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UEFA Champions League and Europa League Matches Broadcast Live in HD

Across Indonesia

Football fans in Indonesia are now able powered wide beam design, makes the Director of Nex Parabola. “Our partnership
to watch their favorite European teams satellite ideal for local broadcast services. with Nex Parabola is testament to our
compete in the UEFA Champions League “Having recently secured the exclusive satellite fleet’s capabilities of delivering
(UCL) and UEFA Europa League (UEF) broadcast rights for the UEFA Champions prime international content to viewers
live on TV screens in high-definition (HD) League and Europa League in Indonesia, around the globe in the best quality
format due to a new partnership formed we want to bring the best European football possible, wherever they are. We are
by media group Surya Citra Media (SCM), entertainment to as many fans as possible pleased to help Nex Parabola expand
satellite direct-to-home TV provider Nex through our subsidiary Nex Parabola and their audience reach using satellite in the
Parabola and the world leading satellite satellite partner SES. With SES-9, we are most cost-effective manner, and remain
operator SES. SCM has secured the able to maximize our reach and deliver committed to delivering satellite services
exclusive broadcast rights for the 2019/20 an unparalleled viewing experience in for broadcasters, content providers and
football seasons of UCL and UEL which will premium HD format to audiences across companies across the country,” said Yew
be delivered to Nex Parabola customers via the country, whether they are watching us Weng Soo, Vice President, Sales & Market
the SES-9 satellite, SES announced today. on their home TVs or at the neighborhood Development, Asia Pacific of SES Video.
The two European football channels will be warung,” said Junus Koswara, President
packaged together with exclusive content
from SCM Group. These new channels
include Citra Cinema, Citra Drama Plus,
Citra Muslim and Citra Dangdut, providing
a variety of lifestyle, entertainment
and religious content for Nex Parabola
customers. SES-9 is co-located at 108.2
degrees East orbital position with SES-
7 and provides prime coverage over all
17,000 islands in Indonesia, as well as
locations in South Asia, Northeast Asia,
Australia and the Middle East. The 108.2
degrees East neighborhood is targeted
for video services and ensures extensive
coverage over all corners of the country for
SES-9. This, coupled with SES-9’s high-

Ethiopia Welcomes First Dedicated TV Platform

For years, Ethiopian TV viewers have in High Definition (HD) quality. Amman and receive content from the dedicated TV
had to navigate through a plethora of Fissehazion, Chairman of the AEB, said, neighborhood, we recommend purchasing
multinational content in a variety of “Up until now, the majority of Ethiopia’s an HD TV whenever possible, as this will
foreign languages in order to locate their content has been broadcast from an orbital allow for a higher picture quality.” In
favorite channels. That changes today location that also supplies content to addition, the launch of Ethiosat will offer
with the launch of Ethiosat – the first- Middle Eastern and North African countries, Ethiopians a larger offering of both local
ever dedicated Ethiopian TV platform which explains the often confusing mix of and relevant international content in the
to host Ethiopia’s most popular local content. By migrating the most popular future. Fissehazion said, “We believe
channels. This has been made possible Ethiopian TV channels to a new location on consolidating all Ethiopian TV channels
by agreements between the Association SES’s satellite, we’ve created an Ethiopian- and broadcasting them from one orbital
of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB), the only TV offering that also delivers a variety position will fuel growth in the Ethiopian
Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), of channels in HD, a first in Ethiopia.” media sector, as local networks will now
and the world’s leading satellite operator, Fissehazion added that this is also a great be able to easily expand their audience
SES. Ethiosat is hosted on SES’s NSS-12 time for the millions of homes in Ethiopia reach. This will foster healthy and growing
satellite at 57 degrees East and delivers that currently do not receive TV services advertising markets, which will result in
over 30 channels for Ethiopian audiences to bring TV sets into their home. “For a greater variety of content, and more
only, with 12 of those channels already Ethiopians looking to buy a new TV set localized content.” To access Ethiosat

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