KUALA LUMPUR, June 19, 2008 – National Geographic Channel Asia has contacted Measat Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. for the distribution of National Geographic Channel HD and 2 other standard-definition channels, National Geographic Channel and Nat Geo Wild, on Measat-operated satellite to PayTV operators across Asia Pacific, the Middle-East and Africa.

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 8, 2008—DirecTV continues to expand its WorldDirect programming platform with the exclusive addition of HONVIETV, a high-quality entertainment channel for the Vietnamese community in the U.S.

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SINGAPORE, May 1, 2008 -- Singapore Telecommunications Limited launched on Tuesday Office@Sea suite of satellite solutions to enable vessels to communicate seamlessly and cost-effectively with their headquarters on land. 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 17, 2008 -- OpenTV Corp. (NASDAQ: OPTV), a provider of solutions for the delivery of advanced digital television and advanced advertising services, has launched the Austar PVR, called MyStar, a quad tuner set-top box featuring two satellite tuners and two terrestrial tuners providing a first-of-its kind integrated PVR service for Austar subscribers.

WASHINGTON, DC, April 17, 2008 --  Arqiva’s Satellite Media Solutions division is joining forces with SAT-GE, a subsidiary of General Electric, to provide an Asia Pacific satellite-based High Definition (HD) video platform.

PARIS & OSLO, Norway & ROCKVILLE, Md., April 15, 2008 -- Vizada, a provider of global satellite communications solutions, has partnered with SatComms Australia to package Vizada’s IriTrack communications solution to multinationals and government institutions operating in remote locations in Australia.

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA. April 9, 2008 -- Cambodian DTV Network Limited (CDN) and the National Television of Kampuchea (TVK) have launched the first satellite television network service that provides Direct-to-Home (DTH) television programming to every household in the kingdom.

SINGAPORE, March 31, 2008 -- Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and SpeedCast are jointly launching a new maritime broadband communications service that will address the commercial shipping sector.

NEW DELHI, India, March 26, 2008 – Sun Direct TV Private Limited has migrated to MPEG-4 giving around 40 million homes in southern India launching the country’s first digital video solutions direct-to-home (DTH) broadcast service.