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African Satellite World and Sat Gear

My 130cm offset just arrived. Eutesat on my mind. The 180cm is directed at Nilesat which has stopped being interesting for me. Guys advice me on any other nice sat that I can track.
 
Martoxxb said:
My 130cm offset just arrived. Eutesat on my mind. The 180cm is directed at Nilesat which has stopped being interesting for me. Guys advice me on any other nice sat that I can track.
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CONGRATZ for your latest acquisition. As it were the Digiturk package is still a big winner. Please tame your 130cm dish to nab it with no regrets. Happy hunting bro!
 
Please can forum members in NAIROBI tell me if the new Starsat decoder is capable of FTA autoscan/blindscan?
By now the Starsat kits should be retailing hapo Luthuli at a RTP of Ksh. 5600
 


HEADLINE2iSAT, part of Wananchi Group, launches a subscription-free TV platform for Kenya on EUTELSAT 70B satellite
NAIROBI, Kenya & PARIS, Sep 12, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Regulatory News:
iSAT Africa announces it has selected to partner with Eutelsat Communications (ETL) (nyse euronext paris:ETL) on free-to-air delivery of African and international digital channels in Kenya and across East Africa in order to accelerate the move towards a fully digital broadcasting environment in the region.
iSAT and Eutelsat will use the high-power African service area of the EUTELSAT 70B satellite to broadcast a platform of channels to digital headends and on a DTH basis to homes beyond range of terrestrial reception.
The first channels were launched by iSAT on September 1. They include Family TV and K24 that are multiplexed in a DVB-S2 platform and uplinked from iSAT’s teleport in Nairobi to Ku-band capacity on EUTELSAT 70B. Homes receiving the platform on a DTH basis can pick up channels without subscription using a maximum 90cm antenna and a digital free-to-air box that can be purchased off the shelf.
iSAT Africa has also agreed terms with Eutelsat for use of C-band capacity on the EUTELSAT 3B satellite for contributing channels to the Nairobi teleport where they can be aggregated into the platform. The C-band footprint on EUTELSAT 3B embraces Africa, the Middle East, Europe and South America, covering a vast catchment area of broadcasters.
Eutelsat and iSAT Africa are combining their respective skills for this new venture in East Africa: Eutelsat bringing its extensive experience of DTT delivery in Europe and North Africa, including in France, Ireland, Italy and Algeria, and iSAT Africa its track record and reputation as a leading satellite service provider and video system integrator in Africa.
Rakesh Kukreja, MD of iSAT Africa, commented: “We are delighted with our partnership with Eutelsat whereby iSAT provides complete technical platform and system integration for media houses and Eutelsat provides satellite capacity and video expertise. We envisage that media houses in Africa will see digital migration as an opportunity to expand across more territories and therefore increase viewership. This is a great opportunity for any media house to cover the East Africa community and more than 160 million Swahili-speaking people using a single uplink located in Africa. This will allow media houses to outsource technical service delivery and focus on their core business of content management. Eutelsat is a great company to work with as we received full support on both solution and technical fronts."
Michel Azibert, Chief Commercial & Development Officer of Eutelsat, added: “Eutelsat's infrastructure has played a key role in digital transition in Europe and today, for example, enables over four million homes beyond range of terrestrial networks in France and Italy to benefit from quality free-to-view reception of a diverse range of channels. We are delighted that the reach and performance of EUTELSAT 70B meets the requirements of Wananchi, a highly experienced media company, and to have this new opportunity to demonstrate the contribution of satellites for achieving the transition to digital.”
 
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HEADLINE2iSAT, part of Wananchi Group, launches a subscription-free TV platform for Kenya on EUTELSAT 70B satellite
NAIROBI, Kenya & PARIS, Sep 12, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Regulatory News:
iSAT Africa announces it has selected to partner with Eutelsat Communications (ETL) (nyse euronext paris:ETL) on free-to-air delivery of African and international digital channels in Kenya and across East Africa in order to accelerate the move towards a fully digital broadcasting environment in the region.
iSAT and Eutelsat will use the high-power African service area of the EUTELSAT 70B satellite to broadcast a platform of channels to digital headends and on a DTH basis to homes beyond range of terrestrial reception.
The first channels were launched by iSAT on September 1. They include Family TV and K24 that are multiplexed in a DVB-S2 platform and uplinked from iSAT’s teleport in Nairobi to Ku-band capacity on EUTELSAT 70B. Homes receiving the platform on a DTH basis can pick up channels without subscription using a maximum 90cm antenna and a digital free-to-air box that can be purchased off the shelf.
iSAT Africa has also agreed terms with Eutelsat for use of C-band capacity on the EUTELSAT 3B satellite for contributing channels to the Nairobi teleport where they can be aggregated into the platform. The C-band footprint on EUTELSAT 3B embraces Africa, the Middle East, Europe and South America, covering a vast catchment area of broadcasters.
Eutelsat and iSAT Africa are combining their respective skills for this new venture in East Africa: Eutelsat bringing its extensive experience of DTT delivery in Europe and North Africa, including in France, Ireland, Italy and Algeria, and iSAT Africa its track record and reputation as a leading satellite service provider and video system integrator in Africa.
Rakesh Kukreja, MD of iSAT Africa, commented: “We are delighted with our partnership with Eutelsat whereby iSAT provides complete technical platform and system integration for media houses and Eutelsat provides satellite capacity and video expertise. We envisage that media houses in Africa will see digital migration as an opportunity to expand across more territories and therefore increase viewership. This is a great opportunity for any media house to cover the East Africa community and more than 160 million Swahili-speaking people using a single uplink located in Africa. This will allow media houses to outsource technical service delivery and focus on their core business of content management. Eutelsat is a great company to work with as we received full support on both solution and technical fronts."
Michel Azibert, Chief Commercial & Development Officer of Eutelsat, added: “Eutelsat's infrastructure has played a key role in digital transition in Europe and today, for example, enables over four million homes beyond range of terrestrial networks in France and Italy to benefit from quality free-to-view reception of a diverse range of channels. We are delighted that the reach and performance of EUTELSAT 70B meets the requirements of Wananchi, a highly experienced media company, and to have this new opportunity to demonstrate the contribution of satellites for achieving the transition to digital.”
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Thanks for the awesome update.

Seems we will soon have our Kenyan Mux on the satellite.

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Blind-scan the sat so that we can get the frequency Family tv and K24 are on.
 
hi members.. need urgent help.. which cband lnb is better btw gulfstar and supermax 777 coz am torn between the two.. and already at a shop ..thanks
 
Thanks a lot for that update on AD Sports, Kungu, I have a subscription and an AD Sports decoder, found that Sky HD had disappeared, and was going to adjust my dish, nobody apart from you informed me of the changes! One question for you, are all of the OSN frequencies to get the AD SPorts $11 a month package receivable in Nairobi with the same 1.3 m offset dish that I was getting AD sports on? If so, guess I will try to get the $80 OSN decoder that they talk about.
 
msondaa said:
View attachment 136863View attachment 136864View attachment 136866View attachment 136868 the new bein decoder
the decoder model is humax 1000s, its very small and very light and doesnt have a usb or ethernet port.
i think this reciever was made in a big hurry and its not something you would expect from a big company like jsc. The old jsc cards are also working on this decorder without a hitch and this leaves me confused on all this decoder/card marriage thing. Although Humax have maintained their high end top quality video i rate this decoder 2 out of 10
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I noticed that some of the Humax remote buttons work on Zuku's Fibre to home decoder, kind of confused me before i realised what was happening. I agree, the video quality and receiver sensitivity is good. Problem is if you misplace the RCU, you cooked.
 
QIMEU said:




HEADLINE2iSAT, part of Wananchi Group, launches a subscription-free TV platform for Kenya on EUTELSAT 70B satellite
NAIROBI, Kenya & PARIS, Sep 12, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Regulatory News:
iSAT Africa announces it has selected to partner with Eutelsat Communications (ETL) (nyse euronext paris:ETL) on free-to-air delivery of African and international digital channels in Kenya and across East Africa in order to accelerate the move towards a fully digital broadcasting environment in the region.
iSAT and Eutelsat will use the high-power African service area of the EUTELSAT 70B satellite to broadcast a platform of channels to digital headends and on a DTH basis to homes beyond range of terrestrial reception.
The first channels were launched by iSAT on September 1. They include Family TV and K24 that are multiplexed in a DVB-S2 platform and uplinked from iSAT’s teleport in Nairobi to Ku-band capacity on EUTELSAT 70B. Homes receiving the platform on a DTH basis can pick up channels without subscription using a maximum 90cm antenna and a digital free-to-air box that can be purchased off the shelf.
iSAT Africa has also agreed terms with Eutelsat for use of C-band capacity on the EUTELSAT 3B satellite for contributing channels to the Nairobi teleport where they can be aggregated into the platform. The C-band footprint on EUTELSAT 3B embraces Africa, the Middle East, Europe and South America, covering a vast catchment area of broadcasters.
Eutelsat and iSAT Africa are combining their respective skills for this new venture in East Africa: Eutelsat bringing its extensive experience of DTT delivery in Europe and North Africa, including in France, Ireland, Italy and Algeria, and iSAT Africa its track record and reputation as a leading satellite service provider and video system integrator in Africa.
Rakesh Kukreja, MD of iSAT Africa, commented: “We are delighted with our partnership with Eutelsat whereby iSAT provides complete technical platform and system integration for media houses and Eutelsat provides satellite capacity and video expertise. We envisage that media houses in Africa will see digital migration as an opportunity to expand across more territories and therefore increase viewership. This is a great opportunity for any media house to cover the East Africa community and more than 160 million Swahili-speaking people using a single uplink located in Africa. This will allow media houses to outsource technical service delivery and focus on their core business of content management. Eutelsat is a great company to work with as we received full support on both solution and technical fronts."
Michel Azibert, Chief Commercial & Development Officer of Eutelsat, added: “Eutelsat's infrastructure has played a key role in digital transition in Europe and today, for example, enables over four million homes beyond range of terrestrial networks in France and Italy to benefit from quality free-to-view reception of a diverse range of channels. We are delighted that the reach and performance of EUTELSAT 70B meets the requirements of Wananchi, a highly experienced media company, and to have this new opportunity to demonstrate the contribution of satellites for achieving the transition to digital.”
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very promising but for some reason nothing happens in the end.
 
Hi good people, where can I get bein decoder remote and for how much? Location Msa
 

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kungu1 said:
Thanks for the awesome update.

Seems we will soon have our Kenyan Mux on the satellite.

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Blind-scan the sat so that we can get the frequency Family tv and K24 are on.
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i think i receive this beam on the same lnb asin intelsat 20 ku 68.5..but i get family tv only on 11492v2150..somebody also to confirm this..
 
fayambuyu said:
hahaha....am not near my tv at the moment but alpost it upas soon as amout of my field work.but i can assure u with the 3.6m dish i have i did nail it.
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Hello thea if your 3.6M is not motorized try combining 10E with 7E.....also adding 17E Ku/C band and 20E...
Happy hunting

blessed Sunday all...
 
is mbc channels becoming a pay tv channel? every time i look at flysat i see mbc channels have left a satelite
 
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