APT Satellite and CICC-China to Promote Great Wall TV

APT Satellite Company Limited (APT Satellite) and Chinese International Communication Co. Ltd (CICC) recently announced a major breakthrough in their cooperation. After a two month test run on APSTAR-6 satellite at 134°E and APSTAR-L satellite at 128°E, CICC officially commits APT Satellite to promote the Great Wall TV Platform, a mix of 25 TV channels from China with Chinese, English or French voice-over, to new viewers in ASEAN countries.

Mr Huang Baozhong, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales of APT Satellite said that “APT Satellite plays two roles in this cooperation: providing satellite capacity and promoting Chinese TV content landing in ASEAN countries.”

Great Wall Asia platform is available throughout Asia Pacific region by its operation on three APSTAR satellites, namely APSTAR-5 at 138E, APSTAR-6 at 134E and APSTAR-L at 128.5E. The whole package or any channels inside can be contributed to cable TV, satellite DTH, or OTT operators based on authorisation. (C&T Mag)