Intelsat Signs Two New Deals for Video Services in Latin America

Business Wire, Sept 13, 2002

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2002

Intelsat has signed two large contracts with Latin American broadcasters that will add significant further momentum to the flourishing video community at its 304.5(degree)E orbital location.

The first contract, signed with Radio Television Guatemala - Canal 3, will bring seven new television channels and 10 new radio stations to its affiliates throughout Guatemala.

The new television channels being added to the Latin American "video bird" include: Radio Television Guatemala, Televisiete, Teleonce and Trecevision in Guatemala, Teleemisoras del Sureste in Mexico, Repretel in Costa Rica and Telesistema de Guayaquil in Ecuador.

Prior to the new channels, Canal 3 distributed only four local television channels. This lease also represents Canal 3's introduction to TV program distribution via satellite.

In a separate announcement, Intelsat has also signed a 15-year contract with broadcaster Red Global for distribution of entertainment programming to approximately 100 broadcast and television systems within Peru. Red Global is the fourth Peruvian broadcaster to join the Latin American video community on this satellite.

The Intelsat 805 satellite at 304.5(degree)E is providing the capacity for these solutions, and hosts a growing community of Latin American broadcasters. From its unique orbital position, the Intelsat 805 offers simultaneous coverage of all of South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, the 48 contiguous U.S. states and part of Western Europe in a single beam.

Each of its C-band transponders enable television programmers to distribute to or from anywhere in the larger geographic coverage area, providing access to TV markets serving a potential audience of over 900 million people.

"We selected Intelsat to provide this service not only because of its technical superiority and reputation for strong customer support, but also because it was a great value for the investment," said Mr. Edgar Sandoval, Technical Director for Canal 3. "We have never used satellite for program distribution before and switched because it expands our network and lowers our infrastructure costs. The Intelsat 805 gives us access to key locations and shaped coverage areas that are crucial to our TV and radio distribution needs."

Mr. Jose Aguilar, Technical Manager at Red Global added, "The Intelsat 805 satellite has a growing Latin American video community that goes hand-in-hand with a great coverage area for our broadcast needs. We think that these qualities, in addition to Intelsat's strong reputation for customer support, are very important to the growth of our business."

Ruben Levcovitz, Regional Vice President, Latin America Sales, added, "We are very pleased that Canal 3 and Red Global have chosen to join the growing video community on the Intelsat 805 Latin American `video bird.' Because of the excellent coverage, power and linear C-band transponders, this satellite is ideal to support most video applications and broadcasters' needs."

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