THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, November 28, 2006 – SES NEW SKIES, an SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock exchange: SESG), announces it has successfully provided special event satellite Internet services supporting RTL Television’s coverage of the Formula 1 Grand Prix races. The German broadcaster has used capacity on the company’s NSS-6 and NSS-7 satellites for high-speed internet access services used onsite by its crew at Grand Prix races around the world.

RTL Television Germany, based in Cologne, is the German and RTL group rights-holders for the Formula 1 Grand Prix’s. The broadcasting group covers all nineteen annual Grand Prix races, which the longstanding customer of SES ASTRA compiles into their normal programming and distributes via SES ASTRA’s satellite system at 19.2º East. Typically, sports broadcasters such as RTL Television covering Grand Prix races bring a container complete with archived tapes and file materials of past races, driver biographies, incidents and backgrounders which are used onsite to complement the live video segments, as the entire program is broadcast live from site, complete with graphics and commentary.

RTL approached SES NEW SKIES describing their need for a DSL-like service via satellite, which would allow them to download, and view video archive footage stored at their Cologne headquarters during the races. SES NEW SKIES worked closely with the broadcaster through testing to define their exact technical requirements. After analyzing the results, SES NEW SKIES suggested IPsys® DVB/SCPC service as the best solution to meet RTL’s requirements for guaranteed bandwidth.

Stefan Flügge from RTL Television’s Sports Production Department said, “At RTL we are constantly striving to improve the way we deliver content to our television viewers.  SES NEW SKIES was instrumental in providing us with a cost-effective and efficient solution to support our Sound & Vision crew in producing an even higher quality of programming. We especially appreciated the customized engineering support and flexibility provided to us by SES NEW SKIES.”

Samantha McCloskey, SES NEW SKIES’ vice president of special events and occasional-use services, added, “We are honored to be working with a prestigious broadcaster such as RTL Television, which has inspired us to craft a new flavour of our IPsys® service, which is not only perfect for television broadcasters covering live sporting events, but is also great for supporting remote Internet access via satellite for breaking news, disaster relief, live entertainment events and more. Our work with RTL is a further example of our commitment to providing our customers with flexibility and responsive service.”

About RTL Group

RTL Group is the leading European entertainment network, with interests in 34 television channels and 34 radio stations in eleven countries and content production throughout the world. Its television portfolio includes RTL Television in Germany, M6 in France, Five in the UK, the RTL channels in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia and Hungary, Ren TV in Russia as well as Antena 3 in Spain and TVI in Portugal. RTL Group’s flagship radio station is RTL in France, and it also owns or has interests in other stations in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Luxembourg. RTL Group's content production arm, FremantleMedia is one of the largest international producers outside the US. It is currently producing over 300 programmes in more than 40 countries providing a wide range of drama, entertainment and factual programming for viewers around the world.

About SES NEW SKIES

SES NEW SKIES is an SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) offering satellite communication services to a range of customers including telecommunications providers, broadcasters, corporations and governments around the world. SES NEW SKIES owns and operates a global fleet of five satellites in orbit, with two additional spacecraft under construction (NSS-8 and NSS-9) and ground facilities around the world. Headquartered in The Hague, the company has offices in Hong Kong, New Delhi, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.C. In addition to NEW SKIES, SES GLOBAL wholly owns market-leading satellite operators SES ASTRA in Europe and SES AMERICOM in North America and also holds strategic participations in AsiaSat in Asia, Star One in Latin America, SES Sirius in Europe, Ciel in Canada and Quetzsat in Mexico. SES GLOBAL provides outstanding satellite communications solutions via a combined fleet of 44 satellites across the globe. Further information on the company is available at www.ses-newskies.com and on SES GLOBAL at www.ses-global.com 

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