Belgium-based Newtec, a manufacturer of broadcast modulators and other satellite equipment, ended 2009 by winning TMC’s sought-after “Satellite.TMCnet.com 2009 Product of the Year” awards for three of its products.

 

TMC (News - Alert), which announced the winners Dec. 30, said the first-ever Satellite.TMCnet.com award honors the most deserving companies that have demonstrated the vision, leadership and thoroughness associated with the “Product of the Year” awards.

 

Newtec’s (News - Alert) FlexACM, MENOS and Sat3Play were among the winning products.

 

FlexACM is an end-to-end solution combining a range of cutting-edge technologies for implementing ACM technology, IP shaping, compression and acceleration in an efficient way for IP trunking and IP backbone satellite links. The implementation of FlexACM can result in a doubling of the data throughput in a given satellite segment while also guaranteeing a 100 percent link availability, according to Newtec.

 

MENOS is a networking concept used to exchange multimedia content over satellite. It is intended primarily for professional broadcasters, allowing them to share video and audio material among several sites scattered across a large geographical area.

 

Sat3Play is an affordable, two-way satellite broadband system that has been designed for service providers that want to offer voice, data and television services in areas where no terrestrial broadband connection is available.

 

“Satellite.TMCnet.com Product of the Year Awards have been granted to a select list of companies who have proven their commitment to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace,” said Rich Tehrani (News - Alert) CEO, TMC. “We’re proud to honor these companies for their accomplishments in the advancement of the satellite technology industry.”