Paksat international Limited – A leading provider of satellite services

Sub Continent Asia, has partnered with Transnet Communications Limited – A key player in satellite / telecommunications services, to jointly offer 1st turnkey multichannel per carrier (MCPC) television program distribution solutions on the Paksat 1R satellite.

Located at 38ºE, the Paksat 1R satellite offers premier Video / Data /Broadband internet in the region spanning UAE which has a strong community base.

The new MCPC platform will be part of Paksat international that has expansion plans of international teleports over ME and Europe enabling Broadcasters in the Middle East / Pakistan /Africa to reach viewers in these growing regions. The platform leverages MPEG-2 /MPEG-4 and DVB technology to optimize bandwidth and offer cost-effective solutions for customers.

“Paksat 1R MCPC platform can help Broadcasters in Pakistan/ Middle East / Europe who seek to deliver their content to millions of viewers across three vast regions” - Usman Bajawa, Paksat CEO.

“This Partnership arrangement will broaden our services portfolio and allowing Transnet to offer an advanced communications platform to our clients as in Broadcasting and Date Services Sector with support of Paksat” - Saqib A. Lari TCL CEO.

Transnet with further support of international fiber optics partners will allow broadcasters to bring live content to this MCPC Platform from around the world and uplink from this MCPC Platform, a state-of-the-art teleport facility based in Karachi, Pakistan.

At present, the up-linking multiple domestic TV channels and growing, this facility offers a concept of one window solution with solutions like,

• Server based play-out
• Encoding
• Encryption
• Space segmentation

This MCPC platform strengthens Paksat 1R presence in the Middle East / Europe and Africa Region thereby supporting demand for television programming across the three continents.