News Release
Intelsat Partners with BT to Support Content Distribution for BBC World Services across Three Continents
Under the new multi-year, multi-transponder agreement, BT will leverage
capacity from three of Intelsat’s leading satellite neighborhoods to
distribute programming for BBC World Service, a premier provider of
global news and content. BT will have access to Intelsat’s teleport
facility in
The three satellite video neighborhoods,
“Intelsat and BT have a long and proven track record of leveraging each
other’s technical strengths to help advance our customers’ business and
growth objectives,” said
“BBC World Service has very specific requirements as it relates to its
global programming needs, including optimizing its distribution and
overall operational efficiency. By combining our distribution network
with BT’s service offerings, we created a solution that provides
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Resources:
- Intelsat’s Media Services: http://www.intelsat.com/services/media-services/
- IntelsatOne® Media Services: http://www.intelsat.com/services/media-services/intelsatone-services/
- Intelsat’s Asia-Pacific Video Neighborhoods: http://www.intelsat.com/applications/media/video-distribution/asia-pacific-broadcast-video-neighborhoods/
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About BT
BT’s purpose is to use the power of communications to make a better world. It is one of the world’s leading providers of communications services and solutions, serving customers in more than 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to its customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband, TV and internet products and services; and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of five customer-facing lines of business: BT Global Services, BT Business, BT Consumer, BT Wholesale and Openreach.
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About BT Media & Broadcast
BT Media & Broadcast (M&B) is the digital media and broadcast services
arm of BT Wholesale. All of the UK’s digital terrestrial TV is
underpinned by M&B’s specialist media network, whilst it is also
responsible for delivering outside broadcast services from over 150
sports and news locations around the
M&B’s global media network links every major location around the world where broadcast or film content is created or distributed.
About
The
BBC World Service is an international multimedia broadcaster, delivering
a wide range of language and regional services on radio, TV, online and
via wireless handheld devices. It uses multiple platforms to reach its
weekly audience of 191 million globally, including shortwave, AM, FM,
digital satellite and cable channels. Its news sites include audio and
video content and offer opportunities to join the global debate.
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Intelsat
Michele Loguidice
Director, Investor Relations &
Corporate Communications
+1 703-559-7372
michele.loguidice@intelsat.com