Several new contracts have been awarded to the Company for its satellite services...
Intelsat S.A. now has several new contracts with media customers using their premier video distribution neighborhoods. The agreements provide programmers the ability to deliver content to customers across vast geographic regions and the globe.
New Contracts in Europe
Intelsat has entered into a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement with Orion Express LLC, a DTH television services provider in Russia, for SD + HD content. To support this agreement, Intelsat will move a Ku-band satellite to 85 degrees East by the first quarter of 2012, leveraging its fleet to deliver extended capacity to Orion. Once moved to 85 degrees East, the satellite is expected to remain in service through 2023. Its wide beam ensures consistent signal reception from Russia's western borders to Irkutsk, a major city in Siberia. Then, in Eastern Europe, DigiTVs' owner, S.C. RCS and RDS S.A., renewed its contract for capacity at Intelsat's 1 degree West video neighborhood. As the leading DTH services operator in Central and Eastern Europe, RCS serves more than 2 million subscribers across five countries.
New Commitments in the Americas
STN, Ltd., a leading broadcast-over-satellite provider, recently entered into an agreement to offer international content to its customers in North America, greatly expanding the reach of its programming platform. The multi-year, multi-transponder deal will allow STN to offer the direct-to-home content on Intelsat's Galaxy 19 at 97 degrees West. Additionally, Portugal Telecom renewed its multi-year contract recently for the distribution of R
Intelsat S.A. now has several new contracts with media customers using their premier video distribution neighborhoods. The agreements provide programmers the ability to deliver content to customers across vast geographic regions and the globe.
New Contracts in Europe
Intelsat has entered into a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement with Orion Express LLC, a DTH television services provider in Russia, for SD + HD content. To support this agreement, Intelsat will move a Ku-band satellite to 85 degrees East by the first quarter of 2012, leveraging its fleet to deliver extended capacity to Orion. Once moved to 85 degrees East, the satellite is expected to remain in service through 2023. Its wide beam ensures consistent signal reception from Russia's western borders to Irkutsk, a major city in Siberia. Then, in Eastern Europe, DigiTVs' owner, S.C. RCS and RDS S.A., renewed its contract for capacity at Intelsat's 1 degree West video neighborhood. As the leading DTH services operator in Central and Eastern Europe, RCS serves more than 2 million subscribers across five countries.
New Commitments in the Americas
STN, Ltd., a leading broadcast-over-satellite provider, recently entered into an agreement to offer international content to its customers in North America, greatly expanding the reach of its programming platform. The multi-year, multi-transponder deal will allow STN to offer the direct-to-home content on Intelsat's Galaxy 19 at 97 degrees West. Additionally, Portugal Telecom renewed its multi-year contract recently for the distribution of R