Sky Pacific

Sky Pacific is a Fijian pay tv owned by Fiji Television which is a direct-to-home satellite delivered service which carries 16 pay channels to subscribers in Fiji and across the Pacific.

Channels available

*Fiji One
*Sky Entertainment
*Cartoon Network
*Nickelodeon & MTV (shared channel)
*Australia Network
*CNN
*BBC World
*CCTV-4

*Turner Classic Movies
*Discovery Channel
*E!
*Super Channel (Fiji)
*Bollywood Xtra
*Pay-per-view
*Star Movies
*Entertainment

In 2006, Sky added 4 new channels to its original 12, making it a 16 channel network.

It operates on a digital platform and its encrypted signals are delivered from the base station (Fiji TV) upward to a satellite and directed back to earth to households.

Overseas affiliates

Sky Pacific currently has distribution deals with five of its neighbouring Pacific island countries.

*Cook Islands (Cook Islands Networking, Entertainment, & Multimedia Associates Ltd. - C.I.N.E.M.A.)
*Kiribati (Television Kiribati)
*Tonga (Tonga Broadcasting Commission)
*Tuvalu (Tuvalu Telecommunications)
*Vanuatu ( [http://www.telsat.vu/ Telsat Pacific] )

External links

* [http://www.fijitv.com.fj/ Official site]
* [http://www.pacificislands.cc/pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=21162 Pacific Magazine article - April 2006]
* [http://www.matangitonga.to/article/tonganews/newsmedia/televisionbonanza161205.shtml Matangi Tonga article: Tongan television viewers bonanza]