Newtec
announces
today
that
at
last
night’s
prestigious
Digital
Studio
awards
evening
at
The
Westin
Hotel
in
Dubai,
alongside
partners
ASBU
and
Arabsat,
it
won
the
coveted
award
for
the
"Most
Innovative
Project
of
the
Year"
with
its
MENOS
content
exchange
network.
The
award
was
a
highlight
of
the
Digital
Studio
Industry
Leadership
ceremony
–
now
in
its
sixth
year
–
and
Newtec
was
further
honoured
when
the
company’s
CTO
and
one
of
the
company
founders,
Dirk
Breynaert,
was
named
as
the
recipient
of
the
"Outstanding
Industry
Contribution
Award".
This
was
given
for
his
work
with
MENOS
and
also
for,
"his
key
role
in
driving
Broadband
over
Satellite
for
consumers,"
according
to
the
citation.
"MENOS
has
achieved
high
industry
acclaim
but
for
me
it
is
the
way
that
all
the
partners
in
the
project,
ASBU,
Arabsat
and
ourselves,
have
worked
together
that
has
made
it
such
a
success,"
said
Serge
Van
Herck,
CEO
of
Newtec.
"When
such
enthusiasm
and
commitment
–
allied
to
technological
innovation
–
comes
together
it
is
always
a
powerful
mix
and
to
be
acknowledged
by
winning
such
an
important
award
means
a
great
deal
to
all
of
us",
Van
Herck
added.
MENOS
(Multimedia
Exchange
Network
over
Satellite),
a
revolutionary
all-IP
networking
concept
used
to
exchange
multimedia
content
over
satellite,
allows
broadcasters
to
share
video
and
audio
material
among
scattered
sites
in a
fully
automated
and
cost
efficient
way.
The
MENOS
system
also
provides
a
complete
range
of
tools
to
facilitate
the
coordination
of
tasks
and
provide
additional
IP
services
across
the
network.
Advanced
DVB-S2
modulation
technology,
combined
with
the
statistical
multiplexing
of
the
data,
voice,
television
and
radio
signals,
ensures
the
optimum
efficiency
of
the
satellite
bandwidth
usage.
Slaheddine
Maaoui,
Director
General
of
the
ASBU
said:
"This
award
represents
another
MENOS
milestone
for
us,
the
Arab
region
and
the
broadcasting
industry
as a
whole.
Since
its
creation,
ASBU
has
always
supported
leading
edge
technologies
and
MENOS
is
without
doubt
an
outstanding
example
of
what
teamwork
can
achieve."
Khalid
Balkheyour,
CEO
of
Arabsat,
added:
"Our
motto
of
‘Our
world.
Your
world’
has
no
better
demonstration
than
in
our
steadfast
support
to
our
MENOS
partners.
Winning
awards
like
this
is a
true
recognition
that
our
efforts
are
being
recognised".
The
awards
are
organised
by
Digital
Studio,
the
Middle
East’s
leading
magazine
for
the
TV
production,
film
and
broadcast
industries.
