...managed satellite services for its Australian and New Zealand viewers in a deal worth more than $24 million over 10 years. Telstra Global’s Head of Voice and Satellite Business, Peter Hobbs, said Telstra’s new managed global satellite service offers a quality alternative for Australian broadcasters and continues the company’s growth in its suite of network application and services. “Vision Asia will be the first organization to benefit from Telstra’s DTH broadcast services” Mr. Hobbs said. “We receive the Vision Asia content from its international source, encrypt, encode and multiplex at our Perth teleport, and then transmit the complete bouquet to Vision Asia’s customers across Australia and New Zealand."

Telstra’s managed satellite solutions are provided via Telstra’s teleports in Perth, Sydney and Hong Kong. These teleports provide access to a global network of major satellite systems, which enables Telstra satellite customers to efficiently and quickly acquire live international television feeds, as well as a comprehensive suite of other satellite services. The Vision Asia services are delivered via the IS-19 satellite, which uses advanced, high-powered transponders giving single beam and single footprint coverage of both Australia and New Zealand. Telstra’s platform supports the latest media transmission technologies including DVBS2 and MPEG4, and HD encoding.