The Hague, The Netherlands, May 31, 2002 – New Skies Satellites N.V. (AEX, NYSE: NSK), the global satellite communications company, today announced it is joining with TVNZ Satellite Services to deliver World Cup 2002 from Korea and Japan to millions of television viewers throughout Asia and Africa.
Sam Fairhall, managing director of TVNZ Satellite Services, said: “The coverage and power offered by New Skies’ satellites, as well as their technical support, are indispensable resources in our ability to provide services for events like these. Working with New Skies on the transmission of World Cup coverage, our customers’ audiences won’t miss a single goal.”
“When dealing with the World Cup, the most-watched sporting event in the world, broadcasters demand the highest-quality coverage and most reliable services,” said Rudo Jockin, New Skies’ senior vice president of sales and marketing. “The valued relationship and close cooperation between New Skies and TVNZ Satellite Services, as well as the depth of our collective resources and strong technical expertise, will ensure completely seamless transmissions to both our customers.”
New Skies and TVNZ Satellite Services will broadcast multiple World Cup video feeds over digital single- and multiple-channel-per-carrier transmission platforms on the NSS-703 Indian Ocean region satellite. Signals from 20 cities spread across Korea and Japan will be routed to the International Broadcasting Center in Seoul for uplink and distribution to locations throughout Africa and Asia.
Many broadcasters are relying on the companies’ services for a large share of their World Cup coverage, including China Central Television; Astro Malaysia; Dhospaak Communications Agency, Thailand; ETV Africa; Hong Kong Cable Television; Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation; SBS Australia; Singapore Cable Vision; and Supersport, South Africa.
About TVNZ Satellite Services
Owned and operated by a television-broadcast company, TVNZ Satellite Services is an occasional use satellite carriage provider. The TVNZ Satellite Services’ MPEG2 4:2:2 multi-channel, global, itinerant satellite delivery network reaches across the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans providing return path services and spanning territories worldwide. TVNZ offers point-to-point, point to multi-point and multi-point to point anywhere-to-anywhere services.
TVNZ Satellite Services concentrates on designing specific satellite delivery solutions for sports and television broadcast industry organisations. As a result it has an established reputation as a multi-channel carrier of high profile international sporting events. TVNZ has concentrated on building a private network that uses primary routes, adding additional points-of-presence as customer demand determines and market conditions permit. Headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, its international activity is supported by representation in Sydney, Bangkok, Shanghai and London. TVNZ Satellite Services is a member of the Television New Zealand Limited group of companies. ASK US. Refer www.tvsat.net
About New Skies Satellites
New Skies Satellites (AEX, NYSE: NSK) is one of only four fixed satellite communications companies with truly global satellite coverage, offering video, voice, data and Internet communications services to a range of broadcasters, telecommunications carriers, large corporations and Internet service providers around the world. New Skies has six satellites in geosynchronous orbit and ground facilities around the world. The company also has two spacecraft under construction, which are planned to serve the Americas and Asia from two new orbital locations. In line with its growth strategy, the company has secured certain rights to make use of additional orbital positions, including four serving the Americas. New Skies is headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, and has offices in London, Johannesburg, New Delhi, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.C. Additional information is available at www.newskies.com.
