SES ASTRA provide related broadcasing services by platform services

SES ASTRA, an SES company, announced today that it has signed a capacity agreement with South African pay-TV operator On Digital Media (ODM) for three transponders on its ASTRA 4A satellite, and has also contracted to provide the related broadcasting services via its affiliate ASTRA Platform Services.

In 2007, ODM was one of the four consortia that have been awarded a broadcasting license by the South African regulator ICASA. ODM is 20 percent owned by SES ASTRA. The contract with ODM brings the total capacity contracted on this satellite to five transponders, with ETV and Globecast previously having signed one transponder each.

We are therefore ideally positioned to support the launch of this new market entrant by delivering infrastructure and broadcast related services. We are confident that the new pay-TV offer will increase choice and variety in the South African market, and we wish ODM success.”ASTRA 4A carries six transponders for the African market covering Southern Africa from Nigeria to Cape Town.

TopTV will offer up to 55 channels at prices ranging from 99 to 249 Rand per month covering a broad variety of genres including general entertainment, news, sport, movies and gospel, to name a few. With our differentiated multi-channel subscription TV service, we will significantly expand the viewing choices for a larger portion of the population in South Africa.”

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