1 July 2008
SES NEW SKIES, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), announced today a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement with the Essel Group for the provision of C-band satellite capacity to support the digitalization of India’s vast cable infrastructure comprising more than 70 million homes. The agreement is for capacity ramping up to six transponders over a five year period, and initially covers capacity on NSS-703 at 57° East, transitioning to NSS-12 in 2009.
19 June 2008
Singapore, June 19, 2008 – SES NEW SKIES, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), announced today at the CommunicAsia summit and exhibition in Singapore (17 – 20. June) that the Partnership Venture of Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) and Numix Engineering, has contracted 5 MHz of transmission capacity on the NSS-6 satellite at 95° East to launch two-way Ku-band broadband services targeting Malaysia and other countries in South East Asia.
18 June 2008
Chinese Satellite Communications Inc. (CSTV) contracts SES NEW SKIES satellite The Hague, June 17, 2008 - SES NEW SKIES, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announces that it has been contracted by Chinese Satellite Communications Inc. (CSTV) to provide transponder capacity on the NSS-6 satellite for their A-Sky-Net direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service targeting the Australian Region. CSTV’s A-Sky-Net DTH service currently offers a comprehensive mix of Chinese channels geared to cater to a wide range of ethnic Chinese viewers and will initially utilize a full transponder. The DTH package will be uplinked from Taiwan and can be received throughout Australia.