PanAmSat Extends its Global Hybrid Network Thru Fiber Agreement with ST Teleport
June 15 2004 - 10:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
PanAmSat Extends its Global Hybrid Network Thru Fiber Agreement
with ST Teleport Two Additional Fiber Links Between Singapore and
the United States Enhance PanAmSat's Hybrid Solution for
International Broadcasters SINGAPORE, June 15
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PanAmSat Corporation (NASDAQ:SPOT) today
announced the signing of a fiber interconnectivity agreement with
ST Teleport, a leading full-service satellite communications
solution provider based in Singapore. The recently signed agreement
extends the reach of the PanAmSat global network from Singapore to
California increasing the Company's ability to deliver its
customers' programming via satellite and fiber to and from the
Asia-Pacific and North American regions. "PanAmSat's alliance with
ST Teleport substantially boosts our already extensive footprint by
directly connecting the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions to
the United States for the seamless exchange of international
programming," said Mike Antonovich, executive vice president for
global sales and marketing, PanAmSat. "PanAmSat's ability to
customize and optimize our satellite and fiber network is a prime
example of how we work to find the best solution possible for our
customers as well as improve service and reliability." ST Teleport
owns and operates a technical facility in Singapore with existing
ties to PanAmSat's Pacific Ocean region and Indian Ocean region
satellites which are: PAS-2, PAS-4, PAS-7, PAS-8 and PAS-10.
PanAmSat's customers are now able to utilize the fiber between
Singapore and Los Angeles, with an additional link between Los
Angeles and PanAmSat's Napa, California teleport. "ST Teleport is
excited to be a part of PanAmSat's global satellite and fiber
network," said Way Kiat Wee, managing director of ST Teleport.
"Customers today demand high-quality cost-effective delivery of
their content on a global basis. This alliance enables ST Teleport
to fulfill such demands by leveraging on the synergies created
through this strategic relationship." The network extension from
Singapore offers customers an alternative as well as a more direct
route for the distribution of content to the 10,000 U.S. cable
headends that receive programming via PanAmSat. And, with
programming transported from PanAmSat's teleport in Napa to the ST
Teleport in Singapore by transpacific fiber, broadcasters and cable
operators in the U.S. will gain improved access to PanAmSat
satellites in the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean regions. This
greater ease of access allows international broadcasters to more
easily use PanAmSat's global network as a platform for the
distribution of ethnic programming including sports, news and
entertainment. About PanAmSat PanAmSat Corporation (NASDAQ:SPOT) is
one of the world's top three satellite operators managing a global
fleet of 29 satellites, 24 of which are wholly-owned by the
Company, for the delivery of news, sports and other television
programming. In total, this fleet is capable of reaching more than
98 percent of the world's population through cable television
systems, broadcast affiliates, direct-to-home operators, Internet
service providers and telecommunications companies. In addition,
PanAmSat supports the largest concentration of satellite-based
business networks in the U.S., as well as specialized
communications services in remote areas throughout the world.
PanAmSat is 80.5 percent owned by The DIRECTV Group Inc. For more
information, visit the company's web site at
http://www.panamsat.com/. The DIRECTV Group, Inc. The DIRECTV
Group, Inc. (NYSE:DTV) formerly Hughes Electronics Corp. (NYSE:HS),
is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel television
entertainment, broadband satellite networks and services, and
global video and data broadcasting. The DIRECTV Group, Inc. is 34
percent owned by Fox Entertainment Group, which is approximately 82
percent owned by News Corporation Ltd. About ST Teleport ST
Teleport, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Technologies
Telemedia, is a full-service satellite solution provider that
connects businesses and distributes video content seamlessly and
reliably through a diverse network of major satellite systems,
terrestrial network infrastructures and Internet exchanges. ST
Teleport, through its Earth Station Complex in Singapore with more
than 20 satellite antennae, serves Asia's broadcasting,
telecommunications and corporate markets, supporting television
networks and providing satellite communications and value-added
services. Services include satellite uplink/ downlink, programme
origination, satellite news gathering, international gateway,
regional VSAT, IP Multicast, and other broadcast services. For more
information, visit http://www.stteleport.com/ . DATASOURCE:
PanAmSat Corporation CONTACT: Kathryn Lancioni of PanAmSat
Corporation, +1-203-210-8649, or ; or Wee Way Kiat of ST Teleport,
+65-6770-7188, or Web site: http://www.panamsat.com/
http://www.stteleport.com/
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