SES Americom said it entered into an agreement to lease 16 transponders during the next 10 years to augment capacity for VOOM, the high-def/standard-def satellite TV service from Rainbow DBS and Cablevision.
VOOM will lease Ku-Band transponders aboard the AMC-6 satellite to deliver more HD programming to customers. The agreement, scheduled to start Oct. 1, also is a boost for SES Americom's Americom2Home direct-to-home platform, having secured bandwidth commitments for four FSS and BSS satellite payloads since its inception in April 2002, the company said
As part of the partnership, Americom2Home has a dual feed (Ku-Band FSS and Ku-Band BSS) elliptical dish antenna system that was adopted by VOOM for its expanded service. The dish enables a subscriber to receive signals from two satellites even if they are more than 10 degrees apart and operate in different bands.
The AMC-6 satellite, launched at the end of 2000, is a Lockheed Martin A2100 hybrid C/Ku-Band bird, which from its position at 72 degrees supports occasional video and newsgathering clients as well as government, VSAT network and entertainment customers. VOOM's Rainbow 1 satellite is located at 61.5 degrees
VOOM will lease Ku-Band transponders aboard the AMC-6 satellite to deliver more HD programming to customers. The agreement, scheduled to start Oct. 1, also is a boost for SES Americom's Americom2Home direct-to-home platform, having secured bandwidth commitments for four FSS and BSS satellite payloads since its inception in April 2002, the company said
As part of the partnership, Americom2Home has a dual feed (Ku-Band FSS and Ku-Band BSS) elliptical dish antenna system that was adopted by VOOM for its expanded service. The dish enables a subscriber to receive signals from two satellites even if they are more than 10 degrees apart and operate in different bands.
The AMC-6 satellite, launched at the end of 2000, is a Lockheed Martin A2100 hybrid C/Ku-Band bird, which from its position at 72 degrees supports occasional video and newsgathering clients as well as government, VSAT network and entertainment customers. VOOM's Rainbow 1 satellite is located at 61.5 degrees
