Asia-Pacific Media Companies Sign up to Intelsat
17 June 2013
Intelsat
S.A. announced agreements with leading media customers
in the Asia-Pacific region.
Hong
Kong-based TVBI Company Limited (TVBI), the worldwide
operating arm of Television Broadcasts Limited, one of
the world's largest producers and distributors of
Chinese-language programming, recently renewed a
multi-year agreement on Intelsat 19. TVBI will use the
capacity to deliver its premier content to customers in
the Asia-Pacific region.
In
addition, KDDI, a Japan-based global telecommunications
company, recently signed an agreement with Intelsat to
deliver managed media services via the IntelsatOne
network. With an IntelsatOne edge node at the company's
New York City location, the IP network will connect
KDDI's customer's four U.S. bureaus, as well as a
European bureau, with the customer's Tokyo headquarters
over KDDI's fiber network, delivering multiple video,
file transfer and voice services.
The
scalable network connects seamlessly with legacy
services, such as on-net video contribution for Japanese
broadcasters, via Intelsat's owned and operated
teleports and customer affiliates in the United States.
Intelsat
offers the premier video neighborhoods in Asia-Pacific,
with excellent penetration throughout the region. Media
providers continue to take advantage of Intelsat's
satellite fleet and IntelsatOne network to reach
customers in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East.
"These
agreements exemplify the aggressive growth in media
distribution services across Asia-Pacific," said
Intelsat RVP of Asia-Pacific Sales Terry Bleakley.
"Major programmers in the region continue to turn to
Intelsat's premier video neighborhoods for the flexible
delivery of unique content on multiple platforms,
reinforcing our critical role in the global
infrastructure."