International Datacasting Corp. announced that it has received an order for 400 DVB-S2 receivers from Access Integrated Technologies Inc. (AccessIT), a provider of digital cinema software and services. In conjunction with the Christie/AIX turnkey digital cinema deployment, AccessIT will be providing satellite receivers to locations across the United States and Canada enabling simultaneous broadcast delivery of feature films, advertisements and alternative content to theatres.

DVB-S2 provides broadband satellite technology higher orders of modulation and forward error correction–offering a choice of bandwidth savings or higher speed delivery in the order of 30 to 40 percent over previous levels.