ASTRA Announces Transponder Deal With GlobeCast.

BETZDORF, Luxembourg -- SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), announces its first transponder deal with GlobeCast, a leading worldwide satellite services provider.

GlobeCast will use the transponder to provide additional transmission capacity for new start-up channels, as well as for existing customers looking to expand channels and offer new services such as interactive content.

Juliet Bayliss, Director for Broadcast Services for GlobeCast UK said, "GlobeCast are pleased to have worked with ASTRA on securing this new capacity for our customers. The addition of this transponder to GlobeCast's offer will help our broadcast clients to target the British satellite television market and will also contribute to the development of new services in the region - most notably in the domain of HDTV."

GlobeCast - a subsidiary of France Telecom - operates on five continents and employs over 900 personnel worldwide. It uses a global network of satellite platforms to deliver professional broadcast, enterprise and retail media, government communications and a growing range of file-based multimedia content.

SES ASTRA's Chief Commercial Officer and Senior Vice President Alexander Oudendijk, said: "We are delighted to welcome a company of GlobeCast's pedigree as a new customer. The fact that GlobeCast chose ASTRA is another excellent endorsement of our unrivalled reputation."

About SES ASTRA www.ses-astra.com

The ASTRA Satellite System is Europe's leading satellite system that provides broadcasting and broadband services to more than 102 million households in Europe. The ASTRA Satellite System currently consists of 12 satellites that together transmit more than 1,400 analogue and digital television and radio channels and a range of multimedia and internet services. ASTRA's most important orbital positions are 19.2(degree) and 28.2(degree) East. Professional services, such as Direct-To-Cable, Satellite Newsgathering and Occasional Use services are offered via the 23.5(degree) East position.

SES ASTRA is a wholly-owned SES GLOBAL company (quoted on the Luxembourg and Euronext Paris stock exchanges under SESG). SES GLOBAL is the owner of two leading satellite companies: SES ASTRA in Europe and SES AMERICOM in the United States. The company also holds interests in AsiaSat in Asia, Star One and Nahuelsat in Latin America and NSAB in Europe. SES GLOBAL offers a comprehensive range of communications solutions through a fleet of 38 satellites in orbit.

For further information regarding SES GLOBAL, please visit www.ses-global.com.

GlobeCast (www.globecast.com) - a subsidiary of France Telecom - is the leading global satellite services company, operating a worldwide content management network over satellite and fibre for delivery of professional media for broadcast, enterprise, government and retail, including file-based content. In addition to traditional distribution services, recent initiatives include WING - the company's global Content Management Platform - which drives cutting-edge IP-based applications that enable file exchange, store & broadcast, streaming, VOD, program insertion and other non-linear solutions. The company's 19 global points-of-presence span America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Australia, and include 15 teleports and technical operations centres.

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