Winners Announced of the Prestigious HOT BIRD TV Awards 2010!

Winners Announced of the Prestigious HOT BIRD TV Awards 2010!

Thematic Channels From Across Europe, the Middle East and Africa Awarded for Highest Quality of Content and Innovation

PARIS, November 19, 2010/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The winners of this year's HOT BIRD(TM) TV Awards, the unique
international event recognising the highest quality of content creation and
innovation by thematic satellite television channels, were honoured on
November 19 at a gala ceremony in Venice in the company of 250 international
broadcasting executives.

"We congratulate the men and women generating the remarkable content
awarded by the jury of this year's HOT BIRD(TM) TV Awards," said Michel de
Rosen, Eutelsat CEO. "Over 150 thematic channels from Europe, the Middle East
and Africa entered this year's event. This makes it the most significant and
diverse to date, and underscores the extraordinary vitality of the satellite
broadcasting market and its capacity to innovate."

Founded in 1998 by Eutelsat, in partnership with Eurovisioni and Satexpo,
the Awards comprise 11 thematic categories: Music; News; Sports; Cinema;
Children's; Lifestyle; National Window; HDTV; Documentaries;
Fiction/Entertainment; Culture/Education. Following the success over previous
years of the People's Choice, viewers had the opportunity to once again enter
their favourite channel for this popular public Award.

Awards were also bestowed for the first time this year for Best Programme
and Best New Channel launched over the last 12 months.

HOT BIRD(TM) TV AWARDS WINNERS 2010

CATEGORY CHANNEL COUNTRY

HDTV Mezzo Live HD France
Children's Yourfamily Germany
Cinema Kino Polska Poland
Culture/Education Nostalgia Russia
Documentaries 365 Days TV Russia
Fiction/Entertainment Ma Chaine Etudiante France
Lifestyle Joint Winners:
Gambero Rosso Channel Italy
Information TV UK
Music iConcerts Switzerland
News/Information Joint Winners
BBC World News UK
Current Italy
Sport Sky Sport Channels Italy
National Window CCTV News China
People's Choice TVN Warsawa Poland
Best Programme Metro (RTR Planeta) Russia
Special Mention: France
The Battle for Afghanya
Valley (France 24)
Best New Channel SuperSport International South Africa

Red carpet highlights, clips of the nominated programmes and all the
latest images from the night's events are at:

http://www.hotbirdtvawards.com

The Jury

The members of the international jury of media experts of the
HOT BIRD(TM) TV AWARDS are:

Jerzy Barski, TV-Sat Magazine (Poland), Jacques Braun,
Eurodata TV (France), Paolo Dalla Chiara, Sat Expo (Italy), Giovanna
Maggioni, Upa (Italy), Asu Maro, Milliyet Sanat e Milliyet Daily (Turkey),
Giacomo Mazzone, Eurovisioni (Europe), Mimi Turner, Hollywood Reporter
(Europe), Michel Gregoire, EGTA (Europe)

Jury coordinator: Duilio Giammaria, Rai (Itay). Technical
expert: Mauro Roffi, Mille Canali (Italy).

Eutelsat Communications

With capacity commercialised on 26 satellites providing
coverage of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of
Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's leading satellite
operators. At 30 June 2010, Eutelsat's satellites were broadcasting almost
3,700 television channels and 1,100 radio stations. More than 1,100 channels
broadcast via its HOT BIRD(TM) video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East, with
other neighbourhoods serving broadcasting markets in central and eastern
Europe, Turkey, the Middle East and Africa,. The Group also provides TV
contribution services, data services and broadband solutions on ground, at
sea and in flight.

http://www.eutelsat.com

SAT Expo

SAT Expo Europe is the international event dedicated to the
aerospace industry, its services and applications and integrated
telecommunications. Held annually in Rome, it houses an exhibition area,
which comprises representatives of the industries, applications and services
of the four aerospace macro areas (Earth observation, navigation, exploration
and space transportation, integrated telecommunications) and three days of
conferences (Mediterranean Space Conference), dedicated to the aerospace
market and its internationalisation. SAT Expo Europe enjoys the patronage of
the Presidency of the Italian Republic and the scientific collaboration of
ESA and ASI.

http://www.satexpo.it

Eurovisioni

Eurovisioni, the International Festival of Cinema and
Television, was created in 1987 and is now in its 24th edition. Eurovisioni
2010 (from 19 to 22 of September) received the patronage of the Italian
President, Giorgio Napolitano, UNESCO, the Council of Europe, the Presidency
of Italy's Council of Ministers, the Italian Senate and the Chamber of
Deputies, and others. The initiative includes support from Eutelsat, RAI, the
Lazio Region, the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities,
SACEM, Sky Italia, Canal +, ARD, BBC, France Televisions, RTVE, TVP, ZDF.

http://www.eurovisioni.it

Source: Eutelsat Communications

Press Contacts: HOT BIRD(TM) TV Awards: Eutelsat: Vanessa O'Connor - Tel. +33-1-5398-3888 - voconnor@eutelsat.fr; Promospace: Giorgio Bonomi - Tel. +39-0444-543-133 -
gbonomi@pentastudio.it; HOT BIRD(TM) TV Awards team: Promospace - Tel. +39-0444-543-133 - e-mail: hba@satexpo.it

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