SES' global satellite fleet coverage SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), has increased the number of digital TV homes reached by the ASTRA satellite system in Germany by 1.35 million (13.9 percent) to 11.1 million, thereby remaining the leading infrastructure for digital reception in Germany.

Considering all reception modes, including satellite, cable, terrestrial, and IPTV, 20 million (53 percent, 2007: 42 percent) of all television viewers receive their program digitally. This means every second TV-household already watches the television of the future, with 69.4 percent of all satellite households and 31.3 percent of all cable households digitalized. These are the results of the latest Satellite Monitor, conducted annually on behalf of SES ASTRA. For Germany, 6,000 telephone and face-to-face interviews were conducted at the end of last year. The methodology and the results are controlled by independent institutes. In total, Germany had 37.67 million analogue and digital TV homes by the end of last year. With 16.2 million households, satellite reached a share of 43 percent in 2008. 18.45 million households watched television via cable equaling a share of 49 percent. The terrestrial television DVB-T had 2.75 million viewers and a share of seven percent, followed by IPTV with 270.000 households and a share of one percent.