The new 40-transponder Ku-band bird will be delivered to Eutelsat in second quarter 2002. In addition to a SuperWidebeam over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, it will be equipped with two steerable spotbeams that will be pointed outside Europe to support Eutelsat's expansion in new geographical markets.

The rapid delivery of the new satellite (called HOT BIRD* 7) underpins Eutelsat's strategy to raise the level of in-orbit security it provides to client broadcasters who are running subscription-based home entertainment packages and free-to-air broadcasting services via 13 degrees East.

More than 81 million homes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East receive television delivered by the HOT BIRD TM satellites, either via direct-to-home reception (24 million homes) or a local cable network (58 million homes).

Giuliano Berretta, Eutelsat Director General commented on the new contract, "Having built a satellite broadcasting platform that has attracted media companies from around the world, a prime concern for Eutelsat is to support their business with an in-orbit network that is regularly being enhanced and strengthened.

This new HOT BIRD* satellite demonstrates this commitment and will also enable us to continue our geographical expansion outside Europe and to begin to redeploy existing HOT BIRDs* at other orbital locations".

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