AsiaSat gets nod to provide video services in China


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Rebecca Hawkes

| 19 January 2016




The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) has given the go-ahead for AsiaSat 6 to distribute broadcasters’ video to cable headends in China.



The first to take up the satellite operator’s service is Shanghai Interactive Television (SiTV), a subsidiary of Shanghai Oriental Pearl Media. The company has signed a contract with CITICSat, the exclusive marketing rights holder for AsiaSat 6 capacity in China, to broadcast ten high definition (HD) pay-TV channels.

“AsiaSat satellites have been serving this market with high quality satellite services since 1990. This new permit marks a major breakthrough for AsiaSat with our re-entry into the video services market in China. We are thrilled to work alongside CITICSat in offering broadcast clients in China a better choice for high quality satellite capacity to support advanced HD broadcasting,” said William Wade, president and CEO of AsiaSat.

“We welcome SiTV on board AsiaSat as they become the first in a list of future Chinese broadcast customers. With their service launch later in January, AsiaSat 6 is able to provide strong support for the development of HD broadcasting in China.”