HONG KONG – Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) has announced an expansion of services for Sports Star of Pakistan on AsiaSat 7, to deliver HD news channel Public News across the Asia-Pacific. Sports Star currently transmits entertainment channel A-Plus as well as Pakistan’s first women’s channel A-Lite on AsiaSat 7, targeting different audience segments locally and across the Asia Pacific. Public News is Sports Star’s latest HD service to … [Read more...] about Pakistan’s Sports Star adds Public News channel on AsiaSat 7
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Channel NewsAsia HD launched on AsiaSat 7
HONG KONG – Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) announced that award winning Asian news channel, Channel NewsAsia, has upgraded the quality of its regional broadcast distribution from standard definition (SD) to a full 24-hour High Definition (HD) channel, delivered via AsiaSat 7. Over the past two decades, Channel NewsAsia – which is owned and operated by Mediacorp – has become a household name in the region for its breaking news, current affairs programmes … [Read more...] about Channel NewsAsia HD launched on AsiaSat 7
NHK broadcast on AsiaSat
Hong Kong– Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) and Japan International Broadcasting Inc. (JIB) announced a major expansion of their partnership. JIB will use AsiaSat 7 to broadcast NHK WORLD TV HD and for the continued distribution of its SD channel in the Asia-Pacific. NHK WORLD TV’s 24-hour programming cycle includes its signature news show, NHK NEWSLINE, and a wide selection of technology, lifestyle and entertainment programs, including “great gear”, TOKYO FASHION EXPRESS, … [Read more...] about NHK broadcast on AsiaSat
AsiaSat 8 successfully launches
Hong Kong – AsiaSat 8 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle successfully lifted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, USA at Hong Kong Time 4pm (4am EDT or Cape Canaveral local time) on August 5. The spacecraft successfully separated from the launch vehicle 32 minutes after liftoff. AsiaSat has acquired the first signals from the satellite in Hong Kong 54 minutes after launch. Over the next few days, AsiaSat 8 will move into the geostationary orbit, some 36,000 … [Read more...] about AsiaSat 8 successfully launches
FashionTV India moves to AsiaSat
Paris, France – FashionTV India joins the line-up of top international and local channels who will be the flagship channels on the new powerful and high-tech AsiaSat 7 Satellite. Michel Adam, President of FashionTV said: “We are very pleased that we have been granted the move from the old and unstable THAICOM 5 satellite to the new ultramodern AsiaSat 7 satellite from AsiaSat. Since the beginning of FashionTV in 1997, we have chosen season by season to work with AsiaSat, and can … [Read more...] about FashionTV India moves to AsiaSat
AsiaSat announces annual results
Hong Kong – Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited (AsiaSat) has announced its 2012 annual results for the year ended December 31, 2012. The company reported a turnover of HK$1,884,904,000 (up 10% from last year) – this includes a one-off revenue contribution of HK$311 million from customers resulting from the enactment of the Finance Act in India in 2012; Profit attributable to shareholders of HK$914,491,000 (up 11%); Earnings per share of HK$2.34 (up 11%); Proposed … [Read more...] about AsiaSat announces annual results
