PanAmSat has announced a 15-year, transponder lease agreement with the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) which claims to be the world‘s largest religious media network.

The new sales agreement consists of one 36 MHz c-band transponder for follow-on capacity at 133 degrees on the G1-RR satellite for US domestic distribution. PanAmSat, the provider of global video and data satellite broadcasting services, will work with the EWTN team to help the religious network enter new markets and expand its coverage around the globe. In its 20th year, EWTN claims to have become the largest religious media network in the world, transmitting programming to more than 70 million homes in 38 countries and territories on 2,500 cable systems, wireless cable, Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS), low power TV and individual satellite users.

EWTN Global Catholic Network claims to have more than 20 years experience in the area of religious programming. It claims a reach of more than 70 million television homes across the globe, transmitting its signal through 12 satellites (North America, Latin America, Europe, the Pacific Rim and Africa/India) with customised channels for each continent, 24-hours a day.

A portal that hosts media monitoring reports on the Net and supplements them with data analysis options to generate information online has just been launched.

Launched on 13 April, perfectmonitoring.com claims that nearly two years of research has gone into the site and it is utilizing its media experience and expertise in information technology to develop customer specific reports that provide comprehensive media monitoring solutions from anywhere in the world and at any time.

Promoted by Perfect Monitoring Services, the portal offers products specific to the advertising fraternity aimed at providing real time access to telecast data, dynamically organise them by shuffling parameters to compile reports, a company release says. A host of reports exclusive to brand genre, brand, contest, channel, supers and tag-ons are available for television channels to access.

Giving the example of film and music promotions on television channels, Perfect says it has devised products like My Movie Report, My Song Report, Trailor Report and Contest Report.

Among the advantages Pefect claims to offer include:
*Hosting telecast data on the Net and enabling online purchasing of reports.
*Offering category specific reports with the option to change parameters and generate perceptive information using constantly updated data.