[Satellite TODAY 06-27-11] SES World Skies has signed a new capacity deal with ESPN Brazil to deliver HD sports content to homes across the region, the operator announced June 24.

   ESPN Brazil will utilize 18MHz of C-band capacity on SES World Skies’ NSS-806 satellite to distribute one HD and one SD sports channels to cable television transmission stations throughout Latin America. ESPN Brazil now delivers three channels into Latin America over a combined 27MHz of capacity on NSS-806.

   ESPN Brazil’s programming will move to the SES-6 satellite after it is launched in 2013.

   “ESPN Brazil’s expanding presence and strategic consolidation aboard NSS-806 reinforces the important role our video neighborhood is playing throughout Latin America. The great community and reach of NSS-806 and the upcoming advanced SES-6 satellite enables ESPN Brazil to seamlessly distribute their key HD content throughout Brazil, Latin America, U.S. and Europe,” SES World Skies Vice President of Latin America Sales Dolores Martos said in a statement.