The Intelsat 34 satellite built by SSL. Photo: SSL

[Via Satellite 09-12-2016] Arqiva has extended its relationship with Intelsat to distribute premium sports content to viewers in the Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region via multiple Intelsat satellites. Under a multi-year agreement, Arqiva is using services on Intelsat 34 and Intelsat 20 to broadcast content to millions of sports fans located in these regions.

The Intelsat 20 satellite, located at 68.5 degrees east, hosts the region’s premier cable neighborhood that serves as a transcontinental hotspot from Europe, with a particularly high viewership in India. Launched in 2015, Intelsat 34, orbiting at 304.5 degrees east, is one of Intelsat’s three satellites hosting pan-regional video distribution neighborhoods in Latin America, complementing Intelsat 11 and Intelsat 21. Intelsat 34 includes a C-band payload, which delivers media distribution services to Latin American cable systems for blue chip media including Fox Sports and HBOLA.