Hong Kong – Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) announced its first fully integrated high definition channel launch with Outdoor Channel throughout Asia and the Pacific. ABS is providing Outdoor Channel with a comprehensive, integrated broadcast solution including content library management, HD and SD playout, subtitling, encryption, and transmission services for Outdoor Channel, using its ABS-1 and ABS-5 satellites. The channel will be distributed via ABS-1’s wide C-band ‘B Beam’ in 1080i HD format and ABS-5’s pan-regional C-band beam in NTSC SD format. Outdoor Channel features traditional and contemporary outdoor sports such as fishing, off-road, water sports, hunting and other related outdoor lifestyle programming. Whether out on the ocean or on top of a mountain, Outdoor Channel covers a broad range of outdoor activities that thrill, inspire and entertain.