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PanAmSat Named 'Best Satellite Operator' in Asia As It Celebrates Its Tenth Year in the Region at CommunicAsia 2004

Posted on: Tuesday, 15 June 2004, 06:00 CDT

SINGAPORE, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PanAmSat Corporation celebrates its tenth year in the Asia-Pacific market at CommunicAsia 2004, being held from June 15 to June 18, 2004 at the Singapore Convention Center in Singapore. Named best satellite operator in the region by Telecom Asia magazine, PanAmSat will highlight its regional milestones and herald new achievements at this year's show.

"As the Company enters its second decade in the Asia-Pacific marketplace, PanAmSat continues to be recognized as the best satellite operator by customers, partners and now officially by the industry," said Mike Antonovich, executive vice president for global sales and marketing, PanAmSat. "By developing value-added, end-to-end solutions, extending our global network and building new agreements with key customers in the region, we continue to demonstrate our leadership. Most importantly we continue to improve the ways we service our customers on every continent with solutions that transmit broadcast programming, worldwide breaking news and critical business data anywhere, anytime."

During the show, PanAmSat will highlight various recent programs and achievements in the region, including:

* NHK Agreement: PanAmSat entered into an agreement with Japan

Broadcasting Corporation, NHK, to deliver live high-definition (HD)

sporting events and breaking news via the company's global hybrid

satellite and fiber network.

* Best Satellite Operator Award: PanAmSat was just awarded "Best

Satellite Operator" of 2004 by Telecom Asia magazine. Judged by the

Yankee Group and a panel of experts, the award was presented on the

basis of financial performance, market leadership, technology innovation

and corporate governance.

* PanAmSat On-Demand Asia: PanAmSat On-Demand Asia, is a satellite

bandwidth on-demand service specifically tailored for the Asia-Pacific

market. Facilitating the lowering of bandwidth costs, the product

provides customers with the flexibility to pay for and utilize the

satellite capacity on a per-usage basis.

* ST Teleport Strategic Alliance: PanAmSat signed a new fiber

interconnectivity agreement with ST Teleport, a leading full-service

satellite communications solution provider based in Singapore. The

agreement extends the reach of the PanAmSat global network from

Singapore to California, increasing the Company's ability to deliver its

customers' programming via satellite and fiber to and from the Asia-

Pacific and North American regions.

PanAmSat began operations in the Asia-Pacific region with the launch of the PAS-2 satellite in 1994. Today, operating a hybrid network of fiber and five high-powered satellites in orbit over Asia, PanAmSat is able to offer a wide range of services for businesses and events in the Asia-Pacific region. Customers in the Asia-Pacific region include NHK, China Central Television (CCTV), Doordarshan, Korea Broadcasting System, Arirang TV, ABS/CBN, TVB, NicNet and Telstra. The Company has provided a full-range of program distribution services including live worldwide transmission of special events such as the 2000 summer games in Sydney, Australia, and more recently the 2002 FIFA World Cup from Japan and Korea.

About PanAmSat

PanAmSat Corporation is one of the world's top three satellite operators managing a global fleet of 29 satellites, 24 of which are wholly-owned by the Company, for the delivery of news, sports and other television programming. In total, this fleet is capable of reaching more than 98 percent of the world's population through cable television systems, broadcast affiliates, direct-to-home operators, Internet service providers and telecommunications companies. In addition, PanAmSat supports the largest concentration of satellite-based business networks in the U.S., as well as specialized communications services in remote areas throughout the world. PanAmSat is 80.5 percent owned by The DIRECTV Group Inc. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.panamsat.com/.

The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

The DIRECTV Group, Inc. formerly Hughes Electronics Corp. , is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel television entertainment, broadband satellite networks and services, and global video and data broadcasting. The DIRECTV Group, Inc. is 34 percent owned by Fox Entertainment Group, which is approximately 82 percent owned by News Corporation Ltd.

PanAmSat Corporation

CONTACT: Media and Investors, Kathryn Lancioni, PanAmSat Corporation,+1-203-210-8000

Web site: http://www.panamsat.com/

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