Under the agreement, Intelsat will provide domestic and international satellite capacity that allows Vista to deliver more occasional use satellite time for its clients, including Fortune 500 companies, broadcasters, cable programmers, educational institutions, government agencies and news organizations.

Vista satellite communications president and CEO Roy Liemer said, "We just completed our new state-of-the-art broadcasting facility in South Florida and needed to increase our transmission bandwidth in order to better serve our growing customer base. Intelsat’s flexible satellite and fiber network provides the global connectivity into key markets, cable and broadcasting neighborhoods that we need for our global expansion.

Intelsat‘s broadcast services VP Ron Rosenthal said, “Vista Satellite Communications is a premiere network service provider in this arena and we are pleased to be building this long-term relationship. Globalization of media is a major trend in the industry today, and Intelsat is ideally suited to serve customers with global distribution needs.”

Intelsat provides fixed satellite services (FSS) worldwide to each of the media, network services and government customer sectors, enabling people and businesses access to information and entertainment.