[Satellite Today 03-19-09] GlobeCast has launched its second MCPC platform on the AsiaSat 3S satellite, GlobeCast announced March 18.
    The C-band platform is located at 105.5 degrees East with a footprint covering the Middle East to East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, targeting a potential audience of more than 95 million households.
    German broadcaster Deutsche Welle is the transponder’s first client, delivering transmissions via GlobeCast’s international RIBU fiber network to a Hong Kong teleport for uplink to AsiaSat 3 and distribution to the Asian-Pacific region.