AsiaSat selected by NTV
July 13, 2023
AsiaSat, the Asian satellite solutions provider, has announced that Nepal Television (NTV), Nepal’s state broadcaster has selected AsiaSat 7 to distribute a bouquet of five HD Nepali channels to serve audiences both nationally and across Asia and Oceania.
These five television channels, which are free-to air, include general entertainment channels NTV and NTV Plus, and news channels NTV News, NTV Kohalpur and NTV Itahari.
This collaboration marks a major milestone in AsiaSat’s extension of broadcast services in Nepal. The coverage of AsiaSat 7 will support NTV’s service expansion in the remote mountainous regions, demonstrating the power of satellite in connecting the unconnected with a variety of entertainment programmes, news and information. NTV can also leverage AsiaSat 7’s South Asian channel neighbourhood and audience access to reach out to overseas audience including millions of Nepali people working and residing across the region.
“We are proud to be a partner of choice for Nepal Television to support their service expansion to a broader Nepali community across the country and abroad. We look forward to working closely together with NTV to deliver high-quality programming that will contribute to enhancing the social wellbeing of their people through free access to entertainment and news, and to achieving unprecedented growth and success on the international stage,” said Roger Tong, Chief Executive Officer of AsiaSat.