Eutelsat and GlobeCast Renew Long-Term Collaboration at the Hot Bird(TM) Video Neighbourhood

PARIS, March 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Eutelsat Communications
(Euronext Paris: ETL) announced today that GlobeCast, a leading content
management and delivery company has renewed to 2016 five transponders leased
from the flagship HOT BIRD(TM) neighbourhood for broadcasting in Europe,
North Africa and the Middle East.

With the seven-year extension of all five contracts, GlobeCast is
continuing its longstanding relationship with Eutelsat for broadcasting
free-to-air and pay-TV channels to cable and satellite homes. From several of
its 12 facilities worldwide, GlobeCast uplinks five digital multiplexes to
Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD(TM) satellites comprising almost 70 television channels
including BBC World News, CNN International, EuroNews, JSTV, Al Jazeera, RTR
Planeta and Berbere TV.

As the contract was signed, Olivier Millies-Lacroix Eutelsat Commercial
Director said: “We are delighted to pursue our longstanding relationship with
GlobeCast, a key provider in transmission services for the broadcast
community. This new long-term contract further anchors our flagship video
neighbourhood as a reference point for the broadest array of general
entertainment and thematic programming.”

About Eutelsat Communications

Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is
the holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity commercialised on 26
satellites that provide coverage over the entire European continent, as well
as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant parts of Asia and the
Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world’s three leading satellite operators in
terms of revenues. At 31 December 2008, Eutelsat’s satellites were
broadcasting more than 3,200 television channels and 1,100 radio stations.
Almost 1,100 channels broadcast via its HOT BIRD(TM) video neighbourhood at
13 degrees East which serves over 120 million cable and satellite homes in
Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The Group’s satellites also serve a
wide range of fixed and mobile telecommunications services, TV contribution
markets, corporate networks, and broadband markets for Internet Service
Providers and for transport, maritime and in-flight markets. Eutelsat’s
broadband subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and operates services through its
teleport in Italy that serves enterprises, local communities, government
agencies and aid organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.
Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ 591 commercial,
technical and operational experts from 27 countries.

    http://www.eutelsat.com

    For further information

    Press contacts

    Vanessa O'Connor   Tel: +33-1-53-98-38-88, voconnor@eutelsat.fr
    Frederique Gautier Tel: +33-1-53-98-38-88, fgautier@eutelsat.fr

    Investor relations

    Gilles Janvier     Tel: +33-1-53-98-35-30
                       investors@eutelsat-communications.com

    More information on GlobeCast is available at: http://www.globecast.com

SOURCE Eutelsat Communications