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| Russian Channel RTR-Planeta Joins AsiaSat 2 |
Hong Kong, 15th February, 2006... Asia's leading satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (RTR) announced today that RTR's international television station RTR-Planeta has commenced broadcasting on AsiaSat 2, offering Russian speaking viewers in Asia and Australasia prime time news, sports, feature films, documentary movies and general cultural programming.
This Russian language channel joins the European Bouquet's digital platform on AsiaSat 2 for free-to-air distribution across Asia. This platform includes some of the most popular European television channels such as RAI International of Italy, RTP Internacional of Portugal, TVE Internacional of Spain, and radio services from RDP Radiodifusao Portuguese, REE Radio Exterior de Espana, RFI Radio France Internationale, RNW Radio Netherlands, WRN World Radio Network and YLE Radio Finland.
"Following our launch of RTR-Planeta to audience in Europe and the United States, we are very excited that we have now expanded our services to Asia via AsiaSat 2 that provides excellent access to numerous cable headends, terrestrial television stations, pay TV platform operators and hotels in Asia. With AsiaSat 2, our Russian speaking audience in Asia are able to stay connected to Russian culture through a wide selection of quality programming from our three leading national channels," said Olga Trofimova, Head of International Broadcasting of RTR.
"We are very pleased that RTR, the leading state owned broadcaster in Russia, has selected AsiaSat for expanding their service to Asia. RTR-Plantea is the first Russian language television service on AsiaSat 2 and we anticipate that a greater variety of programming will be added to our channel line up in the near future," said Peter Jackson, Chief Executive Officer of AsiaSat.
RTR-Planeta is available on AsiaSat 2 in C-band with the following reception parameters:
Transponder: 10B
Frequency: 4000 MHz
Polarisation: Horizontal
Modulation: QPSK
Symbol Rate: 28.125 Msym/sec
FEC: 3/4
About RTR
Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (RTR) is the world's leading Russian language broadcaster, operating three national television channels - 'Kultura', 'Russia' and 'Sport', five national radio stations, two international channels RTR-Planeta and Planeta Sport, and 87 affiliated television and radio stations. RTR programming is watched by more than 200 million viewers around the world. For more information, please visit www.rtr-planeta.com
About AsiaSat 2
AsiaSat 2 operates at an orbital location of 100.5 degrees East. The satellite is a Lockheed Martin Series 7000 model and carries twenty 36 MHz and four 72 MHz C-band, as well as nine 54 MHz Ku-band linearised transponders. Its C-band footprint covers 53 countries embracing Asia, the Middle East, Australasia and the C.I.S. AsiaSat 2 also has a high-power Ku beam serving the Greater China region, Korea and Japan. AsiaSat 2 currently serves many regional and international broadcasters, wholesale news agencies, video service providers, teleport service providers for video and news distribution and contribution services, as well as governments and corporations for VSAT network services.
About AsiaSat
AsiaSat, the leading regional satellite operator in Asia, serves over two-thirds of the world's population with its three satellites, AsiaSat 2 at 100.5oE, AsiaSat 3S at 105.5oE and AsiaSat 4 at 122.2oE. The AsiaSat satellite system provides services to both the broadcast and telecommunications industries. Over 200 television channels and 130 radio channels are now delivered by the Company's satellites, reaching over 96 million households, with more than 360 million viewers across the Asia Pacific region. Many telecommunications customers use AsiaSat for services such as public telephone networks, private VSAT networks and high speed Internet and multimedia services. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited, listed on both the Hong Kong (SEHK: 1135HK) and New York (NYSE: SAT) stock exchanges. For more information, please visit www.asiasat.com
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Sabrina Cubbon
General Manager Marketing
AsiaSat
Tel: (852) 2500 0899
Fax: (852) 2500 0895
Mobile: (852) 9097 1210
email: scubbon@asiasat.com |
Olga Trofimova
Head of International Broadcasting
RTR
Tel: (7 495) 613 1109
Fax: (7 495) 613 0338
email: rtr-planeta@vgtrk.com |
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Winnie Pang
Corporate Affairs Manager
AsiaSat
Tel: (852) 2500 0880
Fax: (852) 2500 0895
email: wpang@asiasat.com |
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