t From left to right: Thomas Wrede, Vice President, Product Management - Media, and Alexander Oudendijk, Chief Commercial Officer, of SES ASTRA presents an ASTRA Innovation award to Dr Robert Pearson, Dr Javier Vazquez and Dr Vladimir Stoiljkovic of ERA Technology Ltd at IBC 2007.

ERA Technology was awarded a €150,000 prize for its proposal for a novel transparent satellite TV antenna. The technology, which results in a planar antenna, was originally developed for mobile satellite communications applications. The innovative concept uses advanced materials, combined with patent pending antenna technology, which will enable future antennas to be incorporated into windows.

Alexander Oudendijk, Chief Commercial Officer of SES ASTRA, said: “The ASTRA Innovation Contest highlights our strong dedication to innovation. It encourages the development of new products in the field of DTH and helps us to improve our services to our customers and to the DTH market.”

Dr Robert Pearson, Head of Antenna Systems at ERA, explained: “Our innovative design will add new technical features to DTH and SMATV (Satellite Master Antenna Television) antenna installations. This is further evidence of the leading technology position that ERA, as part of Cobham plc, has established in antenna systems”.

For further information, please contact: vlad.stoiljkovic@era.co.uk or visit Antenna Systems