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  • Australia Network kicks starts 2007 with week long kid’s based programming

    Australia Network kicks starts 2007 with week long kid’s based programming

    MUMBAI: Australia Network is set to open its broadcasting schedule for the year 2007 with a new Kids Week season focusing on children and families.

    Slated to run from 13 January to 21 January, the season will look at issues affecting mothers and fathers, sons and daughters as they experience tragedy, face great adversity and tackle and overcome some of lifes biggest, most heartbreaking challenges.

    An official statement issued says that the schedule of dramas and documentaries about kids (not necessarily programmes for kids) has been described by Australia Network as mirroring the daily life of families across the globe.

    Among the season’s highlights is Maternity Unit, a documentary about the maternity unit at Sydney’s Canterbury Hospital, where 80 per cent of the mothers were born outside Australia. The program looks at cultural diversity and explores how families from different cultures welcome new life to the world.

    Born With Two Mothers is a look at two childless couples one black, one white – anxiously awaiting the outcome of their latest efforts to conceive using IVF. Only one couple will succeed but even before the baby is born, serious concerns surface among the medical staff regarding the transfer of the embryos. When a black baby is born to the white mother the medical staffs worst fears are realised. The program follows both couples as they lay claim to the same child.

    Closing off the Kids Week season From Russia With Love looks at what happens when two Western couples adopt Russian orphans.

    Australia Network chief executive Ian Carroll says, “We’ve decided to start our 2007 schedule with Kids Week because children and families are a subject of universal interest for all our viewers.

    “Our week-long exploration of the family brings the best programmes on this subject to Australia Network viewers across Asia, India and the Pacific, taking them on a journey from despair to joy through every emotion in-between.”

     

  • Australia Network looks to expand reach into India

    Australia Network looks to expand reach into India

    MUMBAI: Global satellite services communciations provider Intelsat has announced that Australia Network, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s international television channel, has renewed its multi-year contract with Intelsat.

    It has expanded the contract to include transmission services on an additional satellite.Using the Intelsat global system, Australia Network will now be able to distribute programming beyond its existing Asia-Pacific footprint to reach new viewers in the cable neighborhoods of the South Asian region served by Pas-10 and to be positioned for additional access into new markets such as India and the Middle East.

    Under the terms of the new agreement, Intelsat will also provide Australia Network with turnaround services from its leased teleport facilities in Singapore. Prior to this contract, Australia Network only had available a single time feed. Intelsat’s enhanced fleet and teleport facilities now enable the broadcaster to transmit its programming in three prime time feeds covering the Pacific island nations, Asian land mass and South Asia regions.

    Australia Network CEO Ian Carroll says, “As Australia Network was seeking wider distribution in the region, we needed a service provider that would enable us to accomplish multiple business goals with one turnkey offering, and Intelsat provided that solution. Our long-standing relationship with Intelsat was enhanced with the inclusion of PAS-10 transmission services into the South Asia markets and we look forward to continued growth of this relationship.”

    Intelsat regional VP, Asia-Pacific, David Ball said, “For Intelsat, helping our customers achieve their strategic business goals is top priority. With respect to Australia Network, our solution is unique in the market and showcases Intelsat’s regional strength for video distribution through its expanded satellite fleet and terrestrial infrastructure. We are proud that Australia Network is entrusting us to transmit its programming into these new markets.”