Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) has announced the successful launch of a new DVB-S2 Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform on AsiaSat 4 to distribute television and radio programmes to audiences in Australia and New Zealand.
This new platform is the first DVB-S2 distribution platform launched to serve the entire Australasia region. From the orbital location of 122 degrees East, it currently hosts some 30 television and radio services, broadcasting programmes in Russian, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Cambodian, Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi and Telugu languages and dialects.
With the use of a full 54 MHz Ku-band transponder and the more efficient DVB-S2 technology, the new platform is expected to carry an expanding array of premier programming to serve multiple markets across Australasia.
The new platform is operated by Teleport Access Services (TAS) in Taiwan. Through TAS’s state of the art teleport facilities, the platform provides signal downlink and turnaround, uplinking and encrypted services for broadcasters. Dish antennas as small as 60-70 cm and 1.1-1.2m can be used in parts of Australia and New Zealand respectively.
“We are pleased to launch this new high performance DVB-S2 platform customised for DTH and targeting the Australasia market. This region has the world’s largest multicultural audience. We look forward to continuing to expand our channel offerings on this new DTH platform providing Australasian audiences a wider range of programming,” said William Wade, President and CEO of AsiaSat.
(Source: AsiaSat via Media Network Weblog)
This new platform is the first DVB-S2 distribution platform launched to serve the entire Australasia region. From the orbital location of 122 degrees East, it currently hosts some 30 television and radio services, broadcasting programmes in Russian, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Cambodian, Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi and Telugu languages and dialects.
With the use of a full 54 MHz Ku-band transponder and the more efficient DVB-S2 technology, the new platform is expected to carry an expanding array of premier programming to serve multiple markets across Australasia.
The new platform is operated by Teleport Access Services (TAS) in Taiwan. Through TAS’s state of the art teleport facilities, the platform provides signal downlink and turnaround, uplinking and encrypted services for broadcasters. Dish antennas as small as 60-70 cm and 1.1-1.2m can be used in parts of Australia and New Zealand respectively.
“We are pleased to launch this new high performance DVB-S2 platform customised for DTH and targeting the Australasia market. This region has the world’s largest multicultural audience. We look forward to continuing to expand our channel offerings on this new DTH platform providing Australasian audiences a wider range of programming,” said William Wade, President and CEO of AsiaSat.
(Source: AsiaSat via Media Network Weblog)
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