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Asia subscribers big on pay TV
Satellites, 24 May 2010

Scottsdale, Arizona - The global pay TV market is dominated by Asia, according to a report by In-Stat, with China alone encompassing 26.3% of subscribers. The rest of the Asia-Pacific holds 22.3 percent of the pie, the research firm reported, followed by 15.3 percent in North [...]

GlobeCast gears up for World Cup 2010
Satellites, 20 May 2010

Johannesburg, South Africa - GlobeCast is gearing up for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa this summer, providing a comprehensive array of services to rightsholders and non-rightsholders for worldwide distribution. Major broadcasters in Asia and around the world will receive satelite [...]

Striking the right balance
Satellites, 1 April 2010

Mark Hollinger was a fitting choice to keynote at the CASBAA 2009 Convention given that, back in 1994 as Hong Kong-based Acting General Manager for Discovery Channel Asia, he was responsible for overseeing and coordinating all activities related to the launch and operation of Discovery [...]

Tech perspectives: HDTV
Satellites, 1 April 2010

Terry Bleakley, Vice President, Commercial Operations, MEASAT Satellite Systems There is a lot more HD content out there than say 12 months ago. New channels such as Li TV and The Food Network, which do not have the legacy of an SD installed base to navigate, have chosen to [...]

Satellites’ leading lights
Satellites, 1 March 2010

“We entered 2009 against the backdrop of the fiercest economic downturn in living memory from which the satellite industry, in general, and SES WORLD SKIES in particular, have so far only been marginally affected,” says Elias Zaccack, vice president for Asia Pacific sales, SES WORLD [...]

India – a growth story
Satellites, 1 March 2010

Talking to colleagues from India back during BroadcastAsia mid-2009, some were keen to play down the DTH growth story, saying that projections of its potential in India were being over-exaggerated. But subscriber numbers from analysts Media Partners Asia show DTH to be the fastest-growing [...]

‘Hope for Haiti Now’ on National Geographic Channel in Asia January 23 & 24
Satellites, 22 January 2010

Asia - National Geographic Channel is bringing ‘Hope for Haiti Now,’ a two-hour global earthquake relief telethon, to Asia for a commercial-free delayed broadcast in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and Taiwan on 23 and 24 January. Viewers can help victims of the Haiti earthquake by [...]

Newly-expressed interest delays ProtoStar auction
Satellites, 1 November 2009

The 14 October 2009 auction-date of ProtoStar 1 became the deadline for bidders to express preliminary interest. At press time, bids were due 23 October, with the auction rescheduled for 29 October. Industry sources say interest has been such that the ProtoStar 1 satellite could [...]

ProtoStar satellite auction deadline extended
Satellites, 13 October 2009

The auction of ProtoStar 1 has been delayed by a fortnight due to newly-expressed interest from potential buyers. Originally scheduled for 14 October 2009, that date now becomes the deadline for bidders to express preliminary interest. Bids are now due 23 October, with the auction [...]

Tackling the digital black spots
Satellites, 1 October 2009

The first Australian digital terrestrial television broadcast (DTTB) services were launched on 1 January 2001 in the main metropolitan markets of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth. Since that date, services have been progressively rolled out through regional centres, [...]