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SKY Pacific Confirms Discovery Channel Back From July

Adds five more channels as part of improvement but removes Toonami, MTV Asia, Fox Family Movies and FX SKY Pacific, owned by Digicel Fiji, has announced the return of the very popular Discovery Channel from early-July. In addition, four more channels will be added to the SKY Pacific platform from tomorrow. These are Fight Sports […]

15.06.2016Satellite News

NZ gears up for the global space economy

The Government is putting in place a new regulatory regime to enable safe, secure and responsible space launches from New Zealand, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce says. “New Zealand is rapidly building a more diversified hi-tech economy, and one of the companies at the very leading edge of technology is our own home-grown start-up, Rocket […]

15.06.2016Satellite News

Football channels will cost $11.96 a month, sold separately from Sky Sports

from-skys-other-services Sky Television has struck a deal to get English Premier League football back onto its satellite television service when the next season kicks off in August. After months of speculation, spokeswoman Kirsty Way said Sky had secured the rights to show two football channels from Dubai-based broadcaster and EPL rights-holder Bein Sports, which is […]

15.06.2016Satellite News

Sky TV ‘not attractive’ as a pure pay-TV operator

Sky Network Television doesn’t have an attractive future as a “pure” standalone pay-TV business in the longer term as it faces increased rivalry and a “fundamental deterioration” in its strategic position, according to Grant Samuel, the independent adviser and appraiser of its merger proposal with Vodafone NZ. The Auckland-based companies plan to merge to create […]

15.06.2016Satellite News

Australian mini-satellites undergo space testing before launch

Testing has begun at the Australian National University’s (ANU) Mt Stromlo facilities on three mini-satellites to make sure they are ready to be part of an international space project later this year. The ‘CubeSats’ measure 10 centimetres each side and are the product of collaboration between the University of Sydney, the Australian National […]

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From the Dish Optus C1 156

Optus C1 156.0E 12398 H Bio Australia has left . Palapa D 113.0E 3574 V “TV Parlemen” has left again. Palapa D 113.0E 3792 H “BNI Life +1” has left again. AsiaSat 7 105.5E 3820 V “Zee Premier Cinema has started on , Conax.Zee Premier and Ten 3” have left. Yamal 401 90.0E 4046 L […]

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UEFA streams missing Euro 2016 games in Spain

Football fans in Spain and Venezuela can stream all non-televised Euro 2016 games live via EURO2016.com, if they register on UEFA.com. As reported by Advanced-Television last week, Mediaset Spain and Meridiano TV in Venezuela are only broadcasting 23 matches from the tournament on their television channels after failing to agree a deal with UEFA for […]

14.06.2016Satellite News

Eurosport 24 hour live advert for Le Mans

The first ever live 24 hour advert featuring live sport will premier during this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours following the announcement of a new partnership between Ford, the automotive and mobility company, and sports broadcaster Eurosport. The live ad will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ford’s historic 1-2-3 finish at Le Mans. At the […]

14.06.2016Satellite News

The Africa Channel chooses Globecast

Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has been chosen by The Africa Channel to provide media management, playout and distribution services for its channel across the US from its Culver City, CA, Media Centre. US-based, The Africa Channel is currently distributed on major US cable platforms. The Africa Channel is taking advantage of Globecast’s […]

14.06.2016Satellite News

China’s Beidou navigation network grows with successful launch

From http://spaceflightnow.com/2016/06/13/chinas-beidou-navigation-network-grows-with-successful-launch/ A Chinese Long March 3C rocket boosted a fresh satellite into orbit Sunday to join the country’s Beidou navigation system, deploying the craft into an elliptical orbit ranging more than 22,000 miles (35,700 kilometers) above Earth. The new navigation platform will power its way into a circular geosynchronous orbit over the equator in […]

14.06.2016Satellite News