Abderrahmane Bessaih, Director Business Development North & West Africa, Newtec; Abdelmalek Houyou, General Director, Telediffusion d’Algerie; Didier Tymen, VP Sales EMEIA, Newtec after the TDA-ASBU MENOS signing session.
Photo: Newtec

[Via Satellite 09-20-13] Satellite communications specialist, Newtec and Télédiffusion d’Algérie (TDA) have signed a multimillion-Euro contract to deploy several of Newtec’s interactive satellite terminals running on the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite (MENOS).

The award-winning ASBU-MENOS network is operated by ASBU on the Arabsat 5A satellite, which has an orbital position of 30.5 degrees east. By deploying the Newtec technology, hosted on the ASBU platform, TDA will now have access to their own IP-based and fully automated secure Virtual Network (VN) for contribution and exchange of radio and TV content at low- and high-bit rates. Using a VN provides the same services and benefits as owning a dedicated physical network, but is provided as “hosted services” by ASBU without TDA having to operate the complete system.

TDA will integrate Newtec’s Ku-band radio Satellite Interactive Terminals (SIT), TV SITs, fixed and portable Fast News Gathering (FNG) SITs and IP data SITs. Those SITs will be deployed over 48 regions across Algeria with two separate networks for radio and TV contribution, connecting five major cities and villages and allowing users to collect and access content at each site.