Significant capacity on four Eutelsat satellites has been booked by UK and international media organisations for live coverage of the Royal Wedding on April 29 between Prince William and Kate Middleton. A total of 13,000 MHz hours, equivalent to 15 transponders over 24 hours, have been reserved on Eutelsat’s ATLANTIC BIRD™ 1, 2 and 3 satellites as well as on W3A to deliver live images and commentary from up to 48 specially-built studios and 140 Outside Broadcasting vans. The signals will be transmitted direct to channels worldwide, including in the UK, across Europe and the Middle East, in the USA, China, Africa, Mexico and Brazil. This bandwidth will contribute to delivering coverage of the event to an expected global audience of two billion viewers.