Germany Adds Over Half a million Satellite Subscribers in 2012

Munich, Germany, February 19, 2013 - SES  announced today that satellite continued to increase its household reach in Germany last year, with 18.07 million households receiving their TV directly from satellite at the end of 2012. This increase of 524,000 households from year-end 2011 (plus 3 percent) is despite the switch-off of the analogue satellite signal in April 2012 and is driven by continued strong consumer demand for the large programme offer and quality of satellite TV, especially in High Definition (HD). These are the results of the "ASTRA TV Monitor 2012" that SES presented today in Munich a study based on 6,000 interviews in Germany.