PARIS, December 20, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Telewizja Polsat, owner of Poland's premier commercial TV channel, today announced the long-term renewal of a capacity contract on the HOT BIRD(TM) 6 satellite located at Eutelsat's prime video neighbourhood at 13degrees East. The renewal of one full transponder further extends a contract at 13degrees East first concluded with Eutelsat in 1992, and secures capacity for Telewizja Polsat Group to broadcast its stable of channels to 9.5 million homes in Poland equipped for Direct-to-Home and cable reception. Eighteen years on from its launch at Eutelsat's HOT BIRD(TM) position, Polsat has grown into the flagship channel at the head of a platform of 13 channels which now also include HD content and broadcast to homes in one of Europe's most dynamic media markets.

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PARIS, October 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) announces a further extension of its multi-year relationship with Cyfrowy Polsat, Poland's leading pay-TV operator, with the renewal of a contract for three transponders at the HOT BIRD(TM) neighbourhood.

PARIS, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Cyfrowy Polsat, the leading pay-TV satellite platform in Poland, today announce the signature of a new contract for an additional transponder on Eutelsat's HOT BIRD(TM) 9 satellite to support the continued expansion of digital entertainment services, including new HDTV channels for Polish satellite television homes. With this new long-term lease Cyfrowy Polsat is now using a total of four transponders at Eutelsat's HOT BIRD(TM) video neighbourhood, reaching a subscriber base of more than 2.7 million homes in Poland, up by 32 per cent from January to December 2008.

Text of report by Cambridge-based independent Broadband TV News website, on 1 September The boom in pay-TV services is set to continue in Poland.