Mediascape Launches New Philippines DTH Platform on NSS-11

SES NEW SKIES, an SES company announced that it has been contracted by Mediascape, Inc. to provide transponder capacity on the NSS-11 located at 108.2 degees east satellite for their new direct-to-home satellite television service targeting the Philippines. Mediascape's DTH service is expected to launch 24 channels in its basic tier package which includes highly desirable Filipino and English channels at affordable pricing levels.

Mediascape, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mediaquest Holdings, Inc., is licensed to offer a direct-to-home service in the Philippines and is also currently providing myTV , a DVBH mobile TV service in partnership with Smart Communications, Inc.
Mediaquest, its parent company, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund, which holds various interests in media companies in the Philippines.