Free Tickets for Astro A1GP Malaysia 2006

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Nov 24

Yo!!! My Dear Friends & Reader,

Jerry have 5 Astro A1 GP tickets to give away!!! Race start from 9:00A.M. on this Sunday 26th November 2006. If you want these tickets, email me at ask@jerryong.com or call me if you know my mobile instead. Fast Fast…… 1st come ~~last~~ 1st serve!!!

Background of Astro A1 GP

Video Trailer of Astro A1 GP

A1 World Cup of Motorsports

A1 World Cup of Motorsports is the first opportunity in any area of motorsport for nations to compete on a level playing field. It is a series where technology and innovation are deliberately equalised and performance is determined by human bravery, skill and excellence. Team and driver combine to create their advantage and the winning nation raises its flag in celebration.

A1 World Cup of Motorsports is more than just another motorsport phenomenon; it’s an entirely new sport - The World Cup of Motorsport. Pitting driver against driver and country against country for the first time in history, A1 World Cup of Motorsports will bring together 25 nations representing 80 per cent of the world’s population to actively compete on a level playing field.

A1 World Cup of Motorsports has created a new medium for national and international brands and organisations to promote themselves on a global scale. Through the World Cup of Motorsport, they can join forces with their national teams to be part of this unique sporting event.

The World Cup of Motorsport promotes countries and utilises the national patriotism instilled in every person on the planet not only attracting traditional motorsport and sporting fans but exciting anyone who is passionate about their heritage, country and population.

What is an A1 World Cup of Motorsports Event?

A fast, exciting, adrenaline fuelled weekend full of entertainment in a glamorous and exclusive environment, affordable and accessible to all the family.

With three days of on-track action, an A1 World Cup of Motorsports event offers a rare opportunity for fans to interact with teams and drivers. Exclusively inclusive, The World Cup of Motorsport brings the thrill of international motorsport to billions of fans across the globe.

Taking in a mix of established world-famous venues, exciting new state-of-the-art facilities and tight twisty street circuits, A1 World Cup of Motorsports promises to deliver high-speed action at every turn.
An A1 World Cup of Motorsports event is a fast, exciting, adrenaline fuelled weekend in a glamorous and exclusive environment, affordable and accessible to all.

A1 World Cup of Motorsports Point System

Sprint Race

The average (based on aggregate) of the best two lap times will determine the grid for the sprint race which will be a ‘rolling start’. The sprint race will be 20 minutes long.

1st place will receive 6 points
2nd place will receive 5 points
3rd place will receive 4 points
4th place will receive 3 points
5th place will receive 2 points
6th place will receive 1 point

Feature Race

The results of the sprint race will determine the grid for the feature race. The feature race will be 70 minutes long.

1st place will receive 10 points
2nd place will receive 9 points
3rd place will receive 8 points
4th place will receive 7 points
5th place will receive 6 points
6th place will receive 5 points
7th place will receive 4 points
8th place will receive 3 points
9th place will receive 2 points
10th place will receive 1 points

One point will be allocated to the fastest lap achieved by a team during the sprint race or feature race. All points are allocated to the winning Nation and there are no driver points. A1GP is a team effort and a team sport. The winner is the driver, team and most importantly the Nation.

Sponsor - Astro

ASTRO ALL ASIA NETWORKS plc (ASTRO) is the region’s leading cross-media operator with direct-to-home satellite television services in Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. It is also the leading commercial radio broadcaster in Malaysia and a major publisher of TV guides and lifestyle magazines. ASTRO has formed joint ventures in other countries to launch new broadcasting, multimedia and Internet services. The Group has strategic alliances with leading software developers and content producers to jointly develop both technology and content to provide satellite-delivers, broadband, IP enhanced multimedia and interactive services over multiple platforms across the Asia Pacific region.

ASTRO’s subsidiary, MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems, has a 20-year exclusive licence for satellite direct-to-home (DTH) transmission in Malaysia. Astro, our subscription TV service, currently broadcasts 55 channels to more than 1.93 million subscribers, or some 35% of television homes. Through a joint venture, ASTRO also distributes these services in Brunei. The DTH service utilises high-powered KU band transponder capacity on the MEASAT system. The addition of a third spacecraft to the MEASAT fleet later this year will allow ASTRO to significantly expand its current bouquet of services in Malaysia and Brunei, and to the region.

The Group now operates eight FM terrestrial radio stations in Malaysia, including the top-ranking stations for all the key Malay, Chinese, Indian and English vernacular demographics. These stations cumulatively reach more than 10 million listeners a week or 62% of all radio listeners, and command over 79% of the radio industry’s advertising expenditure. In addition, it also packages 17 music channels in six languages for distribution over its DTH platform. The Group also provides studio infrastructure and airtime sales and programming services for two radio stations in Kolkatta, India and is now looking to introduce this business model into other markets in the region.

Through subsidiary Celestial Pictures, ASTRO has all rights to the collection of 760 movies produced by Shaw Brothers from the 1950s through the 1990s. These films, which have never been exploited beyond their initial theatrical release, are being digitally re-mastered and are the foundation for its pay-TV Celestial Movies Channel, and a global content distribution business spanning more 40 territories in Asia, Europe and the Americas. In addition to the Shaw titles, Celestial Movies also features the best of Chinese and other Asian films and is watched by more than one million viewers in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore, Hongkong, Australia, Mainland China and Thailand.

Leveraging on its multi-lingual skills and experience, the Group is also actively involved in content origination. During FY2005, Astro produced about 1300 hours of in-house content in the key Malay, Chinese, English and Indian languages, with a further 5,000 hours of subtitling, and to a lesser extent, dubbing. Tayangan Unggul and Astro Shaw, the Group’s film entertainment units, are Malaysia’s leading film producers with award-winning films to their credit. The Group also publishes TV Guides and lifestyle magazines in Malaysia — including the country’s highest circulation magazine, Astroguide — and in Hongkong, through a joint venture with Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). The Group also produces animated content through its subsidiary, Philippine Animation N.V Group, Philippine’s leading animation studio.

The Group provides interactive TV services and aggregates and distributes other multimedia content to a variety of users through the many communication and mobile devices available today. The Group also offers broadband content through its portal, Astro.tv. ASTRO has a 25% stake in a joint-venture with MAXIS Communications, an affiliate company and Malaysia ’s leading mobile operator, to own 3G spectrum and provide 3G services.

ASTRO listed on Bursa Malaysia in October 2003. Major shareholders of the Group include the Usaha Tegas Group (42.7%) and Khazanah Nasional Berhad (21.6%), the investment arm of the Malaysian Government.

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