BSkyB in Giant Pay-TV Deal for Astra

SES Astra has contracted to provide 24 transponders at Astra’s 28.2 deg. E. Long. orbital position, the largest single order it has ever received from a pay-TV operator. Under the long-term agreement, BSkyB will renew capacity on the transponders carried on Astra 2a and 2b, launched in 1998 and 2000...

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