German car channel Motorvision TV on road to Asia

Motorvision TV, the German pay-TV channel for car and motor sports fans, is driving its expansion into international markets forward: Multi Channels Asia (MCA) will be the distribution agent to negotiate carriage deals with platform operators in Asia.

According to sat-television.com, an exclusive partnership was arranged with the Singapore-based service company.

Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, MCA will be responsible for launching, distributing and marketing Motorvision TV in high-definition (HD) across Asia in territories such as Indonesia,Singapore,Malaysia Thailand, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines and Vietnam.

MCA is Asia’s leading distributor of independent pay-TV channels with its customers list including Al-Jazeera, Outdoor Channel, KidsCo and Bloomberg Television as well as telco SingTel.

Motorvision TV will be available in high-definition via Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS-1) throughout Asia. After Astra and Nilesat, ABS-1 will be the third satellite carrying the channel.