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June 29th, 2009

SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES Is Going Retro...


AMC-3 satellite (SES) Home to the most innovative and popular television networks and programming, SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges: SESG), has announced it has signed a multiyear agreement to deliver Retro TV’s classic content lineup to viewers across the country.

As part of the agreement, Retro TV is leveraging two transponders of capacity on SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIESAMC-3 satellite for nationwide distribution of its TV lineup, which includes timeless hits like Leave it to Beaver, Emergency, Marcus Welby MD, Kojak, McHale’s Navy, and The Rockford Files. Four years old this week, Retro TV is already a primary and sub channel success in markets coast to coast. The classic television network is now offered in nearly 85 percent of U.S. households and expects to reach the 95 percent milestone by year’s end.