Eutelsat KabelKiosk's Cable Platform Gears up for Hybrid TV - New Collaboration With Rovi Signed to Support Video on Demand Services

Eutelsat KabelKiosk's Cable Platform Gears up for Hybrid TV - New Collaboration With Rovi Signed to Support Video on Demand Services

COLOGNE, Germany, May 5, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The German affiliate of Eutelsat Communications (Euronext
Paris: ETL) and Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ: ROVI) are combining their skills
for the launch in third quarter 2011 of a Video On Demand service on
KabelKiosk, the leading platform of TV channels and value added services
provided by Eutelsat Germany for digital cable operators in continental
Europe. An agreement between Rovi and Eutelsat Germany to integrate Rovi's
Nowtilus entertainment delivery platform into KabelKiosk was announced during
the ANGA Cable fair in Cologne.

The collaboration covers the deployment of Rovi's Nowtilus
entertainment delivery platform to power a comprehensive Video on Demand
offer via KabelKiosk interaktiv, the interactive option to be available in
the KabelKiosk service. In addition, Rovi will supply technical and editorial
services, digitisation of content and comprehensive support to operate the
hybrid application. KabelKiosk interaktiv will be available on HbbTV
receivers and TV screens. The commercial launch of the service is planned for
third quarter 2011 for the networks of KabelKiosk partners.

KabelKiosk interaktiv has been developed by Eutelsat Germany
to allow a smart connection of TV and Internet for a smooth transition from
the linear KabelKiosk TV-offering to non-linear content. Red button
applications support on-demand information and video clips to complement the
linear TV channels. The distribution of individual content by network
operators is an additional feature for recent news and network-specific
offerings. Network operators will be able to deploy their own design and
marketing to brand the hybrid service. The completely revised layout of
KabelKiosk interaktiv offers a range of new features and optimised
navigation. An intuitive user navigation facilitates quick selection of
content with only a few keys of the remote control.

"Based on our comprehensive digital entertainment experience
in retail, telco and publishing, we are working with Eutelsat to provide
instant access to premium content to as many end users as possible",
commented Leander Carell, Managing Director of Sales & Marketing Nowtilus at
Rovi. "This will open up new and tangible business opportunities for all
KabelKiosk clients," added Patrick Knippel, Managing Director of Business
Development for Nowtilus at Rovi.

"As a first, KabelKiosk interaktiv will offer innovative
hybrid TV services to digital cable networks in Europe. Working with Rovi and
using their Nowtilus platform is a very important step to powering the Video
on Demand component of KabelKiosk", Martina Rutenbeck, Managing Director of
Eutelsat Germany, said in Cologne. "It strengthens our objective to build a
hybrid portfolio, especially in terms of VoD, and to offer network operators
a competitive portal that underscores the advantages of digital cable
networks."

Nowtilus is a turnkey entertainment platform that offers
content rights and licensing, as well as the technologies and infrastructure
needed to launch user-friendly digital entertainment services. Nowtilus
offers a full range of capabilities including platform development,
administration and support, as well as billing and reporting.
Nowtilus-powered services enable consumers to securely access premium
entertainment on Windows and Mac systems and consumer electronics devices
including connected TVs, set-top boxes, game consoles, and mobile devices.
Nowtilus GmbH was acquired by Rovi Corporation earlier this year.

About Rovi Corporation

Rovi Corporation is focused on revolutionizing the digital
entertainment landscape by delivering solutions that enable consumers to
intuitively connect to new entertainment from many sources and locations. The
company also provides extensive entertainment discovery solutions for
television, movies, music and photos to its customers in the consumer
electronics, cable and satellite, entertainment and online distribution
markets. These solutions, complemented by industry leading entertainment
data, create the connections between people and technology, and enable them
to discover and manage entertainment in an enjoyable form.

Rovi holds nearly 5,000 issued or pending patents worldwide
and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with numerous offices across
the United States and around the world including Berlin, Japan, Hong Kong,
Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom. More information about Rovi can be found
at http://www.rovicorp.com

Eutelsat visAvision GmbH

KabelKiosk is an independent and integrated digital channel- and
service-platform for European cable networks, operated by Eutelsat visAvision
GmbH Cologne, a Eutelsat company. KabelKiosk offers a simple and
cost-efficient distribution of German and multi-national TV-channels as well
as Hybrid-services to cable networks. Thus, network operators and housing
companies are able to compile own Digital TV packages to clients and tenants
giving full customer control. A comprehensive supply of services is given by
KabelKiosk as well, including technical and legal support, encryption and
satellite-based signal contribution to network headends. To advance
digitalization of cable networks KabelKiosk offers BasisHD, a Free TV package
comprising 35 digital SD-channels as well as RTL HD, VOX HD, Pro7, Sat1 and
kabel1 in high-resolution quality. For Pay TV KabelKiosk provides a
comprehensive choice of German and foreign-language channels. Premium German
entertainment channels are supplied by the packages FamilyXL, the promotion
packs Lifestyle, Doku & News, Music & Emotion, Fun & Sports and MTV Tune-inn.
HD Extra addresses clients asking for high resolution entertainment. Foreign
languages bouquets cover nine different languages with 32 channels: Turkish,
Russian, Polish, Italian, French, Serbian, English, Portuguese and Spanish.
http://www.kabelkiosk.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 31 December 2010, Eutelsat's
satellites were broadcasting more than 3,700 television channels to over 200
million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle East and 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 683 commercial, technical and
operational employees from 28 countries.

http://www.eutelsat.com

Source: Eutelsat Communications

Text 100 GmbH (for Rovi Corporation), Nicole Kochems, Nymphenburger Strasse 168, 80634 Munich, Tel: +49-89-99-83-70-38, email: nicole.kochems@text100.de ; 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 ; Analysts and Investors, Lisa Finas, Tel. : +33-1-53-98-35-30, investors@eutelsat-communications.com

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