Fashion Television Launches in Asia

Fashion Television Launches in Asia

LONDON, December 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --



Fashionistas all over Asia can now receive the popular "Fashion Television" channel as
a linear satellite channel. Fashion Television has been delivering fashion content from
all over the world to audiences throughout Asia since 1999 as a content block, but the
launch of a dedicated channel allows a population in excess of one billion to access its
popular programming 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.



London-based owner "Fashion Television International" chose Asiasat 7, one of the
leading satellites operated by Hong-Kong based Asiasat Satellite Telecommunications Co.
Ltd. at orbital position 105.5 East with a footprint reaching from Saudi Arabia in the
Northwest to New Zealand in the Southeast.



The channel's "soft launch" commenced last Wednesday at 12:00 noon Hong Kong time on
3729 MHz, H-Pol, with a symbol rate of 30 MS/s.



"Fashion Television is excited about its launch as a dedicated channel in a region in
which we know we already have many fans," says Ralph Siebenaler who spearheads the
international expansion of Fashion Television.



Siebenaler, who had a leading role in many high profile channel roll-outs across
Europe, Russia and the Asia-Pacific for both free-to-air and pay TV channels, including
his tenure as COO for RTL Group's co-owned REN TV and the launch and management of the pay
TV bouquet Klub 100 in Russia, was tapped as the new CEO of Fashion Television's
international headquarters, where all activities in Europe and Asia are coordinated under
a new management team.



"Asia has become the growth engine for the fashion industry, with most fashion brands
booking record revenue quarters after record revenue quarters, while the rest of the world
is lagging," said Siebenaler.



ABOUT FASHION TELEVISION



Started in 1996 by Canada's CHUM Limited, Fashion Television has covered fashion
events in more than 80 countries, primarily to an audience in Canada. CHUM was acquired by
Canada-based Bell Media, formerly CTV Limited



PRESS CONTACTS:




Gwen Jayme - pr@fashiontelevision.com
Fashion Television International Limited, London
+44-20-3695-5000


Fashion Television


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