HOT BIRD? TV Awards 2011: Nominee Channels Announced

HOT BIRD(TM) TV Awards 2011: Nominee Channels Announced

PARIS, October 6, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

Record 160 channels participate in this year's event for
thematic satellite TV channels

Voting now open for the People's Choice Award!

The nominations were announced today for this year's HOT BIRD(TM) TV
Awards, the unique international broadcasting event celebrating the
achievements of thematic satellite TV channels.

A record 160 channels from vibrant and competitive TV markets entered
this year's event. Original programming, quality production and new concepts
were the criteria guiding the jury of media experts that met for two days in
Paris and selected channels from 13 countries. Their choice of winners will
be announced and honoured on Friday November 25 at a gala ceremony in Venice
in the Scuola Grande of San Giovanni Evangelista.

Duilio Giammaria, Chairman of the jury, commented on this year's
participants: "Year on year, the members of the jury of the HOT BIRD(TM) TV
Awards are impressed by the capability of content producers to innovate,
seek originality and create trends. This excellence deserves recognition and
we are delighted to be part of an event that rewards their constant effort
and investment."

The nominations for 2011 are:

Children's Cinema

Carousel (Russia) Kino Soyuz (Russia)
MiniMini (Poland) NTV Plus 3D by Panasonic (Russia)
Yourfamily (Germany) Sky Cinema 1 HD (Italy)

Culture/Education Documentaries

Babel (Italy) BBC Knowledge (Poland)
Mezzo Live HD (France) DMAX (Germany)
Rai Storia (Italy) IZ TV (Turkey)

Fiction/General Entertainment Lifestyle

Comedy Central Polska (Poland) Domo.tv (Poland)
PMC Family (United Arab Emirates) NRJ Paris (France)
SkyUno (Italy) Rai 5 (Italy)

Music News

France Ô (France) BBC Arabic (United Kingdom)
Rock TV (Hungary) CNC World (China)
TRACE Urban (France) TG Norba 24 (Italy)
Viva Polska (Poland) TVN CNBC (Poland)

National Window Sports

CCTV News (China) ESPN UK (United Kingdom)
DW-TV (Germany) Novasports HD (Greece)
SMtv San Marino (San Marino) TRACE Sports (France)
TVE Internacional (Spain)

Votes open for People's Choice Award

This year's event again includes the People's Choice Award, won by the
channel with the largest number of votes from viewers. All participating
channels are eligible to take part in the People's Choice, with viewers
invited to vote through each channel's website and key industry sites
including hotbirdtvawards.com, broadbandtvnews.com, eutelsat.com,
eurovisioni.it, satexpo.com and lyngsat.com.

The HOT BIRD(TM) TV Awards Jury includes experts from leading
publications and TV associations: Jerzy Barski, Tv-Sat Magazine(Poland),
Jacques Braun,Eurodata TV (France), Sergey Buntman, Echo de Moscow (Russia),
Paolo Dalla Chiara,Pentastudio (Italy), Paolo Lutteri EGTA(Europe), Giovanna
Maggioni,Upa (Italy), Fusun Nebil,Turk Internet(Turkey), Giacomo
Mazzone,Eurovisioni (Europe), Mimi Turner,TheHollywood Reporter (Europe).
Jury Chairman, Duilio Giammaria, Rai(Italy); technical expert Mauro
Roffi,Millecanali (Italy).

The HOT BIRD(TM) TV AWARDS is an event promoted by Eutelsat, Europe's
leading satellite operator, in collaboration with Eurovisioni, a European
festival dedicated to cinema and television and SAT Expo, the international
exhibition of advanced digital and satellite telecommunications. This year's
event is sponsored by Thales Alenia Space and Astrium.

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. As of 30 June 2011, Eutelsat's satellites were
broadcasting more than 3,800 television channels. More than 1,100 channels
are broadcast via its HOT BIRD(TM) video neighbourhood at 13 degrees East
alone which serves over 120 million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the
Middle East and North 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 just over 700 commercial, technical and operational professionals
from 30 countries. http://www.eutelsat.com

SAT Expo

SAT Expo is the brand dedicated to services, space applications and
integrated telecommunications (via satellite, HDTV, IPTV, 3D cinema via
satellite, DTT, new bands and new services). Next events by SAT Expo are
AllDigital Expo, the professional forum on digital technologies (with the
3rd National Meeting of the Digital Installer) at the Vicenza Fair next 22
and 23 June 2012 (3rd edition) and Estel Conference, the first international
IEEE-AESS Conference in Europe about Space and Satellite Telecommunications,
2 to 5 October 2012 in Rome at the Fontana di Trevi Conference Centre.

http://www.alldigitalexpo.it - http://www.estelconference.org

Eurovisioni

Eurovisioni, International Festival of Cinema and Television, was
created in 1987 and now on its 25th edition. Eurovisioni 2011 (from 16 to 19
October) 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 Italian Ministry of
Cultural Heritage and Activities, SACEM, Sky Italia, Canal +, ARD, France
Televisions, RTVE, TOR Film Production.

http://www.eurovisioni.it

Press Contacts HOT BIRD(TM) TV Awards:

Eutelsat: Vanessa O'Connor, Tel. +33-1-53-98-37-91, e-mail:
voconnor@eutelsat.fr
Promospace: Benedetta Nicodemo - Tel. +39-0444-543-133 -
bnicodemo@pentastudio.it

Organisation:
Promospace - Tel. +39-0444-543-133 - e-mail: hba@promospace.it

Source: Eutelsat Communications

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