Tuesday, February 19, 2008

WORLDSPACE® Satellite Radio Returns to London for Third Annual WORLDSPACE

Four Days of Exclusive Performances and Live Recording Sessions From 30 of Today's Hottest Global Pop Artists
SILVER SPRING, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio(NASDAQ:WRSP), one of the leaders in satellite-based digital radio services,announced today that it is hosting the third annual WORLDSPACE Sessions@Abbey Road on Feb. 18-21, 2008, from Abbey Road's infamous Studio2, the legendary recording studio of The Beatles. WORLDSPACE will alsobroadcast the BRIT AWARDS 2008 on Feb. 20, featuring exclusive backstage andred carpet interviews and performances by Leona Lewis, Rihanna, PaulMcCartney, Kaiser Chiefs, Kylie Minogue, Mark Ronson, and Mika.WORLDSPACE will carry the BRIT AWARDS 2008 live on its premier global popchannel, UPop 29, beginning at 1900 GMT. A full rebroadcast will take placethe following day, Feb. 21, at 1200 GMT.The WORLDSPACE Sessions@Abbey Road will feature four days of exclusiveperformances and live recording sessions by 30 of the hottest global popartists including: Japan's Pistol Valve, the U.K.'s Pama International,Mattafix, dan le sac Vs. Scroobius Pip, The Hours, America's The Wrens,along with legendary performers Teenage Fanclub, Electric Six, HughCromwell."We are pleased to welcome over 30 of the world's hottest up-and-coming andestablished global pop talent to our third annual WORLDSPACE Sessions@AbbeyRoad," said William Sabatini, WORLDSPACE vice president of globalprogramming. "We created the WORLDSPACE Sessions@Abbey Road to showcase abroad variety of musical genres and talent, giving our subscribers anincredible, diverse range of unique, exclusive and compelling content."The event will be hosted by UPop 29's Ted Kelly and Mark Daley. UPop 29 isthe world's premier global pop music channel created by WORLDSPACE SatelliteRadio. Subscribers can tune it to hear the WORLDSPACE Sessions@Abbey Road inits entirety from March 10-13, on UPop 29 which is also available in theUnited States on XM Satellite Radio, online and via DIRECTV Channel 824.Additionally, WORLDSPACE Satellite Radio's subscribers from around the worldcan tune in to hear performances from all three years of the WORLDSPACESessions@Abbey Road as well as other exclusive performances captured live inthe WORLDSPACE Studios. This exclusive programming will be available on thenewly-created channel, "WORLDSPACE Live," which will be broadcast from March17 to April 6.Visit www.worldspace.com/live to check out the full archive of pastWORLDSPACE Sesssions@Abbey Road interviews, performances, photos and videos.
About WORLDSPACE® Satellite RadioBased in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, WorldSpace, Inc.(NASDAQ:WRSP) is the world's only global media and entertainment companypositioned to offer a satellite radio experience to consumers in more than130 countries with five billion people, driving 300 million cars.WORLDSPACE® delivers the latest tunes, trends and information from aroundthe world and around the corner. WORLDSPACE subscribers benefit from aunique combination of local programming, original WORLDSPACE content andcontent from leading brands around the globe including the BBC, CNNInternational, RFI and Virgin Radio UK.WORLDSPACE has two satellites covering two-thirds of the earth's populationwith six beams. Each beam is capable of delivering up to 80 channels of highquality digital audio and multimedia programming directly to WORLDSPACE Satellite Radios anytime and virtually anywhere in its coverage areas.WORLDSPACE is a pioneer of satellite-based digital radio services (DARS) andwas instrumental in the development of the technology infrastructure usedtoday by XM Satellite Radio. For more info, visit http://www.WORLDSPACE.com.WORLDSPACE and the WORLDSPACE logo are registered trademarks of WorldSpace,Inc.
BRIT AWARDS 2008 is a Somethin' Else Production.
(Press Release)

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