BSS is launching a Pan-European DTH platform called 'Spize TV' for South Asian and Ethenic TV channels in Europe, Middle East and North Africa. The 'SpizeTV' DTH platform will have a bouquet for the northern countries of the Indian subcontinent (North bouquet) and a bouquet for the southern countries in Indian sub continent(South Bouquet). A further third bouquet is being developed for the Far Eastern countries called the 'Tiger' Bouquet. There will also be free-to-air and "a la carte" channels on the platform. "Spize TV" will install a dual-LNB on subscribers' satellite dishes to enable reception from EB-9 and also the popular HotBird satellites of Europe (to give viewers' access to HotBird's huge array of free-to-air channels). The HotBird satellite has over 1,000+ channels, 110 million homes, and 500+ free-to-air channels - and this is the neighborhood that "Spize TV" synergizes with.

'Spize TV' DTH Platform details:

• Spize TV" DTH will be launched on the Eutelsat EuroBird-9 satellite @ 9° East.
• Subscribe to our PAY-TV bouquets and get a FREE dual-LNB installed & watch all the (500+) free-to-air channels on the Hot Bird satellites.
• "Spize TV" DTH will have BOTH Viaccess and Irdeto encryption on the platform.
• Channels for uplinking onto the platform can be "collected" from existing Asian or European satellites and fibered to our Teleport network.
• "Spize TV" DTH will also offer the option to re-purpose the content, if required (e.g. to Time-delay, Adverts extraction/insertion, Live local programs insertion, regulatory compliance, etc.), before transmitting the channel from our Teleport network.
• The North and South bouquets will have a mix of general entertainment channels in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, etc.
• "Spize TV" will put in place a European-wide marketing, distribution & sales network to promote and market the channels, complemented by a call centre and subscriber management system.