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Satellites and Television for Asia: Global Actors on a Continental Stage"
by Amos Owen Thomas
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Figure 3: Major domestic-public satellites and their television channels
| Satellite | Palapa B2P | Palapa C1 | Insat 2 B/C | Chinasat 5 | Arabsat 1 C/D |
| Launched | 1987 | 1996 | 1993 & 1995 | 1990 | 199? &1993 |
| Transponders | 24 C-band |
30 C-band 4 Ku-band |
12-18 C-band 2 S-band |
18 C-band 6 Ku-band |
? C-band ? S-band |
| Footprint | SE Asia | SE Asia and Australasia | S, C Asia | China | Middle East, Europe, Africa |
| TV Channels |
CNN Intl HBO Asia ESPN Asia ABN RCTI (Ids) SCTV (Ids) TPI (Ids) Anteve (Ids) Indosiar (Ids) RTM1 (Mly) TV3 (Mly) AusTVI Ch 9 (Aus) Canal France TCSI (Sgp) RTB (Bru) TVBI (HK) ABS-CBN (Phl) GMA (Phl) Peoples (Phl) |
CNN Intíl HBO Asia ESPN Intíl ABN RCTI (Ids) SCTV (Ids) TPI (Ids) Anteve (Ids) Indosiar (Ids) RTM1 (Mly) TV3 (Mly) AusTVI Ch 9 (Aus) Canal France TCSI (Sgp) RTB (Bru) MTV Asia Discovery Star TV Peoples 1&2 Mega (Mly) |
CNN Intl DD 4 DD 10 |
CCTV-1 CCTV-2 CCTV-3 CCTV-6 CCTV-7 Zheijang TV Xizang TV Sichuan TV Shandong TV Xinjiang TV |
MBC Canal France CNN Intl Kuwait Sat Ch Dubai Sat Ch Abu D Sat Ch Oman TV S. Arabia TV1 S. Arabia TV2 Morocco TV1 Mauritania TV Jordan JRTV Egyptian Spec. Channel |
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; Kuperus (1994).
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