SES Americom Tapped to Deliver All U.S. Networks for Discovery Communications

PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 13, 2005/Satnews Daily/ — SES Americom, an SES Global company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges:SESG), has announced its Washington International Teleport (WIT) earth station and HD-Prime neighborhood, aboard the AMC-10 and AMC-11 satellites, have been selected to monitor and distribute all U.S. networks for Discovery Communications and BBC America.

Under the multi-year, multi-million-dollar agreement, Discovery's Sterling, Virginia-based digital playout facility will be linked to SES Americom's WIT facility in nearby Alexandria, where 19 Discovery network feeds are being monitored and uplinked to the twin spacecraft orbiting above the earth. Once aboard the HD-Prime satellites, programming is ultimately delivered to every cable and DTH satellite household across the country. Discovery's networks reach 676 million cumulative subscribers in the United States.

John Honeycutt, senior vice president of Discovery's Television Operations Group said the state-of-the-art Discovery Television and Technology Center, the new home for the network origination for 13 Discovery Networks and BBC America, is now relying on SES Americom to distribute its full schedule of U.S. programming.

The company’s programs include Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Travel Channel, Discovery Health Channel, Discovery HD Theater, Discovery Kids, Discovery Times Channel, The Science Channel, Discovery Home Channel, Military Channel, Discovery en Espanol and FitTV.

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