EBU Selects SES AMERICOM Satellite Service for Upcoming Olympics.Entertainment Editors/Television Writers & Columnists LONDON--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2002 SES AMERICOM SES Americom is a major commercial satellite operator based in the United States. Formerly RCA Americom and GE Americom the company is now (with SES Astra and SES New Skies) one of the principal parts of SES S.A.. announced today that it has reached an agreement with the European Broadcasting Union “EBU” redirects here. For other uses, see EBU (disambiguation). The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; French: L'Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision ("UER") (EBU EBU European Broadcasting Union EBU English Bridge Union EBU Enterprise Backup Utility (Oracle 7) EBU European Boxing Union EBU European Board of Urology EBU Electronic Business Unit EBU Equivalent Billing Unit EBU Engine Build Unit ) for the use of SES Americom satellite capacity to support their forthcoming television coverage of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. The multi-transponder agreement will provide the EBU and its members with a trans-Atlantic connection from the USA to Europe for their coverage of the Salt Lake City events. London-based Eddy Frankland, SES AMERICOM's Vice President of Broadcast Services, said, "The Olympic Games are a world-class event and we are delighted to support the EBU. We believe that this agreement for Olympic coverage connections will be the beginning of a very successful relationship between SES Americom and the EBU." Stefan Kurten, Director of Operations at EBU, said, "We expect the upcoming Winter Games to generate a lot of excitement and perhaps even some respite from other world events; all of our broadcast partners are anticipating strong audiences throughout the competitions. The ability to transmit our coverage over such a long distance with the efficiency of one satellite circuit will ease the transmission burden considerably and facilitate the distribution of these world-class sporting events." About the EBU Founded in February 1950, the European Broadcasting Union is the largest professional association of national broadcasters in the world with 70 active members in 51 countries of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East and 46 associate members in 29 countries further afield. Activities include operation of the Global Eurovision and Euroradio networks, coordination of news and sports programming, promotion of technical standardisation, legal advice, and the defence of public service broadcasting. About SES AMERICOM With over twenty-five years' experience, SES Americom, Inc. is recognized as a pioneer and leading provider of global satellite communications services currently operating 17 spacecraft in orbital positions providing service throughout the Americas, across Europe, over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and throughout Asia. As a member of the SES GLOBAL family, Americom is able to provide end-to-end telecommunications solutions to any region in the world. SES Americom's key customers include ABC Radio Networks, AT&T Alascom, British Telecom, Deutsche Welle, Discovery, Fox, TV Guide/Gemstar, Gannett, ICG ICG indocyanine green. , Merlin, NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, NHK NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) NHK Nihon Hoso Kyokai (Japanese Broadcasting Association) NHK Nihon Hikikomori Kyokai (anime) , PaxNet, PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, , TELE Greenland, TV Europa, TimeWarner/Turner Broadcasting, and Viacom. In November 2001, SES Americom was combined with SES ASTRA to form a new premier global satellite company, SES GLOBAL, S.A. The new company has a fleet of 29 satellites and can deliver broadband satellite services to more than 90% of the world's population. In addition, SES Global's strategic partnerships and participations in AsiaSat, NSAB NSAB National Security Advisory Board (India) NSAB Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Arztebund (German: National Socialist German Doctors' Association) NSAB Nova Scotia Animal Breeders , Star One, Americom Asia-Pacific and Nahuelsat will combine to give entertainment, telecommunications, Internet, news and enterprise customers access to a fleet of 42 satellites. |
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