Overview
WARNING: As this organisation lists one or more EP accredited lobbyists, it may not be probable that its lobbying costs are lower than €10,000.
Lobbying Costs
9,999€
Financial year: Jan 2014 - Nov 2014
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
26
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
SES S.A. (SES)
EU Transparency Register
93799097410-24 First registered on 13 Dec 2011
Goals / Remit
SES is one of the world's leading commercial telecoms satellite operators. SES provides services in Europe, North America and the rest of the world. SES owns and operates a global fleet of 54 satellites (Dec 2014) which cover an area that is home to 99% of the world’s population. The company leases transmission capacity on these satellites to public service and commercial TV broadcasters, to enable the distribution of programme content to viewers, either direct-to-home, or via cable networks. SES also sells capacity to corporations and telecoms operators as well as to government agencies and institutional customers. The SES satellite fleet is the world’s leading platform for the broadcasting of audio-visual media. SES is also the world’s leading platform for High Definition TV, carrying more than 1,000 HD channels worldwide. In 2010, the company generated roughly 70% of its total turnover from capacity sales for video transmission. In addition to the capacity business, SES provides service activities which essentially support customers' use of satellite capacity. These include activities such as play-out, multiplexing, encryption and satellite uplinks for broadcasters, dedicated networks and broadband intemet connectivity by satellite for corporations and telcos, and a wide array of services ranging from hosted payloads to dedicated satellite capacity and customised networks for government agencies.
SES serves the Western, continental and Eastern European markets as far east as Russia. The principal application is television broadcasting, both for DTH reception and for redistribution through cable networks.
SES is the leading provider of DTH transmission capacity in Europe, using the ASTRA satellite fleet, as well as other capacity on the SES fleet to carry content to European viewers. In North America, SES provides services to broadcasters, cable networks, VSAT network operators, direct-to-home platform providers, private network providers, intemet service providers, mobile broadband providers, government agencies, educational institutions, telephone companies, corporations as well as civil and military agencies of the U.S. government.
SES provides transponder capacity services to cable programmers and leading television broadcaster networks distributing programming to virtually all cable head-ends and hundreds of network affiliates, as well as to the major DTH distributors, multiple dwelling systems and hotels. SES supplies DTH satellite broadcaster EchoStar and its affiliated companies with transmission capacity to supplement its own fleet.
SES' international operations in emerging markets provide transponder capacity for regional inter-connectivity as well as for specific services and applications within Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle-East, South Asia and the Asia Pacific region. SES' Latin American broadcast neighbourhood serves over 18 million cable households. SES satellites over Asia and Africa support approximately 900 video channels and twelve direct-to-home platforms. In the fast-growing Indian market, SES satellites are the home of the first two direct-to-home TV platforms. Corporate information:SES is a public limited company (société anonyme) that is incorporated and registered with the trade and companies register in Luxembourg under number B 81267. SES does business under the SES banner, and uses the well-established ASTRA brand in the core European direct-to-home market.SES also owns participations in regional satellite operators Ciel (Canada), QuetzSat (Mexico), YahLive (Middle East) and Solaris Mobile Europe). SES is also an important shareholder in O3b Networks, a fully-funded venture which projects to operate a Medium Earth Orbit satellite constellation to provide high-throughput connectivity to developing areas of the world. SES is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris and on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange under SESG.Main EU files targeted
Digital Single Market
Space Policy
Security and Defense Policy
Structural Funds
EFSIAddress
Head Office
Chateau de Betzdorf, 1
Betzdorf L-6815
LUXEMBOURG -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 25% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 30 Apr 2015
Name Start date End Date Cécil AMEIL 19 Jan 2024 17 Jan 2025 Mr Cécil AMEIL 19 Jan 2024 15 Apr 2024 Ms Laetitia ZARKAN 07 Aug 2019 01 Aug 2020 Ms Christine Leurquin 26 Jul 2019 25 Jul 2020 Ms Christine Leurquin 18 Jul 2018 18 Jul 2019 Mr Cecil AMEIL 14 Jul 2018 13 Jul 2019 Mr Cecil AMEIL 31 Aug 2017 14 Jul 2018 Amélie Werbrouck 27 Oct 2016 26 Oct 2017 Ms Christine Leurquin 27 Oct 2016 26 Oct 2017 Mr Cecil AMEIL 21 Jun 2016 18 Jun 2017 Mr Cécil AMEIL 24 Jun 2015 22 Jun 2016 Mr Cécil AMEIL 20 Nov 2013 19 Nov 2014 Mrs Christine Lucienne LEURQUIN 27 Mar 2013 26 Jun 2013 Mr Cécil AMEIL 25 Jan 2013 01 Dec 2013 Mr Gerald Eugene Oberst JR 01 Feb 2013 01 Dec 2013 Mr Nima AZARMGIN 15 Jan 2013 20 Nov 2013 Mr Gerald Eugene Oberst JR 10 Nov 2012 14 Dec 2012 Mr Cécil AMEIL 16 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mr Nima AZARMGIN 24 Jan 2012 08 Feb 2013 Mrs Christine Lucienne LEURQUIN 01 Feb 2012 08 Feb 2013 Complementary Information
Legal commercial and engineering teams + Brussels' office
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Christine Leurquin (VP, Institutional Relations)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Gerald Oberst (Senior Vice President, Global Regulatory Affair)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
ESOA (European Satellite Operator Association)
GVF (Global Vsat Forum)
Networld 2020 (ETP)
5G PPP Associatiom
techUK
ESPI (European Space Policy Institute)
Kangaroo Group
EIFMember organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2014 - Nov 2014
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
9,999€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
None
ACC
None
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Advocacy for Satellite communications at EU level (mostly with Parliament and Commission)
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Meetings
26 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 28 Feb 2023 Location Brussels Subject Space Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Valere Moutarlier (Cabinet member)
- Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
- Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 07 Dec 2022 Location Brussels Subject EU sanctions on RT channels Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
- Alvaro De Elera (Cabinet member)
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Date 06 Jul 2020 Location Luxembourg Subject Presentation of the SES activities. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)
- Nicolas Schmit (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Jul 2020 Location Luxembourg Subject Presentation of the SES activities. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Thierry Breton (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Mar 2020 Location Brussels Subject Courtesy call to discuss satellite navigation and GovSatCom. DG Defence Industry and Space Attending - Timo Pesonen (Director-General)
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Date 17 Jul 2019 Location Strasbourg Subject Satellite connectivity in Africa Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Mariya Gabriel (Commissioner)
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Date 27 Nov 2018 Location brussels Subject presentation of services and exchange of views Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Christos Stylianides Portfolio Humanitarian Aid & Crisis Management Attending - Zacharias Giakoumis (Cabinet member)
- Christos Stylianides (Commissioner)
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Date 30 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Lunch meeting with VP Christine Leurquin, VP, Institutional Relations and Communications Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Violeta Bulc (Commissioner)
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Date 23 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject European Space Policy Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jan 2018 Location Bxl Subject 5G and Satellite Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Satellites in connectivity and 5G, D4D Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Hanna Hinrikus (Cabinet member)
- Andrus Ansip (Vice-President)
- Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
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Date 25 Jan 2017 Location Brussels Subject Space Strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
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Date 16 Dec 2016 Location Brussels Subject Digital 4 Development Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Hanna Hinrikus (Cabinet member)
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Date 28 Nov 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Digital Single Market Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Pauline Rouch (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Nov 2016 Location Rome Subject 5G - Big Data in Luxembourg - Spectrum DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 09 Nov 2016 Location Rome Subject 5G - Big Data in Luxembourg - Spectrum DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology Attending - Roberto Viola (Director-General)
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Date 12 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Trade agreement with Mexico Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Miguel Ceballos Baron (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 26 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject follow up satellite issues Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject digitalisation of transport and maritime transport Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc Portfolio Transport Attending - Friedrich-Nikolaus von Peter (Cabinet member)
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Date 13 Jan 2016 Location Brussels Subject Space Strategy for Europe Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
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Date 04 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Issue of spectrum allocation for Satlellite communications, GOVSATCOME, Future operations of EU Space Programmes (Galileo & Egnos) Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
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Date 19 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject • Dialogue between the COM and the European satellites operators Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Elżbieta Bieńkowska Portfolio Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs Attending - Tomasz Husak (Cabinet member)
- Fabrice Comptour (Cabinet member)
- Elżbieta Bieńkowska (Commissioner)
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Date 02 Oct 2015 Location Betzdorf Subject EFSI DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 21 May 2015 Location Brussels Subject Satellite telecom and connectivity Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Digital Economy and Society DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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