Cannes, June 20th 2013 - The International Advertising Association (IAA), gathering in Cannes this week confirmed the 75th Anniversary Leadership Forum and Gala Dinner will be held at the InterContinental Hotel Park Lane on Thursday October 3rd 2013. The theme for the forum is "What?s Coming Next?" and is expected to attract industry executives from all over the world.

IAA Chairman and World President Faris Abouhamad stated, "What?s Coming Next?" will offer a global road map of industry trends, issues and opinions. The Forum will cover latest forecasts, maintaining consumer engagement, the outlook for ongoing media disruption, a Millennial?s point of view, dealing with data, insights in mobile, ad agencies in transformation, privacy, the prospects for ongoing consumer protection, winning creativity, the next big thing, and a focus on China".

Current invited and confirmed speakers include Steve King, CEO Worldwide Zenith Optimedia, Erich Joachimsthaler, CEO Vivaldi Partners and Author, Sandip Das, Group President Reliance Industries Jio Infocomm, Carla Michelotti Executive Vice President, Chief Legal, Government and Corporate Affairs Director Leo Burnett Worldwide and IAA Vice President, William Higham, Strategist and Author and Vice Minister Gan Lin, State Administration of Industry and Commerce, PRC. Other speakers to be confirmed shortly include executives from American Express, Burberry, Buzzfeed, Blackberry, Disney, Emirates, EU Commission, Financial Times, Microsoft, New York Times Global, Reckitt Benckiser and Yahoo!

The IAA also plans a glittering Gala evening following the Forum to celebrate the 75th Anniversary and to honor members of the IAA for their commitment to industry issues and dedication to the growth of the association.

Singapore - June 19, 2013 - SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced today at CommunicAsia2013 a new multi-year, multi-transponder deal with one of its largest customers in the Philippines, MediaScape Inc, on SES-7 at 108.2 degrees East. 

The new capacity expansion will allow MediaScape, through Cignal Digital TV - its Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television service provider - to further expand its services for the provision of DTH satellite TV in the Philippines. Cignal Digital TV currently offers 22 High Definition (HD) channels and 65 Standard Definition (SD) channels to more than half a million subscribers across the Philippine archipelago.

Deepak Mathur, Senior Vice President Commercial, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at SES, said, "SES-7 is a powerful satellite for the Philippines, providing comprehensive coverage and high throughput across the Philippine islands. We are happy to be able to provide MediaScape with the additional capacity they need to help them meet the needs of their growing audiences and maintain their leading position in DTH satellite TV in the country."

Annie Naval, MediaScape COO & Managing Director, said, "We have seen tremendous growth in subscriber numbers and demand for quality HD content. We are confident that extending our partnership with SES will allow us to maintain our position as the leader in DTH satellite TV in the Philippines by expanding our HD lineup to include a wider variety of premium programmes."

Singapore - June 19, 2013 - SES (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced today that Thailand?s IPMTV has broadened its partnership with SES. The broadcaster has contracted additional capacity on SES-8 and has renewed its multi-year capacity deal on NSS-6. SES-8 is expected to be launched later in 2013 and will be co-located with NSS-6 at the prime orbital location of 95 degrees East.

The expanded capacity will enable IPMTV, an established satellite TV provider, to double its reach to 4 million households in Thailand by the end of the year. It currently broadcasts over 150 local channels to its subscribers, with 21 channels in High Definition.

Deepak Mathur, Senior Vice President Commercial, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at SES, said, "At SES, we believe in growing with our customers and our upcoming satellite, SES-8, is testament to our commitment to the Asia-Pacific region. When launched, SES-8 will bring vital expansion capacity to thriving Asian video neighbourhoods in South Asia and Indochina and enable us to support customers such as IPMTV as they continue to grow. We are delighted to support IPMTV?s expansion into even more homes in Thailand."

Manop Tokarnka, CEO, IPMTV, said, "In addition to reaching more homes, the additional capacity will enable us to broadcast local content, allowing us to fill a gap in the broadcasting landscape which cannot be met easily by international players. We are delighted that we now have the flexibility to cover the news and events that resonate best with local audiences. We have a strong partnership with SES and look forward to exploring the development of HD content in Thailand in the future."

Singapore - June 20th, 2013 - SES (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) today announced at CommunicAsia2013 that global Taiwanese communications provider Teleport Access Services (TAS) has renewed capacity with SES to deliver a variety of TV programmes and live coverage of breaking news throughout Taiwan via SES? NSS-11 satellite located at 108.2 degrees East.

TAS, a longstanding SES customer and the largest distributor of cable channels to cable headends in Taiwan, will use the capacity to broadcast TV content and provide satellite news gathering (SNG) services across the island.

Michael Kuo, President of TAS, said: "Taiwan is one of the most competitive media landscapes in Asia, with a high TV penetration rate and audiences that are accustomed to receiving breaking news immediately. Having been able to rely on SES for the past four years, we chose to extend our partnership and continue to utilise NSS-11 at this prime orbital location covering Taiwan. We are delighted to be able to leverage SES?s expertise to broadcast more channels to meet our growing business needs."

"We are pleased that TAS has decided to renew the capacity with SES, as this reinforces the great reach of NSS-11 at 108.2 degrees East. As the leading satellite operator in Asia-Pacific, carrying the most number of DTH channels and reaching the largest number of DTH subscribers, we are thrilled to support TAS in delivering some of the best news and entertainment television to cable headends across the island," said Deepak Mathur, Senior Vice President Commercial, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at SES.

Mumbai: Blue Bytes News, India's leading news research, monitoring and analysis agency announced the arrival of 5 Senses, a comprehensive and affordable PR Performance Measurement Tool. Conceptualized and developed by Blue Bytes News, 5 Senses is designed to put the relation between the PR functionaries and Company CXOs on a firm footing.

This innovative tool will provide ROI measurement and insights through quick and easily decipherable graphs that will be delivered to the clients on a monthly basis. 5 Senses comes at a very attractive price tag and is touted to be a 'must-have' tool in every corporate office and PR agency. Elucidating the USP of 5 senses, Mr. Piyush Jain, CEO, Blue Bytes News said, "While the need of measurement in PR is apparent, the question is of its affordability. With 5 Senses, we have addressed this particular need of the PR community. We have translated our experience of Reputation Benchmark Study, which is India's definitive study on reputation, and created a comprehensive yet affordable measurement tool that will benefit the PR Agencies and the corporate world alike.

At bluebytes we 'tangibilize' communication and constantly aspire to 'Make Life Easy' for the communication fraternity, 5 Senses is a service in that direction".5 Senses, PR performance tool comprises of comparative ROI and insights which will help the PR professionals to showcase their effort through ROI as well as gain insights on their own performance. The analysis is delivered through power point presentation, consisting 40 insightful graphs which provide comparison with peers over 3 preceding months. With its vast resource of data combined with exemplary implementation skills, bluebytes has been recognized for providing intelligent, insightful and actionable information for businesses to succeed and grow in a competitive environment.

 The company believes that its reputation and market presence will be further strengthened with the unveiling of 5 senses.

MUMBAI: 9X Media?s international music channel 9XO is celebrating the World Music Day by airing the best of World Music from across the globe. 9XO has created a special programming band titled Out There - A World Music Day Special, which will air music video by international artists from Spain, S. Korea, Italy, France, Egypt, etc. These videos will be aired all through the day on 20th and 21st June 2013.

Commenting on this unique programming initiative, Luke Kenny, Channel Head, 9XO said, "World Music Day originated in France and is celebrated annually on 21st of June. It is a day when the world celebrates the magical gift of Music. The youth today doesn?t just stick to popular music but is constantly exploring the music from across the World. We at 9XO are celebrating this special day by presenting our viewers with the best of world music from across the globe.

And this year, 9XO is proud to be the first Indian Music Channel to directly bring Korean Pop Music (K-pop) to India which will be aired as part of the ?Out There? programming band. K-Pop as a genre is a huge force globally, and has a following in India as well. Now it has a television platform, and 9XO is happy to be that platform."

Commenting on the association with 9XO, Bernie Cho, President of Seoul-based K-Pop creative agency DFSB Kollective said, "With India now the #9 digital music market in the world, we are incredibly excited to work with 9XO to introduce some of the best and brightest Korean music acts in this very important, very vibrant music scene."

Luke further added, "9X Media has created a music video titled Tung Tucking Ting which will also be aired on 9XO from 21st June to celebrate World Music Day. The music video beautifully conveys the message that music is contagious. The Tung Tucking Ting music video will definitely resonate well with music lovers."

So keep watching 9XO for the best of world music and discover artists from Spain, S. Korea, Italy, France, Egypt and beyond. Also catch the Tung Tucking Ting music video and celebrate the magical gift of music! 

9XO - I?m On!