Loral Offer Occasional-Use Service On Telstar 10 To The Asia Pacific Region

SPACEMART

Bedminster - Mar 08, 2004
Loral Skynet has announced the availability of occasional use services on its far-reaching Telstar 10 satellite, covering Asia, Australia, parts of Europe and Africa in C-band, and Korea, Taiwan, Macau and China, including Hong Kong, in Ku-band. Loral Skynet is a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications.

Loral Skynet's occasional-use service allows its customers to lease fractional transponders on a part-time basis. Offered in 5-minute increments, this service offers a cost-efficient platform for delivering breaking news stories, planned events, or regularly scheduled recurring feeds.

Loral Skynet will initially offer satellite capacity on Telstar 10, and expand the service to the new Telstar 18 satellite when it enters service over Asia, presently planned for the second quarter of 2004.

Ascent Media Pte. Ltd, through its Singapore facility, will provide satellite booking and access management services, enabling Skynet's customers to package terrestrial services with Telstar satellite capacity. Skynet's occasional use services in Asia will initially be available in C-band, expanding to Ku-band later this year.

"Loral Skynet has successfully offered occasional-use services in North America and Europe for years and we're happy to now bring this service to Asia," said Terry Hart, president, Loral Skynet.

"Part-time offerings enable many value-added end-to-end services including videoconferencing, business television, pre- and post-production feeds, broadcast distribution of sports, educational, ethnic and niche programming, special events, Internet and ad delivery."

"We are pleased to work with Loral Skynet," added Jeff Casey, vice president, sales and marketing, Ascent Media. "Our own well-founded depth of knowledge about the Asian market complements the broad coverage offered now by Telstar 10 and soon by Telstar 18. Working together with the Loral Skynet team, our focus will be on customer service, responsiveness, and superior technical support to the region's occasional use market."

In addition to the occasional-use services in Asia on Telstar 10, Loral Skynet provides occasional-use service on Telstar 11 and Telstar 12 in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Telstar 10, located at 76.5 degrees East longitude, is equipped with 27 C-band and 24 Ku-band transponders (36 Mhz equivalents). The C-band payload provides coverage of Asia, Australia, parts of Europe and Africa.

The Ku-band payload covers Korea, Taiwan, Macau and China, including Hong Kong. Telstar 10, which hosts one of the most extensive cable neighborhoods in Asia, distributes cable TV programming, direct-to-home services, telecommunications, as well as Internet and VSAT (very small aperture terminal) services.

Telstar 18 will be located at 138 degrees East longitude. The satellite is equipped with 19 C-band transponders at 36 Mhz and 8 Ku-band transponders at 54 Mhz. The C-band covers Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific islands and Hawaii and the Ku-Band reaches China, India, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea. Its main markets will be cable programming, direct-to-home broadcasting, Internet and VSAT services within Asia while providing an inter-connect to the US.

Ascent Media Network Services specializes in video distribution and post-production services, with facilities in Los Angeles, CA; New York; NY; Stamford, CT; Minneapolis, MN; London, and Singapore.

Channel origination, master control, creative services and transmission are among the many offerings utilized by the major broadcast and cable networks as well as other content providers. In addition, the group provides a full array of engineering and technical services for broadcast, cable, satellite, and corporate clients.

Ascent Media Group is a provider of services to the media entertainment industry, offering clients effective solutions for the creation, management and distribution of content through more than 70 facilities worldwide.

SPACEMART

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