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movies have always been a big draw in the former Soviet
Union as well as the central Asian republics. it might not
be too long before one of those republics - Kazakstan -
starts beaming soaps into television rooms through DTH telecast.
Intelsat announced today that it has signed a 10-year contract
with Katelco, the authorized provider of direct-to-home
(DTH) services in Kazakhstan, to deliver television and
high-speed Internet services to households and businesses
throughout the country.
In addition to the six channels of local video programming
customers have been able to view previously, the Intelsat
capacity gives them new access to between 10 and 20 pay-TV
channels, Internet, distance education, pay-per-view, corporate
TV and satellite cable stations, an official release states.
"Intelsat has always been very proud of its ability to reach
people wherever they are in the world, and provide them
with the broad range of services they require," said John
Stanton, president, Intelsat Global Sales & Marketing Ltd.
"We are pleased that Katelco will use Intelsat capacity
to bring the full benefits of multi-channel TV entertainment
to Kazakhstan's residents."
These new DTH services are being provided on the Intelsat
904 satellite at 60șE, which became operational on 27 March.
"In addition to being able to provide us with extremely
high reliability," added Vladamir Kushnir, President of
Katelco, "Intelsat was flexible enough to focus strong Ku-band
capacity over Kazakhstan to quickly and easily respond to
our exact requirements for the DTH service." .
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