Newtec has announced that FLO TV™ Incorporated , a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, has selected Newtec’s Multistream technology and products for an IRD upgrade of its Mobile TV content distribution network. Newtec is the main supplier for Multistream Satellite Receivers to be installed in all terrestrial UHF transmitter towers. Newtec has begun delivery of the Multistream Satellite Receivers with multiple ASI and GbE interfaces. The GbE interface provides true IP connectivity to the transmitter sites for future applications, such as the distribution of IP services and IP networking applications. Next to robust coding and modulation, the receiver offers the operator the flexibility to match the QoS to the type of content being delivered through the VCM (Variable Coding and Modulation) functionality.

Newtec is the first in the market to fully implement Multistream technology into its product range. Multistream, a concept introduced by the DVB-S2 standard, allows broadcasters to aggregate (combine) a number of ASI transport streams and/or IP streams into one satellite carrier. Unlike a traditional DVB multiplexer, this new technology does not modify the original transport streams, maintaining the integrity of the original content. This makes Newtec’s Multistream implementation particularly suited for Mobile TV networks in Single Frequency Network (SFN) mode. The system provides broadcasters with a fully transparent and efficient way to carry the content over satellite towards the transmitter towers. Newtec receivers provide true VCM multi-streaming capability coupled with high performance and solid, ready-to-deploy reliability. The flexibility offered by the receiver allows carriers such as FLO TV to fully optimize their data rate, antenna size and link availability on a per stream basis.