No excuses for not being fashionable in Asia, thanks to Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and World Fashion Channel (WFC). The two agencies have entered into a long term agreement for capacity on the ABS-1 satellite to improve and extend the channel’s distribution in Asian broadcast gateway at 75°East.

WFC has launched two customized versions of their channel on ABS-1 satellite: NTSC format via the ABS-operated DVB-S, MCPC platform for Asian broadcasters; and PAL format via the ABS-operated DVB-S2 MCPC platform for European broadcasters. Both feeds are encrypted and protected with the Irdeto PIsys Conditional Access System. The direct uplink capability from Europe provides full coverage of Asia in a single step and benefits European broadcasters, like WFC, by minimizing cost and risk when entering the Asian television market. ABS will provide a total integrated broadcast solution for World Fashion Channel that includes turn-around, signal processing, program insertion, encoding, encryption and uplink services on the ABS-1 satellite.