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BSkyB (British Sky Broadcasting) operates a digital satellite platform in the UK and Ireland. It has 6.8 million pay-tv subscribers who enjoy access to almost 215 pay channels, 100 free to air channels, over 60 radio channels, enhanced television services and interactive services such as games, shopping, banking, e-mail, betting and government e-services. Through distribution agreements with other platforms, Sky's own channels are available in over 12 millions homes in the UK and Ireland. In addition through its participation in Freeview, Sky is lending its technical, commercial and marketing expertise to the relaunch of DTT in the UK. Sheila Cassells
Head of Economic Policy
British Sky Broadcasting
6 Centaurs Business
Park Grant Way
Isleworth Middlesex
TW7 5QD
Tel: +44 20 7705 3000
Fax: +44 20 7805 7806
Stephane Merires
Institutional Relations
1 quai du Point du jour
FR - 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Tel: (+)33 1 41 41 29 67
Liberty Global Michael Bryan-Brown
81, Fulham Road,
London
SW3 6RD
NDS is a leading supplier of open end-to-end digital pay-TV solutions for the secure delivery of entertainment and information to television set-top boxes and IP devices. NDS enables broadcasters, network operators and content providers to profit from the deployment of digital TV technologies including innovative interactive applications as well as personal TV, secure broadband and datacasting solutions. Around the world, NDS VideoGuardÒ conditional access systems secure service revenues of more than $13 billion, and are used by more than 34 million subscribers. Headquartered in the UK, with offices worldwide, NDS employs over 1,400 people and continues to make a major commitment to R&D, with over 750 employees dedicated to pioneering development work at centers in Israel, China, India, and the UK. Charles Cartwright
System Architect
Four Stoneycroft Rise,
Chandler's Ford
Hampshire
SO53 3YU
Tel: +44 (0)23 8030 1507
Jim Beveridge
Director Broadcast and Broadband Policy
Microsoft House
Great Pulteney Street
London
Tel:+44 2074346554
Pace Micro Technology is a leader in digital television technology. The Company's primary focus is the development of innovative set-top box solutions for operators, broadcasters, telecommunications companies and retail markets worldwide. Pace is the world's largest dedicated developer of digital set-top box technology and the largest set-top box company in Europe, through its work with broadcasters and operators on satellite, cable, terrestrial and IP television platforms. As a result, Pace technology has been installed in over 15 million homes worldwide since the company was founded in 1982. Headquartered in the UK, with offices worldwide, Pace has over 750 engineers at sites in the UK, France, and US with its North American headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida. David Gillies
Director of Technology
Pace Micro Technology plc
Victoria Road,
Saltaire,
West Yorkshire.
BD18 3LF
Tel: (+)44 (0)1274 538 323
Fax: (+)44 (0)1274 537 098
Claudia Ladonna
Sky Italia
Via Salaria 1021
00138 Rome
Italy
Severine Fautrelle
European Affairs Adviser
Groupe CANAL+
1, place du spectacle
92863 ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX Cedex 9
Tel : + 33 1 71 35 04 96
Fax : + 33 1 71 35 14 83
Ken McCann
Director
Zetacast Limited
35 Bathwick Street
Bath
BA2 6NZ
Tel: +44 (0)1962 625347
Fax: +44 (0)1225 444259
Mobile: +44 (0)7768 71 20 41
Bertrand Wendling
Senior Manager Standards&New Technologies
Nagra France
28 rue du Colonel
Pierre Avia 75015
Paris
France
Tel: (+)33 1 70 71 60 45
Premiere is the leading pay-TV operator in Germany and Austria. Currently, a total of some eight million viewers in more than 2.9 million digital subscriber households receive Germany’s finest television. Premiere offers its subscribers varied and exclusive viewing on 28 TV channels with digital-quality sound and pictures. 300 TV film-premieres each year, 4,000 hours of live sport, 16 theme channels for every taste. Sabine Christmann LL.M
Head of Media Policy
Attorney-at-Law
Premiere Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG
Medienallee 4
85774 Unterföhring
Tel: 0049-89-9958 6368
Fax: 0049-89-9958 6359
Arqiva is the UK's leading provider of transmission services for broadcasters, meeting the needs of the entire networks for ITV, Channel 4 and Five, together with most independent radio stations. With a heritage dating back to the start of ITV in 1955, the company has also played a leading role in the introduction of digital terrestrial television and radio in the UK, for which it has built national and local networks. More recent work work on mobile TV and digital switch-over maintains an established high profile in broadcast technology developments. Arqiva also provides a comprehensive range of end-to-end media solutions for content and channel providers. About 150 full-time TV channels are uplinked from the company's main satellite 'teleport' near Winchester. In addition occasional feeds are provided globally at short notice to broadcasters requiring temporary connections for news, sport and special events. Arqiva has its own fleet of Outside Broadcast and Satellite Newsgathering vehicles, plus 'fly-away' terminals, with operational crews. A fully equipped digital Broadcast Media Centre is available for playout, presentation and studio production purposes. The company also has divisions specialising in Wireless communications and support services for the Public Safety sector. Prior to June 2005, Arqiva was known as NTL Broadcast. In January 2005 National Transcommunications Ltd (NTL Broadcast) was acquired from NTL Group by a consortium of investors led by Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group (MCG), an Australian Stock Exchange listed investment fund. Julian McGougan
T-Online Alexandra Krenzler

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