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Kiosks bring newspaper content to private jet passengers

September 13, 2005

MIAMI, Fla. - Satellite Enterprises Corp. announced in a news release that its regional distributor, Satellite Newspapers North America, a subsidiary of Satellite Newspapers Suisse GmbH, signed a partnership agreement with Baysys Technologies.

Armed with the Smartphones and WiFi laptops, it's hard to imagine how world leaders or Fortune 500 CEOs could ever feel disconnected from global affairs. But the moment those executives take off on a plane, their wonder gadgets can suffer from satellite interference, cutting off access to crucial world news. If they had spare time before their flight, they might have been able to pick up a local or national newspaper, but global information key to their business is highly filtered at best. Now these power players have access to an enviable amount of information even while a mile high in the sky.

Satellite Newspapers (SN), distributor of digital newspaper files for view and print, and BaySys Technologies, aerospace design and engineering firm, are partnering to provide access to more than 185 printed international and domestic newspapers on-demand aboard custom-designed private jets. Spearheading the project for SN is Jerri Palmer, president and chief executive officer of SN North and Central America, who points out that these newspapers are the latest editions and can be accessed via satellite signal and Internet connection.

"What SN offers is the ability to stay plugged in to more comprehensive news coverage no matter how far from home," Palmer said. "Even if he or she's able to access the Internet while in-flight, most newspapers don't upload their entire editions to their Web sites. We've designed kiosks and software to access more complete editions of newspapers from anywhere in the world anytime, even in the air, often hours before they are printed, so clients can stay ahead of the curve. Now decisionmakers can faster anticipate factors that may impact their business."

As part of the partnership, SN kiosks will be stationed at many private and commercial fixed-base operations in North America and beyond.

"This technology definitely creates an information revolution, and brings an entirely new meaning to the phrase 'hot off the press," said Ken Walton, vice president of sales and marketing at BaySys Technologies. "All SN global publications are transmitted upon creation, in most cases before the physical printing and distribution process even begins. This allows us to provide access to information from all of the leading newsprint providers 5-8 hours before publication. It's truly an on-demand, real-time global 'newsstand' at our clients' fingertips. That's important, as information is frequently the most valuable currency."

Founded in 2000 and based in Switzerland, SN specializes in providing an alternative method for entering, storing and delivering published content via satellite or Internet connection. With two output devices, CLiENT Software and KiOSK, users can download and print digital content from over 185 of the latest edition international and domestic newspapers. Content publishers upload files, making their information instantly available to any print station in the network. Within 30 minutes, content is available to any number of readers anywhere in the world. Once licensing is secured from the publishers, SN provides the complete service of a distributor, facilitating access to any content desired by the end user.