Star TV-Indonesia deal

Wed, 15 Mar 1995

HONG KONG (AFP): Asia's satellite television broadcaster Star TV said Tuesday it had forged an alliance with Indonesia's pay television pioneer to bring its new subscription channels to that country.

The agreement between Hong Kong-based Star TV, a subsidiary of media baron Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd., and PT Matahari Lintas Cakrawal, operator of the Indovision direct broadcast satellite television service, will also bring viewers across the 53-country Star TV network Indonesian productions.

Under the deal, Indovision group, Indonesia's sole pay television licencee, will distribute all Star TV's new digital channels throughout the country, starting in the second half of 1995.

An initial package of 15 channels designed specifically for audiences in Indonesia is envisaged, including movie services, popular music video channels, sports, news and entertainment programs.

The agreement came after Star TV extended early this month its unencrypted new programming service to Indonesia and the Philippines via the Indonesian-owned satellite Palapa B2P.

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