SES announced on Tuesday that its US subsidiary SES Space & Defense has been awarded a five-year contract by the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

The agreement covers the retransmission of audio and video content, at a time when the USAGM has set itself the goal of broadcasting more than 4,000 hours of original programming to an audience of 215 million people in some 100 countries.

USAGM - formerly the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) - is the U.S. government agency responsible for overseeing U.S. government-funded international radio and television.

It oversees several Washington-funded state-owned media outlets abroad, including Radio Free Europe and Voice of America.

The contract amount was not specified.

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