Eutelsat Group and Honduras’s Cable Color LLC have signed a new multi-year agreement renewing capacity for video broadcast services over Central America on Eutelsat’s 117 West A satellite. Cable Color, a cable operator in the region, is a long-standing customer of Eutelsat, and this new agreement underscores its continued confidence in the quality of broadcast services provided.
The 117° West location is the premium TV neighbourhood for Latin America, offering pan-regional distribution of major networks and content providers. 300 TV channels, 50 in HD, are currently broadcast to around 110 million TV homes, and a strong cable head-end penetration includes over 1900 cable head-ends in Latin America and the Caribbean. 117° West is also a growing free-to-air TV neighbourhood with 100 TV channels broadcasting in the clear, including channels from key regional public and private broadcasters.
On the new agreement, José Ignacio González-Núñez, Eutelsat Group Senior Regional VP, Media Sales Americas said, “It has been a privilege to partner with Cable Color as they remain one of our most valued customers. We are honored to host their services on our premium E117WA satellite, which plays a vital role in delivering video content across Latin America.”
Stefano Racciatti, Director General of Cable Color added, “We are delighted to be able to rely on our long-standing partner, Eutelsat, to provide high quality, dependable service continuity for our customers throughout of footprint.”