Intelsat Partners
With Pangea Day For Live Broadcast Spanning Five Continents
(8 May 2008) Intelsat, Ltd., the
world's leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced today its
agreement to supply the global satellite capacity for the contribution and
broadcast distribution of Pangea Day.
Pangea Day is a global
film event, which endeavours to bring the world together and promote
understanding and compassion through film. On 10 May 2008 - Pangea Day - at
18:00 GMT, when millions of people gather to watch the live program, event
organisers will use Intelsat to beam this global event to the world.
As
the official satellite capacity sponsor, Intelsat will use its industry-leading
network of satellite and terrestrial facilities for collection and distribution
of Pangea Day's short films, inspirational talks and musical performances. The
event will be co-ordinated live from six locations-Cairo, Kigali, London, Los
Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro-and broadcast in seven languages. The
content will then be transmitted to thousands of movie theatres and registered
"Friends of Pangea Day" watch parties in more than 100 countries.
As a
result, film enthusiasts will experience a global event that will feature 24
short films selected from an international competition, coupled with talks from
CNN's Christiane Amanpour and Queen Noor of Jordan, among numerous others. The
program will also feature live music, including performances by Bob Geldof, The
Eurythmics' Dave Stewart and Iranian rock band Hypernova.
During the
event, Intelsat will collect and transport program feeds from three venues to
the production centre in Los Angeles. The live content will then be delivered
to Intelsat's teleports in Napa, California, Fuchstadt, Germany and Ellenwood,
Georgia, for distribution through Intelsat's industry-leading video
neighbourhoods serving North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, East Asia
and Asia-Pacific.
"The complexities of producing a global event such as
Pangea Day are significantly reduced when all of the required contribution and
distribution connections are available from a single, integrated source," said
Michael Olmstead, Executive Producer of Pangea Day. "We thank Intelsat for its
technical and capacity contributions to our event."
"Globalisation of
live content will transform what audiences view and how programming is
distributed in a world of multimedia, on-demand needs," said Ron Rosenthal,
Intelsat's Regional Vice President, Broadcast Services. "Producers of global
events continue to seek out Intelsat because of our infrastructure, which
enables seamless, reliable content transmissions from and to every continent
and makes such live broadcasts successful. We are pleased to sponsor the Pangea
Day event, and deliver this content to a global audience via the Intelsat
network."
About Pangea Day
Inspired by the 2006 TED (Technology,
Entertainment, Design) Prize wish of documentary filmmaker Jehane Noujaim,
Pangea Day endeavours to bring the world together and promote understanding and
tolerance through film. Pangea Day is a celebration of what unites us, rather
than what divides us. Movies can't change the world. But the people who watch
them can. After May 10, Pangea Day organisers will facilitate
community-building activities around the world by connecting inspired viewers
with organisations doing groundbreaking work.
About
Intelsat
Intelsat is the leading provider of fixed satellite services
(FSS) world-wide, delivering advanced transmission access for information and
entertainment to many of the world's leading media and network companies,
multinational corporations, Internet service providers and governmental
agencies. Intelsat also offers seamless service for voice, data and video
transmission unmatched in the industry. With the globalisation of content,
broadband, telecom, HD and IPTV fuelling next-generation growth, the
ever-expanding universe of satellite services are the cornerstones of today's
Intelsat. Real-time, advanced communications with people anywhere in the world
is closer, by far.
(source: Intelsat)
