One year after launch, Sat@Once, powered by SES ASTRA satellites, has released version 2 of its free receiver software, company officials said.

The new version 2 software adds “mailcasting” (broadcasting of mailing lists), while offering the capacity to display complete advertising spots instead of simple advertising banners, company officials said. One advantage for the users is a more entertaining Internet experience that is enriched by the availability of popular content at high speed. The new software’s benefits for the web advertisers are higher surf rates and a faster display of their ad banners, since most of the content is already made available via satellite, company officials said.