Spacecoms AMOS-5 Awarded $.6 Million Broadcast Contract in East Africa

22/10/2013

Spacecoms AMOS-5 Awarded $3.6 Million Broadcast Contract in East Africa

Deal with East African DTH Marks Spacecom's Second Recent Regional Win

Tel Aviv 22 October 2013: Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, today announced that its AMOS-5 at 17 E has won another broadcast deal in East Africa. Under the new $3.6 million contract, Spacecom will provide analog to digital migration broadcast services to an East African Digital Terrestrial Transmission (DTT) and Direct To Home (DTH) operator.

The operators DTT distribution and DTH signal to the region, composed of dozens of channels focusing on local and international content including news, sports, entertainment and family programming, will be transmitted on AMOS-5s Ku-band (Ku-3).

Earlier this month, Spacecom announced it had won an East African digital migration broadcast project worth $5.9 million.

East Africa is a great market for AMOS-5 at 17 E, said Eyal Copitt, senior vice president of sales for Africa, Asia and marketing. These two wins prove that the satellites position, signal strength and resources meet the needs of our East African customers. We are proud to be a part of the regions move to digital broadcasting. This deal is another milestone for AMOS-5 at 17 E as it becomes a major player in the East African broadcast market."

AMOS-5 was designed and built specifically for the African market with a pan-African C-band beam and three Ku-bands that cover the continent and provide connectivity to Europe and the Middle East. The satellites position at 17 E enables its signal to reach every region in Sub-Saharan Africa.

About Spacecom:

Spacecom (Space-Communication Ltd.), operator of the AMOS-2 and AMOS-3 satellites co-located at 4 W, AMOS-5 located at 17 E, and AMOS-4 now located at 67.25 W, provides high-quality broadcast and communication services to Europe, the Middle East, the U.S. East Coast, Africa, Russia and South Asia via direct-to-home (DTH) and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) operators, Internet service providers (ISPs), telecom operators, network integrators and government agencies.

The company's planned launch of AMOS-6 in 2015 with extended coverage over Europe and the Middle East, will further enhance its position as an emerging global satellite operator.

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

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