Philippines: MediaScape Launches Cignal HD on SES WORLD SKIES` NSS-11 Satellite.Byline: datta03 SES WORLD SKIES, a division of global satellite operator SES S.A. announced today at the CASBAA CASBAA Cable and Satellite Broadcasters Association of Asia Convention in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. that it has concluded a new multi-year agreement with MediaScape, Inc to provide an additional transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. of capacity on the NSS-11 satellite at the orbital location of 108.2 degrees East. This will increase MediaScape s transponder utilization on NSS-11 from two to three, and the company will use the additional satellite capacity to distribute high definition television channels to households in the Philippines. MediaScape s Cignal TV direct-to-home offer was launched on NSS-11 in 2008 and now comprises 8 HD channels and 21 standard definition channels in its programme line-up. Mediascape s Cignal HD bundle consists of top-rating popular channels addressing various interests of the market. In full HD are HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy HD, Star Sports STAR Sports is a cable sports network owned by STAR TV. It shows sports programs. In partnership with ESPN, its corporate name is ESPN STAR Sports. They are the official Asian station of the English Premier League. , National Geographic and History HD. The offer also comprises four channels digitally enhanced to 1080i: ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , Star Sports, Playhouse Disney and Sony Entertainment. States Benjamin Fernandez, Managing Director of MediaScape: "The NSS-11 satellite provides powerful and comprehensive coverage of our target market in the Philippines, allowing for reliable, high quality satellite TV distribution to some 14 million TV households. The addition of eight high definition channels to the line-up of Cignal HD offers viewers in the Philippines a new TV standard that brightens up every television in households across the country. Cignal HD will offer a wide variety of programs to cover sports, lifestyle, kids, history and movies." Elias Zaccack, Vice President of Sales, Asia-Pacific at SES WORLD SKIES, concurs: "With the addition of HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates channels, NSS-11 further establishes itself as a leading video neighborhood over one of its key target markets, the Philippines. The NSS-11 satellite also provides optimized access to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Korea. Currently, the satellite carries over 160 channels in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog and Korean." Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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