Comcast’s Sky Group has renewed its distribution partnership with Luxembourgh-based SES to continue using the company’s satellite fleet to distribute linear channels across the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The renewal will see Sky continue using SES capacity at the 28.2 degrees East orbital position for its direct-to-home satellite television service. The agreement extends a partnership between the companies that dates back to 1988, when Sky evolved from a single pan-European channel to a full-fledged network with four channels focused mainly on the United Kingdom.
“As we give customers more choice in how they access Sky, satellite continues to play an important role in how we deliver our services to customers across the UK and Ireland,” Sky Group Chief Operating Officer Nick Herm said this week.
Herm said the agreement provides the reliability, reach and service quality needed to continue serving Sky’s satellite customers.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Comcast acquired Sky Group in 2018, beating out the Walt Disney Company and other contenders for the satellite TV operation. Comcast is in the process of spinning out Sky Group as part of its broader separation from NBC Universal.
