PanAmSat Delivers the Summer Games In Athens to Latin American Broadcasters and Around the World Leading Broadcasters Use PanAmSat Fleet to Deliver More Than 10,000 Hours of Coverage AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PanAmSat Corporation today announced it had successfully completed 17 days of programming distribution for the summer games held in Athens, Greece, supporting members of the Organizacion de Telecomunicaciones Iberoamericanas (OTI) and other top broadcasters in 30 countries around the world. In total, PanAmSat's global hybrid satellite and fiber network delivered more than 10,000 hours of live coverage and recorded highlights of the games to viewers in Asia, Europe, Africa and throughout the Americas. "PanAmSat is a key distributor of sporting events worldwide and has supported the games ever since they were held in Barcelona, Spain in 1992. That is just one of the reasons broadcasters around the world and organizations such as the OTI turn to PanAmSat for reliable and secure delivery of their coverage," said Carmen Gonzalez-Sanfeliu, vice president, Latin America operations, PanAmSat. "PanAmSat's global PASport network and its experienced special events team played a significant role in enabling countries on five continents to share in the XXVIII games from their birthplace." As a leading provider of capacity in Latin America, PanAmSat provided service for 45 OTI member broadcasters from 20 Latin American countries. The PAS-1R, PAS-3, PAS-9 and Galaxy 4R satellites served as bridges to the region for the programming from Athens. In total, PanAmSat offered 17 different paths for broadcasters from around the world to use in the transmission of the games to their home countries. Many international customers in addition to OTI selected PanAmSat's reliable infrastructure and the Company's numerous years of experience to deliver coverage of the games. These customers included: ABC, America TV, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Caribbean Media Corporation, Globecast, Televisa, TV Azteca, TVN Chile, Tele Red. Imagen. OTI is the main union for major broadcasters in the Latin American region and provided access to the broadcast signal to its member countries using PanAmSat's broadcast infrastructure. "The summer games are a major event that everyone wants to be able to see. OTI has been key in establishing a platform to enable our members to transmit the games to audiences in their countries," said Dario de la Pena, director of operations, OTI. "We are committed to providing world-class service to our members and PanAmSat, with its innovative broadcast solutions and support, has played a key role in serving this purpose." PanAmSat's summer games staff arrived in Greece at the beginning of July. After securing its operations facility, the team designed and operated a remote teleport with a full engineering, operations and project management group that supported our customers' live coverage and recorded highlights of the events. Customers were able to transmit programming using PanAmSat's extensive network, connecting the International Broadcast Center in Athens with their home nations. In addition, PanAmSat provided VoIP solutions that delivered voice and data connectivity for customers. PanAmSat's legacy of providing coverage of major sporting events began with the 1992 summer games in Barcelona, Spain and has included every summer and winter games since. In addition, PanAmSat has distributed programming for football, cricket and rugby World Cups, Pan American Games, Copa Americas, baseball World Series, Super Bowls, marathons from around the globe and a multitude of domestic and international sports tournaments. About PanAmSat Through its owned and operated fleet of 24 satellites, PanAmSat is a leading global provider of video, broadcasting and network distribution and delivery services. In total, the Company's in-orbit fleet is capable of reaching over 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. For more information, visit the Company's web site at http://www.panamsat.com/. DATASOURCE: PanAmSat Corporation CONTACT: Kathryn Lancioni, PanAmSat Corporation, media/investors, +1-203-210-8649 Web site: http://www.panamsat.com/

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