Star TV-Indonesia deal

Star TV-Indonesia deal

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.