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Permira backs a $200 million management buyout of Asia Broadcast Satellite from a consortium of private equity investors led by CVC, leaving it with a majority stake.

APT Satellite Holdings has appointed Chen Zhaobin as its new executive director and president.

Dr Dumrong Kasemset, executive chairman of Shin Satellite, talks to FinanceAsia about future plans and future deals.

AsiaSat''s share price has yet to reflect analysts'' optimism, following an upturn in demand for satellite capacity.

Shin Satellite PCL, operator of the Thaicom satellite system will fund its new broadband satellite IPStar-1 project via a combination of equity, pre-sales of bandwidth and export financing.

Phoenix Satellite failed to raise enthusiasm after its debut on Hong Kong''s second board last Friday, but the fact that it listed at all can be seen as a success.

It''s taken just two days on the road, promoting its IPO to investors, for Phoenix Satellite TV to lower its sights for the amount it expects to raise in its IPO.

Braving the choppy waters of a volatile market, Phoenix Satellite Television plans to raise up to HK$1 billion in an IPO on Hong Kong''s Growth Enterprise Market.