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December 6th, 2017

Capacity Agreement Signed by Sonlife Broadcasting Network with SES ASTRA 1L


The Christian multi-media network — Sonlife Broadcasting Network — has renewed their capacity agreement with SES to continue broadcasting the SBN TV channel across Europe.

Under the multi-year agreement, Sonlife Broadcasting Network will access capacity on ASTRA 1L, leveraging the wide reach of the key orbital slot at 19.2 degrees East. With four satellites at this orbital slot, SES Video broadcasts more than 900 channels to more than 110 million TV households.

Norbert Hölzle, Senior Vice President, Commercial Europe, at SES Video, noted that the company has been working with Sonlife Broadcasting Network for many years are  pleased to continue to provide them with SES services. This extension agreement reaffirms their confidence in the company's ability to deliver highly-reliable broadcasting services.

The SonLife Broadcasting Network is operated by Jimmy Swaggart Ministries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Reverand Jimmy Swaggart said that his broadcasting company's partnership with SES Video offers millions of viewers throughout Europe the opportunity to hear and receive the gospel through SBN, and the network couldn’t be more pleased with these results.