Raj TV Network’s 11 Channels Join AsiaSat 5
From Press Release
Hong Kong, 9 January 2012 – Asia's leading satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) is pleased to announce that Raj Television Network of India has signed a lease agreement for C-band capacity on AsiaSat 5 to broadcast a TV bouquet of 11 satellite channels in the Asia-Pacific region.
Raj Television Network's comprehensive channel offerings on AsiaSat 5 include its flagship Tamil entertainment channel Raj TV Tamil movie channelRaj Digital Plus; Telugu entertainment channel „Vissa Hindi entertainment channel Raj Pariwar; music channels in South Indian languages Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu; and news channels in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam. Raj has plans to launch a Kannada-language news channel and HD channels in the future.
“AsiaSat has an excellent reputation for quality service and superior penetration. Our new partnership with AsiaSat will further consolidate our market leadership position in South India entertainment and enable us to grow our business regionally. AsiaSat 5 offers unprecedented access to all major cable headends and DTH platforms in India and numerous pay TV operators across the region, it is the right choice for us to expand our audience base in southern India and nationally as well as in international markets,” said Dr. Ravindran M, Director of Raj Television Network.
“Raj Television Network is a leading brand in southern India. We are pleased that Raj's exciting range of TV programming has commenced broadcasting on AsiaSat 5. Raj's diverse offerings in news, music and entertainment content have further enhanced AsiaSat 5's capability in delivering high quality programming to audiences in India and to the South Asian community across the region,” said William Wade, President and Chief Executive Officer of AsiaSat.
Raj TV Network's 11 channels are now available on AsiaSat 5 in C-band with the following reception parameters:
Orbital Location : 100.5 degrees East
Transponder : C1H
Frequency : 3643 MHz
Polarisation : Horizontal
Modulation : QPSK
Symbol Rate : 18.8085 Msym/sec
FEC : 3/4
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About Raj Television Network
The Raj Television Network was started in 1994 in Chennai, India with the launch of its first Indian 24 hours entertainment channel. Positioned itself as The People's Channel, the Network presents to its viewers a broad range of programming content on entertainment, news and music in multilingual Indian languages that appeal to people of all age, and of all backgrounds. Raj group of channels are one of the leading channels among competitive channels in India. Rajtv presents best of the program in south regional ahead. For more information, please visit
www.rajtvnet.in
About AsiaSat 5
AsiaSat 5 is a Space Systems/Loral's 1300 satellite launched in August 2009 and replaced AsiaSat 2 at the orbital location of 100.5 degrees East. AsiaSat 5 carries 26 C-band and 14 Ku-band transponders, and has a design life of 15 years. Its powerful C-band footprint covers over 50 countries and regions spanning from Russia to New Zealand and from Japan to the Middle East and parts of Africa. The Ku-band coverage consists of two high powered fixed beams serving East Asia and South Asia, as well as a steerable beam currently positioned over Indochina.
About AsiaSat
AsiaSat, the leading regional satellite operator in Asia, serves over two-thirds of the world's population with its four satellites, AsiaSat 3S at 105.5ºE, AsiaSat 4 at 122ºE, AsiaSat 5 at 100.5ºE and AsiaSat 7. The AsiaSat satellite fleet provides services to both the broadcast and telecommunications industries. Over 500 television and radio channels are now delivered by the company's satellites offering access to over 620 million TV households across the Asia-Pacific region. AsiaSat also provides telecommunications operators and end users services such as voice networks, private VSAT networks and broadband multimedia. AsiaSat has ordered two more satellites, AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8, planned to be launched by early 2014. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited, a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Stock Code: 1135). For more information, please visit
www.asiasat.com.
Media Inquiries:
Raj TV
Dr. Ravindran M, Director
Tel: (91 44) 2436 3766, (91 44) 2436 4690
Email:
paychannel@rajtvnet.in,
transmission@rajtvnet.in,
ravindran@rajtvnet.in
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited
Sabrina Cubbon, Vice President, Sales and Marketing Winnie Pang, Manager, Corporate Affairs
Tel : (852) 2500 0899 Tel : (852) 2500 0880
Mobile : (852) 9097 1210 Email :
wpang@asiasat.com
Email :
scubbon@asiasat.com
