Globecast Renews SES New Skies Satellite Capacity For The Americas And Europe

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NSS-806 transmits more than 120 Spanish and Portuguese-language channels reaching approximately 13.5 million homes and 3,500 cable head-ends across South and Central America.

by Staff Writers
The Hague, Holland (SPX) Jul 08, 2008
SES New Skies, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) and GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom, have signed 5-year contracts for the continued use of two 36MHz transponders on the NSS-806 satellite at the orbital location of 319.5 East. Terms of the contract remain confidential.

GlobeCast is a leading global provider of content management and worldwide transmission services for professional broadcast delivery and has been a valued customer of NEW SKIES since its inception as a global satellite operator in 1998.

GlobeCast North America CEO Mary Frost said, "Our continued partnership with SES is further evidence of our commitment to providing market leading channel distribution across America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. This latest deal will allow our international roster of clients to continue to receive the high quality broadcasting services they require to meet their growing needs."

Scott Sprague, Senior Vice President of Global Sales at SES New Skies, stated: "At SES New Skies we are particularly pleased to renew and extend our longstanding business relationship with GlobeCast as we prepare to celebrate the 10th anniversary of NEW SKIES at this years IBC (International Broadcasting Convention / Amsterdam 12.9. - 16.9.2008).

"GlobeCast has been a long-term, strategic customer for our company, and we look forward to continue providing reliable as well as efficient satellite capacity in such important markets as Europe and the Americas."

NSS-806 is located at 319.5 degrees East, providing excellent coverage of Latin America while also reaching the Iberian Peninsula, the Canary Islands, Western Europe and much of Eastern Europe. Its tailored, high-powered hemispheric beam simultaneously serves both Europe and the Americas, with virtually blanket coverage of North, Central and South America, ensuring maximum reach throughout Spanish and Portuguese speaking markets.

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