SES AMERICOM signs up 12 new local telcos for IP-PRIME service

April 17, 2008 – SES AMERICOM has announced during the NAB show in Las Vegas that it has signed up 12 new local telecoms operators in the US for the supply of high-definition programming via its IP-PRIME service.

The twelve local telcos selected the HD-4 package to meet demand from subscribers for high-definition content on their already established IPTV services.  SES AMERICOM will deliver its HD-4 package in MPEG-4 encoding, offering the choice of a 32-channel line-up of news, entertainment and sports programming from networks including ESPN, Disney, Discovery, CNN, Fox News and MTV.

“Our subscribers were demanding a full complement of HD channels and IP-PRIME enables to answer that demand,” said Mark Reinhart, Director of Video Services for Hargray Communications in South Carolina, one of the new customers for IP-PRIME.  “With the addition of HD-4, we remain competitive in our marketplace.  The fact that IP-PRIME is an SES AMERICOM product assured us that the expertise and support of this service would be exceptional.”

Among the twelve operators who recently signed up for the IP-PRIME HD-4 service are Chibardun Telephone Cooperative in Wisconsin, Home Town Cable in Florida and Manti Telephone in Utah.