Taking to the high seas
26 April 2011
LG has delivered its Hotel TV hospitality television system to a couple of unusual installations…
LG has delivered its Hotel TV hospitality television system to a couple of unusual installations…
The location of the installations is two car ferries. But not just any ferries. These are the world’s largest super-ferries that now offer multi-channel television to their passengers.
The Stena Hollandica and the Stena Britannica ply the route between Harwich in the UK and the Hook of Holland near the Dutch capital Den Haag.
The crossing takes six hours and 45 minutes, and many of the 1200 passengers take the opportunity to rest in a cabin.
Each of the cabins is now fitted with a 22in LG LCD television, and 32in televisions are in premium cabins.
The Stena Hollandica
The coverage also extends to the cabins used by the crew, many of whom spend a week or more on board.
There is a central rack of receivers that feed the LG Hotel TV distribution system. This advanced platform encodes all channels to a common MPEG-4/H.264 format and delivers it via a complex RF network, ensuring stable performance on every screen. The result is that passengers can relax and catch up on television while crossing the North Sea.
“These two super-ferries are remarkably advanced vessels, and deserve an advanced, future-proof television distribution system,” said Roy Martin, Technical Manager of LG Electronics. “At LG we have put our weight behind providing excellent support for our business to business partners, and we are delighted to be able to point to the Stena Line installations as a great success.”
The Stena Hollandica was launched in May 2010 and sister ship Stena Britannica was launched in October 2010. Each is 240m long and carries 230 cars, 300 freight vehicles and 1200 passengers.
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