Hong Kong – TV5Monde Pacifique has added a subscription-based 24/7 live option via its Pacific website www.tv5.org.asia Costing USD10.99 per month, or $131.88 per year, the new offering is delivered via a dedicated P2P technology developed by SoftBank in Japan. It fills any distribution gaps in territories covered by the TV5 Monde Pacifique signal (Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand NZ); acts as a catch-up in selected markets such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan (due to the 3-hour timeshift between TV5 Monde’s Asia and Pacific feeds); and offers Malaysia audiences access to TV5 linear content for the first time. A spokesperson says that, having worked well in Japan for two years in terms of revenue, it was decided to extend this channel offering elsewhere in the region. September 5 saw TV5Monde Pacifique become the ninth channel of the French-speaking network, and, alongside TV5Monde Middle East (32 million H/H) and TV5Monde Asia (18.3million H/H), the third to cover Asia. TV5Monde Pacifique targets territories in the GMT+8 to GMT+12 time zones, mainly North Asia and Australasia. Designed and encrypted for operators, it is carried via optical fibre from Paris to Atlanta and uplinked to IntelSat 8. Unlike the Asia channel, it uses MPEG4 standard to pave the way for new means of distribution such as mobile and high definition.