Paul A. Stodden Appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Orion Cable GmbH

Paul A. Stodden Appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Orion Cable GmbH

AUGSBURG, Germany, January 30/PRNewswire/ -- Paul A. Stodden (59) has been appointed Chairman of the management board
of Orion Cable.

Prior to this appointment Stodden was the Chairman of debitel, the mobile
communication services company, which he realigned towards future
development. Other positions he has previously held include Head of Siemens
Business Services Division and President & CEO of Fujitsu Siemens Computers.

Speaking as a representative of the shareholders of Orion Cable, Robert
Fowler comments: "The shareholders of Orion Cable expect from Paul A. Stodden
important impulses for the further strategic and operative development of the
cable business in the German market. The continued digitalization of the
networks and the new services offer excellent opportunities for doing so. As
Chairman of the Orion Cable parent company Escaline Sarl, I will be working
closely together with Paul and continuing to provide my services to the
company as it moves ahead."

About Orion Cable:

Following the acquisition of the Level 4 companies Tele
Columbus in November 2006 and ewt in spring 2005, Orion Cabel is today the
largest Level 4 cable network operator on the German market. Overall, the
acquisition of Tele Columbus covered approximately 1.8 million serviceable
households and 1.5 million customers, primarily in the major catchment areas
of Tele Columbus in Berlin-Brandenburg, Hanover, Hamburg and Dresden.
Calculating into the equation the activities of the ewt Group yields a figure
of around 3.5 million households nationwide supplied via Level 4, and 1.2
million households supplied by Tele Columbus and ewt, including via Level 3.

Moreover, since August 2006 Orion Cable has held 26.7 percent of the
shares in PrimaCom AG, a publicly listed company, that it acquired from
Liberty Media. PrimaCom AG provides a broad range of analogue, digital and
interactive cable network services, and in Germany it is the most experienced
cable network operator in the digital domain. Customers with a connection to
the upgraded 862 MHz broadband cable network have access to more than 100 TV
and radio programs, high-speed internet services and telephony offerings.
PrimaCom caters for the needs of around 1.0 million customers in Germany.

Orion Cable GmbH is a subsidiary of Escaline Sarl, whose
shareholders include Kingsbridge, Aletheia Partners, ABN AMRO and the Stritzl
family, with private investors being the largest shareholder.

Contact:

Orion Cable

c/o Hartmut Schultz Kommunikation GmbH

Hartmut Schultz +49-89-99-24-96-20

Source: Orion Cable GmbH

Contact: Orion Cable, c/o Hartmut Schultz Kommunikation GmbH, Hartmut Schultz +49-89-99-24-96-20

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