[4] Originally called DPC (Digital Playout Centre GmbH), SES Platform Services was founded in 1996 by KirchMedia AG, a German media company.

In June 2004, SES announced that it had bought the controlling interest in DPC from Premiere with the intention of launching an "open" pay-TV platform for Germany using Premiere-compatible digital set top boxes.

[5] In December 2004, a requirement for regulatory approval from the German Federal Cartels Office (Bundeskartellamt) meant that the deal was changed to 100% of DPC, to give SES sole ownership.

[9] SES Platform Services undertakes the preparation and playout of content from tape or digital files according to the customer's supplied schedule.

SES Platform Services also provides Microsoft or Flash digital rights management for Internet streamed channels.

Although the majority of SES Platform Services broadcasting traffic is digital television channels in SD or HD uplinked to the Astra satellites, SES Platform Services can also distribute programming to mobiles as on-demand content, and as live or on-demand video over the Internet using Windows Media Player, QuickTime or Flash.

In April 2011, SES Platform Services opened a new playout centre at its headquarters in Unterföhring to handle expansion of the company, and its client list.