Arqiva To Launch Shared Multiplex Service on AMC-10

Arqiva will launch a DVB-S2, MPEG-4 shared multiplex satellite platform from its Los Angeles teleport, enabling broadcasters and cable programmers access to 100 percent of U.S. cable headends.

The platform will be available via the SES World Skies’ AMC-10 satellite located at 135 degrees West and will be powered by Cisco’s latest-generation MPEG-4 encoding technology.

Marlink Unveils Value-Added Service for Maritime VSAT

Maritime satellite communications provider Marlink is launching its Local Numbers service from Norway, which will be available to all customers of Marlink’s Sealink and WaveCall VSAT systems.

The Local Numbers offering combines direct inward dialing with the local telephone number of the vessel operator’s office location. The service aims to provide cost-effective calling on multi-regional and global Ku-band and C-band maritime VSAT systems, as well as on-demand services such as Inmarsat FleetBroadband, Iridium and Thuraya.

RRsat Launches Platform on Hispasat 1E

RRsat Global Communications Network has implemented its new multi-carrier per-channel platform on Hispasat’s 1E satellite at 30 degrees West.

The platform will cater to Latin America, using the downlink, uplink, space segment and playout services from RRsat’s playout center in Hawley, Pa. RRsat will broadcast content in SD, HD and 3-D formats to viewers in Latin America capable of receiving digital television through DTH broadcasting and to digital terrestrial television operators, DBS operators and cable headends.