THE HAGUE, Netherlands, October 7, 2003 – New Skies Satellites N.V. (AEX, NYSE: NSK), the global satellite communications company, today announced it has named Max Chung as the company’s new sales director for North Asia.

Based in Hong Kong, Chung oversees the sale of New Skies’ satellite capacity and associated value-added services to broadcasters, telecommunications companies, corporate enterprise customers and Internet service providers. His region of responsibility includes Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Macau. Chung will report to Maurice Liu, New Skies’ vice president of Asia-Pacific sales.

Chung joins New Skies from Pacific Century Matrix in Hong Kong, where he worked as regional sales director, specialized in developing digital video services for customers from the North Asia and U.S. markets. He also held various sales and strategic marketing positions at AsiaSat, Cathay Pacific, and Federal Express.

Liu said, “The markets of North Asia are highly developed and extremely competitive, and, in many cases, lead the world in Internet usage, broadband deployment and digital TV technology. Max’s expertise and experience in the region will ensure New Skies maintains a strong presence by promoting the strengths and advantages of New Skies’ state-of-the-art communications infrastructure for the delivery of video, data and Internet services worldwide.”

About New Skies Satellites
New Skies Satellites (AEX, NYSE: NSK) is one of only four fixed satellite communications companies with truly global satellite coverage, offering video, voice, data and Internet communications services to a range of telecommunications carriers, broadcasters, large corporations, Internet service providers and government organizations around the world. New Skies has five satellites in orbit, ground facilities around the world and one additional spacecraft under construction. The company also has secured certain rights to make use of additional orbital positions for future growth. New Skies is headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, and has offices in Beijing, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, New Delhi, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.C.