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NEW FRONTIERS Annual Report 2017 Worldreginfo - 4245Ca48-E355-44B8-9Afc-76729Ab4a35e Worldreginfo - 4245Ca48-E355-44B8-9Afc-76729Ab4a35e CONTENTS NEW FRONTIERS Annual Report 2017 WorldReginfo - 4245ca48-e355-44b8-9afc-76729ab4a35e WorldReginfo - 4245ca48-e355-44b8-9afc-76729ab4a35e CONTENTS SES AT A GLANCE 4 - Introduction 5 - SES Video in Numbers 6 - SES Video – Market Description 8 - SES Networks – Market Description 9 - SES Networks in Numbers 10 - Company Structure 12 - Launch Manifest 13 - Network Map 14 2017 IN REVIEW 16 - Letter from the Chairman of the Board - Romain Bausch 17 - Letter from the President and CEO – Karim Michel Sabbagh 21 - Financial Highlights 24 - SES Video in 2017 25 - SES Networks in 2017 27 - SES Innovation in 2017 30 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 32 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 58 FINANCIAL REVIEW BY MANAGEMENT 62 CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 70 SES S.A. ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 138 SES Annual Report 2017 3 WorldReginfo - 4245ca48-e355-44b8-9afc-76729ab4a35e SES AT A GLANCE WorldReginfo - 4245ca48-e355-44b8-9afc-76729ab4a35e INTRODUCTION SES supplies the power of connection everywhere on the globe - shaping experiences and opportunities for countless people, businesses, and organisations. Our reliable satellite and ground communications solutions deliver both video distribution services and network connectivity to urban centres and remote villages across the world. Innovation shapes the company we are, and our pursuit provide unrivalled convenience, low cost, low latency and of excellence made us the first to deliver a differentiated high reliability for customers. We go the extra mile, also and scalable GEO-MEO offering worldwide, with more delivering our network as a managed service so that our than 50 satellites in Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and customers are able to stay focused on how to best maximise 12 in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). We are the world’s leading their business whether on land, at sea, or in the air. satellite operator, covering 99% of the globe’s population. Our business focuses on value-added, end-to-end solutions in two key business units: SES Video and SES Networks. SES Video covers the complete video value chain, with a comprehensive suite of distribution solutions using satellite, terrestrial, and IP networks. Our satellites serve more than 7,700 channels to more than one billion people in 351 million homes, ensuring complete quality control of the end product for our customers. With more than 41 DTH platforms, broadcasters trust us to deliver a wide range of media content to their customers’ homes – including standard TV, HDTV and the world’s first Ultra HD channels. In tandem our subsidiary MX1 offers all the capabilities needed to distribute SES Brand Film content not only via satellite but also over terrestrial and IP networks. Today’s video customer needs more than just broadcast, and this range of solutions includes the preparation and transmission of content for both linear and non-linear platforms, as well as a full suite of media services including digital distribution and playout of content for video-on-demand, streaming, and satellite TV. SES Networks is revolutionising connectivity. We provide managed data services from a satellite based system that powers global connectivity for everyone - from organisations moving big data, to people who have never had internet before getting access. We fuel the heart of opportunity by working with customers to realise the full potential of their connectivity, driving bigger, more fulfilling, and more productive outcomes. We take a highly consultative approach to customer engagement to tailor industry-focused network solutions in the telecommunications, maritime, aeronautical, energy, and government sectors. Customers in each of these markets are using our unique MEO and GEO satellite fleet, and extensive ground infrastructure, to fuel powerful, data-hungry applications. It is in this race for more and more data that our global reach, scale, and know-how SES Annual Report 2017 5 WorldReginfo - 4245ca48-e355-44b8-9afc-76729ab4a35e SES VIDEO in numbers 99% 351M Coverage of the globe SES global reach HOMES into homes per SES global reach reception mode 145M 147M 18M 40M DTH Direct-to-Cable DTT IPTV SD ~5,100 431* 10 5.3 SD channels >7,700 HD >2,600 33.8% Video customers years billion channels HD channels of all SES with long-term Typical of contract channels HD UHD 28 contracts contract length backlog commercial Ultra HD channels are HD SES AND MX1 COVER THE SES share of global channels broadcast via satellite COMPLETE VIDEO VALUECHAIN SES Total SES HD UHD 18% 24.4% SES 41.3% >560 >120 >8,400 >3,200 hours of premium sports VOD hours of streaming video Broadcast TV channels distributed & live events daily platforms delivered daily over satellite, fibre, and IP** >5M >500 Media- Managed playout assets*** channels * This number excludes occasional use ** This includes SES and third party capacity *** Media assets are any video file (SD/HD/4K/ etc), programme, audio file, subtitle file, graphic file, etc WorldReginfo - 4245ca48-e355-44b8-9afc-76729ab4a35e SES VIDEO in numbers 99% 351M Coverage of the globe SES global reach HOMES into homes per SES global reach reception mode 145M 147M 18M 40M DTH Direct-to-Cable DTT IPTV SD ~5,100 431* 10 5.3 SD channels >7,700 HD >2,600 33.8% Video customers years billion channels HD channels of all SES with long-term Typical of contract channels HD UHD 28 contracts contract length backlog commercial Ultra HD channels are HD SES AND MX1 COVER THE SES share of global channels broadcast via satellite COMPLETE VIDEO VALUECHAIN SES Total SES HD UHD 18% 24.4% SES 41.3% >560 >120 >8,400 >3,200 hours of premium sports VOD hours of streaming video Broadcast TV channels distributed & live events daily platforms delivered daily over satellite, fibre, and IP** >5M >500 Media- Managed playout assets*** channels * This number excludes occasional use ** This includes SES and third party capacity SES Annual Report 2017 7 WorldReginfo - 4245ca48-e355-44b8-9afc-76729ab4a35e *** Media assets are any video file (SD/HD/4K/ etc), programme, audio file, subtitle file, graphic file, etc SES VIDEO Market Description Linear TV remains the leading mass market medium MARKET SIZE ADVERTISING SPENDING • Content rights owners focus their efforts USD bilion * USD bilion ** on building OTT but to maximise eyeballs linear TV broadcast remains most efficient mass market medium • OTT availability and quality of experience 206 237 158 176 is dependent on broadband access 2017 2022 2017 2022 Pay TV OTT TV Online Video Satellite continues to be the leading distribution platform SATELLITE TV CHANNELS DIRECT TO HOME SATELLITE REACH • Channel growth mainly from emerging # of channels *** Millions of households * markets more than offsetting slight decline in mature markets 46,269 500 42,840 454 • Strong SD to HD transition in Europe and UHD to reach 600 channels by 2022 and 320 366 >1000 by ‘25 11,044 17,938 99 103 • Stable Direct to home reach in developed 2017 2022 2017 2022 markets and growing internationally HD TV SD UHD Europe NAM Emerging OTT is complementary to linear TV / Daily TV viewing time in Europe * **** • Linear TV remains the most used medium even among millennials and especially in prime time 0h49 • Emergence of hybrid solutions (like SkyQ) combining Satellite and broadband video 3h36 3h53 feeds to provide the best video experience 2006 2016 Linear TV OTT * Ampere ** Ovum 2017 *** Eurodata 2017 **** Mediametrie 2017 WorldReginfo - 4245ca48-e355-44b8-9afc-76729ab4a35e 8 SES NETWORKS Market Description INFOGRAPHY: SES Networks - Market Description Connectivity needs are booming and satellite has a role to play GLOBAL IP TRAFFIC* • People and organisations expect to Exabytes** per month be connected everywhere, all the time, creating exponential rates of growth in 278 demand for data 228 186 151 • By 2021, total satellite capacity is forecast 96 122 to be 12 Tbps. In a theoretical comparison, it will be less than 2% of average internet 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 traffic * Fixed Internet Managed IP Mobile data • For satellite to be relevant, it needs to be fully integrated in telco ecosystem: implying capabilities in network management, resilience and in some cases low latency SES addresses high growth markets GLOBAL ACTIVE VSAT SITES *** CONNECTED PLANES AND SHIPS *** SATELLITE-CONNECTED DRONES *** million 39,645 31,645 34,645 2,48 2,82 3,54 818 1,018 1,483 22,485 9,817 15,054 2017 2020 2025 2017 2020 2025 2017 2020 2025 VSAT sites Planes Ships UAVs * Cisco ** 1 Exabyte is 1 million of terabyte *** NSR SES Annual Report 2017 9 WorldReginfo - 4245ca48-e355-44b8-9afc-76729ab4a35e SES NETWORKS in numbers Industry leading latency Unique capabilities >50 2 12 <150 GEO GEO HTS MEO HTS with MILLISECONDS widebeam with 2 15 under satellites coming procurement Telecom/MNO Maritime Aero Energy Government WORLD‘S Serving Scalable connectivity Serving the Serving SES GS** serves st ranging from customers in >300 100Mbps to 50 across 15 1 4 4of 10 clients US agencies countries Gbps per cruise ship leading IFC service providers top oil & gas MEF CE 2.0 >130 1 Global Goverment serves Certification over satellite companies (directly or Providing high- indirectly) performance 58 across 29 WORLD‘S communications clients countries around the 600% >50% st globe to Enabling digitization growth of all satellite- Participant in in ships enabled using the connected >6 PPP's 1 Maritime+ aircraft use minutes of including VoLTE M platform SES capacity productivity GovSat >25 10 * call over satellite end-users in 2017 at some point saved per day per employee * https://www.itnews.com.au/news/newcrest-puts-digital-back-on-lihir-mine-roadmap-478845
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