Pacific Century Matrix on Saturday enhanced its broadband satellite services with the addition of Alive Networks - the first international travel and learning company, using a unique combination of media channels - including TV, Internet, mobile devices and printed travel guides.

Alive's television channel is multiplexed onto PCM's DVB/IP satellite platform. The service joins the bouquet of other PCM television and data services being transmitted from Hong Kong, via PCM's C-Band transponders on the AsiaSat 3S satellite. Currently four transponders are used to support PCM's services to television broadcasters, Internet Services Providers, multinational corporations and content providers, across the Asia-Pacific region from the Russian Federation to Australia and from the Pacific Ocean to the Middle East, covering more than 66% of the world's population, according to a company release.

PCM will undergo further dramatic expansion with the launch of its own broadband satellites, specifically designed for the burgeoning converged multimedia, IP data and Internet markets. The first satellite is scheduled for operation in mid 2003.