Singapore – MediaCorp’s regional broadcaster, Channel NewsAsia, will telecast “live” the procession from the Istana to the lying-in-state proceedings and the state funeral of Singapore’s first Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew.

These pictures will be made available to the international media and news agencies. Selected daily news coverage will also be uploaded for the Asiavision News Exchange for members as well as for access by others.

All video clips are for use free of licensing charge within 14 days from the time of broadcast or upload by Channel NewsAsia, as the case may be.

The details are as follows −

Each of the three proceedings will be shown “live” on Channel NewsAsia. Foreign broadcasters covering the events need to record the proceedings off the international feed of Channel NewsAsia. There will be no relay or upload of recordings of these “live” coverage.

Channel NewsAsia International’s coordinates are −

Channel NewsAsia International

AsiaSat 7 @ 105.5°E

Satellite transponder: 3H

Downlink frequency: 3706 MHz

Symbol Rate: 6MSym/s

FEC: 3/4

Video Format: MPEG-2 (Free to Air)

Modulation: DVB-S/QPSK

1) Lying in State (“Farewell to Lee Kuan Yew, Lying in State Ceremony” 25 – 28 March 2015)

2) State funeral (“Farewell to Lee Kuan Yew” 29 March 2015, 2pm)

The proceedings will be shown “live” on Channel NewsAsia International, and streamed on Channel NewsAsia’s website and YouTube channel. It will also be beamed “live” via satellite.

The coordinates are:

(AsiaSat5 coordinates TBC after the booking of space segment)

3) Daily news coverage

Selected content will be uploaded for the Asiavision News Exchange. Participating members of the Asiavision News Exchange can access the footage subject to Asiavision’s terms and conditions. The licensing period is 14 days from the time of upload by Channel NewsAsia. Other broadcasters and news agencies can go to Channel NewsAsia’s website to complete and submit a request form for these news clips. Use of these video clips is free of licensing charge within 14 days from the time of upload by Channel NewsAsia. Terms and conditions apply.

After 14 days, use of these footage will be priced at prevailing licensing fees.

Refer to Annex for where to access uploaded news clips.

4) Terms and Conditions

Other footage requests will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to licensing fees.

Issued by Channel NewsAsia