[SatNews] SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has signed a multi-year agreement with AUDIO VISUAL COMPANY JSC (AVG), a joint stock company of An Vien Group, to provide transponder capacity on the NSS-6 satellite for their new DTH satellite television service in Vietnam.

AVG plans to initially offer up to 80 channels of television programming in Vietnam, with service scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2010. At launch, the service will utilize two and a half transponders. AVG has an option for one more transponder, which it expects to exercise in mid-2011. SES WORLD SKIES' 95 degrees East and 108.2 degrees East orbital slots form an important video neighborhood in Asia. With a dozen operators, more than 450 channels, and more than 30 million homes, SES satellites in these two slots have become a neighborhood of choice for programmers and DTH operators wishing to penetrate the Asian market. SES recently invested in a new satellite, SES-7 (previously known as Protostar 2), to be co-located at 108.2 degrees East.