AsiaSat signed a C-Band capacity deal for capacity on AsiaSat 3S to broadcast Pakistan’s premier channel, AAJ TV, on all local networks in Pakistan and its overseas audience across Asia. AAJ TV will start broadcasting March 23on AsiaSat 3S. The channel offers a mix of news, current affairs and entertainment programming in Urdu and English to local audiences, as well as Pakistani communities throughout Asia and the Middle East.

Aamir Khan, director of marketing and operations at Recorder Television Network said, “AsiaSat 3S’s enormous ground penetration in Pakistan and other parts of Asia will give us instantaneous access to many cable headends, rebroadcasters, hotels and home viewers already served by this powerful satellite.”