GlobeCast announced today that it has launched its second MCPC platform on the AsiaSat 3S satellite. Leading European broadcaster Deutsche Welle is the new transponders first client.
The new C-band platform on AsiaSat 3S, located at 105.5° E with a footprint covering the Middle East to East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, is a premium broadcast platform for the Asia-Pacific region reaching a potential audience of over 95 million households.
DW-TV ASIA+, Deutsche Welles new second free-to-air Asian channel, broadcasts a variety of lifestyle, cultural, arts and in-depth business and politics programmes around-the-clock with 18 hours of programming in English. The new channel complements DW-TVs feed on GlobeCasts existing AsiaSat 3S MCPC platform.
From GlobeCasts point of presence in Frankfurt, DW-TV ASIA+ is delivered via GlobeCasts international RIBU fibre network to the companys Hong Kong teleport for uplink to AsiaSat 3 and distribution to the entire Asian-Pacific region.