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        "msgid": "astro-hopes-to-start-indonesia-service-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-07-21 00:00:00",
        "title": "Astro hopes to start Indonesia service",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Astro hopes to start Indonesia service KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Astro cable television service said on Wednesday it expected to start operations in Indonesia with a local partner by the end of this year. \"The company is hopeful that it will be able to commence service this year\" for its pay television joint venture in Indonesia, chief executive Ralph Marshall said. \"Over the next five years, we hope to have a three to four million households on our subscriber base\" in Indonesia, Marshall said.",
        "content": "<p>Astro hopes to start Indonesia service<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Astro cable television service said<br>\non Wednesday it expected to start operations in Indonesia with a<br>\nlocal partner by the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p>\"The company is hopeful that it will be able to commence<br>\nservice this year\" for its pay television joint venture in<br>\nIndonesia, chief executive Ralph Marshall said.<\/p>\n<p>\"Over the next five years, we hope to have a three to four<br>\nmillion households on our subscriber base\" in Indonesia, Marshall<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Astro All Asia Networks PLC, Malaysia's monopoly pay<br>\ntelevision cable TV service, has a 51 percent stake in PT Direct<br>\nVision, which holds a multimedia pay TV license in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall said Direct Vision had received approval from the<br>\nIndonesian government for Astro's stake in the Indonesian cable<br>\ntelevision provider, including approval from the foreign<br>\ninvestment coordination board.<\/p>\n<p>Direct Vision also has approval from Indonesia's Foreign<br>\nInvestment Coordination Board for Astro's stake, Marshall said.<\/p>\n<p>The approvals apparently negate a statement last month by<br>\nIndonesia's communications and information ministry that Astro<br>\nhad violated the country's media operations law by holding more<br>\nthan 20 percent of Direct Vision.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall said Astro planned to invest 300 million ringgit<br>\n(US$78.94 million) overall during the next three years to develop<br>\nchannels for its various operations, on its own and in joint<br>\nventures.<\/p>\n<p>The company is also planning to roll out early next year a new<br>\nset-top box with enhanced services such as 120 hours of storage<br>\ncapacity that will allow viewers to watch programs on demand,<br>\nchief operating office David Butorac said.<\/p>\n<p>Astro has about 1.6 million subscribers in Malaysia and plans<br>\nto add 300,000 subscribers each year, Marshall said. -- AP<\/p>",
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