December 21, 2020

A1 Telekom Austria Group Enters into Strategic Partnership with Ultra 4K Extreme on Eutelsat 16

Livia Dandrea-Böhm

A1 Press Contact

A1 Telekom Austria Group has officially signed an attractive partnership with Ultra 4K Extreme LLC for the European market.

As of December 21, 2020, A1 Wholesale Broadcasting delivers technical services to the international TV channel Ultra 4K Extreme introducing the best mix of top-tier extreme sports, adventurous and entertainment programs in UHD quality in both English and Russian language. The channel is already available for its audience in the territories within the wide coverage of Eutelsat 16A satellite at 16 degrees east.

Elena Petrova, Head of A1 Wholesale Broadcasting, stated: “We are pleased to start this important cooperation and support the launch of this exciting UHD channel. We are proud to be selected as the main technical partner of Ultra 4K Extreme channel delivering their interesting content to cable and IPTV operators in Europe over our direct2home platform operated in Aflenz teleport, Austria. We are looking forward to achieving great success with Ultra 4K Extreme LLC in 2021“.
In the light of this strategic initiative, Ornella Furman, executive producer of Ultra 4K Extreme, said: “We are delighted to be one of the first channels to introduce 4K content to the European market and glad to have A1 Telekom Austria Group as a strategic technical partner. We hope that our joint cooperation will be fruitful and the Ultra 4K Extreme TV channel will find a positive response from the European audience.”

The Wholesale team of A1 Group looks back at over 40 years of broadcasting and teleport services with more than 15 satellites in the fleet and managing more than 600 TV channels for Pay-TV operators in Europe, Asia and U.S. Together with América Móvil, the Group is the 4th biggest operator worldwide.

About Ultra 4K Extreme
The Ultra 4K Extreme LLC is a worldwide producer of entertainment content.
Ultra 4K Extreme channel is a global TV channel distributed in two language feeds – English and Russian and broadcasted in Ultra HD quality. Its programming can be perfectly described with two words – danger and adventure. Skydiving, travelling in the wildest places in the world, meeting dangerous animals, etc. are attracting the attention of the audience of Ultra 4K Extreme channel. The content is constantly refreshed with new unique TV programs, such as “In Search of Dangerous Adventures”, “Paparazzi”, etc.

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