Telekom Austria Group and Your Family Entertainment AG (YFE) signed a strategic deal during MIPCOM for the uplink and satellite distribution of the 'Fix&Foxi' family-oriented channel across the Central and Eastern European region.

Telekom Austria Group will act as a satellite distribution and contribution services provider for Fix&Foxi channel's feed, targeted to the CEE territories. The channel will be uplinked from Telekom Austria Group's earth station Aflenz on the Eutelsat 16A satellite at 16° East - the leading broadcast position for Central and Eastern Europe. As of October 16zh, 2017 TV operators across Central and Eastern Europe can downlink Fix&Foxi TV channel and add it to their pay-TV bouquets.

Fix&Foxi's mission is to deliver high-quality entertainment as well as educational content to families around the globe. The channel targets primarily youngsters in the age group of 5-11 years, filling a unique niche in the typical multichannel line-up. The Fix&Foxi channel is the honored winner in the 'Children's' category at the 2016 Eutelsat TV Awards.

Alexander Neemann, Head of Channel Business about the development of Fix&Foxi channel: 'It is a pleasure to start this important cooperation with Telekom Austria Group in order to ensure the expansion of Fix&Foxi. We are very much looking forward to work with such a provider that will enable us to introduce our channel to an even broader consumer base and enter into these exciting markets. We are confident that we will become a popular and high-value addition to the platforms for kids and families across the Central and Eastern European region'.

Commenting on the development, Stanislav Georgiev, Head of Media Broadcast, Telekom Austria Group, said: 'The technical broadcast services we deliver now to YFE, a leading family-oriented content producer and broadcaster, are a natural evolution of our 10-year-old experience of distributing their channels across our pay-TV platforms. We are proud that YFE chose Telekom Austria Group's direct2home platform and Eutelsat 16A for the technical distribution of their signal across CEE. It is yet another acknowledgement of the leading position we take for broadcasting services in CEE.'

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