Hughes Mobile IP Terminal Key to CNN's Emmy Winning Satellite Newsgathering Solution

Hughes Mobile IP Terminal Key to CNN's Emmy Winning Satellite Newsgathering
Solution
CNN Awarded Technology & Engineering Award by National Television Academy of
Arts & Sciences

GERMANTOWN, Md., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC
(Hughes), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and solutions,
announced today that its 9201 mobile satellite IP terminal, which operates
over the Inmarsat BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) system, is part of the
CNN satellite newsgathering solution honored by the National Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences. The Technology and Engineering Emmy award was
announced recently at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las
Vegas.
The CNN team was awarded the Emmy for "development and implementation of
an integrated and portable IP-based live, edit, and store-and-forward digital
newsgathering system." The Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards honor
excellence in advances in the use, creativity, and adaptation of technology
that enhances or improves the consumer experience with media across multiple
platforms.
"We are very proud to be part of the CNN team honored with an Emmy Award,"
said Graham Avis, vice president at Hughes. "Our high-speed and compact 9201
BGAN mobile terminal enables reporters to deliver streaming news as events
unfold- packaged together in a small backpack including Streambox(R) equipment
and battery power, and easily set-up to operate in even the most remote
locations."
Operating over Inmarsat's BGAN system, which provides connectivity to more
than 80 percent of the world's population and land mass via satellite, the
Hughes 9201 terminal streamlines the process of live media feeds, replacing
what in the past amounted to a truck-full of equipment. The CNN winning
solution also incorporates a portable encoder from Streambox, which encodes
and decodes video footage in real time, providing superior video quality at
low data rates. By combining the Streambox equipment with the Hughes 9201
terminal, much higher bandwidth and transmission speeds are achieved than with
previous mobile satellite technology.
About CNN Worldwide
CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time
Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach
extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-
based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN
Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN
Newsource, the world's most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic
international partnerships within both television and the digital media.
About Inmarsat
Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT) is the leading provider of global mobile
satellite communications. Since 1979, Inmarsat has been providing reliable
voice and high-speed data communications to governments, enterprises and other
organisations, with a range of services that can be used on land, at sea or in
the air. The company's services are delivered through a global network of
more than 500 distribution partners and service providers operating in 180
countries. For the year ended 31 December 2006, Inmarsat plc had total
revenue of US$ 500.1 million. More information can be found at
www.inmarsat.com.
About Streambox, Inc.
Streambox is a market leader in newsgathering and video transport
solutions for all real-time and store-and-forward broadcast and broadband
applications. The company provides best-of-class encoding, decoding, and
transmission over IP and satellite networks. Streambox ACT-L3(TM) solutions
have been specifically developed to meet the performance, reliability, and
quality requirements of a diverse range of customers, such as broadcasters,
government agencies, enterprises and individuals worldwide. The robust family
of ACT-L3 solutions provides unrivaled video quality at low data rates.
Streambox's innovative error correction and bandwidth shaping technologies
enable users to manage, control, and mitigate packet loss and correct
irregularities common to video delivery over satellite and IP/T1/E1 networks.
Learn more at www.streambox.com.
About Hughes Network Systems
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) is the global leader in providing
broadband satellite networks and services for large enterprises, governments,
small businesses, and consumers. HughesNet(R) encompasses all broadband
solutions and managed services from Hughes, bridging the best of satellite and
terrestrial technologies. Hughes has shipped more than 1.2 million systems to
customers in over 100 countries. Its broadband satellite products are based on
the IPoS (IP over Satellite) global standard, approved by the TIA, ETSI, and
ITU standards organizations.
Headquartered outside Washington, D.C., in Germantown, Maryland, USA,
Hughes maintains sales and support offices worldwide. Hughes is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Hughes Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: HUGH). For additional
information, please visit www.hughes.com.
Hughes and HughesNet are registered trademarks of Hughes Network Systems,
LLC. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Judy Blake Donna Armstrong-Taylor
Hughes Network Systems Brodeur
(301) 601-7330 (202) 775-2650
jblake@hns.com dtaylor@brodeur.com

SOURCE Hughes Network Systems, LLC

Judy Blake of Hughes Network Systems, +1-301-601-7330, jblake@hns.com; Donna
Armstrong-Taylor of Brodeur, +1-202-775-2650, dtaylor@brodeur.com