Arqiva has signed a multi-year contract for Intelsat capacity at one degree West. Under it, the specialist satellite services and media company will be able to distribute cable and DTH programming throughout Europe, as well as support new MPEG-4 HD channel distribution.
One degree West currently serves nearly 5 million DTH and over 10 million cable homes in CEE and the Nordic region. It is used by Telenor Satellite Broadcasting’s (TSB’s) Thor and Intelsat’s IS-10-12 satellites.