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TRAVEL CHANNEL LAUNCHES IN ASIA PACIFIC

 

(London, UK, 27th October 2009) Travel Channel will launch in Asia Pacific on 3rd November via AsiaSat 5 satellite.

Travel Channel International is Europe’s leading travel broadcaster.  Launched in 1994, Travel Channel broadcasts to 117 countries in 19 languages across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. 

Informative, entertaining and inspirational, Travel Channel presents the full panorama of travel experiences- from exclusive luxury getaways to adventure challenges, with a sole focus on travel content.

Chief Executive of Travel Channel, Richard Wolfe, said “We’re excited about partnering with a whole new set of affiliates as we roll out across the Asia Pacific.  They’ll find us a bit different-- small enough to be nimble and responsive to our customers but big enough to deliver a consistent, high-quality set of products that exploit all the new forms of delivery.  Taking the view that our customer’s success is our success has kept us the dominant multi-platform travel broadcaster in EMEA for the past 16 years.”

Travel Channel will be available across the AsiaSat 5 footprint, reaching through India, North and South East Asia and Australasia. Travel Channel will be uplinked by satellite service provider, SpeedCast, a fully-owned subsidiary of AsiaSat.

The launch date of the channel and website www.travelchanneltv.com.au coincide with Travel Channel’s presence at the broadcast industry’s Casbaa 2009 conference in Hong Kong.