PanGlobal TV Taps PanAmsat for Delivery in Australia, NZ of 5 Zee Network Channels

SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 13, 2005/Satnews Daily/ — PanAmSat (NYSE: PA) has announced that India's Zee Network has signed a multi-year agreement to bring its five-channel offering to the South Asian population in Australia and New Zealand.

The programming bouquet will be delivered on the PanGlobal TV Platform via PanAmSat's PAS-8 Pacific Ocean Region satellite. With this agreement, 24 channels of programming will now be available to subscribers through the rapidly expanding direct-to-home platform (DTH).

Launched in 2004, PanGlobal TV is a joint marketing alliance between PanAmSat and GlobeCast Australia delivering DTH multi-ethnic programming that reaches tens of thousands across the Australian continent. It is one of nine DTH platforms that PanAmSat supports around the globe.

"In one short year, PanGlobal TV signed deals with the top names in multi-ethnic programming. Now, with Zee Network joining our DTH platform, we can offer viewers an even wider array of global fare," said David Ball, vice president, Asia Pacific, PanAmSat. "The addition of such a highly-regarded customer as Zee Network to our programming roster is an ideal way to celebrate our one-year anniversary."

Zee Network, a subsidiary of Zee Telefilms Limited, will offer five channels on PanGlobal TV. They are: Zee TV, Zee Cinema, Zee News, Zee Muzic and Zee Smile. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Zee Network is seen in 100 countries across the globe.

PanGlobal TV offers 24 different channels of multi-ethnic programming, including Zee Network, to viewers across Australia. The line up includes NHK World Premium, MySAT, the Arabic Pay TV service which carries ART, LBC, Al Jazeera, ART Movies, Future TV, MBC and Noursat. It also features Horizon World Plus TV Pty Ltd which distributes a bouquet of five Russian television channels: ORT (Channel 1), RTVi, Teleklub/Detski Mir, Nashe Kino and RTR Planeta. It also hosts TV Plus which offers Serbian services Pink Plus, ExtraTV, BN and BHTV1.

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