NSAB Renews Capacity Agreement with SES AMERICOM

Swedish Broadcaster Commits to Capacity for Central & Eastern Europe

January 14, 2003 – Princeton, NJ – SES AMERICOM, an SES GLOBAL company (Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG; Frankfurt Stock Exchange: SDSL) announced a long term agreement with NSAB (Nordic Satellite AB) for a transponder from AMERICOM’s inventory on Sirius-2. Terms of the contract were not disclosed. The powerful pan-European Ku-band BSS coverage will be used to distribute video programming to Central and Eastern Europe.

Since the satellite’s launch in 1998, SES AMERICOM has marketed half of the capacity on the Sirius-2 spacecraft operating at 5 degrees East. The high-powered Ku-band satellite was built by Alcatel and is operated by NSAB. 

Some of SES AMERICOM’S regional and international customers and services on the satellite include the SiS Racing Channel, Discovery Channel, Turner’s Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies, the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, the National Geographic and programming aimed at the hundreds of thousands of Swedish nationals living throughout the continent. 

“The partnership between SES AMERICOM and NSAB is stronger today than ever before. We are delighted to support the delivery of the expanding information and entertainment video channels offered to Swedish nationals in Central and Eastern Europe,” said Andreas Georghiou, AMERICOM’s Senior Vice President, Domestic & International Sales & Services. 

ABOUT NSAB
Nordic Satellite AB (NSAB), headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, owns and operates the SIRIUS Satellite System, a leading broadcasting and broadband infrastructure for the North and East European regions. The SIRIUS system consists of three satellites located at orbital positions
5 degrees East and 13 degrees West providing cost-effective solutions for TV and radio broadcasting, broadband, VSAT and occasional services. NSAB is an SES GLOBAL partner; get more details at www.nsab-sirius.com.

About SES
With over twenty-five years' experience, SES AMERICOM, Inc. (www.ses-americom.com) is recognized as a pioneer and leading provider of global satellite communications services, currently providing capacity on 15 spacecraft capable of serving the Americas, Europe, the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Regions, and Asia. As a member of the SES GLOBAL family, AMERICOM is able to provide end-to-end telecommunications solutions to any region in the world. SES AMERICOM's key customers include ABC Radio Networks, AT&T Alascom, AOL TimeWarner, British Telecom, Deutsche Welle, Discovery, Fox, TV Guide/Gemstar, Gannett, HBO, Hughes Network Systems, Merlin, NBC, The New York Times, NHK, PaxNet, PBS, TELE Greenland, TV Europa, Verestar, and Viacom.

In November 2001, SES AMERICOM was combined with SES ASTRA to form a new premier global satellite company, SES GLOBAL S.A. (www.ses-global.com). The new company has a fleet of 28 satellites and can deliver satellite services to more than 90% of the world's population. In addition, SES GLOBAL's strategic partnerships and participation in AsiaSat, NSAB, Star One, AMERICOM Asia-Pacific and Nahuelsat combine to give entertainment, telecommunications, Internet, news and enterprise customers access to a fleet of 41 satellites.


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