NEWSLETTERS

C Music chooses EUROBIRD™ 9 to broadcast Europe-wide

C Music - C for Classical, C for Cinema and C for Chillout. C Music, the channel that broadcasts exclusive music videos 24 hours a day, starts broadcasting on Eutelsat’s EUROBIRD™ 9 satellite on 30 October 2007. The powerful EUROBIRD™ 9 satellite, located at 9° East, will make the channel available to the bouquets of cable, satellite and IPTV operators for delivery in Portugal, Romania, the Czech Republic, the Baltic countries and elsewhere.

The channel, which started in England, covers three different themes: classical music, original movie soundtracks, and “chillout-lounge” music. Produced in a “pop” channel format with short segments and sequences, C Music is the new shop window for Symphonic Classical Music, adopting a unique approach that is totally different from the way in which the subject is normally treated.

C Music has chosen THEMA as its sole agent for distribution worldwide and has already negotiated the channel’s availability in Asia using Eutelsat’s W5 satellite at 70.5° East.

For more information: www.thematv.com

LUXE.TV strengthens its pan-european distribution with EUROBIRD™ 9

LUXE.TV, the free-to-air channel focused on the world of luxury, has chosen Eutelsat’s EUROBIRD™ 9 satellite to strengthen its pan-European distribution network. Broadcasting in high definition, the channel will benefit from the satellite’s powerful direct-to-home reception, and wide coverage of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Located at 9° East, EUROBIRD™ 9’s proximity to the HOT BIRD™ satellites at 13° East, enables households equipped for direct-to-home satellite reception to receive channels at both positions using one antenna with a dual-feed LNB. For Jean-Baptiste Stock, General Manager of LUXE.TV, “EUROBIRD™ 9 enables LUXE.TV to both enlarge the direct reception of our channels, thanks to the double reception of 9° East and 13° East, while strengthening signals delivered to cable head-ends and IPTV. Enhancing the reliability of our services to the Middle East and Asia also enables us to ensure the smooth development of LUXE.TV in these key regions.”

Broadcast in German, English, French, Italian and Russian, LUXE.TV has direct access to more than 336 million viewers in Europe, Russia, the Middle East and North Africa. Programmes are produced entirely in High Definition by teams based in 15 capitals around the world and broadcast in High definition and Standard definition.

Where to find LUXE.TV on EUROBIRD™ 9:

Position: 9° East
Frequency: 11 804 MHz
Polarisation: Vertical

For more information: www.luxe.tv

Growing Montenegro TV commnity on W2

Over the past few months, Eutelsat has seen a growing community of Montenegrin channels on its W2 satellite at 16 degrees East, with three Montenegrin television channels and two radio stations now broadcasting via the satellite. The latest addition is public broadcaster Radio Television of Montenegro (RTCG), who recently launched its international channel RTCG Sat on W2, via global content management company GlobeCast. Using W2’s powerful coverage over central Europe and the Balkans, the broadcaster can reach homes throughout the country and region, enabling viewers to benefit from digital reception and expatriate communities to stay in touch with the country’s news and culture.

This month also sees the launch of TOTAL TV’s latest country-specific package. TOTAL TV Montenegro will include regional channel Atlas TV, as well as Pink M, the Montenegrin channel from Serbia’s leading commercial television and radio broadcaster. The platform also offers well-known international broadcasting brands including Viasat History, Discovery Channel, BBC Prime and Eurosport.

SBB is the leading operator of cable and satellite services in Serbia and throughout former Yugoslavia, with more than 500,000 subscribers through cable, DTH and broadband in Serbia and Montenegro alone. Today, the company offers over 50 digital TV and radio channels via Eutelsat's W2 satellite.

For more information: www.globecast.com, www.sbb.co.yu

VMMa (Vlaamse Media Maatschappij) renews capacity on W2 for ENEX news organisation

Belgium’s VMMa (Vlaamse Media Maatschappij) has inked with Eutelsat a three-year lease for 72 MHZ of capacity on the W2 satellite at 16 degrees East. The capacity on W2 is used by the news cooperative ENEX (European News Exchange) which was founded in 1994 by VMMa, CLT, RTL Television, CBS and Sky News. ENEX is a news exchange organisation that delivers footage and transmission services for SNG (satellite news gathering) operations. The exchange now numbers 32 members across Europe, as well as TBS in Tokyo and CBS in the USA. ENEX manages 10 permanent digital channels via its capacity on W2 and clocked 27,000 hours of transmissions in 2006, mostly booked in 10-minute time slots. Additional ad hoc capacity is also leased during breaking news and special events.

For more information: www.vmma.be, www.enex.lu

BBC Global Channels boosts Poland’s Polsat platform with four flagship channels

December 2 marks the launch on Poland’s Polsat pay-TV platform of four channels from its portfolio of 18 wholly-owned and joint venture channels. The four thematic channels to be exclusively available via Polsat's platform are BBC Entertainment, BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle and the children’s channel CBeebies. With a subscriber base of 1.8 million satellite homes, Polsat’s pay-TV platform, Cyfrowy Polsat, distributes from Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD™ neighbourhood. Launched in 2000, the platform today broadcasts almost 60 television channels and nine radio stations across Poland.

Cyfrowy Polsat has also begun trialling its first HDTV channel, Polsat Sport HD, which is expected to make its official satellite debut on November 2.

For more information:
www.bbcworldwide.com/globalchannels.htm
www.cyfrowypolsat.pl

Simply TV joins BSkyB platform via GlobeCast capacity on EUROBIRD™ 1

Digital entertainment company Simply Media has expanded its online entertainment and lifestyle channel Simply TV with the recent launch on Sky’s digital platform using GlobeCast’s technical facilities and capacity on Eutelsat’s EUROBIRD™ 1. The move allows SKY subscribers throughout the UK and Ireland to view the latest news, tips and interviews from the worlds of beauty, cooking, films and show business. Originally launched as an online ‘video on demand’ service, Simply TV showcases all of Simply Media’s specialist channels, including The Baby Channel, BeautyZone TV, Avenue11.com and Simply Entertainment. Viewers are also invited to submit homemade videos to the channel for broadcast consideration. GlobeCast has created a bespoke solution for Simply TV which includes fibre connectivity from the BT Tower to GlobeCast’s London Technical Operations Centre at Brookman’s Park , where the signals are encrypted and uplinked to the Sky Digital platform to EUROBIRD™ 1.

The newest addition to GlobeCast’s platform on EUROBIRD™ 1 joins more than 100 video channels and eleven radio channels that GlobeCast hosts on the platform, including major television broadcasters such as Al-Jazeera International, Setanta, Portland TV, ESPN and Horse & Country.

For more information: www.globecast.com, www.simply.tv