Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) Team Up to Deliver Channels Throughout Asia Pacific
Hong Kong, 5 February 2007 - Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) announced today that they have entered into an agreement to distribute TBN's family of channels on the Southern Ku-band beam of the ABS-1 satellite at the 75E orbital location.
TBN's bouquet of channels will be uplinked from ABS's Hong Kong based digital multiplex, distributed throughout the Asia-Pacific region extending from Mongolia to the South of Thailand and across Eastern Europe, Asia and Japan reaching a potential audience of several billion viewers.
"ABS -1 offers the widest Ku- band coverage in Asia. We look forward to partnering with TBN to expand the distribution of their channels across Asia, focusing on key markets such as Thailand and India through DTH and CATV distribution,"said Tom Choi, CEO of ABS. "We are very excited to include TBN in our growing neighborhood of free-to-air channels on our high-powered Ku-band platform"
Paul Crouch, President of TBN said, "We are so excited about this agreement with ABS in opening up new markets for TBN in Asia. Their location of satellite beams and pricing was perfect for our Asia strategy. We are looking forward to a long working relationship with ABS."
About Asia Broadcast Satellite.
Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) owns and operates the ABS-1 satellite (formerly known as LMI-1) at the 75E location serving 4/5th of the world's population and 4 continents. Headquartered in Hong Kong, ABS serves a global customer base with representative offices in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America. Supported by a team of highly experienced professionals, ABS offers a wide range of services, including DTH and CATV distribution as well as IPLC, IP backbone, GSM backhaul and VSAT services.
The ABS-1 satellite is a high-powered Lockheed Martin A2100 AX spacecraft which was launched on a Proton on September 1999 from Baikonur. With on-board fuel for more than 17 remaining years of life, the ABS-1 satellite is located in the prime Indian Ocean region at 75E connecting Asia, Australia, the Indian Subcontinent, CIS, Middle East, Europe and Africa. The satellite has 44 transponders composed of 16 Ku-band and 28 C-band transponders.
For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.absatellite.net
About Trinity Broadcasting Network
Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) is the world's largest religious network and America's most watched faith channel. Each day TBN offers 24 hours of commercial- free inspirational programming that appeals to people in a wide variety of denominations. TBN now reaches every major continent via 54 satellites and more than 12,000 television and cable affiliates worldwide. In the United States, TBN is available to 92 percent of the total households. Its website receives more than 27 million visitors monthly. In addition to TBN, the network owns and operates seven networks, including: The Church Channel, JCTV youth network, TBN Enlace USA Spanish network, and Smile of a Child TV children's network.
For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.tbn.org