BTV World Joins
AsiaSat 3S
(23 February 2004) Asia
Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh’s national broadcaster Bangladesh Television (BTV)
have signed a lease agreement for the use of C band capacity on AsiaSat 3S to
broadcast BTV World, a television channel for overseas service across the Asia
Pacific region.
This Bangla-language satellite channel
will commence broadcasting on AsiaSat 3S from early March, providing daily
broadcasts of news and current affairs, drama, entertainment, cultural and
educational programs from Bangladesh that serve overseas audiences in the
region.
AsiaSat 3S is a Boeing 601HP satellite launched in 1999, with
28 C band and 16 Ku band transponders. The C band footprint of AsiaSat 3S
covers over 50 countries and regions in Asia, the Middle East, Australasia and
the Commonwealth of Independent States. The Ku band coverage consists of two
high powered fixed beams serving East Asia and South Asia, as well as an
in-orbit steerable beam now positioned over Australia. AsiaSat 3S currently
broadcasts over 70 television channels, including those from Arirang TV, Asia
Plus, Bloomberg TV, Cartoon Network, CCTV, CETV, Channel NewsAsia, CNBC, CNN
International, ESPN, Fox News, Indus Vision, Muslim TV Ahmadiyya, National
Geographic, NOW, Pakistan TV, Phoenix Satellite TV, MATV, SAB TV, Sahara TV,
Sky News, Smile TV, Star, Sun TV, TCM, Tech TV, TVB and ZEE.
(source:
AsiaSat)
