[Satellite Today 04-22-09] Turner Broadcasting System signed a five-year distribution and contribution agreement with SES Americom-New Skies to deliver CNN to and from Europe and the Middle East, SES announced April 21.
    Under the agreement, Turner will utililze two transponders of capacity (72 megahertz total) aboard the NSS-7 satellite, which will also provide the backhaul of CNN news reports from CNN’s London, Moscow, Jerusalem and Baghdad bureaus.
    “SES Americom-New Skies and its NSS-7 platform provide the coverage we must have to reach growing CNN audiences across Europe and the Middle East,” said John Ball, Turner’s Vice President of International Distribution.
    SES already provides CNN with capacity aboard two additional satellites for satellite news gathering (SNG) and special events coverage throughout North America.