SES Americom release
Six Additional Network Groups Join Total Digital Solution From Comcast
Media Center And SES AMERICOM
Combined Total Digital And Hits Platform Provides Cable Operators Over
200 High Quality Digital Video And Audio Services
Denver, Col. and Princeton, N.J., August 15, 2006 - Six additional
television network groups representing ten East and West Coast feeds
have signed up for network transport aboard the Comcast Media Center
(CMC) and SES AMERICOM Total Digital Solution, the two companies
announced today.
The Total Digital Solution combines the CMC's content management
capabilities with SES AMERICOM's 50-state AMC-4 satellite to provide
networks with greater potential for additional penetration in cable
systems deploying digital simulcast or all digital service. The CMC's
all-digital platform features secured authorization, optimized DPI
triggers and high-quality video and audio.
The newly added channels include television networks operated by A&E
Television Networks (A&E® Network, The History Channel®), Hallmark
(Hallmark Channel), Jewelry Television, ION Media Networks (Pax TV),
Oxygen Media (Oxygen), and WGN (Superstation WGN).
Television networks that have previously signed up for transport aboard
the Total Digital Solution include Comcast's content networks and
investments (AZN Television, E! Entertainment Television, G4, The Golf
Channel, PBS KIDS Sprout, The Style Network, TV One), and channels
operated by C-SPAN (C-SPAN, C-SPAN 2), EWTN Global Catholic Network, The
Inspiration Network, Lifetime Networks (Lifetime Television, LMN),
Scripps Networks (HGTV, Food Network and Great American Country "GAC”),
and TBN – Trinity Broadcasting Network.
"The expansion of channels available via the Total Digital Solution
provides numerous benefits to both the participating networks and their
cable system affiliates,” said Gary Traver, COO of Comcast Media Center.
"For the industry's programming networks, Total Digital represents a
cost-effective and complementary distribution method for reaching their
affiliates. For cable operators, our Total Digital Solution offers a
highly efficient means for launching all-digital service in their
markets by shifting much of the investment, maintenance and quality
assurance for digital compression to a company that's been providing
this service to the industry for over 12 years.”
"SES AMERICOM is proud to be working with the Comcast Media Center to
deliver the innovative Total Digital Solution platform,” said Bryan
McGuirk, president of media solutions for SES AMERICOM. "Our joint
commitment to the ongoing digital channel expansion aboard the Total
Digital Solution continues to make it a very compelling solution for the
programming community and cable operators.”
When fully deployed, the basic and expanded basic channels aboard the
CMC/SES AMERICOM Total Digital Solution will combine with more than 150
digital video and audio services offered via the CMC's HITS (Headend In
The Sky) digital overlay platform to provide a choice of over 200 video
and audio services encompassing the majority of programming services
currently offered by cable system operators.
ABOUT COMCAST MEDIA CENTER
Denver-based Comcast Media Center (CMC), a business unit of Comcast
Cable, continues a 12-year-tradition of developing and launching digital
content services for the industry. CMC currently serves more than 400
MSOs operating over 3,000 regional and standalone cable headends,
originates 79 TV channels and provides video transmission for 445
full-time services. The CMC's Total Content Solution includes a Total
Digital Solution (TDS) that combines digital feeds of basic and expanded
basic programming services with its Headend In The Sky (HITS) lineup of
over 150 digital video and audio channels; a national Video On Demand
(VOD) platform; an Advertising Distribution Network (ADN) for centrally
managing cross channel promotions and advertising; and a rich media
streaming service for delivering IP video to PC's and portable media
devices. The CMC's content management capabilities include channel and
live event origination services in HD and standard definition; studio
and post-production; encoding; and content hosting and storage services.
ABOUT COMCAST
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is the nation's leading
provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and
services. With 21.7 million cable customers, 9.3 million high-speed
Internet customers, and 1.7 million voice customers, Comcast is
principally involved in the development, management and operation of
broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.
The Company's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment
Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, OLN, G4, AZN Television,
PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One and four regional Comcast SportsNets. The
Company also has a majority ownership in Comcast Spectacor, whose major
holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the
Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas
in Philadelphia. Comcast Class A common stock and Class A Special common
stock trade on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbols CMCSA and
CMCSK, respectively.
About SES AMERICOM
The largest supplier of satellite services in the U.S., SES AMERICOM, an
SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges:
SESG), is recognized as a pioneer of global satellite communications
services. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the launch of its first
satellite, the company today operates a fleet of 18 spacecraft in
orbital positions predominantly providing service throughout the
Americas. As a member of the SES GLOBAL family, SES AMERICOM is able to
provide end-to-end telecommunications solutions to any region of the
world via a fleet of more than 40 satellites. In addition, AMERICOM
Government Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary, is dedicated to
providing satellite-based communications solutions to both civilian and
defense agencies of the U.S. government. With its combined operations,
SES AMERICOM serves broadcasters, cable programmers, aeronautical and
maritime communications integrators, Internet service providers, mobile
communications networks, government agencies, educational institutions,
carriers and secure global data networks with efficient communication
and content distribution solutions.
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