SES signs new capacity deal with Turkish broadcaster covering sub-Saharan Africa

This Wednesday, SES announced that it signed a new satellite capacity deal with Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT,) a public broadcaster based in Turkey, to provide the Turkish company's programs to customers in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Company's SES-5 satellite will deliver TRT's FTA digital channel TRT Turk and its radio channel Turkiyenin Sesi Radyosu (TRS) to the region between Europe and Africa. The SES platform is located at the 5 degrees East orbital slot, and it will provide flexible broadcasting operations through its Ka-band uplink capabilities.

TRT leverages another SES satellite at the prime orbital position 19.2 degrees East to broadcast its programs to audiences Western Europe.

Ibrahim Sahin, the General Manager for TRT, stated that the Turkish broadcaster could reach critical audiences and important markets outside Turkey thanks to the expertise and global satellite fleet extended by SES. The new agreement and capacity provided by SES-5 will allow TRT to directly deliver premium Turkish news, culture, and entertainment programs to audiences in sub-Saharan Africa.

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SES provides satellite broadband services to ESA for ARTES initiative

Last week, SES announced that its SES Broadband Services will be providing satellite broadband services to the participants of the ARTES (Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems) initiative of the European Space Agency (ESA.)

The ESA has set its sights on boosting the competititveness of the European satellite industry. Its ARTES initiative will promote satellite functions and services in aviation, broadcasting, data relay, multimedia and mobile communications, and search and rescue operations. These promotions will encourage European companies to create new satellite broadband applications.

To support this ESA initiative, SES Broadband Services will provide participating companies with preferential rates for its satellite broadband services on two satellites: The Astra-3B platform, which serves Europe and the Middle East, and the Astra-4A satellite, which covers sub-Saharan Africa.

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