Capacity on Four Eutelsat Satellites Mobilised for Exceptional Media Coverage of British Royal Wedding

Capacity on Four Eutelsat Satellites Mobilised for Exceptional Media Coverage of British Royal Wedding

PARIS, April 27, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Significant capacity on four Eutelsat satellites has been
booked by UK and international media organisations for live coverage of the
Royal Wedding on April 29 between Prince William and Kate Middleton. A total
of 13,000 MHz hours, equivalent to 15 transponders over 24 hours, have been
reserved on Eutelsat's ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 1, 2 and 3 satellites as well as on
W3A to deliver live images and commentary from up to 48 specially-built
studios and 140 Outside Broadcasting vans. The signals will be transmitted
direct to channels worldwide, including in the UK, across Europe and the
Middle East, in the USA, China, Africa, Mexico and Brazil. This bandwidth
will contribute to delivering coverage of the event to an expected global
audience of two billion viewers.

The European Broadcasting Union will deploy its permanent
capacity on Eutelsat to cover the event. APTN, Arqiva, ENEX, GlobeCast and
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting, who are all longstanding clients of Eutelsat
for special events, have all boosted their occasional-use resources with
supplemental bandwidth.

"This latest media event of global interest is the largest of
the year so far to draw on our occasional-use resources and further
underscores the involvement of Eutelsat's satellites in the complete
broadcasting chain," commented Andrew Wallace, Eutelsat's Chief Commercial
Officer. "In addition to delivering over 3,700 channels to more than 200
million satellite and cable homes across Europe, the Middle East and Africa,
Eutelsat's satellites are mobilised on a daily basis for direct video
contribution of sports events, concerts, political summits and breaking news
to television studios around the world."

Eutelsat's booking office works with the world's leading media
outlets to coordinate reservation of capacity for periods starting from 10
minutes for transmissions in multiple formats, including HD, SD and 3D.

About Eutelsat Communications

Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code:
FR0010221234) is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity
commercialised on 27 satellites that provide coverage over the entire
European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant
parts of Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading
satellite operators in terms of revenues. At 31 December 2010, Eutelsat's
satellites were broadcasting more than 3,700 television channels to over 200
million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The
Group's satellites also serve a wide range of fixed and mobile
telecommunications services, TV contribution markets, corporate networks, and
broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and for transport, maritime
and in-flight markets. Eutelsat's broadband subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and
operates access to high speed Internet services through teleports in France
and Italy that serve enterprises, local communities, government agencies and
aid organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in
Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ 683 commercial, technical and
operational employees from 28 countries.

http://www.eutelsat.com

Source: Eutelsat Communications

For further information, Press: Vanessa O'Connor Tel. : +33-1-53-98-37-91, voconnor@eutelsat.fr ; Frederique Gautier Tel. : +33-1-53-98-37-91, fgautier@eutelsat.fr ; Analysts and Investors, Lisa Finas, Tel. : +33-1-53-98-35-30, investors@eutelsat-communications.com

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