Intelsat Provides DTH to the American Forces Radio and Television Service —AFRTS—

Business Wire, Sept 3, 2002

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2002

Intelsat, working with ARTEL, Inc, the business solutions provider, is delivering satellite direct-to-home (DTH) services through the AFRTS to individuals living in more than 15,000 households in Korea and Japan.

Intelsat's solution enables AFRTS to deliver four distinct services on six television channels, a program guide and 11 radio programming services through the American Forces Network (AFN), a worldwide radio and broadcast network, to keep Americans outside the U.S. informed of current events.

The radio stations include a primary news, talk and sports channel that broadcasts over 500 live professional and collegiate sports each year, seven music stations, Fox Sports Plus and ESPN Sport Plus. The television channels include a wide selection of the network and cable programming that is seen daily in the U.S.

"We specifically asked for Intelsat type capacity for this solution because of their strong regional coverage and high reliability," said Andreas Friedrich, Chief of Plans, Policy and Operations for AFRTS. "The quality of the Intelsat signal is excellent and exceeded expectations during the trial phase. We are planning to expand to six distinct TV services during the next few years."

Abbas Yazdani, ARTEL, Inc. President & CEO, stated, "ARTEL and Intelsat demonstrated that, working together, we could provide the best broadcast quality for AFRTS' specific DTH needs. This network serves as a great example of how we strive to continually exceed the expectations and evolving needs of broadcasters around the world."

"The Intelsat 802 not only sends powerful and clear DTH signals, but allows the AFRTS to use antennas as small as 60 centimeters," added Malcolm Campbell, Intelsat Vice President of Global Sales & Customer Support. "This is a good example of Intelsat's ability to serve the communications-specific needs of government entities around the world."

AFRTS also utilizes three other Intelsat satellites to distribute AFN and Direct-to-Sailor (DTS) services to Americans located throughout the world.

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