Intelsat has announced that it has signed a deal with Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) to distribute RTP’s international channels throughout the Americas, Europe and Africa. The Portuguese public service broadcaster signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for SD transmission services of its programming via three Intelsat satellites.
RTP will use the Intelsat 907 satellite located at 332.5 degrees East for Africa distribution of both RTP Africa and RTP Internacional programming, the Intelsat 805 satellite located at 304.5 degrees East for its RTP Internacional programming distribution in North, Central and South America and the Galaxy 28 satellite located at 89 degrees West for DTH distribution in Brazil of its RTP Internacional programming.