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New Skies Satellites B.V. (NYSE:NSE):
SSVC Increases Capacity on New Skies' Fleet by More Than 400
Percent to Expand Distribution of the British Forces Broadcasting
Service to Several Military Bases and Nearly 65 Vessels
New Skies Satellites B.V., the global satellite communications
company, today announced an expanded, multi-satellite agreement with
The Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC), a registered charity
set up to entertain and inform Britain's Armed Forces around the
world, for the creation of a new multi-channel television service
designed for Naval vessels at sea.
The new service will provide the opportunity for Royal Navy
servicemen and women to view higher quality multi-channel television
while at sea, including 24-hour news. The high-quality, digital
transmissions will be a significant upgrade from the current,
single-channel television service that has been provided on some navy
ships.
Helen Williams, BFBS's Controller of Television, said: "With the
powerful and comprehensive coverage offered by New Skies' satellite
network, we are able to provide the Royal Navy with a live service of
BFBS Television that ensures that the men and women serving far from
home have access to their favourite news and entertainment
programming."
Nigel Gibson, New Skies' vice president of sales for Europe, said:
"At the core of our commercial philosophy is the commitment to meet
any customer requirement. When SSVC won a new contract with the Royal
Navy to provide a unique multi-channel TV service to dozens of
vessels, we quickly put together a plan that met their existing
obligations as well as their complex expansion needs in the most
efficient, economical and reliable configuration. This achievement, as
well as our ongoing relationship with SSVC and our involvement with
the distribution of BFBS TV, is a source of pride for everyone at New
Skies."
To provide the service, SSVC will use capacity on New Skies'
NSS-806 and NSS-703 satellites, delivering a package of digital
television channels to nearly 65 vessels patrolling the waters of
North, South and Central America, as well as Antarctica, Africa and
the Mediterranean.
This latest agreement significantly expands upon an earlier deal
announced in September 2003, in which SSVC selected New Skies' NSS-7
satellite to deliver BFBS Radio and TV to British military bases
throughout the Atlantic Ocean region. These include facilities in The
Falkland Islands and Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, and
Belize in Central America. SSVC will continue these transmissions on
the NSS-806 and 703 satellites under the terms of the new agreement.
Specifically, NSS-806 and NSS-703 carry BFBS TV 1 and 2 and BFBS
Radio 1 and 2, with NSS-806 also carrying Sky News. The signals are
uplinked from New Skies' partner mediaport in the United Kingdom.
About SSVC
-- BFBS TV is part of UK Forces charity the Services Sound and
Vision Corporation (SSVC), providing TV, Radio, Cinemas, SSVC
audio-visual shops and CSE live entertainment to British
troops throughout the world - www.ssvc.com
-- British Forces Broadcasting Services Television (BFBS TV)
began transmitting in 1975 when all programs were taped in
London and broadcast from a caravan in Germany
-- BFBS TV now produces and broadcasts three tailor-made 24-hour
channels via satellite to 17 countries and HM Ships, all
transmitted via satellite from our broadcast center in
Buckinghamshire - BFBS1, BFBS2, and the BFBS Navy channel.
-- BFBS TV is considered one of the most important arms of the
MOD's welfare services for its soldiers, sailors and airmen
and women and their dependants serving abroad.
About New Skies Satellites
New Skies Satellites is one of only four fixed satellite
communications companies with global satellite coverage, offering
data, video, Internet and voice communications services to a range of
telecommunications carriers, broadcasters, large corporations,
Internet service providers and government entities around the world.
New Skies has five satellites in orbit, one spacecraft under
construction (NSS-8) and ground facilities around the world. New Skies
Satellites Holdings Ltd. is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda and has
subsidiaries with offices in The Hague, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Sao
Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.C.