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The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) has selected Belgium-based Newtec to upgrade its infrastructure to bring the first high definition Olympic Games to the Middle East and North Africa. The infrastructure upgrades will allow the ASBU members to receive the live Olympic multilateral feeds and news channels in HD, and will also turn the HD signals to provide simultaneous SD broadcasting. The content will be injected into the central archive of the ASBU Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite, allowing members to access the content at a later time.

Iraq has deployed several Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite (MENOS) TV interactive terminals from leading satellite communications company Newtec. The terminals will operate within the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) exchange network. By deploying the technology, broadcasters within Iraq will now have access to their own IP-based and fully automated secure Virtual Network (VN) for contribution and exchange of TV content.