Editorial Insight
CommunicAsia: Operators, Customers Moving Cautiously
The Asia-Pacific satellite communications market survived the economic slowdown better the most, according to many of the players in the market. And now that the demand for communications looks to be on the rise again, there is even more optimism throughout the region, with capacity demand on the rise and plans to add more capacity moving forward ...More»

From The Show Floor
MPA Forecasts Healthy Asia DTH Market
The Asia-Pacific regions a strong market for satellite companies continue, particularly in the broadcast sector, where DTH subscriber growth is strong. “The market for DTH pay-TV in the Asia-Pacific is growing at a significant pace again, buoyed by large scale DTH deployment in India and robust growth in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines,” says Vivek Couto, executive director, Media Partners Asia (MPA) ...More»

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Industry Briefs
Thai Government In Negotiations to Buy Stake in Thaicom
Thailand’s government is planning to buy Temasek Holdings’ stake in Thaicom for national security reasons after protesters broke into Thaicom’s facility and used its signal for anti-government demonstrations in April, government officials announced ...More»

SpeedCast to Stream ESPN Star Sports Content to Mobile Users in Asia
Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports has contracted digital media content services provider SpeedCast to deliver live premium mobile sports content across Asia ...More»

SpaceX to Launch Taiwanese Earth Observation Satellite in 2013
The National Space Organization (NSPO), based in Taiwan, has contracted SpaceX to launch Formosat-5, NSPO’s Earth observation satellite, as early as December 2013 ...More»

PolarSat Completes VSATPlus 3 Network Testing for Chinese Oil and Gas Market
Hub-less VSAT communication equipment provider PolarSat has completed system testing and certification of its VSATPlus 3 for use in PetroChina's network ...More»

Norsat Releases New Microwave Products at Communicasia
Norsat International Inc. has unveiled two new products from its microwave division at Communicasia 2010, the company announced June 15 ...More»

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Executive Insight
Tata Sky CEO: 8 Million Subscribers by 2012
Tata Sky was the second major DTH platform to launch in India, debuting in the second half of 2006. Less than four years later, it already has more than 5 million customers, and Vikram Kaushik, CEO of the DTH platform, says he hopes the platform can reach 8 million subscribers by 2012 ...More»

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