LTV World AVAILABLE IN ALL EUROPE
14 Apr, 2008
Stockolm – 15 April 2008. SES SIRIUS AB, an SES ASTRA company, announced today that the Lithuanian free-to-air public channel LTV World can be received by all cable networks in Europe via the SIRIUS 4 satellite. Since beginning of April, this public channel is available to the many Lithuanians living abroad. SES ASTRA is an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange).
Public Institution Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) and the satellite operator SES SIRIUS have signed an agreement for the broadcast of LTV’s third channel, LTV World, via SIRIUS 4 to cable networks in all Europe on a 12690.000 MHz frequency. The channel has been moved from the Nordic beam to the European beam so that the Lithuanians living outside their country can watch LTV World, which is the international version of the Lithuanian national channels LTV and LTV2.
Boris Moskaliouk, Sales Manager of SES SIRIUS, said: “We are happy to help the public channels in their mission to spread national news and culture for Lithuanians living outside their country. With the transmission on the European beam of SIRIUS 4, the channel will reach many Lithuanians living in Europe, mainly in the UK, in Ireland and in Spain.”
According to Audrius Siaurusevičius, General Director of LRT, it is particularly gratifying that the Lithuanians living in the Western part of the European continent, namely in the UK, Ireland and Spain, which form an important part of the Lithuanian emigration, will be able to keep up with the life of their homeland thanks to the programmes of the Lithuanian national broadcaster.
The other Lithuanian channels available via SIRIUS are: LNK, TV1, TV3 Lithuania and Tango TV.
Where to find the LTV World channel:
Satellite: SIRIUS 4, 4,8 degrees East
Frequency: 12690 MHz
Polarization: Vertical, DVB-S
FEC: 3/4
Symbol rate: 2.65 MS/s
About SES SIRIUS AB
SES SIRIUS AB owns and operates the SIRIUS satellite system which is a leading satellite system in the Nordic and Baltic countries and Central and Eastern Europe. It offers cost-effective solutions for TV and radio broadcasts and broadband services in these regions. SIRIUS is positioned at 5 degrees East and offers reliable communication links across Europe.
SES SIRIUS AB is 90-percent owned by SES ASTRA, one of the world's leading satellite operators, and 10-percent by the state-owned company the Swedish Space Corporation.
More information:
Anna-Karin Modigh
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
SES SIRIUS AB
+46 8 505 645 68, +46 708 94 25 86
anna-karin.modigh@ses-sirius.com
