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Intelsat Wins ARTEAR Broadcast Contract in Argentina

By Mark Holmes | October 20, 2022
Intelsat's North America headquarters. Photo: Intelsat

Intelsat’s North America headquarters. Photo: Intelsat

Satellite operator Intelsat signed a multi-year and multi transponder agreement with ARTEAR to meet the media company’s entire content distribution and contribution needs in Latin America. ARTEAR is a part of Group CLARIN, the largest media business group in Argentina. Intelsat announced the deal, Oct. 19.

ARTEAR will be utilizing Intelsat 34 (IS-34), Galaxy 13 (G-13), and Intelsat 14 (IS-14), for pay-TV, terrestrial television (analog and digital), and contribution services in the United States and Latin America.

“ARTEAR needed one comprehensive distribution solution to provide programming to both the Latin America and North America Pay TV markets. This multi-satellite solution provides the optimum platform and coverage we need to continue to reliably reach our millions of viewers,” Eduardo Bayo, Director of Technology and Operations, ARTEAR, said in a statement.