Eutelsat KabelKiosk Digital Cable Platform Launches First HD Channels Following Agreement With RTL Group to add RTL HD and VOX HD

Eutelsat KabelKiosk Digital Cable Platform Launches First HD Channels Following Agreement With RTL Group to add RTL HD and VOX HD

PARIS and COLOGNE, France, January 22/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KabelKiosk, the digital channel platform for cable operators
provided by the German subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris:
ETL), announce the immediate launch of a new HDTV offer with the addition
into the platform of the RTL HD and VOX HD channels of Mediengruppe RTL
Deutschland.

The addition to KabelKiosk of both channels follows the
signature of an agreement between Eutelsat Germany and Mediengruppe RTL
Deutschland, which was announced in Berlin at Eutelsat Germany's annual
reception on 21 January. With their launch in KabelKiosk, RTL HD and VOX HD
will be available for the first time in real HD quality for digital cable
networks in Germany. KabelKiosk's German cable partners will immediately be
able to offer this new option to their subscribers via Eutelsat's
EUROBIRD(TM) 9A satellite.

"The development of television will be closely associated with
the quality and enhanced experience brought by HDTV", stated Martina
Rutenbeck, Managing Director of Eutelsat Germany. "We are delighted to
welcome RTL HD and VOX HD onto the KabelKiosk platform as we believe their
compelling content will be a real driving force for the success of HDTV in
Germany. The launch of this new offer is further evidence of our commitment
to innovating new products that contribute to powering digitisation of cable
networks in Germany."

Andre Prahl, a member of the management board of the RTL
subsidiary CBC (Cologne Broadcast Centre), and in charge of channel
distribution at Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland added: "HDTV represents added
value that truly inspires the audience. We really appreciate the opportunity
to offer RTL HD and VOX HD to the first cable customers via Eutelsat's
KabelKiosk."

KabelKiosk's HD offer will progressively expand over the next
months to up to ten German and international channels. The package will offer
a strong choice of free and pay content to partners and customers, opening up
the future of HDTV for independent network operators and the housing
industry.

KabelKiosk currently supplies over 110 digital channels in
German and foreign languages to 250 partner companies in Germany, Austria,
Denmark, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland

The Media Group RTL Germany is one of the leading media
companies in Germany. In addition to its free-to-air channels RTL Television,
VOX and n-tv, the company portfolio also includes three digital niche
channels: RTL Crime, Passion and RTL Living. RTL Group's affiliates RTL II
and Super RTL are also run from Cologne. RTL interactive was set up to cover
all the interactive and transaction-based operations that fall outside
classic TV provision.

Within the Media Group RTL Germany, there are a number of
other important functions fulfilled by the marketing organization IP
Deutschland, by the news/magazine company infoNetwork as well as by the
broadcasting and production company Cologne Broadcasting Center (CBC).

http://www.rtl-hd.de

http://www.vox-hd.de

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 30 September 2009, Eutelsat's satellites were
broadcasting 3,300 television channels and 1,100 radio stations. More than
1,000 channels broadcast via its HOT BIRD(TM) video neighbourhood at 13
degrees East which serves over 123 million cable and satellite homes in
Europe, the Middle East and North 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 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 615
commercial, technical and operational employees from 28 countries.

http://www.eutelsat.com

For further information

Press
Bettina Klauser Tel: +49(0)221-456-4306
Bettina.Klauser@mediengruppe-rtl.de

Press
Vanessa O'Connor Tel: +33-1-53-98-38-88, voconnor@eutelsat.fr
Frederique Gautier Tel: +33-1-53-98-38-88, fgautier@eutelsat.fr

Investors
Gilles Janvier Tel: +33-1-53-98-35-30
investors@eutelsat-communications.com

Source: Eutelsat Communications

For further information: Press: Bettina Klauser, Tel: +49(0)221-456-4306, Bettina.Klauser@mediengruppe-rtl.de; Press: Vanessa O'Connor, Tel: +33-1-53-98-38-88, voconnor@eutelsat.fr; Frederique Gautier Tel: +33-1-53-98-38-88, fgautier@eutelsat.fr; Investors: Gilles Janvier, Tel: +33-1-53-98-35-30, investors@eutelsat-communications.com

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