DISTRIBUTION
May-June 2016
Kacific launches
service on
Newtec Dialog
Satellite operator Kacific Broadband
Satellites has chosen the Newtec Dialog
platform to provide affordable satellite
broadband connectivity in the Pacific.
Newtec Dialog will initially be used
to deliver Internet connectivity to a
number of schools in the Republic of
Vanuatu. Kacific will be expanding its
broadband service delivery to con-
sumers, enterprises and other public
institutions in places where Internet
connectivity is lacking due to poor or
non-available terrestrial infrastructure.
The whole of South-East Asia and
the Pacific, from Sumatra, Indonesia
to the French Polynesian archipelagos,
will ultimately benefit from the Kacific
broadband service, said the company.
Christian Patouraux, Kacific’s CEO,
said: “As a multi-service platform,
Newtec Dialog enables tailored ser-
vices and offers optimal modulation
and bandwidth allocation.”
It features Newtec’s return link
technology Mx-DMA, which delivers
the efficiency of SCPC with the dynam-
ic bandwidth allocation of MF-TDMA
for better bandwidth efficient and
enabling services to run more reliably
than before, said Newtec.
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STN brings ‘diaspora
broadcasting’ to Asia-Pacific
European teleport and broad-
casting services provider STN is
spearheading a new commercial
initiative to help content own-
ers and broadcasters across the
Asia-Pacific region to reach new
audiences in international mar-
kets, including Europe, Africa and
the US.
With the investment of addi
tional resources to help Asia-
Pacific broadcasters grow their
businesses internationally, STN
said its goal is to help broadcast-
ers in the region take advantage
of the growing phenomenon of
‘diaspora broadcasting’.
Anver Anderson, general
manager of STN, explained: “To-
day, people are more mobile
than ever before, and we see
consumers more readily moving
from country to country to pursue
career and business opportunities.
“In particular, there are grow-
ing communities in the Middle
East, Africa and the US of people
who have moved from the Asia-
Pacific region to develop their
STN is spearheading a new commercial initiative
to help content owners and broadcasters across
the Asia-Pacific region to reach new audiences in
international markets.
careers. With their increased
prosperity and buying power,
these communities are keen to be
entertained in their own language
with original content from their
country of origin.”
Named Independent Teleport
Operator of the Year 2016 by
the World Teleport Association
(WTA), STN, with its teleport
transmisstion facilities in Slo-
venia, aims to allow expatriate
consumers to enjoy more enter-
tainment in their own language,
and which best represents their
own culture. At the same time,
STN is poised to help content
owners and broadcasters across
Asia-Pacific to realise these new
commercially attractive opportu-
nities by enabling them to deliver
their content to more places in
international markets.
STN offers a broad port
folio of media services including
playout, multicast and uplink.
The company offers broadcast-
ers direct access to a variety of
high-quality satellite capacity that
spans the globe, and has PoPs in
a fast-growing number of major
broadcast centres around the
world.
STN complements its satellite
portfolio with worldwide fibre
connectivity, including to Asia-
Pacific, where the company is
increasing its commercial focus
in order to assist broadcasters link
into STN’s global network “more
easily and seamlessly than ever
before”.
According to STN, its world-
class facilities and global reach
makes its “second to none” in its
ability to help Asian-based broad-
casters and content aggregators
enhance their businesses, build
audiences and grow revenues,
by extending into international
markets.
Fischer Connectors offers new single fibre-optic connectivity solution
Fischer Connectors has launched
its new single fibre-optic connec-
tor (FO1) within its Fischer Fischer
FibreOptic series. The miniature,
lightweight and rugged connectiv-
ity solution, said Fischer, is easy to
use and ensures premium perfor-
mance even in harsh environments.
The FO1 connector is available
either in preconfigured reels or
integrated into custom assemblies
for applications in instrumentation,
sensing, defence and broadcasting,
among others. It is also designed to
fulfil the growing market need for
higher data transmission rates over
long distances while reducing space
and ensuring optimal performance
by means of rugged miniature
solutions.
The FO1 connector integrates
fully into the existing Fischer Fibre-
Optics series; UPC and APC polishing
reduces insertion and return losses,
making devices more secure, while
IP68 sealing provides highly valuable
Fischer Connectors has
launched its new single
fibre-optic connector
(FO1) within its
Fischer Fischer
FibreOptic
series.
device protection. The push-pull
locking system allows quick and
easy connections and disconnec-
tions, making the connector “ideally
suited” for outdoor environments.
The removable sleeve holder (mono-
bloc mate adapter) ensures that end-
faces can be cleaned easily, keeping
electronics in “top condition”.
Christopher Martin, FibreOptic
product manager at Fischer Con-
nectors, said: “We’ve extended our
Fischer FibreOptic series bearing our
customers’ needs for flexibility and
efficiency in mind. The product line’s
main benefits — high optical stabil-
ity in harsh environments, robust-
ness, and ease-of-use, cleaning and
maintenance — remain the same.
But we’ve designed this smaller
product to be even lighter and more
flexible so that it’s easy to integrate
into existing solutions, saving time
and money for our customers.”
The Fischer FibreOptic series al-
ready includes two versions: a rug-
ged fibre optic connector with two
or four fibres, and a rugged hybri