Intelsat to Transmit HD Olympics Across Europe for the European Broadcasting Union

PEMBROKE, Bermuda--(Business Wire)--
Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of commercial
satellite services and the only global satellite operator to provide
coverage of every Olympic Games since 1968, announced that the
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has signed a multi-transponder deal
for the video carriage of the 2008 Summer Games to Europe.

The EBU will use C-/Ku-band cross-strap capacity on the Intelsat
706 satellite, located at 50.2 degrees East, to distribute the all
high-definition event to its members. The EBU, of which a large
proportion of the major European broadcasters are members, provides a
full range of network services, including but not limited to HD
transmissions to broadband video carriage.

"By using Intelsat to deliver the Summer Games, we are confident
that our members will benefit from the reliable service Intelsat
offers when it comes to large scale events," said Stefan Kurten,
Director of the Eurovision Operations Department.

"We are the only satellite operator able to offer cross-strapped
C-band uplink and Ku-band downlink capacity from Beijing, enabling
direct Ku-band reception into Europe for the EBU," said Jean-Philippe
Gillet, Intelsat's Regional Vice President, Europe & Middle East. "The
2008 Summer Games provides another milestone in Intelsat's unsurpassed
track record in successfully supporting live, global HD
transmissions."

Intelsat's Industry-leading Services for the Summer Olympics

Intelsat will be on site in Beijing providing managed services to
both the rights holding and non-rights holding broadcasters. Services
will include:

-- Managed platforms for encoding and multiplexing,

-- Transmission services via the Intelsat global network to
virtually any destination in the world,

-- Managed fiber services,

-- Turn-around services on the Intelsat network to include
standards conversion, re-mux and data/IP,

-- Live shot position, with backdrop of the Olympic Stadium and
Olympic Green,

-- Multi-format tape play-out services, and

-- Feed point connected to a fixed uplink in Beijing.

Come see Intelsat exhibiting at CommunicAsia 2008 in booth 6E2-07.

About Intelsat

Intelsat is the leading provider of fixed satellite services (FSS)
worldwide, delivering information and entertainment for many of the
world's leading media and network companies, multinational
corporations, Internet service providers and governmental agencies.
Intelsat's satellite, teleport and fiber infrastructure is unmatched
in the industry, setting the standard for advanced transmissions of
video, data and voice services. With the globalization of content,
broadband, telecom, HD and IPTV fueling next-generation growth, the
ever-expanding universe of satellite communications is the cornerstone
of today's Intelsat. Real-time, advanced communications with people
anywhere in the world is closer, by far.

Intelsat Safe Harbor Statement: Some of the statements in this
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2007 and Intelsat's other periodic reports filed with the U.S.
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caution. Intelsat does not undertake any obligation to update or
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.

Intelsat
Nick Mitsis, +1 202-944-7044
nick.mitsis@intelsat.com

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