PanGlobal TV Platform Grows With Addition of Zee Network

PanGlobal TV Platform Grows With Addition of Zee Network

SYDNEY, Australia, September 8/PRNewswire/ -- PanAmSat (NYSE: PA) today 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. As a result of 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.

"Zee Telefilms Limited is very pleased to announce this relationship with
GlobeCast Australia," said Dheeraj Kapuria, president, International
Operations, Zee Telefilms Limited. "With this extension, Zee Network
continues with its efforts to reach out to South Asian Diaspora across the
globe. Through these channels, we will be bringing Indian culture and
Bollywood into the homes of 45,000 South Asian families in Australia and New
Zealand."

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.

"Australia's multi-cultural viewers can now enjoy India's top networks,
including its leading entertainment channels," said Mark Lobwein, DTH Sales
Manager, GlobeCast Australia. "We are thrilled that the world's premier
broadcasters are turning to PanGlobal TV to reach Australia's diverse
audience."

PanGlobal TV is a joint marketing alliance between PanAmSat and GlobeCast
Australia, which offers a range of transmission services to international
broadcasters who wish to reach Australia's diverse multi-cultural
communities. The service transmits digital television channel signals from
either GlobeCast Australia's Sydney teleport or the PanAmSat Napa Valley,
California teleport to the PAS-8 Ku-band Australia beam. The teleports offer
digital encoding, signal processing and transport services in addition to the
uplink service to the satellite. PanGlobal TV offers backhaul to either the
Napa teleport or the Sydney teleport by satellite, fiber or hybrid
satellite/fiber contribution.

About GlobeCast Australia

GlobeCast Australia is the Sydney-based associate of GlobeCast
International. The Company is a partnership between GlobeCast International,
a subsidiary of France Telecom, and Australian Shareholders
Capital-Investment and Conbrae. The Company is the leading provider of DTH
Services throughout Australia and New Zealand, offering international
satellite, fiber connectivity and SNG Services across the Australasian
Region.

About PanAmSat

Through its owned and operated fleet of 25 satellites, PanAmSat (NYSE:
PA) is a leading global provider of video, broadcasting and network
distribution and delivery services. In total, the Company's in-orbit fleet is
capable of reaching over 98 percent of the world's population through cable
television systems, broadcast affiliates, direct-to-home operators, Internet
service providers and telecommunications companies. In addition, PanAmSat
supports the largest concentration of satellite-based business networks in
the U.S., as well as specialized communications services in remote areas
throughout the world. For more information, visit the Company's web site at
www.panamsat.com.

Web site: http://www.panamsat.com

Source: PanAmSat

Kathryn Lancioni, PanAmSat, +1-203-210-8649, or klancioni@panamsat.com

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