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Adventist Television Network to Join AMC-4
PRINCETON, NJ – June 5, 2003 – SES AMERICOM, an SES GLOBAL Company (Luxembourg and Frankfurt Stock Exchange: SESG), announced today that Maryland based Adventist Television Network (ATN) has signed a multi-year agreement for Ku-band distribution of their U.S. television service on their AMC-4 satellite. Adventist Television Network, a division of the World Conference of Seventh Day Adventist Church, will provide spiritual as well as public health and education programming beginning immediately.
“We welcome the addition of Adventist Television Network to the growing neighborhood of religious programmers on AMC-4,” Carl Capista,
AMERICOM’s Vice President, Media and Entertainment Services said.
“ATN’s commitment to high quality, non-political faith-based broadcast
programming adds a much-appreciated television choice to families in
the U.S.”
Brad Thorp, President/CEO of Adventist Television Network, said, “We are
thrilled to take this step in providing Adventist programming to homes
throughout the U.S. The operational quality of AMERICOM and the location
of AMC-4 made it an obvious choice for the distribution of our programming.”
AMC-4 is a hybrid C/Ku-band satellite that became fully operational in
January 2000 at 101(degree) W.L. AMC-4 carries twenty-four 36 MHz
20-watt C-band transponders, committed to broadcast and cable-oriented
services providing fifty state, Canadian, Mexican and Caribbean coverage. In
addition, the spacecraft has twenty-four 36 MHz 110-watt Ku-band
transponders providing Americas-wide coverage. Each Ku-band transponder
is switchable between North America and South America, fully supporting
two-way communication throughout the Americas. AMC-4 also has four
72 MHz transponders in the extended Ku-band that are able to support inter-American communications.
About Adventist Television Network (www.adventist.tv)
Adventist Television Network has been a business network for the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Operation began in 1995 establishing 678 reception sites within the Seventh-Day Adventist Church organization in North America with only two professional media centers in the organization. Today ATN has close to thirty centers involved in production for broadcast through ATN. In 1997, ATN began 24/7 broadcasting in Latin America. Currently ATN has over 14,000 reception sites worldwide in its business network plus a cable and DTH audience in Latin America. Starting in 2002, ATN began transitioning to a direct to home audience as part of a global strategy.
About SES AMERICOM
With 30 years' experience, SES AMERICOM, Inc. is recognized as a pioneer and leading provider of global satellite communications services currently operating 15 spacecraft in orbital positions providing service throughout the Americas, across Europe, over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and throughout Asia. As a member of the SES GLOBAL family, AMERICOM is able to provide end-to-end telecommunications solutions to any region in the world. SES AMERICOM's key customers include ABC Radio Networks, AT&T Alascom, AOL TimeWarner, British Telecom, Deutsche Welle, Discovery, Fox, TV Guide/Gemstar, Gannett, HBO, Hughes Network Systems, Merlin, NBC, The New York Times, NHK, PaxNet, PBS, TELE Greenland, TV Europa, Verestar, and Viacom.
Through its two operating companies, AMERICOM and ASTRA, SES GLOBAL has a fleet of 28 satellites and can deliver broadband satellite services to more than 90% of the world's population. In addition, SES GLOBAL's strategic partnerships and participations in AsiaSat, NSAB, Star One, AMERICOM Asia-Pacific and Nahuelsat combine to give entertainment, telecommunications, Internet, news and enterprise customers access to a fleet of 41 satellites.
For more information, contact:
Monica Morgan, SES AMERICOM, 609-987-4143
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