SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company, has signed a second capacity agreement with GlobeCast, an international content management and delivery enterprise. The new transmission capacity subcontracted by SES ASTRA at the orbital position 28.2°/ 28.5° East will be used by GlobeCast to serve the UK and will support the development of new services such as high-definition TV. The first contract with GlobeCast on subcontracted capacity was signed last year.
GlobeCast, a France Telecom subsidiary, operates on five continents and uses a worldwide satellite and fibre network to manage and transport 10 million hours of video and multimedia content each year for its broadcast, corporate, government and retail clients.
Serving the dynamic and rapidly expanding UK market is of highest importance for us, said Alexander Oudendijk, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of SES ASTRA. “When one of the worlds leading satellite services providers decides to expand its business relationship with us, there can be no greater recommendation for the quality and strength of our service.
The UK is one of the most important satellite television markets in the world and thanks to our customers continued growth in this sector we have had to secure additional capacity, said Juliet Bayliss, GlobeCast UKs Director for Broadcast Services. After the success of our first transponder deal with SES ASTRA, the company was the natural choice when we needed to increase our transmission capacity.