SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company , has announced today that it has signed a fourth transponder contract with the UK transmission service company Arqiva. The capacity subcontracted by SES ASTRA at the orbital position 28.2°/ 28.5° East will be used by Arqiva to help meet the demand from the rapidly growing number of UK channels launching on the Sky platform.
Arqiva provides a comprehensive range of end-to-end media solutions for content and channel providers and is a highly respected supplier of quality satellite solutions for the UK Direct-to-Home (DTH) market.
With this new contract, we further strengthen our position in the UK and Ireland DTH satellite market, said Alexander Oudendijk, Chief Commercial Officer of SES ASTRA. “We are delighted that a company with such a distinguished pedigree as Arqiva has again chosen to source their satellite capacity via SES ASTRA.
“The new agreement with SES ASTRA allows us to further improve our offer and expand our business in this important and growing sector, added Nick Thompson, Arqiva’s Managing Director for satellite media solutions. We are pleased that we are able to strengthen our relationship with SES ASTRA by concluding another agreement with our partner of choice.