Victory to Use AMC-4 for Distribution of Regional Sports Network

August 20, 2003 Princeton, NJ SES AMERICOM, an SES GLOBAL company (Luxembourg and Frankfurt Stock Exchange: SESG), announced today that Minneapolis-based Victory Sports LLC has signed a multi-year agreement for full-time C-band satellite bandwidth for the distribution of Victory’s Regional Sports Network to cable headends and broadcast outlets throughout the Upper Midwest.

“We are pleased that Victory Sports has chosen to be a part of our Cable2® neighborhood on AMC-4,” said Carl Capista, Vice President, Media and Entertainment Services, SES AMERICOM. “Their valuable program offering enhances our growing neighborhood of regional and national sports channels."

“For a regional sports network, satellite reliability and dependability are key factors when looking for a service provider and SES AMERICOM has a proven heritage of dependable service which made them the right choice for us,” said Mark Durenberger, Victory Sports Vice President, Technical Operations”

AMC-4 is a hybrid C/Ku-band satellite that became fully operational in January 2000 at 101 degrees W.L. AMC-4 carries twenty-four 36 MHz 20-watt C-band transponders, committed to broadcast and cable-oriented services providing fifty state, Canadian, Mexican and Caribbean coverage. In addition, the spacecraft has twenty-four 36 MHz 110-watt Ku-band transponders providing Americas-wide coverage. Each Ku-band transponder is switchable between North America and South America, fully supporting two-way communication throughout the Americas. AMC-4 also has four 72 MHz transponders in the extended Ku-band that are able to support inter-American communications.


About SES AMERICOM

With 30 years' experience, SES AMERICOM, Inc., is recognized as a pioneer and leading provider of global satellite communications services currently operating 16 spacecraft in orbital positions providing service throughout the Americas, across Europe, over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and throughout 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, The New York Times, NHK, PaxNet, PBS, TELE Greenland, TV Europa, Verestar, and Viacom. Additional details are available at http://www.ses-americom.com.

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