SES NEW SKIES will host IPTV Americas on its NSS-806 satellite. This will enable IPTV Americas to offer an end-to-end satellite-delivered IPTV distribution solution to all telecommunications and cable operators’ head ends in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The IPTV Americas’ content will be distributed to the entire Americas via NSS-806, one of the most widely used video satellites in the region. The services will uplink from the SES NEW SKIES’ Washington Mediaport located in the Washington D.C. area. This agreement expands the IPTV Americas’ previously launched fiber-delivery service aimed to equip small and medium size Latin American telecommunications operators with 80 channels of basic pay TV programming, and the technological solution the operators need to implement the service. The expanded end-to-end satellite-delivery offer not only brings IPTV headend and transport services to small and remote operators in the region, but also includes technological solutions of great value to the operators such as a tested H.264 (MPEG-4) Set-Top Box (STB) for standard (SD) and high definition (HD), customised to also serve the cable operator regardless of its size. NSS-806 is located at the orbital position of 319.5º East, providing simultaneous coverage of both Western Europe and the Americas, with virtually complete coverage of both continents and the region’s Spanish and Portuguese speaking markets.