AAAN continues Asia rollout

Singapore - AETN All Asia Networks (AAAN) continues to expand in South East Asia with new carriage deals in the Philippines and Papua New Guinea, and the appointment of a distribution representative in Thailand.

In the Philippines, an agreement was signed with leading cable TV service provider, SkyCable, for AAAN's full suite of channels. HISTORY, BIO and CI launched last week on SkyCable in Metro Manila, while HISTORY HD will launch in April 2009. Earlier in February, separate agreements were reached with Cignal Digital TV to launch BIO, and with Dream DTH to launch HISTORY, CI and BIO on PMSI's Dream DTH platform. In addition to these platforms, HISTORY, BIO and CI are distributed to cable operators throughout the Philippines by ACCION.

In Papua New Guinea, BIO launched on HITRON on March 1. BIO joins HISTORY and CI which are currently available on the platform.

In Thailand, AAAN has appointed Triple T Network to distribute BIO and CI to cable operators in the territory. Currently, HISTORY is available in Thailand via True Visions through its cable and DTH platforms.