April 20, 2022
The Amazonas fleet of satellites, located at 61º West, together with the teleport of HISPASAT Peru located in Lurín allow the companies to offer the most cutting edge and flexible multimedia solutions by satellite in all of Latin America.
MADRID, April 20, 2022 HISPASAT, the Spanish satellite services and solutions operator and provider of the Red Eléctrica Group, has reached an agreement with ENTEL, a leading telecom company in Chile, to extend the direct-to-home (DTH) managed service that it provides to the entire country until the end of 2024.
This renewal agreement capitalizes on the efficiency gained from HISPASAT’s acquisition of the signal management and transportation business of Media Networks Latin America in 2021. This acquisition enables HISPASAT to provide a complete managed service that includes receiving, processing and broadcasting channels, the required satellite capacity, as well as the electronic program guide (EPG) service and conditional access for content protection. To do so, HISPASAT combines the strength of its orbital position at 61º West, from which its Amazonas fleet of satellites broadcasts nearly 800 channels to the entire region, and its high-performance teleport in Lurín (Peru), one of the most important in all Latin America. Thanks to this model, ENTEL can focus its efforts on marketing this DTH platform and on customer service.
“At HISPASAT last year we made a firm commitment to improving our offering in the Latin American multimedia market and to providing our customers a more advanced and efficient service, adapted to their needs”, claimed HISPASAT Chief Commercial Officer, Ignacio Sanchis. “We would like to thank ENTEL for their trust in our project and we hope to be able to offer added value in satellite television, which still has an important path forward in the region,” he added.
Daniel Rios, the Lead Product Owner of home market from Entel, added that “we here at ENTEL want to continue offering the best satellite TV service to our customers and thanks to the comprehensive managed service proposal by HISPASAT for direct-to-home television in Latin America, we will be able to do it even more efficiently in a way that's better suited to our needs.”
From its subsidiary in Peru and its powerful Amazonas fleet, HISPASAT provides the best and most flexible multimedia services by satellite in the regions for pay TV operators, internet service providers (ISPs) and regional content companies. The company has recently announced the launch of a whole OTT platform as a service. According to Dataxis, a company that specializes in market studies, there are more than 17 million satellite TV subscribers in South America, which reflects the importance of this technology in the region to bring informational, educational and entertainment content to a significant part of the population.
About HISPASAT
HISPASAT, Red Eléctrica Group’s satellite services operator and provider, offers satellite broadband and connectivity solutions including Internet access, mobility and the expansion of cellular networks, as well as other added-value proposals, to governments, corporations and telecommunications operators in the Americas, Europe and North Africa. It is also a leader in distributing Spanish and Portuguese audio-visual content and broadcasting important digital platforms such as Direct To Home (DTH) television and High Definition Television (HDTV), in addition to managing transportation and audio-visual signals from HISPASAT Peru’s teleport in Lurín. HISPASAT, which is comprised of companies that have a presence in Spain as well as in Latin America, where its Brazilian affiliate HISPAMAR is based, is one of the world’s largest companies in its sector in terms of revenue, and the main communications bridge between Europe and the Americas.
About ENTEL
Entel is a leading technology and telecommunications company with operations in Chile and Peru, countries where it has more than 20 million mobile subscribers and consolidated annual revenues of $2,460,119 million as of December 2021. The company offers mobile and fixed connectivity services, as well as a wide range of IT and digital services for individuals, companies and large corporations. In both countries, it provides wholesale and call center services. In each of these services, it delivers simple and efficient experiences, supported by a robust state-of-the-art infrastructure.
Press contact:
Víctor Inchausti – tel. +34 667 31 29 48 – vinchausti@hispasat.es / comunicacion@hispasat.es
