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Satellites and Television for Asia: Global Actors on a Continental Stage"
by Amos Owen Thomas
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Figure 2: Major regional-commercial satellites and their television channels
| Satellite | Asiasat 1 | Asiasat 2 | Apstar 1 | Thaicom 1&2 | Measat 1 |
| Launched | April 1990 | Nov. 1995 | July 1994 | Dec 93/Oct 94 | Jan. 1996 |
| Transponders | 24 C-band |
24 C-band 9 Ku-band |
24 C-band 9 Ku-band |
10 C-band ea 2 Ku-band ea |
12 C-band 5 Ku-band |
| Footprint | NE, SE, S and W Asia | Australasia and all Asia | SE & NE Asia | NE Asia and Indochina | SE Asia and S. China |
| TV Channels |
StarPlus Prime Sports Channel V BBC World Star Chinese Star Movies Zee TV Zee Movies EL TV Myanmar TV Pakistan TV MongoliaTV Guizhou Yunnan Phoenix Worldnet Doordarshan |
StarPlus Prime Sports Channel V BBC World Star Chinese Star Movies Zee TV Deutsche Welle Star Pay-TV CCTV-4 CNBC APTV/WTN HNTV-1 TVShopN VivaCinema NBC Super |
Time Warner ESPN Asia MTV Asia CNN Intl TVBI/TVBS HBO Asia Discovery Disney TNT/Cartoon CETV (4) MTV Mandarin CSTV (3) Rainbow PHTV (3) Taiwan SatTV Haishan Shenshan |
Thai govt Ch 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 CNNI/Aus TVI IBC Entert. IBC Sports IBC Variety HBO Asia Cambodian TV Laos TV IBC Laos Vietnam TV Thai Sky TV |
RTM (Mly) RIA (Mly) Wah LT (Mly) Vaanavil (Mly) ABN CNBC HBO Asia ESPN MGM Gold MTV Asia Disney Discovery Hallmark Ent. TNT/Cartoon CNN Intl Star TV (5 ch) |
Sources: Nielsen SRG “Satellite guide to Asia 1995”; Cable Satellite Asia “Asian Channel Guide” Nov.-Dec. 1996; Asiaweek (1994) “Skywatch: what's up and what's going up,” Oct. 19; Cooperman (1995); TelevisionAsia (1996) Guide to satellite & cable 1996; The Asiaweek Satellite Chart, Asiaweek, Nov.8, 1996.
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