HISPASAT Launches 4KTV Channel, Annouces Major Contracts at NAB 2014
Las Vegas, Nevada, April 9, 2014--Spain-based operator HISPASAT launched its new 4KTV channel for te Americas at the NAB in Las Vegas. HISPASAT, The channel dubbed “HISPASAT 4K” will be aired unencrypted from the Amazonas satellite 3 to its coverage area of Central and North America.
Hispasat also annouced major contract renewals with RRSat, RTVE and FORTA covering broadcast of its audiovisual contents from its 30º West position.
From this orbital position, the HISPASAT Group provides optimal coverage of Europe, Northern Africa, and America, consolidating its position as the benchmark in the distribution of audiovisual channels and transmission of contents for leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV platforms, as well as high definition contents, according to the company.
The Hispasat 1E satellite, one of the most recently situated in 30º West orbital position, distributes TV and radio channels from the RRSat platform for Europe and America.
HISPASAT will also be involved in a joint program with RRSat aimed at deploying antennas in Europe, designed to provide attractive quality content as well as to increase the number of channels in the 30º West position covering Europe.
The Hispasat 1E satellite will also distribute RTVE contents for America from the same European position, which have consolidated and stabilized since its broadcasts there began. This bolsters is role as a Spanish operator bridging the two continents.
The agreement reached with FORTA (the Regional Federation of Radio and TV Organisms) requires HISPASAT to broadcast the respective regional Galician and Basque channels TVG and ETB, to America via its IE satellite.
TSA (Telefónica Servicios Audiovisuales) is the company in charge of transmitting the signals of both RTVE and FORTA.
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