HAMILTON (Bermuda): In support of the upcoming 2002 UN World Summit on Sustainable Development, Intelsat is sponsoring the global distribution of a half-hour television special called "One Child - One Voice," a UN-endorsed program that inspires grassroots involvement in worldwide environmental issues.

Intelsat has donated satellite capacity and financial aid for distributing the TV special that will be sent to nearly 3,000 broadcasters worldwide for their unlimited use in public education programming. "One Child - One Voice" is a video produced by award winning filmmaker Barbara Pyle that is based upon the true stories of children around the world and addresses a wide array of environmental issues.

The program calls for support of the Tree Of Life campaign, which invites children worldwide to voice their support for the goals of the UN Summit by drawing a leaf on a postcard and sending it to be hung on an artist-created "Tree Of Life". The Tree will be placed in Johannesburg, South Africa at the UN Summit site for world leaders and others to view. This year‘s campaign is expected to be larger than the Tree Of Life campaign surrounding the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992, which boasted leaves from over a million viewers from all continents.

The UN Summit will take place in Johannesburg from 26 August through 4 September.

For more information on "One Child - One Voice" contact Barbara Pyle at Bpearthsecure@aol.com or visit www.peoplecountTV.com. South Africa.

NEW DELHI: Discovery Networks International (DNI), a programming and distribution division of Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI), today announced the appointment of Tanya Field to the newly created post of vice-president, new media, DNI.

Based in London, Field is responsible for the co-ordination of the company‘s international interactive businesses, including websites, e-commerce, mobile, interactive TV and broadband. Field has served as director of new media for Discovery‘s European operations since 2000. Rick Rodriguez, executive vice-president of content for Discovery Networks International, to whom Field will report, made the announcement.

"Discovery‘s family of nonfiction brands represent a continually evolving universe of experiences that help connect people to the world around them, in multiple ways," an official release quoted Rodriguez as saying. "Tanya‘s wealth of experience with new media development will play an integral role in ensuring that our services are on the leading edge of innovation wherever our brands touch consumers lives."

In her role as director of new media for Discovery Networks, Europe, Field was responsible for launching Discovery‘s first international interactive application with Discovery Today in the UK. She also established Discovery‘s current European websites and has subsequently overseen the launch of new websites in Asia and India. Prior to joining Discovery, Field was GM of BskyB Gaming, a full service interactive media division.