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Asian sat-operators need LEO help

The overpowering message to emerge from last week’s Asia Satellite Industry Forum is that the likes of SkyPerfectJSAT, AsiaSat, Measat and ABS are all missing the potential business that could flow from low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites. The key speakers all admitted that partnerships with LEO players would help relieve the slow, but steady, decline […]

June 5, 2024By Chris Forrester

AsiaSat signs managed distribution service deal with MySat

Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat), the Asian satellite solutions provider, has signed an agreement with MySat to provide managed distribution services for MySat’s DTH platform that delivers a premium bouquet of Arabic TV channels in Australia. MySat’s Australian DTH service is being launched on AsiaSat 9’s Australasia beam from the orbital location of 122 degrees East […]

May 23, 2024

AsiaSat selected by NTV

AsiaSat, the Asian satellite solutions provider, has announced that Nepal Television (NTV), Nepal’s state broadcaster has selected AsiaSat 7 to distribute a bouquet of five HD Nepali channels to serve audiences both nationally and across Asia and Oceania. These five television channels, which are free-to air, include general entertainment channels  NTV and NTV Plus, and […]

July 13, 2023

AsiaSat acquires Lightning International

AsiaSat, the satellite solutions provider, has announced its 100 per cent acquisition of Lightning International Limited, the content distribution and media solutions company based in the UK and Hong Kong. The addition of Lightning into the AsiaSat family is a strategic move to expand the company’s services and extend its clients’ reach to global audiences […]

June 20, 2023

AVIA: Satellite operators maintain positive outlook

Last week, the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) annual satellite conference, the Satellite Industry Forum, welcomed over 140 delegates and speakers including some of the satellite industry’s largest operators for a day of discussion on the challenges and growth opportunities of the satellite connectivity market valued at $11.2 billion (€10.3bn) in 2021, and projected to […]

June 12, 2023

AsiaSat hires Chow as CCO

AsiaSat has announced that Raymond Chow has been appointed as the Chief Commercial Officer. Chow joined AsiaSat in 2018 and most recently served as Vice President, Business Development and Strategy, responsible for growing the data business and the transformation of AsiaSat. In his new role, he will lead and execute the global commercial strategies for […]

June 5, 2023

AsiaSat’s OCGL uses AWS

AsiaSat, the satellite solutions provider, together with its subsidiary One Click Go Live (OCGL), are using AWS for live streaming and to roll out new applications and services. “As customer demand increases, we have a need to upgrade the OCGL platform so that we can flexibly scale and deliver high-quality live video streaming services to […]

April 17, 2023

TV5MONDE expands partnership with AsiaSat

AsiaSat has announced that TV5MONDE, the global television network and broadcaster of French language programming, has selected AsiaSat 5 to distribute TV5MONDE Pacifique HD to serve audiences in regions of North East Asia and Oceania. This is a further addition to TV5MONDE’s TV bouquet on AsiaSat satellites that includes its general entertainment channel TV5MONDE Asie […]

September 27, 2022

Live GB News coverage of Queen’s funeral delivered by AsiaSat and OCGL

Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat), Asia’s premier satellite solutions provider, will be delivering the GB News channel on AsiaSat 7 and AsiaSat 9, and along with its subsidiary One Click Go Live’s live streaming platform will distribute the GB News live coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral on September  19th from 0600 London time (1300 […]

September 15, 2022

AsiaSat, ABU, Telstra deliver Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games to APAC

The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), in a collaboration with Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS), selected AsiaSat 5, AsiaSat’s prime occasional use (OU) platform, for live coverage of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games in the Asia-Pacific. During the event coverage, ABU Sports team on the ground managed the production of live broadcast signals at the International Broadcast […]

August 25, 2022