The service will be carried on Taiwanese DTH platform, Pacific Digital Media, in which French company Lagardere is involved. Other regional carriage agreements are under negotiation. The feed will be customised for Asia because of music rights issues. Lagardere is also planning a new 24-hour interactive computer and video game channel, Game One, uplinked from Paris and transmitted across Asia from Intelsat 704. The channel, which will allow users to download or play games on air, launches in Asia on December 15.
Financial details remain under wraps.
Private broadcasters are seeking ways around the 20-percent foreign equity cap set for new DTH platforms.