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AMC Moves to PanAmSat in 15-Year Transponder Deal First-Time Customer To Join Galaxy 1R's Prime Cable Neighborhood WILTON, Conn., May 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PanAmSat Corporation today announced that it had signed a 15-year transponder agreement with Rainbow Network Communications (RNC) for the transport of AMC. Under the terms of the contract, PanAmSat's Galaxy 1R satellite will now distribute AMC to over 10,000 cable head-ends across the United States. AMC will join such leading programmers as Disney, Fox, Time Warner and Viacom on one of the industry's premier cable satellites. "The fact that such a prominent cable programmer as AMC chose a key Galaxy satellite is a big win for PanAmSat and a reaffirmation that our fleet is the place to be," said Mike Antonovich, senior vice president of global sales and marketing for PanAmSat. "Thanks to customers such as CNN, Disney, FOX, HBO, The WB and now AMC, PanAmSat is the leading distributor of television signals in the U.S. and around the world. When it comes to delivering programming, there is no other satellite operator that services the U.S. as efficiently and effectively as PanAmSat." AMC, a subsidiary of Rainbow Media Holdings LLC, which also owns and manages WE: Women's Entertainment and IFC, is a 24-hour, movie-based network, dedicated to the American movie fan. The network, which reaches over 86,000,000 homes, offers a comprehensive library of popular movies and a critically-acclaimed slate of original programming that is a diverse, movie- based mix of original series, documentaries and specials. Over the past three years AMC has garnered many of the industry's highest honors, including eight Emmy awards. AMC is "TV for movie people." "PanAmSat gave us the reliability, excellent coverage and customer service we were looking for in a satellite service provider," said Tom Greco, vice president, Business Development, RNC. "We know we made the right move in choosing Galaxy 1R to reach cable systems across the country." PanAmSat's Galaxy 1R satellite, a Boeing-built BS 376 model spacecraft, was launched in February 1994 and is located at the prime U.S. orbital location of 133 degrees west longitude. The satellite contains 24 high-power C-band transponders and provides complete coverage of the United States. Together with Galaxy 5, Galaxy 10R, Galaxy 11 and Galaxy 13, these satellites form the Galaxy cable neighborhood. Upon Galaxy 1R's end-of-life in 2006, PanAmSat will migrate AMC to the satellite's successor, Galaxy 15. About PanAmSat PanAmSat Corporation (NASDAQ:SPOT) is one of the world's top three satellite operators managing a global fleet of 29 satellites, 24 of which are wholly-owned by the Company, for the delivery of news, sports and other television programming. In total, this fleet is capable of reaching more than 98 percent of the world's population through cable television systems, broadcast affiliates, direct-to-home operators, Internet service providers and telecommunications companies. In addition, PanAmSat supports the largest concentration of satellite-based business networks in the U.S., as well as specialized communications services in remote areas throughout the world. PanAmSat is 80.5 percent owned by The DIRECTV Group Inc. For more information, visit the company's web site at http://www.panamsat.com/. The DIRECTV Group, Inc. The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NYSE:DTV) formerly Hughes Electronics Corp. (NYSE:HS), is a world-leading provider of digital multichannel television entertainment, broadband satellite networks and services, and global video and data broadcasting. The DIRECTV Group, Inc. is 34 percent owned by Fox Entertainment Group, which is approximately 82 percent owned by News Corporation Ltd. DATASOURCE: PanAmSat Corporation CONTACT: Kathryn Lancioni of PanAmSat Corporation, +1-203-210-8000 Web site: http://www.panamsat.com/

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