SES and Encompass sign capacity deal to male NASA TV available to more

Apr 16, 2012 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- Satellite operator SES (Paris:SESG.PA) (LuxX:SESG.PA) announced today that Encompass Digital Media, a digital media service provider, has signed a capacity deal making NASA TV channels available to satellite TV providers and cable outlets throughout the US.

As a part of the multi-year agreement, financial details of which were not available, Encompass is utilising a full transponder of C-band capacity on SES' AMC-18 satellite to uplink three full-time NASA TV channels, two in High Definition and one in Standard Definition, to cable systems in all 50 states in the US.

Also, Encompass is relying on SES Occasional Use services and bandwidth to deliver most of the popular network's launch and special event coverage.

NASA TV, first created in the early 1980s to provide NASA engineers with real-time broadcasts of space missions, is today a widely watched educational network for audiences of all ages.

Located at 105 degrees west, AMC-18 is optimised for digital television distribution from the centre of the North America orbital arc and covers all 50 states, Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico.

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