[Satellite TODAY 04-11-11] MTV Networks signed a multi-year contract for Intelsat Managed Video Services that includes Intelsat capacity at 1 degree West, terrestrial connectivity via the IntelsatOne network and uplink service via Intelsat’s Fuchsstadt teleport, the operator announced April 8.
    MTV Networks will use the managed services to consolidate channel programming into one platform over Central and Eastern Europe.
    Eastern Space Systems Romania also expanded its existing portfolio at 1 degree West by signing two new multi-year contracts for Intelsat capacity that will enable video distribution to cable headends and DTH platforms in Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Hungary, Macedonia and other Central and Eastern European countries.
    Seperately, Telefónica Servicios Audiovisuales (TSA) signed an agreement for capacity on the Intelsat 905 satellite (IS-905), located at 335.5 degrees East. The IS-905 will transmit Spanish-language programming from leading broadcasters to thousands of cable headends throughout Europe. Telefónica’s Chello Multicanal also will use the IS-905 capacity to distribute the Hollywood, Odisea, Cocina, Decasa, Historia, Bio and Sol Musica channels to its affiliates.