Intelsat's IPTV Platform Enhances Distribution of Video to Cruise Ships

Pembroke, Bermuda, 11 April 2008

Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced today that Intelsat IPTV has been selected as a distribution platform for programming to cruise ships in the Americas.

Wave Entertainment Network™, a wholly owned subsidiary of SeaMobile® Enterprises, contracted with Intelsat to provide Wave's industry-leading satellite television via Intelsat's IPTV platform to cruise ships in certain regions of the world.

Wave Entertainment Network is delivering an at-sea and remote location viewing experience rivaling land-based services at home. The Wave network is the first multi-channel, interactive television platform ever to be distributed to passenger cruise ships in all ocean regions around the world. Wave offers abundant content with superior digital picture quality via the satellite delivered Intelsat IPTV system. The system is fully operational and the first ship, Oceania Cruises Insignia, has been deployed.

Intelsat's Galaxy 13/Horizons 1 satellite located at 127 degrees West, along with Intelsat's IPTV Super Headend at its Mountainside Teleport facility in Maryland will be the primary transmitters of Wave's channel lineup to the ships in the Americas. Wave's system will utilize existing on-board tracking C-band antennas to receive the content.

"Wave Entertainment Network is the first to serve the cruise industry with multi-channel, interactive television. Such diverse entertainment and communications offerings demand seamless, global connectivity and we continue to find those elements within the Intelsat global network of satellite and teleport facilities," said Larry Lemoine, President of Wave Entertainment Network. "Wave Entertainment's television line-up allows guests on cruise ships to experience all of the entertainment choices that they could expect on land. Intelsat's IPTV high-quality distribution platform is not only a leading offering today but it also provides us an opportunity to enhance our service as our business grows."

"With Intelsat IPTV, customers such as Wave Entertainment, receive a wholesale MPEG-4 content aggregation and delivery service that provides flexibility, ability to tailor a solution, cost-savings and high quality programming," said Michael DeMarco, Intelsat's Vice President, Video Services. "Within the past few years, the maritime industry has seen a growing trend of adopting more always-on communications solutions and more diverse entertainment packages-both which can be seamlessly delivered via the Intelsat IPTV platform."

About Wave Entertainment
Wave Entertainment Network TV offers a diverse, like-at-home broadcast line-up of programming including: satellite TV, video-on-demand, live sports, special interest, kid-focused, live national news, adult programs, and live special events programming. The system uses a combination of satellite technology and special caching technology that allows viewers to experience live events and network programming in time slots they are accustomed to seeing. For more information, go to www.waveentertainment.net and www.seamobile.com.

About SeaMobile Enterprises
SeaMobile Enterprises is the dominant global service provider of at-sea communications, connectivity and content services. Our VSAT solutions are delivered by the industry leader, MTN Satellite Services, a division of SeaMobile specializing in the maritime industry. Our global VSAT satellite communications network offers the reliability that only "Always On - Always Available" systems can provide. Over 350 vessels worldwide, including most cruise ships, the government and military, private yachts, ferries, the offshore energy industry, and commercial shipping customers depend on our voice and data networks to keep people connected anywhere in the world. Our premier services include remote access for Internet, fixed and mobile phones, fax, television, on-board newspapers, and direct payroll deposit. For more information, visit www.seamobile.com.

About Intelsat
Intelsat is the leading provider of fixed satellite services (FSS) worldwide, 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 globalization of content, broadband, telecom, HD and IPTV fueling 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.

Intelsat press release