[Satellite Today 03-20-09] Mobision has selected Newtec’s Horizon HZ420 equipment for use in what Newtec claims is the Middle East’s first ever paid mobile television service for mobile phones and DVB-H compliant devices, Newtec announced March 19.
    The service will consist of a package of 22 television channels broadcasted over satellite and received in four cities in Iraq by Newtec’s Horizon HZ420 equipment, which then converts the signal into DVB-H and re-transmits it using terrestrial transmitters.
    “Mobision selected Newtec for the gapfillers installation, which combines multiple functions in one device all over Iraq, avoiding the high shipping, installation, and cabling and configuration costs of mass deployment,” Jad Atallah, senior vice president of Mobision, said in a statement.