25/11/2008

Deutsche Telekom’s T-Home Joins AMOS Neighborhood

Tel Aviv – 25 November 2008: Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, today announced that Hungary’s newest DTH (Direct-to-Home) service, T-Home SatTV, has commenced operations using AMOS-3, Spacecom’s newest satellite launched in April 2008. 
 
T-Home SatTV, boasting a large channel bouquet including four HD channels, is the third DTH platform using the AMOS constellation, joining Romania’s BOOM and Israel’s YES.
 
“We are delighted to further strengthen our leading market position in Hungary, which includes partners such as HBO CE, Antenna Hungaria, HungaroDigiTel and Telespazio, with the addition of the strong T-Home brand,” remarked Ori Onn, Spacecom COO. “The AMOS-3 satellite provides a powerful platform on which T-Home can provide high quality broadcast to the whole region. Our work with T-Home SatTV again demonstrates the superiority of the AMOS platform to provide advanced services in key Central European markets.”
 
Spacecom president and CEO David Pollack added, “It is always exciting to add another anchor platform to our satellite neighborhood, especially when this anchor is a leading TV platform in Hungary and a part of the leading global telecom group Deutsche Telekom. We are delighted to be their partners in this new DTH business and look forward to a long term relationship.”

ABOUT SPACECOM
Space-Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) is the operator of the AMOS satellites, which provide high-quality broadcast and communication services in Europe, the Middle East, and the US east coast. The AMOS satellite constellation, consists of AMOS-2 and AMOS-3, which are co-located at the prime orbital position of 4°W, and serves Direct-To-Home and other television platforms in Europe and the Middle East , as well as provides a secure and stable transmission to government agencies. The extensive signal strength and prime location makes the AMOS platform particularly suitable for DBS and DTH operators, as well as a wide range of broadcasters, ISPs, telecommunications operators, and network integrators with Internet, voice, data and digital TV services.

Based in Israel , Spacecom is traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) as SCC. Its major shareholders are Eurocom, Israel Aerospace Industries, General Satellite Services Co. (GSSC) and Mer Services Group.

For more information please see http://www.amos-spacecom.com

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