SES Americom announced ION Media Networks has signed a multiyear distribution agreement to launch its full suite of television networks in HD. ION Television HD debuts this week over HD-PRIME satellite AMC-1, with ION’s qubo, a multilingual kid’s network, and ION Life, a digital network devoted to active lifestyles that will follow later this year.
“ION has tapped expanded distribution capacity aboard HD-PRIME to offer our programming in a crisp high-definition picture quality to viewers in more than 94 million homes across the country” said Mark Greenlee, Senior Vice President of network operations at ION Media Networks.
Formerly RCA Americom and GE Americom, U.S., SES Americom serves broadcasters, cable programmers, aeronautical and maritime communications integrators, Internet service providers, mobile communications networks, government agencies, educational institutions, carriers and secure global data networks with efficient communications and content distribution solutions.
