Intelsat to Provide International Distribution for Radio e Televisao de Portugal

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Sept. 13/Satnews Daily/ — Intelsat has signed a three-year contract with Radio e Televisao de Portugal (RTP), Portugal’s state broadcaster, under which Intelsat will provide end-to-end, international distribution of RTP content to Europe, Africa and Latin America. 

Intelsat, packaging teleport services with capacity on the IS-706, IS-805 and IS-907 satellites, is providing completely digital, end-to-end network services for cable, system master antenna television and direct broadcasting of RTP’s bouquet of International, themed channels to millions of viewers.

“We needed a highly reliable satellite network with global coverage to ensure an end-to-end, high-quality signal was preserved during international transmission,”

Luis Quaresma, Advisor to the Board of Directors at RTP said we extended our contracts with Intelsat, as we knew that its expertise and state-of-the-art video distribution network could easily accommodate our evolving international requirements.

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