Francois,
Happy "Western World" New Year,
Chinese New Year still 3 months away. <ggg> john
ATS might interest you as an Asian play. Price $4 5/8.
APT Satellite Holdings Limited (ATS) is a listed company on both the Hong Kong and New York stock exchanges. Its wholly-owned subsidiary, APT Satellite Company Limited, was established in 1992. It primarily provides high quality satellite transponder services for international and Asia-Pacific broadcasting and telecommunication sectors and has achieved remarkable performance.
The Principal Shareholders of the Group are renowned China and South East Asia corporations. After the listing in December 1996, they directly and indirectly hold an aggregate of 75% of the issued shares of APT Satellite Holdings Limited. The relations between the Group and its Principal Shareholders enable the Group to establish strong competitive advantages in both international and Asia-Pacific markets, including China. The Group is managed by a team of experts in the satellite-related industry. Many of whom have about 20 to 30 years' experience in the development, launch, telemetry and control, and telecommunication of satellites. The Group currently operates two in-orbit satellite, APSTAR-I and APSTAR-IA, through its own satellite control centre located in the Tai Po Industrial Estates, New Territories. The Group's third satellite, APSTAR-IIR, was successfully launched in October 1997.
The Group intends to participate in the direct broadcasting satellite service in the region and is also planning to launch a high-powered satellite to satisfy the transponders demand by the year of 2000.
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also very excited about the DTH (Direct to Home) possibilities for ATS. They could easily become the
EchoStar (DISH) of Asia.
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direct satellite TV
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Own 3 satellites that cover 75% of the worlds population
Sold transponders on Latest Satellite to Loral for 33 million
Will be broadcasting direct TV into CHINA like Direct TV
Will provide VSAT and high speed internet access to companies in China via VSAT
Great financials compared to other companies that have satellites.
Potential merger and investment partner for US, European, Asian companies that want to break into China.
75% of world population
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pcclf connection
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LOR ownership of ATS
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LOR and ATS
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LOR and ATS
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valuation model
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12/23 news
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300,000 share buys
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12/15/99 news
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The collection of developments surrounding Asia, the pacific rim, telephony, internet, and television / interactive media, and broadband will soon lead us higher. This is really ground level. In time... All is well, load up...
friend who works for GS just told me APT is one of three companies to get the DBS license from China!!!!! Wow!!!!
What other publicly traded companies are tied into Chinese satellite systems? I know this question was asked earlier, but if ATS is the only choice, we seriously might have a nobrainer on our hands.
LOR leases satellite acess from ATS.
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only so many earth orbitals... :o) location location location
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12/23/99 news
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10 firms seek chinese TV license
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100% leased
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other satellite companies
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