Cable Television Distribution

New Skies is a leading provider of satellite capacity for the distribution of international, regional and national television networks to Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and India. The New Skies 806 satellite, a high power, C-band "hotbird," launched in February, 1998, is specifically configured to serve the cable headends of Latin America. The 806 satellite serves a wide variety of popular programmers reaching all of the TV households in Latin America, a potential audience of more than 90 million people. Cable remains the number one source for delivering multichannel television to Latin America, representing 78% of the total traffic in that sector. The aggregation of popular television networks and cable channels broadcasting from 806 and other satellites in the New Skies fleet, adds significant "neighbourhood value" to current and potential users.