Bangkok--Sep 16--Shin Satellite
On 15 September 2004, the management of United Broadcasting Corporation, or UBC, and Shin Satellite Public Company Limited jointly developed additional measures to ensure continuous services for UBC DStv satellite viewers.
On the nights of 12 September and 13 September, services on the Thaicom-3 Satellite were temporary disrupted due to immediate maintenance that had to be performed that coincided with the eclipse period. This resulted in outages of services on the Thaicom-3 Satellite including that of UBC. The Thaicom-3 Satellite is now back in normal operations.
Mr. Yongsit Rojsrivichaikul, Executive Vice President — Sales & Marketing of Shin Satellite, said, “UBC and Shin Satellite has jointly developed additional measures to ensure continuous service for UBC DStv satellite viewers. There are a number of initiatives that will be implemented. A significant step will be that Shin Satellite will deploy additional as well as back-up transponder capacities for UBC in case of future disruptions in the satellite transmission. The additional capacity will either come from existing the Thaicom satellites or from our partners.
Shin Satellite has put a lot of effort to ensure that UBC satellite viewers will be able to enjoy continuous service. We are proceeding with these initiatives immediately.”
Mr. Sompan Charumilinda, Chief Executive Officer of UBC, said “UBC understands that technical glitches do sometimes occur in satellites. Nevertheless, satellite transmission technology is best for broadcasting our services nationwide. We have over 300,000 DStv subscribers and UBC, together with Shin Satellite, will jointly implement measures to ensure that our satellite DStv viewers enjoy interruption free service.”
Contacts:
United Broadcasting Corporation,
(66 2) 615-9909
Shin Satellite Plc, International Press Relations,
Tel. (66 2) 596-8495 Fax. (66 2) 591-0714,
email: [email protected] End.
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