Premier Faith-based Neighborhood Expands on AMC-4

PRINCETON, NJ -- February 11, 2004 -- SES AMERICOM, an SES GLOBAL Company (Luxembourg and Frankfurt Stock Exchange: SESG), today announced its AMC-4 satellite, with four years of exceptional service and reach throughout North America, has become home to the premier faith-based neighborhood. Located at 101 degrees west longitude, the high-powered AMC-4 enables a growing roster of customers, including fifteen faith-based networks, to economically deliver their programming to millions of cable and satellite service subscribers.

Faith-based networks aboard SES AMERICOMâs AMC-4 get the broad carriage their organizations and viewers depend on. Cable headends, representing more than 32 million subscribers, and direct-to-home satellite service providers, who deliver faith-based programming packaged by Sky Angel, rely on AMC-4 for a broad range of educational and entertaining content that addresses faith and faith-driven cultures and ways of life.

"As AMC-4 enters its fourth year of impeccable service in the sky, it has clearly become the leading neighborhood for faith-based broadcasters and networks," said Carl Capista, vice president of media and entertainment services for SES AMERICOM. "Thereâs power in numbers, and a growing number of faith-based networks have chosen the leading faith-based neighborhood on AMC-4 for the affordable, effective distribution of their programming."

Building on Faith

SES AMERICOMâs AMC-4 is home to a broad range of faith-based networks, which are delivering everything from traditional religious programming to compelling self-help solutions designed to appeal to people of all cultures, faiths, and regions of the world. Residents of the premier faith-based programming neighborhood include Adventist Media Productions, Associated Christian Television Network, Cornerstone Television Network, Daystar Television Network, Dominion Video/Sky Angel, Familyland Network, Golden Eagle Broadcasting, Hand of Hope Outreach dba The Prison Television Network, La Familia Network, Loma Linda Broadcasting, Prime Time Christian Broadcasting, Safe Television, and TVU Music Television.

About AMC-4

AMC-4 is a hybrid C/Ku-band satellite that became fully operational in January 2000 at 101 degrees west longitude. AMC-4 carries twenty-four 36 MHz 20-watt C-band transponders 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 can be switched 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, which enable inter-American communications.

About SES AMERICOM

The largest supplier of satellite services in the U.S., SES AMERICOM, Inc. is recognized as a pioneer of global satellite communications services. Established in 1973 with its first satellite circuit for the U.S. Department of Defense, the company currently operates a fleet of 11 spacecraft in orbital positions providing service throughout the Americas. As a member of the SES GLOBAL family (Luxembourg and Frankfurt exchanges: SESG), AMERICOM is able to provide end-to-end telecommunications solutions to any region in the world. In 2001 the company established AMERICOM Government Services, a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to providing satellite-based communications solutions to both civilian and defense agencies of the U.S. Government. In 2003, SES AMERICOM formed WORLDSAT, a wholly owned subsidiary with satellites operating in 5 orbital positions covering Asia, and the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean regions, and connecting premier regional satellite fleets. With its combined operations, SES AMERICOM serves broadcasters, cable programmers, aeronautical and maritime communications integrators, Internet service providers, mobile communications networks, government agencies, educational institutions, carriers and secure global data networks with efficient communication and content distribution solutions. SES AMERICOM key customers include ABC Radio Networks, Antrix Corporation Ltd., AT&T Alascom, British Telecom, Connexion by Boeing, Deutsche Welle, Discovery, EchoStar, Fox, Gannett, TV Guide/Gemstar, Globecomm Systems, HBO, Hughes Network Systems, JSAT, Korea Telecom, MCI, NBC, The New York Times, NHK, PaxNet, PBS, PCCW, SCC, TELE Greenland, TV Europa, TimeWarner, Unitel Hellas, Viacom, and various agencies of the U.S. government.

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