Intelsat Announces New European Contracts

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Apr 25, 2011 3:25 PM, By Philip Hunter

Intelsat , the Luxembourg-based provider of universal fixed-satellite services, has inked new contracts with media customers around the world, inclusive Viacom, Telefnica and GlobeCast in Europe. The agreements give any broadcaster with the capability to broach calm to audiences on a national, continental or universal turn by a or more of Intelsat's reward video neighborhoods . There are 5 such neighborhoods, casing North America, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, Europe and Asia. The neighborhoods are served by 26 media satellites that apportion scarcely 300 universal HD channels and horde more than 30 DTH platforms in roughly 200 countries.

The video neighborhoods are entirely integrated with Intelsat's IntelsatONE IP/MPLS-based terrestrial network, inclusive its managed multi-part duct per conduit (MCPC) services, that capacitate not as big broadcasters and calm producers to apportion SD and HD element to any preferred aim region. MCPC provides access to Intelsat's premier video heavenly body platforms with considerable observation communities and supports line together with direct-to-home (DTH) placement opposite the world in all 5 of Intelsat's video neighborhoods.

In Europe, Viacom's MTV Networks has sealed a multiyear stipulate for Intelsat managed video services that includes capacity at 1 grade west, terrestrial connectivity around the IntelsatONE network and uplink service around Intelsat's Fuchsstadt teleport. MTV Networks will use the managed services to combine duct programming in to a stage over Central and Eastern Europe.

Eastern Space Systems Romania is moreover expanding its existing portfolio at Intelsat 1 grade west by two new multiyear contracts for capacity that will capacitate video placement to line headends and DTH platforms in Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Hungary, Macedonia and other Central and Eastern European countries. Intelsat's 1 grade west is a of Europe's fastest-growing video placement platforms, portion scarcely 5 million DTH households and more than 10 million line homes throughout Central and Eastern Europe and the Nordic region.

Telefnica Servicios Audiovisuales (TSA), the announce section of Spain's Telefnica telecommunication conglomerate, has sealed an consent for capacity on the Intelsat 905 heavenly body (IS-905), located at 335.5 degrees east. The IS-905 transmits high-demand, Spanish-language programming from heading broadcasters to thousands of line headends throughout Europe.

Finally, France Telecom media placement auxiliary GlobeCast not long ago updated new capacity beneath a long-term consent on the Intelsat 903 European video village at 325.5 degrees east.