French group Lagardere is planning to launch a 24-hour interactive computer and video game channel, Game One from mid-December over Asia. The channel, which will be uplinked out of Paris and beamed across Asia via Intelsat 704, allows users to download or play games on air.

Additionally, the company is in talks with various cable systems and distributors to roll out its 24-hour classic and jazz channel Muzzik in Asia. Muzzik, consisting of 60 per cent classical, 30 per cent jazz and 10 per cent world music, is slated to make its appearance as a customised local feed in April 2001. Its target audience is 25 and over..
Cabe operators in India will surely be more than happy to redistribute the two services as they have done with TV5, MCM and FTV.