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April 2nd, 2012

MEASAT Satellite Systems... Premium Action Sports Encompassed At 91.5 Degrees East (SatBroadcasting™)



Artistic rendition of the MEASAT-3 satellite, courtesy of Boeing.

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[SatNews] MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”) now has an agreement with Encompass Digital Media (“Encompass”) for the distribution of...

...the EDGEsport HD channel via the MEASAT-3 satellite. EDGEsport is the first 24-hour premium action sports channel launched to the Asian market by IMG Media, part of IMG Worldwide. The channel is aimed at the active and athletic urban young adults, featuring key sports disciplines such as surfing, snowboarding, BMX, mountain biking, skateboarding, supercross, skiing, base jumping, freestyle motocross and wakeboarding. The channel features films, documentaries, athletic profiles and biographies, lifestyle programming and magazine shows, all in HD.

The MEASAT-3/3a satellites at 91.5 degrees East supports MEASAT’s HD video neighborhood consisting of a wide range of high quality HD channels including news, general entertainment, sports and factual programming. The slot will be further enhanced with the planned launch of MEASAT-3b satellite in 2014.