Outdoor Channel Expands Reach in Indonesia

SINGAPORE: Multi Channels Asia (MCA) has scored its second major carriage agreement for Outdoor Channel in Indonesia with TelkomVision’s IPTV platform, which will launch the channel July 1.

Outdoor Channel features traditional and contemporary outdoor sports such as fishing, off-road, water sports, hunting and more; it will air in full HD and as part of TelkomVision’s basic offering of channels.

Gregg Creevey, the managing director at MCA, said: "Since launching in December 2010, Outdoor Channel has been enthusiastically embraced for its fresh, exclusive and differentiated lineup of outdoor entertainment programming. It’s pleasing that TelkomVison has recognized those virtues and selected Outdoor Channel as one of a number of new channels to their IPTV offering.”
 
Elvizar KH, the director of PT TelkomVision, said “We are proud to introduce IPTV to the market and embraced the opportunity to work with Multi Channels Asia for the launch of IPTV. I believe this first-ever IPTV platform in Indonesia will definitely give a different experience of an interactive home entertainment. With our IPTV, watching TV will never be the same again!”