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ARY Digital Network Broadcasts 11 TV Channels on AsiaSat 3S

Hong Kong, 13 June 2011 – Asia‟s leading satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) is pleased to announce that ARY Digital Network has signed a new agreement for one 36 MHz C-band transponder on AsiaSat 3S to deliver a bouquet of up to 11 satellite channels across the Asia-Pacific region.

ARY Digital Network‟s offerings on AsiaSat 3S include its flagship entertainment channel „ARY Digital Asia‟, news channel „ARY News‟, music channel „ARY Musik‟, religious channel „ARY Qtv‟, food channel „ARY Zauq‟, contribution feeds of ARY Digital for the Middle East, UK/Europe and US markets and the joint venture channels „HBO Pakistan‟ and „Nickelodeon Pakistan‟.

“We are pleased to join one of Asia‟s most powerful distribution platforms for South Asian television services. AsiaSat 3S is renowned for its unprecedented coverage and excellent audience access in Pakistan and across the region. We are delighted to be on AsiaSat to further expand our viewership, serving all Urdu-speaking television viewers in Asia,” said Salman Iqbal, CEO and President of ARY Digital Network.

“We are thrilled that ARY Digital Network, one of the world‟s leading Urdu-language television networks has joined AsiaSat 3S. ARY‟s exciting and dynamic television channels give our viewers more choices to enhance their TV viewing experience. Their presence reconfirms our market leadership in delivering high quality programming to the South Asian community in the region,” said William Wade, President and CEO of AsiaSat.

The ARY Digital bouquet is now available on AsiaSat 3S in C-band with the following reception parameters: Transponder : 11V Frequency : 4060 MHz Polarisation : Vertical Modulation : QPSK Symbol Rate : 26.67 Msym/sec FEC : 3/4 # # #

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About ARY Digital Network ARY Digital Network is a subsidiary of the ARY Group established in 1970. The ARY Group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY) who is the Chairman of the group. ARY Digital Network‟s first channel started operations in 2000 when the group acquired a private television channel which catered to the South Asian community in the UK. ARY Digital Network stepped into the Pakistan market when it obtained the licenses from the Government of Pakistan for private satellite television channels. Today ARY Digital Network is broadcasting its programs across more than 100 countries in South Asia, the Middle East, United Kingdom, Europe and North America. For more information, please visit www.arydigitalnetwork.tv.

About AsiaSat 3S AsiaSat 3S is a Boeing 601HP satellite launched in 1999, with 28 C-band and 16 Ku-band transponders. Its C-band footprint covers over 50 countries and regions in Asia, the Middle East, Australasia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The Ku-band coverage consists of two high powered fixed beams serving East Asia and South Asia, as well as an in-orbit steerable beam currently positioned over Australia.

About AsiaSat AsiaSat, the leading regional satellite operator in Asia, serves over two-thirds of the world's population with its three satellites, AsiaSat 3S at 105.5ºE, AsiaSat 4 at 122ºE and AsiaSat 5 at 100.5ºE. The AsiaSat satellite fleet provides services to both the broadcast and telecommunications industries. Over 500 television and radio channels are now delivered by the company's satellites, reaching over 96 million households, with more than 360 million viewers across the Asia-Pacific region. AsiaSat also provides operators and end users telecommunications services such as voice networks, private VSAT networks and broadband multimedia services. AsiaSat is building a new satellite AsiaSat 7, planned for launch in Q4 2011. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited, a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Stock Code: 1135). For more information, please visit www.asiasat.com

Media inquiries: ARY Digital Network Shehzad Hassan Khan, SVP, Marketing Tel : (92 322) 272 1170 Email : [email protected]

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited Sabrina Cubbon, Vice President, Sales and Marketing Winnie Pang, Manager, Corporate Affairs Tel : (852) 2500 0899 Tel : (852) 2500 0880 Mobile : (852) 9097 1210 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected]

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