Intelsat-33e. Photo: Intelsat

Intelsat announced that Romantis has secured services on Intelsat 33e to enhance its Occasional Use (OU) services to broadcasters in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region.

Intelsat 33e, the second satellite in the Intelsat EpicNG platform, operates at 60 degrees east and delivers high-throughput services for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. This enables Romantis to provide improved and expanded coverage for its OU customers operating in this region.

“With Intelsat 29e, we became the first satellite operator to provide next-generation high throughput satellite spot beams to support [OU] coverage at the Olympic Games. This same service will now be available across Europe with Intelsat 33e and available as Russia prepares to host global events such as the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup,” said Jean-Phillippe Gillet, Intelsat’s vice president of Europe, the Middle East and Africa.