What is the cost of opening a new channel to go on sky , what is the
cheapest way and how much will it cost . I want to setup a asian
channel Pakistani channel what the best way to start.

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Request for Question Clarification by denco-ga on 27 Sep 2006 16:10 PDT

Howdy topdost1-ga,

Are you talking about a satellite television station?

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher

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Clarification of Question by topdost1-ga on 28 Sep 2006 14:11 PDT

yes Satlite channel in uk

I work at a Russian TV station that broadcasts programming throughout
the US. I'm not 100% sure of the cost, but I can tell you how we work:

We recieve a direct feed from NTV (our parent channel based in
Russia). The feed is basically the same content that a viewer would
see in Russia. However, many programms don't have international
rights. We aren't allowed to show them in the US. Same with the
Russian advertising shown within the programs.

So, in our Master Control Room, we record the feed from Russia on to
an Omneon server, edit out the Russian advertising, and separate each
program into it's own file. The files are placed on to a playlist,
using Nversion Automation Software. They're played from there. What we
play goes out by broadband to Dish Network (in the US).

I think if you're going to broadcast content from another Pakistani
channel, you have to make sure you have the rights to everything.

I'm assuming that the most expensive thing would be to pay for the
rights to broadcast programming, and building the master control. The
cost of your Master Control depends on how you wish to go about
broadcasting, if you want to simply play from DVCPRO or Betacam
tapes... in that case, you'll need a Router and 4-5 VTRs and a few
others things (I'm not an engineer).

I don't know about the cost of Sky carrying your channel, but one of
the things you'll need is a licence from Ofcom. Read all about it
here:

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv/ifi/tvlicensing/

If you are porting foreign content to the UK one of the problems
you'll have is with compliance - UK rules on advertising are usually
much stricter than other countries.