New Skies and SSVC Expand Relationship to Provide Improved Multi-Channel TV Service for the Royal Navy.THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- New Skies Satellites B.V. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NSE NSE - Network Software Environment: a proprietary CASE framework from Sun Microsystems. ): SSVC SSVC Services Sound & Vision Corporation SSVC Selective Service Increases Capacity on New Skies' Fleet by More Than 400 Percent to Expand Distribution of the British Forces Broadcasting Service The British Forces Broadcasting Service was established by the British War Office (now the Ministry of Defence) in 1943. Today it provides radio and television programmes for HM Forces, and their dependents, in Afghanistan, Belize, Bosnia, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, the Falkland to Several Military Bases and Nearly 65 Vessels New Skies Satellites B.V., the global satellite communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. , today announced an expanded, multi-satellite agreement with The Services Sound and Vision Corporation The Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC) is a British registered charity. Set up in the 1980s to "entertain and inform Britain's Armed Forces around the world" [1], its activities include the British Forces Broadcasting Service with its radio and TV operations, (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 BFBS British Forces Broadcasting Service BFBS British and Foreign Bible Society BFBS British Forces Broadcasting System Television that ensures that the men and women serving far from home have access to their favourite news and entertainment programming." Nigel Gibson Nigel Gibson is an activist and scholar. He was born in London and was an active militant in the 1984 -1985 Miners' Strike. While in London he also met South African exiles from the Black Consciousness Movement and, in conversation with the exiles, developed an influential , 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 South Atlantic Ocean The southern part of the Atlantic Ocean, extending southward from the equator to Antarctica. , 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 (Certified Systems Engineer) See Microsoft certification. 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 Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. 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. |
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