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Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Essel Group, India’s largest media enterprises with diversified interests in Broadcasting (Zee TV), DTH (Dish TV), and Cable Networking (WWIL) operations, amongst other areas, today announced the signing of an agreement for the use of multiple C-band transponders on AsiaSat 4. The capacity will be used for a new digital Headend-in-the-Sky (HITS) delivery platform that will distribute pay TV signals to all cable operators. This will serve millions of cable homes throughout India. Through this platform on AsiaSat 4, cable operators can receive as many as 150 digital television channels. Headend-in-the-Sky (HITS) is a delivery model that allows cable operators to sell a readily encrypted high quality digital package of channels received from a single satellite to their subscribers. An Essel Group company, WWIL plans to convert its existing analogue cable service to those using HITS service distribution in all the existing cities and targeted new cities across India. -
SES NEW SKIES that the Partnership Venture of Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) and Numix Engineering haves contracted 5 MHz of transmission capacity on the NSS-6 satellite at 95° East. The capacity will be used to launch two-way Ku-band broadband services targeting Malaysia and other countries in South East Asia.
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