Sky Pacific
SKY Pacific is a Fiji based pay TV service owned by Fiji Television Limited delivering encrypted signals of 25 channels via direct-to-home (DTH) satellite on C-band to subscribers in Fiji and across the South Pacific. It is headquartered in the capital city of Fiji, Suva City with branch offices in Suva, Lautoka, Nadi and Labasa.
History
Established in 2005 by Fiji TV as a Direct-To-Home (DTH) satellite service for Fiji and the Pacific, it started with 12 channels and eventually expanded to 16 channels in 2006.
SKY Pacific currently operates on MPEG-4 platform with its encrypted signals uplinked to Intelsat 19 from its base station in Suva, Fiji and delivered to households across 13 island countries in the South Pacific including American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati (East), Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. The territories of French Polynesia (Tahiti), Tokelau, Tuvalu and Kiribati (West) were unable to be reached after SKY Pacific migrated from Intelsat 18 to IntelSat 19 in June, 2013.
Channels available
- Fiji One
- Nickelodeon
- Toonami
- Zee TV
- Nat Geo Wild
- History
- Star Plus
- Crime & Investigation Network
- FYI
- MTV Asia
- Colors
- Sony Entertainment
- ESPN Pacific Rim
- Super Channel
- CNN International
- BBC World News
- NHK World TV
- Fox Family Movies
- WarnerTV
- FX
- Fox Crime
- Lifetime
- Comedy Central
- TBN Pacific
- SKY PACIFIC PPV
- Pacific Channel
Overseas affiliates
SKY Pacific has distribution deals with agents in several Pacific island countries:
- American Samoa (Samoa Systems Incorporated)
- Cook Islands (Cook Islands Networking, Entertainment & Multimedia Associates Ltd)
- Nauru (Central Meridian Ltd)
- Niue (Broadcasting Corporation of Niue)
- Samoa (Polylink Telecommunications Ltd)
- Tonga (Tonga Broadcasting Commission)