ASTRA reach 2010

ASTRA reaches 57 million satellite homes

• ASTRA consolidated its position as the top European satellite fleet for DTH reception, reaching 56.8 million satellite homes in Europe and North Africa.
• These homes are served via the four orbital positions of the ASTRA satellite fleet:
  - 42.2 million satellite homes receive programming transmitted via ASTRA at 19.2°E
  - 1.6 million satellite homes in Belgium and the Netherlands as well as in Czech and Slovak Republic receive digital signals from 23.5°E
  - 11.6 million satellite homes watch ASTRA digital services via 28.2°E.
  - The satellites at 5.0°E reach a further 4.3 million digital satellite homes.
• Another 68.0 million homes are served indirectly by ASTRA through cable networks.

Total ASTRA coverage

ASTRA homes in M.

DTH/SMATV
Cable

* since YE07 incl. SIRIUS reach
** Bosnia, Greece, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden not updated at YE09, therefore based on YE08
Source: SES ASTRA, Satellite Monitors

More than 9 out of 10 ASTRA satellite homes are digital

• ASTRA DTH/SMATV growth in 2009 was driven by digital satellite reception.
• The ASTRA satellites are serving 51.9 million digital satellite homes; 37.3 million at 19.2°E, 11.6 million at 28.2°E, 1.6 million at 23.5°E and 4.3 million at 5.0°E.
• 5 million ASTRA homes still receive exclusively analogue signals via 19.2°E. More than 85% of these homes are in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.

ASTRA reach by orbital position

Number of Satellite Homes in M.

The figures do not add up to the total ASTRA reach due to homes receiving from two of these orbital positions at the same time (dual-feed)
* Most of the 23.5°E homes also receive services from 19.2°E (e.g. using the Duo-LNB).
KDG (Kabel Deutschland GmbH) uses the ASTRA Satellites at 23.5°E to feed cable networks in Germany.
Source: SES ASTRA, Satellite Monitors, Year end 2009