Outdoor Channel Scores New Carriage Deals in Vietnam

HO CHI MINH/HANOI: Multi Channels Vietnam (MCV), a newly formed JV between Multi Channels Asia and Thaole Entertainment, has signed carriage agreements for Outdoor Channel in Vietnam.

Outdoor Channel is headed to Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group’s MyTV, Viettel and FPT Telecom. Thanks to these new deals, the network is now available in more than one million additional households. Vietnam marks the 15th Asian market that will have access to Outdoor Channel, which offers fishing, off-road, action sports, adventure and outdoor reality entertainment programming.

Linh Hong Phan, the managing director of MCV, commented: “Vietnam has one of the most dynamic and fastest growing pay-TV industries in Asia. With so many international channels chasing distribution here, the quick succession of operator launch of Outdoor Channel is an impressive achievement and testament to the underlying content proposition that Outdoor Channel represents, and MCV’s distribution and operational capabilities.”