[SatBroadcasting(tm)] SENCORE and its Argentine sales partner, VEC SRL, have announced that AR-SAT (Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales S.A.), selected the SENCORE MRD3187B receiver decoder for satellite applications across the country.

AR-SAT currently provides satellite reception for Argentina's digital TV system and is responsible for delivering ISDB-Tb across the country. AR-SAT is relying on the MRD3187B receiver decoder to provide a key functionality in the video delivery chain at satellite re-transmission sites in numerous Argentine cities including Corrientes, Mendoza, San Juan, San Luis, Cordoba, Salta, and Jujuy.

AR-SAT was founded in 2006 to develop the satellite and terrestrial infrastructure for Argentina's digital TV system and to promote satellite services for public and commercial applications and transmission. Today, AR-SAT delivers satellite bandwidth for voice, data, audio, and video services, and serves major broadcasters as well as business, government, and military organizations throughout Argentina. The SENCORE MRD3187B receiver decoder sets the standard for performance, functionality, and cost of ownership for any contribution, distribution, or backhaul environment, including SNG use. Advanced features include DVB-Common Interface for conditional access decryption, and multiservice descrambling. In addition, the device supports DVB-S and DVB-S2 demodulation, as well as VCM support, 16-ASPK demodulation, and multiple transport stream selection via an Input Stream Identifier (ISI).