SES NEW SKIES Provides RTL Television with Special Event Internet Access Services at Formula 1 Grand Prix Races.THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- SES NEW SKIES SES NEW SKIES, formerly New Skies Satellites (NSS), is a Dutch operator of communications spacecraft, owned by SES. On November 30, 1998, the Intelsat 703 spacecraft was transferred to New Skies’ control. New Skies operates this and four other spacecraft. , an SES GLOBAL company (Paris:SESG SESG Systems Engineering Steering Group SESG Software Engineering Support Group SESG System Engineering Sub-Group )(LuxX:SESG), announces it has successfully provided special event satellite Internet services supporting RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; Television's coverage of the Formula 1 Grand Prix Grand Prix n. pl. Grand Prix Any of several competitive international road races for sports cars of specific engine size over an exacting, usually risky course. races. The German broadcaster has used capacity on the company's NSS-6 and NSS-7 satellites for high-speed internet See broadband. access services used onsite by its crew at Grand Prix races around the world. RTL Television RTL (formerly RTL plus) is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T (Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial, in larger population centers). Germany, based in Cologne, is the German and RTL group rights-holders for the Formula 1 Grand Prix's. The broadcasting group covers all nineteen annual Grand Prix races, which the longstanding customer of SES ASTRA SES Astra SA, is a corporate subsidiary of SES, based in Betzdorf, in eastern Luxembourg, that owns and operates the Astra series of geostationary satellites, which transmit approximately 1100 analogue and digital television and radio channels via 176 transponders to 91 compiles into their normal programming and distributes via SES ASTRA's satellite system at 19.2[bar] East. Typically, sports broadcasters such as RTL Television covering Grand Prix races bring a container complete with archived tapes and file materials of past races, driver biographies, incidents and backgrounders which are used onsite to complement the live video segments, as the entire program is broadcast live from site, complete with graphics and commentary. RTL approached SES NEW SKIES describing their need for a DSL-like service via satellite, which would allow them to download, and view video archive footage stored at their Cologne headquarters during the races. SES NEW SKIES worked closely with the broadcaster through testing to define their exact technical requirements. After analyzing the results, SES NEW SKIES suggested IPsys[R] DVB/SCPC service as the best solution to meet RTL's requirements for guaranteed bandwidth. Stefan FlE-gge from RTL Television's Sports Production Department said, "At RTL we are constantly striving to improve the way we deliver content to our television viewers. SES NEW SKIES was instrumental in providing us with a cost-effective and efficient solution to support our Sound & Vision crew in producing an even higher quality of programming. We especially appreciated the customized engineering support and flexibility provided to us by SES NEW SKIES." Samantha McCloskey, SES NEW SKIES' vice president of special events and occasional-use services, added, "We are honored to be working with a prestigious broadcaster such as RTL Television, which has inspired us to craft a new flavour of our IPsys[R] service, which is not only perfect for television broadcasters covering live sporting events, but is also great for supporting remote Internet access See how to access the Internet. via satellite for breaking news, disaster relief, live entertainment events and more. Our work with RTL is a further example of our commitment to providing our customers with flexibility and responsive service." About RTL Group RTL Group is the leading European entertainment network, with interests in 34 television channels and 34 radio stations in eleven countries and content production throughout the world. Its television portfolio includes RTL Television in Germany, M6 in France, Five in the UK, the RTL channels in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia and Hungary, Ren TV REN TV (Cyrillic: Рен ТВ) is one of the largest (and first of its kind) private federal channels in Russia. Founded by Irena Lesnevskaya and her son, Dmitriy Lesnevskiy, who had been running REN as a production house for other national Russian in Russia as well as Antena 3 in Spain and TVI TVI Televisão Independente (Portuguese TV Channel) TVI Technical Vocational Institute (Albuquerque) TVI Teacher of the Visually Impaired TVI Television Interference TVI Tutored Video Instruction in Portugal. RTL Group's flagship radio station is RTL in France, and it also owns or has interests in other stations in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Luxembourg. RTL Group's content production arm, FremantleMedia is one of the largest international producers outside the US. It is currently producing over 300 programmes in more than 40 countries providing a wide range of drama, entertainment and factual programming for viewers around the world. About SES NEW SKIES SES NEW SKIES is an SES GLOBAL company (Paris:SESG)(LuxX:SESG) offering satellite communication services to a range of customers including telecommunications providers, broadcasters, corporations and govern ments around the world. SES NEW SKIES owns and operates a global fleet of five satellites in orbit, with two additional spacecraft under construction (NSS-8 and NSS-9) and ground facilities around the world. Headquartered in The Hague, the Hague, The (hāg), Du. 's Gravenhage or Den Haag, Fr. La Haye, city (1994 pop. 445,279), administrative and governmental seat of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, capital of South Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the North Sea. company has offices in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , New Delhi, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.C. In addition to NEW SKIES, SES GLOBAL wholly owns market-leading satellite operators SES ASTRA in Europe and SES AMERICOM in North America and also holds strategic participations in AsiaSat in Asia, Star One in Latin America, SES Sirius in Europe, Ciel in Canada and Quetzsat in Mexico. SES GLOBAL provides outstanding satellite communications solutions via a combined fleet of 44 satellites across the globe. Further information on the company is available at www.ses-newskies.com and on SES GLOBAL at www.ses-global.com |
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