PR/20/06
TVN CONSOLIDATES ITS POSITION AT EUTELSAT’S HOT BIRD™
NEIGHBOURHOOD FOR SATELLITE BROADCASTING IN POLAND
Paris, 21 April 2006
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) announces that TVN, one of Poland's leading
commercial television broadcasters has renewed its capacity at the HOT BIRD™
neighbourhood for satellite broadcasting in Poland. TVN Group’s contracts for two transponders
on HOT BIRD™ 1 have been transferred to the new HOT BIRD™ 7A broadcast satellite which
was launched on 11 March and successfully put into full commercial service on 20 April by
Eutelsat’s Control Centre.
TVN Group has been broadcasting from Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD™ neighbourhood since its
creation in 1995. Its stable of eight television channels consists of TVN, its flagship
entertainment, news and current affairs channel, TVN 7, TVN 24, TVN Meteo, TVN Turbo,
ITVN, TVN Style and TVN Gra. All channels with the exception of ITVN are received in Poland
via Polish pay-TV platforms and cable networks. TVN Gra is also broadcast free to air direct to
home.
Piotr Walter, TVN Group CEO commented “As we grow our family of TVN-branded channels we
need a reliable partner to provide us with satellite capacity. Eutelsat has been and remains an
important provider of satellite capacity for TVN Group”.
Giuliano Berretta, Eutelsat CEO commented, “With 19 million television homes and average
daily viewer watching one of the highest in Europe, Poland is one of the continent’s most vibrant
television markets. Eutelsat has accompanied the development of this market for 15 years,
participating in the arrival of the first digital channels and pay-TV platforms. We are delighted to
cement our longstanding relationship with TVN, which is a reference in quality programming in
Poland, and to further consolidate our involvement in video activities in central Europe which we
believe hold great scope for continued growth“.