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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedSatellite puts NBC, CNBC into Asia-Pacific region. (Brief Article)
Broadcasting & Cable, September, 1994 by McConnell, Chris
NBC has booked more space capacity over the Asia-Pacific region.
The network last week said it is leasing a transponder on PanAmSat's newly launched Pacific satellite. NBC will hold one full-time C-band transponder on the PAS-2 satellite, which covers the Asia-Pacific region between Bangladesh and the U.S. West Coast. Sources following the deal say NBC has booked the transponder for 10 years.
NBC plans to use the transponder to distribute NBC and CNBC programing to the region, although the network last week had not decided which programs will go on the satellite. That decision will hinge partially on what programs NBC transmits via the Apstar-2 satellite, where it holds two transponders.
Apstar-2 is scheduled for launch early next...
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