Boeing Satellite Systems International has been selected by New York Broadband (NYBB) to build a L-band satellite.
The satellite will be designed to offer mobile multimedia services in China and other Asian markets planned by Hong Kong-based CMMB Vision.
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Called NYBBSat-1, the new satellite will be built on Boeing’s 702MP satellite platform.
Scheduled for launch in mid-2017, the NYBBSat-1 will replace the AsiaStar satellite at 105° E.
CMMB Vision chairman and CEO Charles Wong said: "The selection of Boeing for negotiation of a contract to build our new satellite is another major step for our plan to serve China and the rest of Asia with mobile multimedia programming.
"The high-power payload of the NYBBSat-1 satellite will offer satellite capacity that enables CMMB Vision to deliver services to consumer mobile devices throughout China and the rest of Asia."
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By GlobalDataNYBB has recently acquired the AsiaStar satellite slot and its L-band spectrum rights.
CMMB Vision has signed a memorandum of understanding with NYBB to lease the entire capacity of the new satellite.
CMMB Vision provides next-generation mobile multimedia service as well as develops mobile and broadcast-unicast convergence technologies such as CMMB and NGBW-LTE Convergence.
Using satellite signals, the CMMB technology is said to offer multimedia services to mobile devices.
NYBB has approached consultant SPI to assess it on launch service for NYBBSat-1 and the planned second satellite, NYBBSat-2.
