Intelsat Carries Live Broadcasts of 100th Le Tour de France

Date: 22 July 2003
Release Number: 2003 - 27



Intelsat Carries Live Broadcasts of 100th Le Tour de France

London, U.K., 22 July 2003 - Millions of North American viewers are enjoying
almost three hours of live daily coverage of this year's centennial Le Tour
de France via Intelsat's video network. The Outdoor Life Television Network
(OLN), the rights holder for Le Tour de France, began broadcast of the event
at its 4 July onset, and will continue to transmit coverage using Intelsat
until the completion of the race on 27 July.

Using mounted motorcycle cameras and a transportable SNG (mobile satellite
uplink) contracted from Kingston inmedia to follow the riders in France,
Intelsat is providing and managing the entire transmission of the race
content live from the antenna to its satellite located at 335ºE, and
backhauling it to the Outdoor Life Network's studios in the U.S. for
broadcast.

"For the OLN to successfully provide live daily coverage we needed an
operator with a reputation for offering the best transmissions, easy booking
and high quality customer service," said Peter Sumpf, OLN Vice President of
Network Operations. "The OLN is committed to providing our viewers with the
most engaging and exciting live coverage of Le Tour de France, and we needed
a provider whose high-quality transmissions would add value to our
broadcast."

"Providing live coverage of a huge sporting event like Le Tour de France,
especially in its 100th year, certainly validates our worldwide reputation
for being a well trusted, respected and reliable distributor of content,"
said Jon Romm, President, Intelsat Media & Entertainment Business Unit. "We
have decades of experience doing this, having transmitted every Olympics
since 1968, and know that OLN's trust in our capabilities is why they came
directly to Intelsat."

Mike Walsh, Head of Sales at Kingston inmedia, said, "We're delighted to
have been selected by Intelsat for this year's event. It demonstrates the
strong relationship that our companies have and confirms Kingston as a major
and trustworthy provider of satellite video services in Europe."



About Intelsat

Intelsat, Ltd. offers telephony, corporate network, video and Internet
solutions around the globe via capacity on 26 geosynchronous satellites in
prime orbital locations. Customers in approximately 200 countries rely on
Intelsat satellites and ground resources for quality connections, global
reach and reliability. For more information, visit www.intelsat.com.



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