22 June, 2012, Singapore – Universal Networks International, which brings popular entertainment brands E! Entertainment, DIVA Universal, Syfy, Universal Channel, 13th Street Universal, Style, Golf Channel to Asia Pacific television audiences, has once again been recognized for its excellence in creative marketing and promotion receiving 4 prestigious Promax/BDA Awards at the ceremony held last Friday, 15 June 2012 in Los Angeles, California.

Universal Networks International was nodded with a total 4 Promax/BDA Awards for its leading female entertainment channel DIVA Universal’s TV series Prime Suspect, a brand campaign I Am A DIVA and for its outstanding trade campaign High Heeled Warriors. These on-and-off air promotional activities were rolled out in Asia from October – December 2011.

The ingenious I AM A DIVA promos, which featured Asian women who are passionate about their unique professions and have inspiring stories to share, won two Promax/BDA awards. They won a Silver award for its strong image branding of DIVA Universal and its optimism and vibrancy, and a bronze award in the “Interstitial/”Promo-tainment” category for its use of non-traditional video-based promotional material.

Universal Networks International’s High Heeled Warriors trade campaign – an in-depth psychographic research on Asian women for advertisers – took home the Silver Promax/BDA Award for the creativity that went into its promotional sales videos and event branding.

Wrapping up a fantastic showing, the premium hat used to promote the American police drama The Prime Suspect, was awarded Bronze for its incomparable originality and brand recognition among advertisers, agencies and investors.

Christine Fellowes, Managing Director, Asia Pacific of Universal Networks International says, “Universal Networks’ creative teams have shown immense creativity and innovation. We are invigorated that the industry recognizes the quality of our work on the world stage.”

About Universal Networks International

Universal Networks International, the international channels division of NBCUniversal, is one of the world’s premier entertainment portfolios, delivering quality content and compelling brands to over 176 territories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia Pacific. The brands in the portfolio include Universal Channel, Syfy, 13th Street Universal, Studio Universal, E! Entertainment Television, The Style Network, DIVA Universal and Golf Channel. These unique brands deliver a full range of entertainment experiences to local audiences across the globe. Universal Networks International also operates Movies 24 and has a controllinginterest in the KidsCo joint venture.

Universal Networks International is a division of NBCUniversal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Comcast Corporation owns a controlling 51% interest in NBCUniversal, with GE holding a 49% stake.

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Universal Networks International, Asia Pacific
Marlene.ee@nbcuni.com
(65) 6326 1872

Strategic Public Relations Group
Regina.yeo@sprg.com.sg
(65) 6325 8232

Reston, Va. / Hong Kong, 22 June 2012 – International Launch Services (ILS) and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) announced a contract today for an ILS Proton launch service as early as 2014 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The launch service is contracted for launching one of AsiaSat’s future satellites, AsiaSat 6, AsiaSat 8 or AsiaSat 9, a replacement satellite to be procured for AsiaSat 4. The launch contract includes an option for AsiaSat to order one additional launch service from ILS for any of its upcoming three satellites.

Frank McKenna, President of ILS said, “The successful launches of AsiaSat 5 in 2009 and AsiaSat 7 in 2011 enabled the timely expansion of AsiaSat’s service offerings across the Asia-Pacific region. We are honored to play a key role in AsiaSat’s growth over the years and fully support AsiaSat’s fleet expansion program.”

“We have relied on the professionalism and precision of the ILS and Khrunichev teams to launch our satellites over the past 13 years. This launch service contract with ILS Proton will allow the timely provision of additional high quality and comprehensive satellite services to our customers. We anticipate that ILS and Khrunichev will again provide us outstanding quality and value to support our business plan,” said William Wade, President and Chief Executive Officer of AsiaSat.

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About ILS and Khrunichev

ILS is a world leader in providing launch services for global satellite operators offering a complete array of services and support, from contract signing through mission management and on-orbit delivery. ILS has exclusive rights to market the Proton vehicle to commercial satellite operators worldwide and is a U.S. company headquartered in Reston, Va., near Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.ilslaunch.com.

Khrunichev, which holds the majority interest in ILS, is one of the cornerstones of the Russian space industry. Khrunichev manufactures the Proton system and is developing the next generation Angara launch system. The Proton launches from facilities at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and has a heritage of over 375 missions since 1965. Khrunichev includes among its branches, a number of key manufacturers of launch vehicle and spacecraft components in Moscow and in other cities of the Russian Federation. For more information, visit www.khrunichev.com.

ILS and AsiaSat Announce a New Contract for an ILS Proton Launch – P2/2

About AsiaSat

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), the leading regional satellite operator in Asia, serves over two-thirds of the world’s population with its four satellites, AsiaSat 3S at 105.5ºE, AsiaSat 4 at 122ºE, AsiaSat 5 at 100.5ºE and AsiaSat 7. The AsiaSat satellite fleet provides services to both the broadcast and telecommunications industries. Some 500 television and radio channels are now delivered by the company’s satellites offering access to over 620 million TV households across the Asia-Pacific region. AsiaSat also provides telecommunications operators and end users services such as voice networks, private VSAT networks and broadband multimedia. AsiaSat’s latest satellites, AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8, are planned to be launched in the first half of 2014. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited, a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Stock Code: 1135). For more information, please visit www.asiasat.com.

Media inquiries:

International Launch Services, Reston, Va.
Karen Monaghan, Director of Communications and Customer Relations
Tel: (1 571) 633 7549; mobile: (1 571) 282 5195
Email: k.monaghan@ilslaunch.com
Website: www.ilslaunch.com

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited
Sabrina Cubbon, VP, Sales and Marketing 
Tel: (852) 2500 0899 
Mobile: (852) 9097 1210 
Email: scubbon@asiasat.com

Winnie Pang, Manager, Corporate Affairs
Tel: (852) 2500 0880 
Email: wpang@asiasat.com 

SES EXTENDS PARTNERSHIP WITH MEDIASCAPE VIA MULTI-YEAR CAPACITY DEAL TO RAMP UP CIGNAL TV’S DTH OFFERING

Furthers growth of Cignal, the fastest growing satellite TV provider in the Philippines

SINGAPORE, June 20, 2012 – SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced at CommunicAsia2012 a new multi-year agreement with one of its largest customers in the Philippines, MediaScape Inc, to provide additional capacity on the SES-7 satellite at the prime orbital location of 108.2 degrees East. With this capacity expansion MediaScape will utilise transponders on both SES-7 and NSS-11, satellites that are co-located at the same orbital location.

The additional satellite capacity will initially enable MediaScape to ramp up Cignal TV’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) offering to 15High Definition (HD) channels and 51 Standard Definition (SD) channels, up from 9 HD channels and 37 SD channels in 2011. Cignal, the largest and fastest growing satellite TV provider in the Philippines, currently serves over 250,000 subscribers across the country.

Deepak Mathur, Senior Vice President Commercial, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at SES, said: “SES’ decision to build up the DTH neighbourhood at 108.2 degrees East with SES-7 and NSS-11 underscores our commitment to the Asia-Pacific region, and further strengthens our partnership with MediaScape. We are delighted to be able to provide MediaScape with the capacity they need to help realise their goal of changing the Philippines’ media landscape by providing households with a full digital experience.”

Annie Naval, COO and Managing Director of Cignal, said: “The new deal will allow us to grow new TV audiences throughout the Philippines, enabling millions of TV households to access high quality satellite TV. We are also benefitting from SES’ global expertise in carrying High Definition TV programmes as we expand Cignal HD’s lineup, which now offers a wide variety of premium programmes covering sports, lifestyle, kids, history and movies.”

For further information please contact:

Markus Payer
Market Communication & PR
Tel. +352 710 725 500
Markus.Payer@ses.com

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About SES

SES is a world-leading satellite operator with a fleet of 50 geostationary satellites. The company provides satellite communications services to broadcasters, content and internet service providers, mobile and fixed network operators and business and governmental organisations worldwide.

SES stands for long-lasting business relationships, high-quality service and excellence in the broadcasting industry. The culturally diverse regional teams of SES are located around the globe and work closely with customers to meet their specific satellite bandwidth and service requirements.

SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) holds participations in Ciel in Canada and QuetzSat in Mexico, as well as a strategic participation in satellite infrastructure start-up O3b Networks. Further information under: www.ses.com.

Luxembourg, 7 June 2012

Intelsat S.A., the world’s leading provider of satellite services, today introduced the Intelsat Epic^NG satellite platform, a new series of satellites based upon a high performance, open architecture design. Intelsat Epic^NG will be deployed for wireless and fixed telecommunications, enterprise, mobility, video and government applications requiring broadband infrastructure across the major continents.

The Intelsat Epic^NG platform is an innovative approach to satellite and network architecture utilizing multiple frequency bands, wide beams, spot beams and frequency reuse technology. A complementary overlay, Intelsat Epic^NG will be fully integrated with Intelsat’s existing satellite fleet and global IntelsatONE^SM terrestrial network.

Combining Intelsat’s spectral rights in the C-, Ku- and Ka-bands with the technical advantages of high throughput technology, the Intelsat Epic^NG platform will be fully open architecture. Intelsat’s customers, the world’s leading communications and media companies and government entities, will be able to use existing hardware and network topologies, and in many cases, define their own service characteristics, enabling them to offer customized solutions to their end users and build upon their current business success.

“The Intelsat Epic^NG platform represents the next generation of satellites, a progressive evolution of the Intelsat fleet,” said Intelsat Chief Executive Officer Dave McGlade. “As the global demand for bandwidth surges and penetration of communications reaches ever further into developing regions and mobile applications, we are strategically investing in this platform to support our customers with a highly reliable and efficient broadband infrastructure as they launch new services and enter new geographies.”

Customer Benefits

The new Intelsat Epic^NG series will offer the following benefits to customers:

• Higher performance and lower cost per-bit
• Wide beams and spot beams provide the benefits of broadcast and high throughput
• Multi-band frequencies aligned to region- and application-specific requirements
• Open architecture:
  • Backward compatibility; use of existing network infrastructure and customer-preferred network topology
  • Forward compatible as ground technology advances
• High throughput, high efficiency, high availability enables smaller terminals, supporting growing applications such as mobility and aero, and benefitting increasingly data-centric services like cellular backhaul

“The driving force behind the creation of our Intelsat Epic^NG next generation platform comes from listening to our customers, and building a technical and strategic understanding of their business requirements and long-term objectives,” said Intelsat EVP of Sales, Marketing & Strategy Steve Spengler.

“The open architecture design of Intelsat Epic^NG will allow our telecommunications customers to customize and control their own service offerings, determining critical elements such as speed, hardware and network topology. This freedom of choice is not currently available in other high throughput satellite solutions, but it was essential to our design considerations because our customers will be able to differentiate their service offerings to better serve their respective market segments,” continued Spengler.

Spot Beams for Better Performance

Intelsat Epic^NG leverages the high throughput characteristics of spot beams and frequency reuse without sacrificing performance and flexibility, enabling new service offerings not currently available from other systems.

“With Intelsat Epic^NG, we will deliver innovation that creates immediate value for our customers,” said Intelsat SVP and Chief Technical Officer Thierry Guillemin. “As bandwidth demand grows, speed and throughput is critical. However, equally important is the operating environment. Our customers operate vast infrastructures, with millions of dollars invested in capital equipment and operational teams that must be managed efficiently. Intelsat Epic^NG caters to this environment, with an architecture open to a wide array of network topologies and terminal technologies. Combined with multi-band frequency reuse, this is high throughput with the benefits of backward and forward compatibility. Operational excellence is core to our approach, and Intelsat Epic^NG is designed to support the same in our customers’ businesses.”

Initially, the Intelsat Epic^NG platform will feature two next generation satellites, and Intelsat is currently evaluating proposals by several manufacturers. These first two satellites, Intelsat 29e and Intelsat 33e, have projected in-services dates in 2015 and 2016, and feature wide coverage and high throughput capacity; combined they will serve every populated region in the world.

For more information on the launch of Intelsat Epic^NG, visit
www.intelsatepic.com.

About Intelsat

Intelsat is the leading provider of satellite services worldwide. For over 45 years, Intelsat has been delivering information and entertainment for many of the world’s leading media and network companies, multinational corporations, Internet Service Providers and governmental agencies. Intelsat’s satellite, teleport and fiber infrastructure is unmatched in the industry, setting the standard for transmissions of video, data and voice services. From the globalization of content and the proliferation of HD, to the expansion of cellular networks and broadband access, with Intelsat, advanced communications anywhere in the world are closer, by far.

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