BT Targets Satellite Deals In Asia

BT Broadcast Services believes the time is right to expand its presence in Asia. The British Telecom unit, a provider of terrestrial and satellite-based multimedia transmission solutions, hopes to strike a number of deals with satellite operators to boost its presence in the region.

CEO Mark Smith told SATELLITE TODAY: “We are talking to [satellite] operators about how we [can] expand some of our deals to encompass Asia. The deal we have with PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT]is a global deal already. What we would like to do is talk to the other operators about how we can do similar deals with them.”

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