STN Extends Services on
Galaxy 19 to Fuel Expansion in North America
6 April 2018
Intelsat announced that STN, the Satellite
Telecommunications Network, signed a multi-year extension
with Intelsat for satellite services supporting
direct-to-home (DTH) and media distribution services in
North America via the Galaxy 19 satellite.
As part of the agreement, STN is utilizing the power of the
Intelsat’s Galaxy 19 video neighborhood. Located at 97°
West, Galaxy 19 serves as the premier U.S. neighborhood for
free-to-air multicultural programming, distributing content
originating from 60 countries around the world in more than
30 different languages. The satellite offers a Ku-band DTH
platform that serves customers in the continental United
States as well as Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. Intelsat is
also providing an uplink via the IntelsatOne℠ PoP in London
and transporting the signal via IntelsatOne℠ fiber to the
company’s Mountainside Teleport in Maryland. At the
Mountainside Teleport, the signal is being uplinked to
Galaxy 19 for the DTH application.
“Intelsat’s Galaxy 19 satellite enables us to reliably
distribute premium programming and deliver regionalized
content from the Middle East and Asia to millions of homes
across North America”, said Mitja Lovsin, Chief Commercial
Officer of STN. “The quality, unparalleled coverage and
efficiency provided by Galaxy 19 have spurred the rapid
growth of our media distribution services in North America.
Our continued partnership with Intelsat will enable us to
further build our subscriber base and deliver more
compelling programming and services to our customers”
“Galaxy 19 enables service providers such as STN to reliably
and cost-efficiently deliver programming to millions of
homes across the continental United States, the Caribbean,
Alaska and Hawaii and Mexico,” said Rob Cerbone, Intelsat’s
Vice President and General Manager, Media. “Its premier
multicultural video neighborhood provides a perfect venue
for STN to distribute content, grow their subscriber base
and achieve a strong return on their investment.”
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