GlobeCast Selects Eutelsat's EUROBIRD(TM) 9A Satellite to Launch HD Distribution Platform

GlobeCast Selects Eutelsat's EUROBIRD(TM) 9A Satellite to Launch HD Distribution Platform

Content Management and Delivery Company Offers HD DVB-S2 Platform to Worldwide Broadcasters From one of Europe's key Video Positions

NAB, LAS VEGAS, April 11, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To respond to increasing HD demand from its clients, GlobeCast
today announced that it has concluded a five-year contract with Eutelsat
Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) for a third transponder on the
EUROBIRD(TM) 9A satellite, which will carry a full HD DVB-S2 platform.

The first clients on the platform already include Eurosport
and Fashion One. Eutelsat's EUROBIRD(TM) 9A satellite was chosen for its
potential to reach over five million Direct-to-Home and cable homes. The
satellite's proximity to Eutelsat's HOT BIRD(TM) video neighborhood at
13degrees East adds the opportunity for broadcasters to reach homes equipped
for dual-feed reception from both positions.

As a neighbourhood of choice for flagship broadcasters,
Eutelsat's EUROBIRD(TM) 9A satellite offers clients of GlobeCast's new
platform prime access to cable networks and ISPs. Channels currently in SD
looking to launch an HD DVB-S2 offer, or existing HD channels looking for new
options, will also benefit from this new choice. GlobeCast's service to
broadcasters can include content management, playout and origination and
encoding, among other features. Uplink to EUROBIRD(TM) 9A is possible from
Paris: a central point that enjoys connectivity to over 30 PoPs via
GlobeCast's five-continent fiber network.

Broadcasting over 250 channels, including 35 already in HD,
EUROBIRD(TM) 9A and its proximity to the 1,100 channels at Eutelsat's HOT
BIRD(TM) neighborhood offer clients of this new platform an ideal environment
that brings together the best international and regional channels in Europe,
North Africa and the Middle East.

About GlobeCast

A subsidiary of France Telecom/Orange, GlobeCast is a leading
provider of media management and global content delivery services for
broadcasters and content creators. With a secure fiber and satellite network
connected to dozens of teleports, technical operations centers and
points-of-presence worldwide, GlobeCast manages and transports millions of
hours of video and other rich media each year. An integrator of audiovisual
technology and a full service provider, GlobeCast works with all the actors
in the audiovisual chain from production companies to broadcasters, retail
organizations, cinema chains and more. The company provides on-site service
from major news and sporting events for coverage in SD, HD or even 3D.
Present in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia,
GlobeCast is also an expert in international television markets, and works
with new and established broadcasters to reach and secure distribution with
leading pay TV operators around the world.

http://www.globecast.com

About Eutelsat Communications

Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code:
FR0010221234) is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A.. With capacity
commercialised on 27 satellites that provide coverage over the entire
European continent, as well as the Middle East, Africa, India and significant
parts of Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat is one of the world's three leading
satellite operators in terms of revenues. At 31 December 2010, Eutelsat's
satellites were broadcasting more than 3,700 television channels to over 200
million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The
Group's satellites also serve a wide range of fixed and mobile
telecommunications services, TV contribution markets, corporate networks, and
broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and for transport, maritime
and in-flight markets. Eutelsat's broadband subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and
operates access to high speed Internet services through teleports in France
and Italy that serve enterprises, local communities, government agencies and
aid organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in
Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ 683 commercial, technical and
operational employees from 28 countries.

http://www.eutelsat.com

Source: GlobeCast and Eutelsat Communications

For further information: Press - GlobeCast, Matthew Rosenstein, Tel: + 1-212-332-2178, matthew.rosenstein@globecast.com ; Press - Eutelsat, Vanessa O'Connor, Tel. : + 33-1-53-98-37-91, voconnor@eutelsat.fr ; Frederique Gautier, Tel. : + 33-1-53-98-37-91, fgautier@eutelsat.fr ; Analysts and Investors: Lisa Finas, Tel. : +33-1-53-98-35-30, investors@eutelsat-communications.com

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