MUMBAI: SES World Skies has announced a new capacity deal with ESPN Brazil to deliver HD sports content from around the world to homes across the region.
 
As part of the strategic agreement, ESPN Brazil is utilizing 18MHz of C-band capacity on SES World Skies‘ NSS-806 satellite to distribute one HD and one SD sports channels to cable television transmission stations throughout Latin America.
 
ESPN Brazil now delivers three key channels into Latin America over a combined 27MHz of capacity on NSS-806. ESPN Brazil‘s programming will seamlessly move to the advanced SES-6 satellite, which is scheduled for launch in 2013.
ESPN Brazil operations and engineering director Victor Hannoun said,"Our latest agreement with SES World Skies represents a strategic, long-term commitment aimed at consolidating ESPN Brazil‘s programming distribution platform with the best satellite operator and spacecraft in the industry. SES World Skies‘ expertise, reach and reliability is
enabling ESPN Brazil to serve virtually every cable household in Latin America".

SES World Skies VP of sales in Latin America and the Caribbean Dolores Martos said, "ESPN Brazil‘s expanding presence and strategic consolidation aboard NSS-806 reinforces the important role our video neighborhood is playing throughout Latin America. The great community and reach of NSS-806 and the upcoming advanced SES-6 satellite enables ESPN Brazil to seamlessly distribute their key HD content throughout Brazil, Latin America, US and Europe".