T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT) Selects Eutelsat's 16 Degrees East Neighbourhood to Roll-out MAXtv Pay-TV Platform to Viewers Across Croatia

T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT) Selects Eutelsat's 16 Degrees East Neighbourhood to Roll-out MAXtv Pay-TV Platform to Viewers Across Croatia

PARIS, January 14, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- T-HT, Croatia's leading telecom operator, has selected the 16
degrees East satellite neighbourhood operated by Eutelsat Communications
(Euronext Paris: ETL) to extend reach of its MAXtv pay-TV platform to all
homes across Croatia. The two companies have concluded a 10-year contract for
three satellite transponders, enabling MAXtv, which launched as an IP
platform in September 2006, to consolidate its position in Croatia's digital
television market.

For T-HT, the new satellite service will optimise the
footprint of MAXtv to viewers beyond range of its ADSL network, particularly
to semi-urban, rural communities and Croatian islands in the Adriatic. In
addition, for T-HT's ADSL subscribers, a new hybrid box will enable users to
benefit from interactive services through the DSL network and a broad range
of digital and High-Definition television delivered by satellite.

Subscribers can choose from different programme packages
including an attractive sports package with exclusive content, and also have
access to free-to-air international satellite channels. Using a hybrid box,
ADSL customers will also soon have the possibility to access other advanced,
interactive and Internet features, including a recording service called
Snimalica, Video Library, interactive Internet content (Internet portals,
widgets, red buttons etc.) and HDTV channels. Subscription services,
including dish installation are provided by all T-HT Centres in Croatia.

Ivica Mudrinic, President of the Management Board of
T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT),said: "We are very proud of the fact that MAXtv, as
the first interactive pay-TV service in the region, is now available across
the entire territory of the Republic of Croatia thanks to our satellite
capacity with Eutelsat. Being aware of the limited possibilities for growth
in the traditional mobile and fixed telephony market, we at HT focused on the
strengthening of our position in the media and entertainment segment by
constant development of innovative products and services. This makes MAXtv
the first digital television in Croatia and we are also the first in the
Deutsche Telekom Group to introduce this hybrid service.

T-HT today has over 270 000 IPTV users, which makes us the
leading pay-TV service provider. Bringing MAXtv by satellite to smaller,
rural communities and to islands along the Adriatic coast will definitely
contribute to even stronger growth of this service in the future and
consolidate our position as the national leader in the segment of digital
television."

Andrew Wallace, Eutelsat Chief Commercial Officer, responded:
"We are delighted that T-HT, part of the Deutsche Telekom Group, has selected
our 16 degrees East platform to extend MAXtv to all Croatian homes. T-HT is
maximising the strengths of terrestrial and satellite platforms to ensure
that all homes have the opportunity to benefit from a multi-channel broadcast
environment and we are proud to be their chosen satellite partner in this
media adventure."

About T-Hrvatski Telekom

T-Hrvatski telekom is the leading provider of
telecommunications services in Croatia and has the leading position on the
market in all its business segments. T-HT Group integrates fixed telephony,
mobile telephony, data transmission, Internet and international
communications. Our main activities include provision of telecommunications
services as well as engineering and construction of communications networks
in the territory of the Republic of Croatia. Along with the provision of
fixed telephone line services (fixed telephone line access and traffic and
additional fixed network services), the Group also provides Internet
services, including IPTV, data transmission services (leased lines,
Metro-Ethernet, IP/MPLS, ATM), and operates GSM and UMTS mobile telephone
networks. The company's strategy is based on the service quality, customer
satisfaction, and further development of broadband access and value added
services related to broadband access.

http://www.t.ht.hr

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 2010, Eutelsat's
satellites were broadcasting more than 3,700 television channels. More than
1,100 channels broadcast via its HOT BIRD(TM) video neighbourhood at 13
degrees East which serves over 120 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 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 660 commercial, technical and operational employees
from 28 countries.

http://www.eutelsat.com

Source: Eutelsat Communications

For further information: Press: 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; Investors: Lisa Finas, Tel. : +33-1-53-98-35-30, investors@eutelsat-communications.com

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