Click TV to broadcast The Australia Channel in PNG
Sky News’ international spin off channel The Australia Channel will be broadcast by Click TV in Papua New Guinea.
The release:
Papua New Guinea’s first regional broadcaster Click TV has signed a carriage deal with Australian News Channel to access its new 24/7 international news, business and sports service – Australia Channel.
Click TV’s terrestrial and satellite platforms will carry Australia Channel on their Direct to Home service in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, French Polynesia, Tokelau, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam and American Samoa.
As part of the deal, Australia Channel will be distributed by a satellite signal which extends from the west coast of the USA and east to New Zealand.
“We are now pleased to announce the first Australia Channel News service to the islands. We will carry the channels with our lineup of other premium channels”, Click TV’s Managing Director, Richard Broadbridge said.
Click TV is owned by Click Pacific Limited, which launched in Papua New Guinea in 2013 and distributed the 2014 FIFA World Cup to 7 territories in the Pacific region.
Australian News Channel is owned and operated by Australian News Channel Pty Ltd; a joint venture company of Nine Entertainment Company, SevenWest Media and British Sky Broadcasting.
It operates SKY NEWS National, SKY NEWS Business, SKY NEWS Weather, SKY NEWS Multiview, A-PAC Australia’s Public Affairs Channel and SKY NEWS New Zealand
Australian News Channel CEO, Angelos Frangopoulos said: “We’re pleased to be working with Click TV to supplement our extensive worldwide “over the top” platform developed with Globecast Australia. Our service will include Australian business and sports news coverage which will be popular in the Pacific region.”
Australia Channel will be available on Click’s satellite and local transmitter services and in hotels and resorts across the Pacific Islands.
Source: Sky News press release
Thanks. We need competition in the Television industry in the Pacific
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Hi there,
Can you tell me if there are plans to widen this service across SE Asia? I live in Thailand and have been suffering since the Australian Government dumped the Australia Network.
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Nick, Australia Network was rebranded Australia+ by ABC and continues to operate the same as AN did. It never went away. It’s still there. http://australiaplus.com/international/
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It depends where you live Jason. I could receive Australia + for a while, then they changed sattelites – and it became unavailable. I’m glad you can still view it.
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Yes, it Australia+ is now on two new satellites. In the Pacific it is unencrypted. In Asia it is encrypted. The unencrypted IS-18 can still be received in Thailand but the stronger signal is from IS-20. You need to contact ABC for a decryption card – Their advice –
The signal for the Australia Plus television service is now live on Intelsat 20 and Intelsat 18.
Before 30 November, you will need to re-tune to the new service on one of the satellites below;
Intelsat 20
Transponder
15C – Land Mass Beam
Orbital Slot
68.5°E
Downlink Frequency
4064MHz C Band
Polarity
Horizontal
Symbol Rate
19.85 Msym
FEC
7/8
Modulation:
DVBS-QPSK
Intelsat 18
Transponder
17C – Global Beam
Orbital Slot
180°E
Downlink Frequency
4070.5MHz C Band
Polarity
RHCP
Symbol Rate
3.443 Msym
FEC
3/4
Modulation
DVBS2-QPSK
Roll Off
0.25
Australia Plus TV will be encrypted using the Irdeto system on IS-20. The service will be
unencrypted on IS-18.
If you have any questions regarding the technical specifications and delivery of the
Australia Plus service please contact our Head of Broadcast Network Services, Ms Marie
Wines at wines.marie@abc.net.au. For any other queries
arising from this change and/or regarding our new service please contact me at
woodward.john@abc.net.au or +612 8333 2084.
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