Winners Announced of the Eutelsat TV Awards 2012!

Winners Announced of the Eutelsat TV Awards 2012!

VENICE, November 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --



"Creative programming, engagement with viewers and a feel for new trends are core to
great TV," said Michel de Rosen, Eutelsat CEO, at tonight's Eutelsat TV Awards ceremony in
Venice.



The Eutelsat TV Awards is a unique international event recognising the quality of
thematic satellite TV channels. Over 120 channels from 19 countries participated in this
year's competition, their programming formats, innovation and audience relationship judged
by an independent panel of media experts representing the world's most dynamic
broadcasting markets.



Simon Albury, former Chief Executive of the Royal Television Society and patron of
this year's jury added: "It's no understatement to say that 2012 has been an historic year
for TV. Audience records were broken around the world for mega events like the Olympics
and broadcasters showed their boundless capacity to create innovative programming ideas
and to turn the arrival of new platforms and changing viewing habits to their advantage.
At the end of the day great viewing is about great content and this is what we have
celebrated tonight at the Eutelsat TV Awards. Congratulations to all participants!"



Eutelsat TV Awards Winners 2012




Children's Cinema
Teletoon+ (Poland) Premiera (Russia)
Culture/Documentaries Fiction/General Entertainment
Top Secret (Russia) MBC 1 HD (Arab Emirates)
Special Mention - Pasto TV (Afghanistan)
Lifestyle Music
Real Time (Italy) C Music TV (UK)



News/Information Sport
Sky TG24 (Italy) Eurosport (France)
Best Programme People's Choice
Shakespeare from Kabul (UK) TRT Haber (Turkey)
(BBC Persian)

Best New Channel
Spiegel TV Wissen (Germany)


In addition to Awards bestowed by the jury, Eutelsat announced two special awards in
Venice.



An Award to Sky Sports Group for its exceptional coverage of the 2012 London Olympic
Games, with 13 dedicated channels, 12 of which were in HD and one in 3D. A team of 60
Italian athletes who have won a combined 600 Olympic medals worked alongside Sky's regular
sports journalists to comment throughout the event.



An Award to TVM (Madagascar's national broadcaster) for its commitment to reflecting
Madagascar's regional diversity in its programmes and for generating fiction that
addresses issues of direct relevance to its audience.



The Eutelsat 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), Ludger
Lausberg EGTA (Europe), Fusun Nebil, Turk Internet (Turkey), Giacomo Mazzone, Eurovisioni
(Europe), Reem Nouss (UK). Jury Chairman, Duilio Giammaria, Rai (Italy); technical expert
Mauro Roffi, Millecanali (Italy).



Red carpet highlights, clips of the nominated programmes and all the latest images
from the night's events will be shortly available at: http://www.eutelsattvawards.com



About Eutelsat Communications



Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is the holding
company of Eutelsat S.A. With capacity commercialised on 29 satellites that provide
coverage across Europe, as well as the Middle East, Africa and significant parts of Asia
and the Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading satellite operators. As of
30 September 2012 Eutelsat's satellites were broadcasting more than 4,400 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 high speed Internet
services through teleports in France and Italy that serve consumers, 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 750
commercial, technical and operational professionals. This culturally diverse staff
comprises employees from 30 countries. http://www.eutelsat.com




Eutelsat Communications

CONTACT: Press: Vanessa O'Connor, Tel: +33-1-53-98-37-91, voconnor@eutelsat.fr. Frédérique Gautier, Tel: +33-1-53 98 37 91, fgautier@eutelsat.fr. Marie-Sophie Ecuer, Tel: + 33 1 53 98 37 91, mecuer@eutelsat.fr. Investors and analysts: Lisa Finas, Tel: +33 1 53 98 35 30, investors@eutelsat-communications.com. Leonard Wapler, Tel. : +33 1 53 98 31 07, investors@eutelsat-communications.com.


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