Intelsat release
Worldwide "LIVE 8" Concerts to be Transmitted Via Intelsat Satellites
Intelsat-donated satellite capacity enabling five mega-concerts to be
viewed by over two billion viewers
Pembroke, Bermuda, 30 June 2005
Intelsat today announced it is donating satellite transmission
contribution services to broadcast all five LIVE 8 mega-concerts to more
than two billion expected viewers on July 2nd, 2005. Intelsat is teaming
with Siemens Business Services to provide LIVE 8 concert programming to
dozens of broadcast rights-holders around the globe.
LIVE 8's simultaneous free concerts will include international rock and
pop artists performing in London, Paris, Berlin, Rome and Philadelphia.
Hundreds of thousands are expected to attend the concerts, with billions
more watching the international broadcasts. Venues include London's Hyde
Park, the Palais de Versailles in Paris, Philadelphia's Museum of Art,
Berlin's historic Brandenburg Gate and the Circus Maximus in Rome. More
information on LIVE 8 can be found at www.live8live.com.
Ramu Potarazu, COO of Intelsat Ltd., noted, "For more than 40 years,
Intelsat's affordable and reliable broadband, telecom and media services
have been supporting infrastructure development and improving the lives
of people in developing nations around the globe. Intelsat's
contribution of satellite communications services to LIVE 8 is a fitting
demonstration of our ongoing commitment to meeting these nations'
communications requirements."
Intelsat is the only global satellite leader to provide coverage of
every Olympic Games since 1968. Intelsat supports broadcasters of major
events, including the World Cup, by leveraging its portfolio of
GlobalConnex Media services. GlobalConnex Media provides customers a
single-source, worldwide, hybrid distribution network optimized for
assured door-to-door delivery of sporting, entertainment and news events
anywhere around the world.
About Intelsat
Intelsat is a global communications provider offering flexible and
secure services to customers in more than 220 countries and territories.
Intelsat has maintained a leadership position for more than 40 years by
distributing video, voice and data for television and content providers,
government and military entities, major corporations, telecommunications
carriers and Internet service providers. Intelsat's reach, power and
expanding solutions portfolio deliver information reliably and quickly
to every corner of the globe.
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