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SES ASTRA Ensured Satellite Broadcast Of 2006 FIFA World Cup(TM)

Posted on: Monday, 17 July 2006, 03:05 CDT

SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), played an important and successful role in the content delivery and distribution of the 2006 FIFA World Cup(TM) hosted in Germany in June and July.

On the basis of a framework agreement concluded last year, SES ASTRA and T-Systems cooperated in providing a variety of transmission solutions and worldwide content delivery packages to help facilitate the TV coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup(TM) for a number of international broadcasters. These packages consisted of signal delivery, temporary satellite transponder capacity as well as uplink and downlink services. T-Systems is the business customer division of Deutsche Telekom and one of Europe's leading providers of information and communications technology.

The ASTRA satellite system, which reaches 107 million households across Europe, also served as a major hub for the distribution of TV coverage for the 2006 FIFA World Cup(TM), transmitting TV signals from ASTRA`s orbital positions at 19.2(degree) East, 28.2(degree) East and 23.5(degree) East and serving more than 20 major TV operators and resellers across Europe and in Japan. Signals were also broadcast in High Definition (HD) format to operators in Germany, France, United Kingdom, Belgium and Japan.

"SES ASTRA has again benefited from its role as a leading satellite operator and from its international experience in high quality transmissions", said Alexander Oudendijk, Chief Commercial Officer of SES ASTRA. "The transmission of the 2006 FIFA World Cup(TM) has shown that we are committed to maintain the highest standards in service and technology for our customers around the world."

About SES ASTRA www.ses-astra.com

The ASTRA Satellite System is the leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite system in Europe, delivering services to some 107 million Direct-to-Home and cable households. The ASTRA satellite fleet currently comprises 13 satellites, transmitting in excess of 1600 analogue and digital television and radio channels as well as multimedia and Internet services. ASTRA's two prime orbital positions for DTH services are 19.2(degree) East and 28.2(degree) East. Professional services such as Direct-to cable (DTC), Satellite Newsgathering (SNG) and Occasional Use are offered from the orbital position of 23.5(degree) East.

SES ASTRA is an SES GLOBAL company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG). SES GLOBAL wholly owns three market-leading satellite operators, SES ASTRA in Europe, SES AMERICOM in the US and New Skies Satellites in regions other than North America and Europe. The Company also holds strategic participations in AsiaSat in Asia, Star One in Latin America, SES Sirius in Europe, Ciel in Canada and Quetzsat in Mexico. Americom Government Services provides network solutions and bandwidth to the US government and its contractors. SES GLOBAL provides outstanding satellite communications solutions via a fleet of 43 satellites across the globe. Additional information on SES GLOBAL is available at: www.ses-global.com

Source: Business Wire

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