Asia-Pacific Broadcasting (APB) Satellie Special Supplement 2015 | Page 7

Satellite a key delivery platform in Asia-Pacific
Satellite
C-band
spectrum
remains the
lifeblood of
broadcast
distribution in
Asia-Pacific;
at WRC-15
later this year
in Geneva,
satellite
C-band
spectrum,
together with
terrestrial
broadcast
spectrum, will
be considered
for mobile
services.
bands are bedevilled by “rain fade”, stressed John
Mederios, chief policy officer at CASBAA.
It would be a “disaster”, warned Mederios, if the ITU
proceeds to allocate C-band spectrum to the IMT indus-
try. He explained: “Adequate spectrum for the satellite
communications industry is essential to Asian consum-
ers’ ability to receive the thousands of TV streams that
make up the Asian pay-TV industry.”
The question also remains: Is the claim by mobile
operators — that in order to deliver the capacity to meet
the growth in demand for data services, more spectrum
needs to be available for mobile networks — legitimate?
According to a study released last year by Germany’s
LS telcom, less than two-thirds of the spectrum that
should have been made available for IMT services is
licensed, while only less than half of that which could
be made available is licenced out.
Take the forecast of future demand by the mobile
industry with a shaker of salt, was the blunt assessment
of Robert Bell, executive director of the World Teleport
Association (WTA).
“Those [demands] are not real-world conditions,”
said Bell. “I would say that, unless misguided regulatory
decisions interfere with its ability to deliver services,
satellite is the technology of choice for higher-resolution
video.”
And for that matter, for any services delivered over
satellite, with satellite C-band spectrum remaining the
lifeblood of broadcast distribution in Asia-Pacific — it
is up to Asia-Pacific governments to ensure that this
remains so.
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