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PARIS — June 14, 2011 — Thomson Broadcast today announced that Indosiar, one of Indonesia’s top three broadcasters, has ordered six new Thomson Inductive Output Tube (IOT) high-power transmission systems for its national television network. The new transmitters replace Indosiar’s existing Thomson transmitters after 17 years of continuous operation, and they will be deployed in Bandung, Makassar, Denpasar, Medan, Semarang, and Yogyakarta during 2011 and 2012.

Established in 1994, Jakarta-based Indosiar is available as a free-to-air or subscription channel throughout Malaysia and in other countries in the Asia-Pacific region including Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines.

“Our long-term relationship with Thomson Broadcast has been a happy one because of the superb reliability of the Thomson systems,” said Tandio Santoso, technical director, Indosiar. “These new IOT transmitters will provide the robust performance we have grown accustomed to, together with new features that will allow us to further develop our services.”

Thomson is supplying traditional IOT amplifiers based on the industry-leading DCX Millennium series. The 80-kW transmitters for Indosiar will operate in common mode analog PAL B/G using Thomson’s Siriana analog exciters with digital signal processing (DSP). The Thomson Siriana DSP automatically computes the RF signal correction necessary for the transmitter system, yielding unparalleled output signal quality and RF performance.

The transmitters will be configured with dual drive exciters and 2x40 kW redundant High Power Amplifier (HPA) technology for the utmost on-air reliability. Furthermore, the transmitters will be fully compatible with Indonesia’s 380 VAC mains power system, eliminating external power transformers. Thomson Broadcast is the market leader in both analog and digital IOT based transmitters, having delivered more than 700 systems to the broadcast market around the world.

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About Indosiar

Indosiar (IDX: IDKM) is a publicly owned national television station in Indonesia, and it has been operating from West Jakarta since 1994. It was listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange in 2004. Citibank Singapore has an 8.5 percent shareholding. The parent company, PT Indosiar Karya Media Tbk, is a member company of the Salim Group.

About Thomson Broadcast

Since the earliest years of broadcasting, the Thomson name has been synonymous with expertise and innovation at the highest level. A trusted partner to the world’s leading broadcasters, Thomson has pioneered many developments that have shaped the industry, leading innovation in solid-state technology, Digital Adaptive Pre-correction (DAP), Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM), and Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB); winning multiple Emmy® Awards; and gaining more than 50 patents in technologies that have become fundamental to broadcasting. Thomson Broadcast is building on this great heritage with a market-leading portfolio of transmission products for terrestrial television, radio broadcasting, and scientific applications, combined with world-class systems integration services. With more than 50,000 active Thomson transmission systems deployed worldwide and a global support presence, Thomson Broadcast continues to forge technologies for the future, with initiatives such as the innovative GreenPower and broadcast/mobile convergence programs.

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