Russian-Cambodian satellite venture launched

25 July 2012
The Phnom Penh Post
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A new Russian-Cambodian digital satellite television service plans to have 400,000 subscribers in the next two years with 60 channels in Khmer, English, Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese and other languages. The venture between Russia’s General Satellite and Cambodia’s Royal Group was soft-launched last night at Sofitel, with a planned start-up in September and a system using stored smart cards, descrambler boxes and antennas. The Royal Group Chairman Kith Meng was joined by Russian Deputy Minister of Telecoms and Mass Communications Alexey Malinin and General Satellite President Andrey Tkachenko along with Cambodia’s Minister for information Khieu Kanharith to present the new TV service that intends to cover 70 per cent of Cambodia’s population with 60 channels using “digital wireless” technology. …

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