Global Access brings Olympics to worldwide audience; Company to provide over 300 hours of satellite time for Olympic programming.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 1996--Global Access Telecommunications Services, Inc., a leading provider of worldwide satellite and fiber transmission services for the television and video industry, today announced a number of contracts to broadcast this summer's Olympic Games from Atlanta, Georgia.

The contracts, with Hong Kong-based Television Broadcasters Ltd., Singapore-based ST Teleport, Singapore's TV12, Atlanta-based New World, and Warner Bros.' Extra, will bring over 300 hours of Olympics programming to Asia and North America.

"Global Access has assumed a leadership position in the satellite industry during the past few years because of our ability to provide superior service across a wide variety of markets," said Jack Morse, president and CEO of Global Access. "The contracts to broadcast this summer's Games underscore our success in providing the widest broadcast coverage with value-added service, and we look forward to helping bring this historic event to a worldwide audience."

Global Access is working with the following companies in North America and Asia to broadcast the XXVI Olympic Games:

Television Broadcasters Ltd. (TVB)

Global Access will provide approximately 100 hours of Ku-band space segment for TVB, which will operate on behalf of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) during the Olympics, for all domestic backhauls from remote sites to the International Broadcasting Center (IBC) in Atlanta;

ST Teleport

ST Teleport, a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies, operates earth stations in Singapore. Global Access will provide daily feeds from Atlanta to Singapore for ST Teleport on behalf of Telecommunications Company of Singapore (TCS), including tape playout; domestic uplink and approximately 30 hours of domestic space segment; West Coast downlink; and turnaround to PAS-2;

TV12

Singapore's TV12 has contracted with Global Access to provide full-time downlinks of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union's feeds off of Intelsat 174 degrees and 177 degrees during the Olympics. Downlinks will be received by Singapore Telecom, which will then microwave the signals to TV12;

New World

New World, headquartered in Atlanta, is affiliated with Fox Network. For New World, Global Access will provide approximately 150 hours of C-band space segment on Galaxy IV for Olympics programming to be broadcast by its 12 stations;

Extra

Global Access will provide Warner Bros.' entertainment program, Extra, with 21 hours of Ku-band space segment in 42 half-hour feeds.

Global Access Telecommunications Services, Inc.

Global Access is a leading provider of worldwide satellite and fiber transmission services for the television and video industry. In addition to international satellite transponder space capacity, the Company provides television transmission services via satellite and fiber networks; syndication distribution services; fixed and transportable satellite uplinks and downlinks; and coordination and transmission services for news, sports, business, and special events.

Global Access is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and maintains Operations Centers and sales offices in London and Singapore as well as US regional sales offices in Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Pittsburgh and Washington, DC.

Additional information about Global Access can be obtained via the World Wide Web at http://www.glblaccess.com.

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