S2 Licensing to Discuss DVB-S2 License Offering at IBC2009

Company Will Be Present in Amsterdam and is Scheduling Meetings with DVB-S2
Players
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
S2 Licensing announced today that it will be present at IBC2009 in Amsterdam.
All current and prospective consumers of DVB-S2 technology are invited to meet
with S2 Licensing representatives during the course of the Exhibition to discuss
S2 Licensing`s offering under its suite of DVB-S2 patents.

For the convenience of adopters, S2 Licensing offers a license under the
combined DVB-S2 patent portfolios (currently representing over twenty patent
families) of DTVG Licensing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The DIRECTV
Group, Inc., the European Space Agency (ESA) and Radiotelevisione Italiana SpA
(RAI). The license is available to all parties practicing or planning to
practice the DVB-S2 standard, and provides favorable terms to speed adoption of
the DVB-S2 standard. For consumer applications, such as satellite television
set-top box receivers, a license under the combined portfolios is available for
a one-time royalty of US$0.50 for each encoder or decoder present in a product
for quantities exceeding 500,000 over the term of the license, and US$1.00 per
encoder or decoder in lower quantities. Professional products may be licensed
under any of multiple licensing models, for the convenience and at the selection
of the adopter.

DVB-S2 (Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite, 2nd Generation) is the second
generation DVB system for broadband satellite communications, covering digital
TV and HDTV broadcasting, interactive services, and professional links by
satellite. DVB-S2 enables delivery of a significantly higher data rate (e.g.
30%) in a given transponder bandwidth than the previous DVB-S standard.

Parties interested in scheduling a meeting with S2 Licensing at IBC2009 are
invited to contact John T. Whelan, Esq., CLP (info@S2Licensing.com), or visit
our website at www.S2Licensing.com.

About DTVG Licensing, Inc.

DTVG Licensing, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
(NASDAQ:DTV) and is the owner by assignment of several families of patents
essential to practice the DVB-S2 Standard. The DIRECTV Group (NASDAQ:DTV) is a
world-leading provider of digital television entertainment services. Through its
subsidiaries and affiliated companies in the United States, Brazil, Mexico and
other countries in Latin America, the DIRECTV Group provides digital television
service to more than 18 million customers in the United States and about 5.8
million customers in Latin America.

About RAI

RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana) is the Italian Public Broadcaster for radio and
television over the air, via satellite and cable or any other means. It provides
programme production and network operation for three national analogue
television channels broadcast in VHF/UHF bands. These programmes are
re-broadcast in digital format by satellite and in two terrestrial bouquets,
including a growing number of thematic channels in clear. It provides also
production and network operation for three radio channels, broadcast in MW and
FM, and of international radio programmes in SW.

About ESA

European Space Agency (ESA) is an intergovernmental organisation, with 18 Member
States, set up to provide for and to promote, for exclusively peaceful purposes,
cooperation among European states in space research and technology and their
space applications. ESA draws up a European space plan and has the task of
carrying it out. Its activities span the fields of space science, Earth
observation, telecommunications, satellite navigation, human spaceflight,
microgravity research, exploration and space transportation systems. ESA has its
headquarters in Paris, France, with establishments in The Netherlands, Germany,
Italy and Spain, a launch base in Kourou, French Guiana, and offices in
Washington, Moscow and Brussels.

for S2 Licensing
John T. Whelan, Esq., CLP
410-535-6554
info@S2Licensing.com

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