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  • Shin Satellite-VSNL to offer joint services in Mumbai, Delhi from July

    Shin Satellite-VSNL to offer joint services in Mumbai, Delhi from July

    Thai communication major Shin Satellite has signed an agreement with Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) to provide and promote a Joint Satellite TV Transmission Service on the Thaicom 3 space platform.

    The services would be implemented from July this year from Mumbai and New Delhi and will later be further extended to other cities. The entire bouquet of 30 + channels of Indian origin on Thaicom 3 currently uplinked out of its own facilities in Thailand will start relocating in India to ensure that channels on Thaicom will be in a position to uplink live programming and news directly from India without incurring added backhaul expenses.

    VSNL will also start providing iPSTAR services and total international connectivity in India which would be enabled with Shin Satellite setting up an iPSTAR gateway in Mumbai in the fourth quarter 2002. The agreement between the two telecom majors establishes a framework for distributing Shin Satellite’s iPSTAR satellite broadband and International Private Leased Circuit (IPLC) services in India, according to an official release. The IPLC service will allow customers to lease a virtual line directly from their rooftops to an international connection, bypassing domestic terrestrial congestion in the process, the release adds.

    The iPSTAR system is expected to be three to five times cheaper than equivalent systems, and offers much higher bandwidth cost savings, it says.

  • Four regional channels to be launched

    Four regional channels to be launched

    The Rathikant Basu promoted Broadcast India has planned to launch four encrypted regional channels–Bangla, Punjabi, Gujarati and Marathi. The channels are expected to be on air within the next six months through Insat 2E. The company is under negotiations with Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) for uplinking.

    Broadcast India is also in the process of content creation for their forthcoming Internet project. The company also has plans to get in the radio market once the Government reviews its policies.

    Murdoch owned News Corporation has a 5 per cent stake in the company which be raised only till 20 per cent as per the Government regulations.

    Basu has pumped in RS 1200 million for the regional channel venture and the leading consulting firm Arthur Anderson will work on the business plan. Venture capital funding will be seeked by Basu.

    The regional channels will be a part of the Star TV bouquet following the distribution agreement with Star TV.

  • Intelsat launches new corporate identity

    Intelsat launches new corporate identity

    Intelsat yesterday launched a new brand identity, the centre point of which is a new visual identity that includes three panels that intersect to form the letter “i” in the middle, representing how Intelsat is a bridge that helps its customers and their worlds connect. The word mark for Intelsat is no longer spelled in all upper case letters, as an acronym, but with an initial capital “I”, as the proper name of the company, according to a press release.

     

    Intelsat CEO Conny Kullman, speaking at the Satellite 2001 conference in Washington DC yesterday, commented: “Our key challenge in developing this brand was to show how our resources and technology in the sky make people’s lives on earth better – how we create opportunities for our customers by connecting the world. We also wanted our new brand identity to reflect collaboration, innovation, flexibility and partnering, as these are the drivers that we believe will be key in our future. We are aligning our business practices and priorities with the marketplace, and we believe that this new brand projects Intelsat as a modern, customer-centric company, geared for the future.”

     

    At the same time, Intelsat also announced that it had redesigned its web site to conform to the new brand look and feel.

     

    Intelsat offers Internet, broadcast, telephony and corporate network solutions around the globe through 19 satellites. Telecommunications companies and broadcasters in more than 200 countries and territories are connected to Intelsat.

     

    In India, Intelsat is represented by government telecom gateway Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited.