TAS Launches Digital Platform on AsiaSat 4 Ku beam - Mon 10 Jan 2005 10:41:PM
http://www.talksatellite.com/Asiaaa3.htm <br /><br />6th January, 2005<br /><br /> Teleport Access Services, Inc. (TAS) has launched a MCPC (Multiple <br />Channels per Carrier) digital television and radio platform on AsiaSat 4 <br />satellite's Ku-band Australasia beam to offer Direct-to-Home (DTH) <br />television services to millions of multicultural viewers in Australia and <br />New Zealand.<br /><br /> The platform is currently transmitting three television channels, <br />including Pacific TV 1, Pacific TV 2 and Da-Ai Television. Both Pacific TV 1 <br />and 2 are Vietnamese-language television services broadcasting in encrypted <br />format while Da-Ai Television is a Chinese-language, religious channel <br />available free to air to audiences across AsiaSat 4's Australasia coverage.<br /><br /> The platform, operated by TAS in Taiwan, offers a full range of <br />transmission services including signal turnaround, uplinking and encryption <br />services to broadcasters who wish to provide services targeting local ethnic <br />communities, including professionals and immigrants working and living in <br />Australia and New Zealand.<br /><br /> "The excellent power, coverage and look angles offered by AsiaSat 4, <br />as well as the flexible switching capability of the satellite's Ku-band <br />transponders fully support our delivery of DTH services using dishes as <br />small as 45 cm in the Australasian landmass. We anticipate that more <br />television services will be added to this platform in the near future," said <br />Yu-Chun Kuo, President of TAS.<br /><br /> "The launch of this new digital platform on AsiaSat 4, the latest <br />addition to the AsiaSat satellite fleet, further strengthens our television <br />offering to the Australasian market. We look forward to bringing in a <br />greater variety of television services to the multicultural audience in this <br />region," said Peter Jackson, Chief Executive Officer of AsiaSat.<br /><br /> The above channels are available on AsiaSat 4 in Ku-band Australasia <br />beam with the following reception parameters:<br /> Transponder: K3V<br /> Frequency: 12430 MHz<br /> Video Format: Da-Ai (digital, free to air), Pacific TV 1 & 2 (digital, <br />encrypted)<br /><br /> Polarisation: Vertical<br /> Modulation: QPSK<br /> Symbol Rate: 20 Msym/sec<br /> FEC: 3/4<br /> <br /> <small>[ 10. January 2005, 02:55 PM: Message edited by: Lazer. ]</small>