Attachment Exhibit E

This document pretains to SES-ASG-20101123-01469 for Assignment on a Satellite Earth Station filing.

IBFS_SESASG2010112301469_852106

                                                       The Weather Channel Interactive, LLC
                                                                             FCC Form 312
                                                                                  Exhibit E
                                                                                 Page 1 or 2

                                 Parties Controlling Assignee


       The proposed assignee, The Weather Channel Interactive, LLC is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of TWCC Holding Corp., a Virginia corporation, which is a wholly owned subsidiary
of BBN Intermediate Holdings, Inc., a Delaware Corporation. BBN Intermediate Holdings, Inc.
is a wholly owned subsidiary of BBN Holdings, Inc., a Delaware Corporation. BBN Holdings is
owned by the following entities:

Owner                    Address                     Primary Business     Ownership1
NBC Universal, Inc.      30 Rockefeller Plaza        Media                25%
                         New York, NY 10112
Private equity funds     111 Huntington Avenue       Private Equity       37.5%
controlled by Bain       Boston, MA 02199            Fund Manager
Capital Investors,
LLC
Private equity funds     345 Park Avenue             Alternative Asset    37.5%
controlled by The        New York, NY 10154          Manager
Blackstone Group         (Principal Office)

Additional information for each of these entities is provided below.

                                   NBC UNIVERSAL, INC.

        NBC Universal, Inc. (“NBCU”), a Delaware corporation, is controlled by National
Broadcasting Company Holding, Inc. (“NBCH”), which is a Delaware corporation with the same
address as NBCU, and which in turn is wholly owned by General Electric Company (“GE”). GE
is a publicly a traded New York corporation with the following address: 3135 Easton Turnpike,
Fairfield, CT 06828. No party holds a ten percent or greater share of the voting stock of GE.

                             BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS, LLC

        The Bain Capital funds are controlled by Bain Capital Investors, LLC (“BCI”), a
Delaware limited liability company that is a private equity investment firm. No person holds a
ten percent or greater share of the voting control of BCI.



1
 According to BBN Holdings Inc.’s stockholders agreement, certain actions may require
unanimous or super majority vote.


                                                          The Weather Channel Interactive, LLC
                                                                                FCC Form 312
                                                                                     Exhibit E
                                                                                    Page 2 or 2


                                THE BLACKSTONE GROUP

       The Blackstone Capital funds are controlled by the Blackstone Group, a Delaware
Corporation that is a leading global alternative asset manager and provider of financial advisory
services. The Blackstone Group is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker
symbol “BX” with its principal office located at 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154. No
public unit holder holds 10% or more of the publicly traded units of BX.



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Document Modified: 2010-11-12 12:48:17

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