their satellites.Most fixed location services have been based on Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), and in the process of changing to a more modern media network, the

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