SES New Skies and SM2 Sports Media Solutions today said they signed a contract for 18 MHz of bandwidth on the NSS-7 satellite at the orbital location of 338 degrees East. Under the contract, SM2 will use NSS-7 to deliver North American sports events in HD to Europe for a period of five years.
SM2’s main business is the negotiation of sports rights and the satellite delivery of sports events for broadcasters worldwide. Founded in 2004 in Greenwich, Connecticut, SM2 has already delivered over 3,000 hours of programming to clients in Europe and Asia including BSkyB, NTV Plus, Bravo, Premiere, RAI, Sky Italia, Sogecable, Sports TV Portugal, CCTV, YES and PCCWC.
Additional clients include: NFL International, TNA Wrestling, ESPN International, USGA, Fox Sports International, Augusta and US Figure Skating.
