NEWS & VIEWS
April 2016
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cash in on expanding MENA market
Acknowledging that the Asia-Pacific region is the fastest-growing TV market in the world, APT
Satellite’s Power Pan declared that the company’s two satellites, APSTAR-5 and APSTAR-7, are
ideally positioned to service customers in the region.
service capability in Asia,” said Pan.
“We service more than 600 TV
channels, providing tailor-made
solutions as per each customer’s
needs. All in all, we provide an
unbeatable TV neighbourhood for
both contribution and distribution
in C- and Ku- bands.”
KT Sat, the satellite business
unit of South Korea’s KT, which was
spun off from the parent company
in 2012 to realise its strategy for
growing the satellite business
globally, has its own massive DTH
operations in Mongolia. Its sister
organisation, KT SkyLife, boasts of
four million subscribers in South
Korea.
The company, which currently
operates three satellites covering
Africa, the Middle East, Europe and
South-east Asia, has announced
its intention of launching two new
satellites in the fourth quarter
of this year, KOREASAT-5A and
KOREASAT-7, which will cover all
of North and South Asia, including
the Middle East.
“The satellites have been manu-
factured by Thales Alenia Space,
and will be launched by Space X
and Arianespace, respectively,” said
KT Sat is launching two new satellites in the fourth quarter of this year, KOREASAT-5A and KOREASAT-7,
which will cover all of North and South Asia, including the Middle East, announced KT Sat’s Jun Chul Kim.
Eutelsat’s Ghassan Murat: Eutelsat is aiming to provide global
connectivity, including plans to move into 4K/Ultra HD.
Jun Chul Kim, VP, global sales and
marketing at KT Sat. “With these
new satellite fleets, we will be
able to provide a very high-power
broadcasting beam over the Asia-
Pacific region, and will take one
more step towards becoming a
global satellite player.”
Meanwhile, Ghassan Murat,
Monarch HDX
commercial development direc-
tor for Eutelsat in the Middle East,
proudly pointed out the fact that
OSN, the leading pay-TV pro-
vider in the Middle East and North
Africa, was in the process of ramp-
ing up capacity on the Eutelsat
8 West B satellite that had been
launched in August last year. The
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Newtec’s Bart Van Poucke: “Newtec Dialog secures the future of operators, giving them
unparalleled economies of scale as well as the power to offer a variety of mobile and
fixed services.”
new contract, which set the stage
for 4K/UHD in the Middle East and
North Africa, was announced at
CABSAT 2016.
“OSN will take advantage of the
additional capacity to introduce
4K/UHD services that will bring
cutting-edge TV experience to
viewers in the Middle East, offer-
ing true immersion with an image
quality four times richer than Full
HD,” said Murat. “OSN also plans
to ramp up its HD offer, with eight
new channels announced recently,
and several new premium and
exclusive channels to be launched
soon.
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