ASBU,
ARABSAT
&
NEWTEC
Sign
Contract
for
Expansion
of
the
Menos
TV
and
Radio
Exchange
Network
on
Arabsat
5A
24
February
2010.
Newtec
announces
that
at
the
Arabsat
customer
seminar
of
February
9th
in
Beirut,
Lebanon,
the
partners
of
the
award
winning
MENOS
content
exchange
network
signed
agreements
for
expansion
of
the
MENOS
network
to
use
the
new
Arabsat
5A
satellite,
due
to
be
launched
shortly.
The
Arab
States
Broadcasting
Union
(ASBU),
Arabsat
and
Newtec
will
be
able
to
provide
additional
TV/Radio
contribution
and
exchange
services
to
their
existing
users
and
facilitate
services
expansion
to
additional
customers
on
this
successful
and
growing
network.
In
addition
to
Ku-Band
FSS
capacity,
the
services
will
also
make
use
of
the
new
extended
"Appendix
30B"
Ku-Band
transponders
and
will
include
the
construction
of a
new
earth
station
in
the
MENOS
Hub
at
the
ASBU
Exchange
Centre
in
Algiers
to
operate
on
the
expanded
frequency
range.
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.
ASBU
continued
efforts
with
its
members
and
other
users
in
the
region
added
to
the
visible
benefits
of
the
system
have
showed
increasing
demands
usage
of
the
MENOS
platform.
Arabsat
has
also
committed
to
supporting
the
joint
service
platform
with
yet
more
capacity
on
future
satellites,
to
satisfy
the
growing
service
demands
from
additional
parties
throughout
the
Middle
East
&
North
African
region
and
beyond.
Slaheddine
Maaoui,
Director
General
of
the
ASBU
said:
"Yet
another
MENOS
milestone
for
us,
the
Arab
region
and
the
broadcasting
industry
as a
whole.
The
expanded
MENOS
services
that
will
be
enabled
by
this
agreement
will
further
benefit
the
entire
regional
community".
Khalid
Balkheyour,
CEO
of
Arabsat,
added:
"The
continued
expansion
of
satellite
bandwidth
to
MENOS
is
one
of
our
key
strategic
goals
as
we
continue
to
enhance
our
fleet
and
service
offerings.
Our
motto
of
‘Our
world.
Your
world’
has
no
better
demonstration
than
in
our
steadfast
support
to
our
MENOS
partners".
Serge
Van
Herck,
CEO
of
Newtec
said:
"The
success
of
the
MENOS
network
is
reflected
in
the
growing
demand
for
additional
bandwidth.
It
is
with
great
pride
that
we
see
continued
expansion
of
the
platform
to
expand
the
service
offering
in
the
region".
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