KOUROU, French Guiana, July 2, 2008 – Two more satellite geared for the Asian market, ProtoStar I and Arabsat’s BADR-6, are scheduled for launch on Friday, July 4, from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5-ECA rocket.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24, 2008 – Measat Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. has secured a launch date on 21 August 2008 for Measat-3a satellite.

SINGAPORE, June 17, 2008 – GlobeCast is extending its service range in Asia with the upcoming launch of a playout and media management center at its regional headquarters in Singapore.  The content management and delivery company said the launch in October follows GlobeCast’s acquisition of Pacific Century Matrix in Hong Kong and is part of the company’s strategy to expand its geographic and commercial offering in Asia.

BEIJING, June 10, 2008 -- ChinaSat-9 telecommunication satellite, otherwise known as ZhongXing-9 (ZX-9), built by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor, was successfully boosted into orbit on Monday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province by a Long March 3B rocket.

WASHINGTON DC, June 12, 2008 -- Intelsat, Ltd. has  announced that China Central Television (CCTV), the national broadcaster of the People's Republic of China, renewed a multi-year contract on Intelsat's Galaxy 3C satellite for Ku-band capacity to distribute its regional direct-to-home (DTH) services in the United States.

PARIS, June 12, 2008 -- Television Broadcasts Ltd (TVB) of Hong Kong, one of the world’s largest producers  and distributors of Chinese programmes, has selected capacity on the EuroBird 9 satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) to launch its new multi-channel digital platform of Chinese-language channels for satellite homes across Europe.

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., June 9, 2008 – An existing Globecomm Systems Inc. customer in Asia has awarded another contract to Globecomm to build and install a new Ku band earth station valued at $3.1 million.

SINGAPORE, June 6, 2008 – Content management and delivery company GlobeCast Asia is acquiring Hong Kong-based broadcast services company Pacific Century Matrix (HK) Limited (PCM) from the Pacific Century Group.

JERUSALEM, Israel, May 21, 2008 -- Content management and delivery company GlobeCast has signed a deal with Brazilian television giant Rede Record Internacional TV to launch its exclusive channels across the Asian Continent via SatLink's AsiaSat 2 MCPC (Multiple Channels per Carrier) platform.

NEW DELHI, May 21, 2008 – NDS is increasing its presence in India with the opening of a new, sales and support office in New Delhi to offer the Indian Pay TV industry better service and support.