Brazil-Based RIT Taps PanAmSat to Expand Presence to the Americas and European Continent

WILTON, CT, August 2/Satnews Daily/ — PanAmSat Corp.’s (NASDAQ: SPOT) wholly owned subsidiary, PanAmSat do Brasil, Ltda., has entered into a multi-year transport agreement with Rede Internacional de Televisão, RIT, Brazil's leading cultural and educational television network. Under the agreement, RIT will utilize capacity on PanAmSat's PAS-9 Atlantic Ocean Region satellite to develop new markets and significantly expand the geographic reach of its programming.

"We welcome RIT to PAS-9,” said Carmen González-Sanfeliu, vice president, Latin America operations, adding PanAmSat is the emerging premier distribution satellite for broadcasters and data communications providers in Brazil as well as all of Latin America. "The satellite's comprehensive footprint, reaching thousands of cable operators throughout the Americas and Europe, combined with its C-band payload enables broadcasters in this region to deliver high-quality video content, such as live events and television programs, to new audiences in the Americas, Caribbean and Europe.”

PAS-9 also serves as a key delivery medium for telecommunications and business applications such as VSAT services and mobile data communications through its Ku-band payload.

RIT is owned by Missionary RR Soares, one of the most prominent religious members of Brazil's Evangelical Church, and is already distributed by several cable operators in Brazil. Its programming is currently viewed by over eighty million viewers in 1,200 cities and features such quality shows as Show of Faith and Young Movement.

"Thanks to PanAmSat, we can now bring our programming to individuals and families in other parts of the world," says Missionary RR Soares.

 
PAS-9, a Boeing 601 HP model satellite employing 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders, operates at 58 degrees west longitude and offers comprehensive coverage of the Americas and the Caribbean. The satellite serves more than a dozen of the world's most prominent international broadcasters and programmers who deliver their content throughout the Americas.