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June 1st, 2009

SES AMERICOM Is Playing Ball


SES AMERICOM homepage banner With the NBA finals on the verge of tip-off and a new Major League Soccer season underway, SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), has announced iN DEMAND Networks has signed a multiyear distribution agreement for delivery of its NBA League Pass and MLS Direct Kick programming packages to cable subscribers across the U.S.

Select NBA League Pass games are delivered in HD, as part of a cable package that offers more than 1,000 regional contests. The MLS Direct Kick program delivers all the action of over 100 Major League Soccer matches on subscribers’ TV screens nationwide. Both popular packages are distributed over SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIESAMC-1 satellite. iN DEMAND has enlisted SES’ HD-PRIME satellites to deliver its full programming lineup, its PPV programming including movies, mega boxing, and mixed martial arts events, and the digital out-of-market subscription sports packages for MLB, the NBA, the NHL and MLS. SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES will also deliver iN DEMAND’s range of VOD products including first-run movies and original HD VOD content.