Intelsat… @ IBC2012 With… (Event—SATCOM)

[SatNews] Intelsat S.A., who will be present at IBC2012 at their booth (Hall 1 – 1.C71), has announced several new agreements with media customers using…

…Intelsat’s premier video distribution neighborhoods. The contracts provide programmers the ability to expand their audiences for content offerings regionally and globally.

In Mexico, Grupo Televisa has signed multi-year deals on Intelsat 11 at 317 degrees East and Intelsat 905 at 335.5 degrees East. The company will provide prime high-definition distribution of its payTV services for Latin America’s leading cable distribution systems on Intelsat 11, and its European Pay TV bouquet to cable systems on Intelsat 905.

Also in Mexico, TV Azteca recently signed several capacity agreements on Intelsat 11, Intelsat 21 at 302 degrees East and Galaxy 25 at 93 degrees West. The multi-year contracts on Intelsat 11 and Intelsat 21 will allow the Mexico-based programmer to provide international standard- and high-definition content to Latin America’s leading cable headends. The capacity agreement on Galaxy 25 enables TV Azteca to deliver satellite news-gathering services throughout North America, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Intelsat recently added a Point of Presence (PoP) in Miami, Florida, providing customers a gateway between Latin America and the world via IntelsatOne. The PoP is designed to not only enable global broadcasters to distribute content throughout Latin America, but to offer Latin American providers seamless access to new distribution markets around the world.

RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST) recently signed a multi-year agreement on Galaxy 23 at 121 degrees West for the delivery of high-definition video content to customers in North America. In addition, media distribution company Overon America has signed two agreements for capacity with Intelsat on Galaxy 23. The contracts will enable the Miami-based company to distribute its international programming content to major multiple system operators and DTH providers across the United States.

Discovery Communications recently signed a multi-year agreement on Intelsat 19 for distribution of its high-definition content, from Intelsat’s MCPC platform in Singapore to cable headends across Asia-Pacific. And Madrid-based Telefonica Global Solutions recently signed a multi-year agreement on Intelsat 905. The company plans to distribute its Chello Multicanal package of programming to cable headends across Spain and Portugal. Chello Multicanal is the leading independent producer of thematic channels in these countries.