Nine Network Australia Upgrades Satellite Network With Newtec
16 June
2014
Nine Network
Australia has
deployed several of
Newtec’s solutions
in order to boost
efficiency in its
satellite network,
allowing 64% more
data rate
throughput.
A large order of
Newtec’s broadcast
satellite modulators
and demodulators,
designed for
broadcast
contribution, DSNG
and distribution
applications over
satellite, has now
been deployed across
the Nine Network,
which is one of the
highest-rating
television networks
in Australia. The
upgrade, supplied
via Newtec’s
Australian partner
Lumina Broadcast
Systems, is fully
compliant with
DVB-S2 and utilizes
Newtec’s Clean
Channel Technology®
and Multistream®
technology.
Multistream allows
Nine to aggregate
independent
transport streams
into a single
satellite carrier.
“If I think
back to a time
before upgrading the
lower half of our Ku
Band leased
transponder we
operated two
carriers totalling
45Mbps throughput in
an occupied
bandwidth of 27MHz.
Compare this to now
in the same occupied
bandwidth we achieve
two carriers
totalling 74Mbps
throughput. This
improved throughput
is a lot more than
we could have
achieved with the
older DVB-S
technology,”
said Geoff Osborne,
Engineering
Development Manager
at Nine Network.
Newtec and Nine
Network have a long
history of working
together to optimize
satellite efficiency
and Osborne said a
strong rapport,
value added
services,
reliability and post
sales support
influenced Nine
Network Australia’s
decision to opt for
Newtec’s new
technologies.
“I have been
working closely with
engineers from
Newtec for more than
15 years personally.
In fact in some
instances Newtec
technology installed
back at the start of
our relationship is
still operating
perfectly,”
said Osborne. ”As
time is often short,
the best thing is
having Newtec
available to help
design and plan
options for the best
topology and
upgrades for our
network. Giving our
viewers the widest
choice and greatest
quality, using the
satellite capacity
we lease in the most
effective way, is
top priority.”
Newtec’s
solutions are
designed to have a
multitude of
advantages including
lower operational
costs, highest
bandwidth
efficiency,
guaranteed
interoperability
with DVB receivers,
high versatility and
flexibility as well
as a future-proof
design combining
video and IP
technologies.
“Working
together with Nine
Network Australia
has been fantastic
and we are pleased
to have delivered a
great boost to the
efficiency of their
satellite operations
with our solutions.
Long-term
relationships are
very important to us
and that’s why
delivering a good
after and pre-sales
support is so
important,”
said Dave Suffys,
Sales Support
Manager at Newtec.
