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Meet us at IBC 2010, Amsterdam

SatLink exhibits at Hall 4 Booth C-60. To set up a meeting with our marketing team please contact marketing@satlink.tv 

SatLink Launches New DTH Platform to Africa on Astra 4A 

Jerusalem, Israel - April 19, 2009 SatLink Communications Ltd. announced today that it as acquired its own capacity covering sub - Saharan Africa on ASTRA's Astra 4A (Sirius 4) satellite located at 5 East. SatLink's new MCPC (Multi - Channel Per Carrier) is a powerful platform for broadcasters aiming to reach Direct to Home (DTH) viewing for sub - Saharan African customers.

 

SatLink To Follow Pope and Offer HD and SD Production and Transmission Services Throughout His Holiness' Visit to Jordan, Israel and Palestinian Authority

               

Jerusalem, Israel - March 30th, 2009

SatLink Communications Ltd. is offering television broadcasters from around the world the opportunity to follow Pope Benedict XVI in his travels through the Holy Land from May 8-15, 2009 with a full-array of HD and SD production facilities, live position set ups, SNGs and other services. From the Nativity Church in Bethlehem, The Annunciation Church in Nazareth, Mount Nebo in Jordan and The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and other locations in the region, SatLink is providing fiber and satellite broadcast services and facilities for broadcasters and Internet news-sites from around the world.  

 

SatLink Is First Teleport Linking Europe and Asia to Offer 12 Simultaneous Full High Definition Transmission Systems

Jerusalem, Israel – March 24,2009 
SatLink Communications Ltd. announced today that it has expanded its High Definition transmission capabilities to up to 12 simultaneous HD streams including encoding, decoding and multiplexing the feeds. This investment makes SatLink the first operator in the region to possess complete end-to-end HD teleport facilities with 12 simultaneous feeds. The new HD systems comply with the standards of top global sports rights holders and add a new layer of technologically advanced services for occasional and permanent users of SatLink’s strategically positioned teleport that connects Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

  

SatLink Named Finalist for WTA Independent Teleport Operator of the Year 

Business Growth, Superior Service and Technical Capabilities Anchor SatLink's Nomination for WTA 2009 Teleport Awards for Excellence 

Jerusalem, Israel - March 10th, 2009
SatLink Communications Ltd., announced that it has been named a finalist for the World Teleport Association’s Independent Teleport Operator of the Year. The excellence WTA is recognizing in SatLink includes its continued strong growth in 2008, superior service level and management’s successful decisions to enter new markets and create new services in its total global content distribution experience.                

  

France 24

SatLink's teleport distributes France 24 to Asia over AsiaSat 2

 

Paris / Hong Kong, 2 February 2009

Asia's leading satellite operator, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and leading international news channel FRANCE 24 announced today the signing of a contract to distribute FRANCE 24’s English-language 24-hour international news channel across the Asia-Pacific region through AsiaSat 2’s powerful C-band platform at SatLink.

                                                                                                                                        

WTA Independent Top Twenty Ranking

 

SatLink joins WTA Independent Top Twenty and is rated Again in Top Five of the Fast Twenty Group 

Jerusalem, Israel - November 25th, 2008                                                                                       SatLink Communications Ltd., announced that it has made it to yet another category of the World Teleport Association (WTA) ranking, by being named among the ‘Independent Top Twenty’. WTA is a leading organization that focuses on the business of satellite communications from the ground up. In 2008, SatLink took 13 (thirteenth) place in the world as an independent teleport operator and attained top five status in WTA’s prestigious ‘Fast Twenty.’  

Jerusalem, Israel - November 10th, 2008                                                                                       SatLink Communications Ltd., 2007’s fastest growing teleport according to The World Teleport Association, announced today that CNN (Cable News Network) has selected the company to provide its broadcast contribution needs in Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

Jerusalem, Israel – August 25th, 2008

Jerusalem, Israel. – June 30th 2008
The euronews channel, covering news from a European perspective, has selected SatLink
Communications, the fastest growing teleport in 2007 according to The World Teleport
Association, to transmit its seven language, 24-hour news channel on SatLink's AsiaSat 2
MCPC (Multiple Channels Per Carrier) digital platform. Read more in the PDF file attached
Download PDF Euronews – Satlink

Jerusalem – May 27, 2008
SatLink Communications Ltd., the fastest growing teleport in 2007 according
to The World Teleport Association, announced today the launch of Brazilian spiritual
channel, Hope Channel’s Novo Tempo (Canal de Esperança TV) in the Portuguese
language to Africa
Download Hope TV

Sunsise, Florida – 21 May 2008
Brazilian television giant Rede Record Internacional TV to launch its exclusive channels
across the Asian Continent via SatLink’s AsiaSat 2 MCPC (Multiple Channels per Carrier)
platform. Read more in the PDF file attached
Download PDF Rede Record to AsiaSa2 with Satlink

 

Pope Benedict XVI's Holy Land Visit To Be Broadcast via SatLink

 

Rede Record International

Rede Record Internacional TV to AsiaSat2

 

Hope Channel

SatLink brings Hope Channel to Africa

 

SatLink Communications Ltd., the fastest growing teleport in 2007 according to The World Teleport Association, announced today that Viacom’s MTV Networks International has chosen the company to broadcast its newly launched channel, Nickelodeon Polska. SatLink is transmitting the channel on its MCPC (Multi Channel Per Carrier) platform on Hotbird 8 at 13° East for Digital-To-Home (DTH) digital broadcast.

Euronews

Euronews Channel Selects SatLink Communications’ AsiaSat 2 Platform

 

MTV Networks

Viacom Subsidiary Broadcasts over HotBird To Enter the Market

 

CNN

CNN has chosen SatLink to deliver news from Israel to the World