SES and Sky Extend Long-Standing Partnership in UK and Ireland
October 10 2024 - 2:50AM
Business Wire
Multi-year contract renewal extends satellite
delivery for Sky Q channels
SES announced today that it has extended its long-standing
partnership with Sky through a multi-year contract renewal for
satellite capacity and back-up services from SES’s prime video
neighbourhood of 28.2/28.5 degrees East. This renewal builds on the
companies' previous agreements.
Under the agreement, SES will continue providing capacity to
enable Sky to deliver satellite channel offerings to Sky Q
subscribers across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. SES
will extend the capacity for multiple transponders, with expiration
dates through 2029. This new agreement also extends SES's back-up
services contract with Sky until the end of 2027.
"We’re pleased to continue our long-standing collaboration with
SES, reinforcing our commitment to providing the best viewing
experience to all customers – whether they’re watching on our
much-loved Sky Q satellite platform, or over our IP products, Glass
and Stream,” said Nick Herm, Chief Business Officer at Sky. “This
contract renewal provides us with the reliability we need to
continue to deliver our market-leading TV offer and broad mix of
channels to Sky Q customers across the UK and Ireland."
"This important contract renewal with Sky reflects our ongoing
commitment to deliver the highest levels of performance, service
reliability and reach to our customers," said Norbert H�lzle,
Global Head of Media at SES. "As one of Europe's leading media and
entertainment companies, Sky trusts our satellite network to
provide its viewers with a premium TV experience. This extension
underscores the value satellites continue to deliver in the
evolving media landscape to broadcasters and audiences alike.”
SES’s satellites at the 28.2/28.5 degrees East orbital position
deliver a wide range of channels to more than 17 million TV
households in UK and Ireland.
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About SES
SES has a bold vision to deliver amazing experiences everywhere
on Earth by distributing the highest quality video content and
providing seamless data connectivity services around the world. As
a provider of global content and connectivity solutions, SES owns
and operates a geosynchronous orbit fleet and medium earth orbit
(GEO-MEO) constellation of satellites, offering a combination of
global coverage and high performance services. By using its
intelligent, cloud-enabled network, SES delivers high-quality
connectivity solutions anywhere on land, at sea or in the air, and
is a trusted partner to telecommunications companies, mobile
network operators, governments, connectivity and cloud service
providers, broadcasters, video platform operators and content
owners around the world. The company is headquartered in Luxembourg
and listed on Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges (Ticker: SESG).
Further information is available at: www.ses.com
About Sky
Sky is one of Europe’s leading media and entertainment companies
and is part of Comcast Corporation, a global media and technology
company that connects people to moments and experiences that
matter. At Sky we Believe in Better. It’s in our DNA.
We’re famous for innovation. We offer the world’s smartest TV,
Sky Glass; our plug and play streaming puck, Sky Stream; the best
aggregation platform, Sky Q; and streaming services NOW and WOW. We
provide connectivity you can count on in mobile, fast, secure,
reliable residential and business broadband, as well as smart home
protection through Sky Protect.
We’re Europe’s premium content producer. We create award-winning
original content, produce the biggest live sporting events, and we
provide free access to news and the arts. Our new state-of-the-art
film and TV studio Sky Studios Elstree is projected to attract £3
billion of new production investment to the UK in its first five
years and create up to 2,000 jobs.
We are a diverse and inclusive employer that has a positive
impact on society and the communities that we work and live in. Sky
plays a major role in the UK’s cultural economy and, in 2022 alone,
supported a contribution of £20 billion to UK GDP, broadcast 70,000
hours of elite sports coverage and invested over £130 million to
provide news to consumers free of charge.
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