Asian Satellite Operators Pin Hopes on High-definition Television

摘要

Asian satellite fleet operators and service providers said they are counting on the growth of high-definition (HD) television in the region to offset any drop in prices for C-band capacity due to oversupply. Addressing the Satellite 2014 conference here the week of March 10, the operators also said they expected novel partnerships among them to continue and that consolidation is still a long ways off. One of the more recent partnerships is between Measat of Malaysia, a well-established provider of satellite television whose owners at one time expressed an interest in selling, and Azercosmos of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan wants to grow a domestic satellite business and, in a deal with Measat, shared the cost of the Azerspace-l/Africasat-1 satellite at 46 degrees east, a Measat-controlled slot that affords Azerbaijan full national coverage.