Ten said that in addition to increasing its capacity from seven channels to 10, the move will also improve picture quality. Peter Hutton, Ten’s chief operating officer, said “We are looking at options for both expanding our own operation and to producing more channels for third parties to use this extra capacity”.
In addition to its own channels, Ten currently produces five channels for third parties, including Singapore cable operator Starhub’s Football Channel, two channels for Asian broadcaster Goal TV, English-language channel Prime Sports for Arab broadcaster ART and the Cricket Plus channel for US satellite operator DirecTV.