Eutelsat Group is expanding its services for the Professional Video market. Committing significant new resources at the flagship HOTBIRD constellation at 13°East, Eutelsat is further strengthening the group’s leading position for Professional Video applications over Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Major sporting events and breaking news stories demand consistent, high-quality coverage, for all audiences across vast regions. With two new state-of-the-art satellites co-located at EMEA’s leading video neighbourhood, the HOTBIRD satellites deliver an extensive widebeam coverage, ensuring reliability, resilience and protection for contribution and distribution of premium sports content.
With a unique coverage extending across Europe and MENA, the high-power HOTBIRD satellites form one of the largest broadcasting systems in EMEA, reaching more than 160 million TV homes, over 90% cable and IPTV penetration, and an extended network of distributors equipped to receive HOTBIRD across the region.
Laurence Delpy, President of the Video Business Unit commented, “Satellite is a key part of the distribution strategy for major high-profile events which attract massive audiences. The HOTBIRD satellites have more than proved themselves in the world of Professional Video, delivering hundreds of hours of coverage from some of the world’s most popular Tier 1 premium sporting events. Professional video delivery is an important market for Eutelsat and by opening our flagship HOTBIRD neighbourhood for the transmission of live events, we are ensuring our clients have the best services and capacity for their long-term needs. Satellite plays a vital role in the media supply chain for professional video, especially major Live sporting events where prime quality is an absolute must.”