Loral Unit to Deliver Playboy Programming

Loral Space & Communications Ltd., the second-biggest satellite-communications company in the U.S., will distribute programming for Playboy Enterprises Inc. to 20 million U.S. homes.

Loral’s Skynet unit will distribute Vivid, Spice and Playboy network programming using its Telestar 7 satellite, the company said. Playboy said July 2 it would buy three TV networks, including Vivid from Video Entertainment Group, for $70 million to add more explicit programming.