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PanAmSat Promotes Mike Antonovich to Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing WILTON, Conn., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PanAmSat Corporation (NASDAQ:SPOT) today announced the promotion of Mike Antonovich to executive vice president of global sales and marketing. In this role, Mr. Antonovich will continue to aggressively lead the company's global sales and marketing program which includes: program distribution, broadcast contribution, telecommunications and networking services. "Over the past 15 years, Mike's insight and expertise in the broadcast and satellite industries have been critical in the development of PanAmSat's customer portfolio and service offerings. He has been a key force in shaping the direction of the organization and helping it become one of the world's leading satellite operators," said Jim Frownfelter, chief operating officer, PanAmSat. "During his tenure, the company successfully launched its HDTV services, a market PanAmSat now dominates, as well as its global, broadcasting service for the transmission of breaking news and live events around the world called PASport. It is these solutions supported by PanAmSat's worldwide fleet of satellites and fiber network that cable programmers around the globe have to come to rely on for the distribution of their programming." Since joining PanAmSat in 1989 as a manager of broadcast services, Mr. Antonovich has served in a wide variety of senior leadership positions including in North American sales, Pacific Ocean Region sales, global sales and most recently, assumed the responsibility of leading the Company's marketing initiatives worldwide, serving as senior vice president of global sales and marketing. Prior to his tenure with PanAmSat, Mr. Antonovich worked for Group W Satellite Communications and the ESPN sports network in a variety of production, post-production and operations positions. His experience in the broadcast and satellite industries spans over 25 years. 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 (Media/Investors), PanAmSat, +1-203-210-8000 Web site: http://www.panamsat.com/

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