Eutelsat and BHS renew deal for satellite contribution services across MENA
This agreement expands the leased capacity on the Eutelsat 21B and Eutelsat 70B satellites, guaranteeing uninterrupted content delivery for BHSs broadcast clients.
Eutelsat Group and BHS Media Group have renewed their satellite contribution contract, reinforcing their long-standing collaboration to deliver high-quality video services across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
This agreement extends the capacity leased on the Eutelsat 21B and Eutelsat 70B satellites, ensuring seamless content delivery for BHS broadcast customers.
Based in the UAE, BHS specialises in TV distribution and contribution services, offering a comprehensive range of broadcasting and telecommunication solutions, including video-on-demand (VOD), media management, playout, video uplink solutions and transmission. This renewal with Eutelsat underscores its commitment to providing robust and technically superior satellite solutions to clients in MENA.
The 21° East and 70° East are major orbital positions for video and connectivity services. The powerful Ku-band capacity on the Eutelsat 21B and Eutelsat 70B satellites enables high-quality video signal contribution, ensuring service continuity for media customers across the region.
Speaking about the contract, Jose Ignacio Gonzalez-Nunez, Regional Vice President, MENA & Americas of the Video Business Unit, said: 'With this agreement, we continue to ensure premium video contribution services for our customers. Leveraging Eutelsats advanced satellite infrastructure, we are delighted to be entrusted by our long-standing partner BHS to ensure high quality content delivery across the MENA region.'
Hamid Rahmani, Chief Executive Officer of BHS added: 'We appreciate the continuing partnership with Eutelsat and are happy to deepen our pledge on providing best-in-class video contribution services in the MENA region. With Eutelsats advanced technology in satellite servicing, we are poised to better serve our customers dynamically while delivering premium quality standards. In the forthcoming years, we anticipate further strengthening this partnership.'
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