The Hague, The Netherlands, March 26, 2002 --New Skies Satellites N.V. (AEX, NYSE: NSK), the global satellite communications company, has announced that TVNZ Satellite Services, a New Zealand-based broadcaster and award-winning global satellite carriage provider, has doubled its capacity on New Skies’ global satellite network.

TVNZ Satellite Services, a customer on New Skies’ NSS-703 satellite (57 degrees East longitude) since 1994, will expand its network to include increased capacity on NSS-703 as well as two additional New Skies spacecraft. The multi-transponder, multi-satellite agreement gives the TVNZ Satellite Services network and its clients a combination of C- and Ku-band global coverage for the delivery of television news and sports events around the world.

Sam Fairhall, managing director of TVNZ Satellite Services, said, "This deal will facilitate our continued global distribution of international sports, news and events. Doubling the New Skies capacity we use and adding two New Skies satellites to our network shows the high level of confidence we have in New Skies’ system reliability and demonstrates our satisfaction with their customer service.”

“Our distribution of coverage of the Winter Olympics was highly successful and once again showed us just how strong our audiences can be for international sporting events. Bringing our broadcasting of these and other events under one globally capable system will greatly increase the effectiveness of our operations,” continued Fairhall.

New Skies’ vice president of North American sales, Steve Wilson said: "With our roots in the broadcast community, New Skies is well aware of the exacting demand for engineering excellence and quality of service that broadcasters place on their suppliers. New Skies values its relationship with TVNZ Satellite Services, a company that has proven time and again that they can deliver high-quality, innovative turnkey production and distribution solutions to the broadcast community.”

TVNZ Satellite Services is an occasional use satellite carriage provider operating worldwide. Designed and owned by a television broadcast company, its delivery network and service portfolio is tailored to meet the requirements of the international television broadcast community.

TVNZ has an established reputation as a multi-channel carrier of high profile international sporting events. It has concentrated on building a private network that uses primary routes adding additional points-of-presence as customer demand determines and market conditions permit. Headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, its international activity is supported by representation in Sydney, Bangkok, Shanghai and London.

TVNZ Satellite Services is a member of the Television New Zealand Limited group of companies. Refer to www.tvsat.net for additional information.

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 and Internet service providers around the world. New Skies has five satellites in geosynchronous orbit and ground facilities around the world. The company also has three new spacecraft under construction, which are planned to serve the Atlantic Ocean Region, Asia and the Americas. In line with its growth strategy, the company has secured certain rights to make use of four additional orbital positions. New Skies is headquartered in The Hague, The Netherlands, and has offices in London, Johannesburg, New Delhi, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney and Washington, D.C. Additional information is available at www.newskies.com .

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Jeff Bothwell, New Skies Satellites
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