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Serbia Broadband (SBB) Expands Collaboration With Eutelsat to Launch Satellite Triple-Play Services
SBB Selects the Tooway(TM)-Broadband Service on KA-SAT to Bundle Total TV Platform With Internet access and VOIP
PRAGUE, June 27, 2012/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
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Serbia Broadband (SBB) and Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today
announced they are expanding their collaboration with the signature of an agreement
between Serbia's most progressive media company and Eutelsat's Skylogic affiliate to
distribute the Tooway(TM) satellite broadband service in six Balkan countries. The new
agreement will notably enable SBB to bundle its Total TV platform on the EUTELSAT 16A
satellite with Tooway(TM) broadband services via the KA-SAT High Throughput Satellite,
raising the bar of their service in the markets they address. SBB is already the leading
broadband service provider in Serbia and has built a subscriber base of over one million
pay-TV homes with Total TV.
SBB plans to offer the highest-quality of satellite broadband solutions to users in
Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia, FYRO Macedonia, Croatia and Montenegro located in
areas with limited or no access to terrestrial broadband. Services will be available in
single-play, double-play and triple-play options (TV, Internet and VOIP).
Dragica Pilipovic Chaffey, CEO of SBB commented: "We are delighted to broaden our
relationship with Eutelsat, our longstanding partner for satellite broadcasting, by
venturing into satellite broadband. This new agreement enables us to deliver homes and
businesses in the Balkan region with immediate access to the highest quality broadband
service. Eutelsat's broadband solutions are fully in line with SBB's commitment to
leveraging the most innovative technologies that meet the needs of users irrespective of
their location."
Speaking from Prague at the Digital TV CEE conference, Apostolos Triantafyllou,
Regional sales Director CEE at Eutelsat said: "SBB's selection of the Tooway(TM) service
underscores our confidence in the intrinsic benefit of satellites for bridging the digital
divide. As a reference in the region for broadcast and broadband services, SBB is astutely
selecting qualified technologies that enable it to ensure it has a complete digital
service offer for consumers, with no exception."
About Serbia Broadband
SBB is the leading regional Pay TV platform in Serbia, offering cable television and
Internet. SBB is also a leading DTH operator in the region with its Total TV platform,
present in six countries of former Yugoslavia. With unmatched reach via cable and DTH, SBB
has established the reputation for the most attractive content available across all
devices and formats. Good deals and bundles are supported with an innovative and reliable
technology. SBB also offers data and voice services for small, medium and large companies.
About Eutelsat http://www.eutelsat.com http://www.tooway.com
With capacity commercialised on 28 satellites that provide coverage across Europe, as
well as the Middle East, Africa and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat
is one of the world's three leading satellite operators. As of 31 March 2012 Eutelsat's
satellites were broadcasting more than 4,250 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 high speed Internet services through teleports in France and Italy
that serve consumers, enterprises, local communities, government agencies and aid
organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat
and its subsidiaries employ just over 750 commercial, technical and operational
professionals. This culturally diverse staff comprises employees from 30 countries.
Source: Eutelsat Communications
Press: Vanessa O'Connor, Tel: +33-1-53-98-37-91, voconnor@eutelsat.fr; Frédérique Gautier, Tel: +33-1-53-98-37-91, fgautier@eutelsat.fr; Marie-Sophie Ecuer, Tel: +33-1-53-98-37-91, mecuer@eutelsat.fr; Investors and analysts: Lisa Finas, Tel: +33-1-53-98-35-30, investors@eutelsat-communications.com; Leonard Wapler, Tel: +33-1-53-98-31-07, investors@eutelsat-communications.com
Serbia Broadband (SBB) Expands Collaboration With Eutelsat to Launch Satellite Triple-Play Services
SBB Selects the Tooway(TM)-Broadband Service on KA-SAT to Bundle Total TV Platform With Internet access and VOIP
PRAGUE, June 27, 2012/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
?
Serbia Broadband (SBB) and Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) today
announced they are expanding their collaboration with the signature of an agreement
between Serbia's most progressive media company and Eutelsat's Skylogic affiliate to
distribute the Tooway(TM) satellite broadband service in six Balkan countries. The new
agreement will notably enable SBB to bundle its Total TV platform on the EUTELSAT 16A
satellite with Tooway(TM) broadband services via the KA-SAT High Throughput Satellite,
raising the bar of their service in the markets they address. SBB is already the leading
broadband service provider in Serbia and has built a subscriber base of over one million
pay-TV homes with Total TV.
SBB plans to offer the highest-quality of satellite broadband solutions to users in
Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia, FYRO Macedonia, Croatia and Montenegro located in
areas with limited or no access to terrestrial broadband. Services will be available in
single-play, double-play and triple-play options (TV, Internet and VOIP).
Dragica Pilipovic Chaffey, CEO of SBB commented: "We are delighted to broaden our
relationship with Eutelsat, our longstanding partner for satellite broadcasting, by
venturing into satellite broadband. This new agreement enables us to deliver homes and
businesses in the Balkan region with immediate access to the highest quality broadband
service. Eutelsat's broadband solutions are fully in line with SBB's commitment to
leveraging the most innovative technologies that meet the needs of users irrespective of
their location."
Speaking from Prague at the Digital TV CEE conference, Apostolos Triantafyllou,
Regional sales Director CEE at Eutelsat said: "SBB's selection of the Tooway(TM) service
underscores our confidence in the intrinsic benefit of satellites for bridging the digital
divide. As a reference in the region for broadcast and broadband services, SBB is astutely
selecting qualified technologies that enable it to ensure it has a complete digital
service offer for consumers, with no exception."
About Serbia Broadband
SBB is the leading regional Pay TV platform in Serbia, offering cable television and
Internet. SBB is also a leading DTH operator in the region with its Total TV platform,
present in six countries of former Yugoslavia. With unmatched reach via cable and DTH, SBB
has established the reputation for the most attractive content available across all
devices and formats. Good deals and bundles are supported with an innovative and reliable
technology. SBB also offers data and voice services for small, medium and large companies.
About Eutelsat http://www.eutelsat.com http://www.tooway.com
With capacity commercialised on 28 satellites that provide coverage across Europe, as
well as the Middle East, Africa and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat
is one of the world's three leading satellite operators. As of 31 March 2012 Eutelsat's
satellites were broadcasting more than 4,250 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 high speed Internet services through teleports in France and Italy
that serve consumers, enterprises, local communities, government agencies and aid
organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat
and its subsidiaries employ just over 750 commercial, technical and operational
professionals. This culturally diverse staff comprises employees from 30 countries.
Source: Eutelsat Communications
Press: Vanessa O'Connor, Tel: +33-1-53-98-37-91, voconnor@eutelsat.fr; Frédérique Gautier, Tel: +33-1-53-98-37-91, fgautier@eutelsat.fr; Marie-Sophie Ecuer, Tel: +33-1-53-98-37-91, mecuer@eutelsat.fr; Investors and analysts: Lisa Finas, Tel: +33-1-53-98-35-30, investors@eutelsat-communications.com; Leonard Wapler, Tel: +33-1-53-98-31-07, investors@eutelsat-communications.com