16 October, 2013

Satellite communications equipment vendor NovelSat  announced that a major US broadcaster has selected NovelSat to upgrade the satellite communication technology in their global DSNG (Digital Satellite News Gathering) fleet. They will deploy NovelSat NS3000 satellite modems in all flyaway portable production facilities for video contribution and IP communication.  

This top broadcasting company chose to replace existing equipment with modems from NovelSat, which incorporate NS3 technology, to reduce the cost of satellite communications by dropping bandwidth consumption by 47% compared to their existing system.   

Customer testing showed that under identical conditions the NovelSat NS3 protocol achieved a data transmission rate of 14.72 Mb/s compared to industry standard DVB-S2 at 10.05Mb/s and the DVB-S rate of 5.37 Mb/s.   

“Since we launched NovelSat NS3 satellite communications technology in 2011, global broadcasters have been flocking to it,” said Itzik Wulkan, CEO NovelSat. “And who can blame them? In markets where satellite bandwidth is at a premium, NovelSat NS3 saves broadcasters in operations costs, lets them be more flexible and provides the reliability that they need for their high-value HD satellite broadcasts.”