SES AMERICOM to deliver NFL Network via IPTV

The NFL Network has 43 million subscribers.

Author:: TVTechnology
Publish date:: May 9, 2008
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SES AMERICOM has signed an agreement with the NFL to deliver the NFL Network channel to telecom carriers via SES AMERICOM’s IP-PRIME IPTV service.

IP-PRIME is a turnkey IPTV solution with transport agreements for more than 295 TV channels and 100 digital music channels for IPTV providers in North America. Individual operators must still negotiate carriage with the programmers.

The NFL Network has 43 million subscribers, according the league. The channel carries 2000 hours of original programming per year, including eight live regular-season and 52 preseason games.

SES Americom selects Harmonic for IPTV promo image

Equipment

Harmonic is developing a VOD solution for SES Americom’s IP-Prime video service.

Equipment

IP-PRIME provides telcos and private network operators with what they need to deliver television service over existing network infrastructures.

SES AMERICOM,NDS showcase IP-PRIME with Metro IPTV middleware promo image

Equipment

The companies ran live television feeds delivered from SES AMERICOM’s IP-PRIME broadcast center using NDS Metro middleware and Amino 130 set-top boxes at NXTComm

News

BellSouth has signed a deal with SES Americom to test the delivery of Internet Protocol television via a centralized satellite distribution system. SES will provide Bellsouth with video aggregation, encoding, monitoring and transport in the form of its IP-Prime distribution system. SES will provide the service f

Transmission

The showcase featured live feeds of IP-PRIME TV channels broadcast from SES AMERICOM's satellite using NDS Metro middleware.

Crawford distributes NFL Network via satellite services promo image

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By the end of the year, the NFL Network will have televised 200 football games, all transmitted by Crawford

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In conjunction with the event, SES AMERICOM has announced that more than 65 telcos in 31 states have signed up for IP-PRIME

News

The company will cease offering the service July, 31, 2009, due in part to the slow adoption of IPTV service by small and medium-sized telcos in North America.

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