Deutsche Welle to Broadcast across Eastern Europe and Africa via SES Satellites

German broadcaster expands internationally by delivering two channels using ASTRA 4A, ASTRA 5B and SES-5 LUXEMBOURG announced today that German broadcaster Deutsche Welle has signed a new long-term capacity agreement on three SES satellites to broadcast two channels in Eastern Europe and Africa. Deutsche Welle will be broadcasting its German-language TV channel DW via the ASTRA 4A satellite, allowing more than six million direct-to-home households in Eastern Europe and 40 million cable and IPTV households in Europe to receive the channel directly and indirectly.