African Satellite World and Sat Gear

[azenga]

Which Arabsat ? 5A or 5C ? Try Aljazeera if at all they are there.

aljazeera announced yesterday that it will no longer be broadcasting on arabsat due to signal tapping

 

[cygnusascension]

Just how free are they? I got the painful memories of the current service providers (read Dstv and Zuku) proclaiming the local mux would be truly fta upon expiry of subscription at the time of their launch, only to renege on the same a few months down the line. StarSat seems to claim the same, but I read a hidden persuader in this; a mere marketing gimmick that they would sooner dispense with hiding behind some obscure clause in the legalese that is the contract skewed in their favour(Probably only leaving you with the not so beloved KBC).

If it were within my power, then the conundrum that is the digital migration in this country would have been sorted in one fell swoop by the government leasing space on one sat (preferably SES 5) and demanding that the current broadcasters upload content fta on it. It would save us the hassle of buying an stb only to be told Gotv or startimes is yet to reach this town etc etc.

The case is more concrete if you bring in regional integration into the flux. It would offer expanded market to products if for example by housing all the local tv stations in subsaharan Africa on one bird, an Ethiopian working in Botwana say can watch ETV as would a Kenyan living in Cameroon keep up with 'Churchill Live' on NTV. Frankly this terrestrial broadcasting, digital or otherwise, is very limited in reach. Perhaps our friends in the MENA region thought well ahead of us with Nilesat.

They think -and rightly so -that few people are aware or able to implement a sat set up. Most people know any dish is dstv. They aren't even aware there are fta terrestrial recievers. pay tv does well due to people's ignorance but not their content.

 

[SAT2]

aljazeera announced yesterday that it will no longer be broadcasting on arabsat due to signal tapping

AZENGA

What signal tapping are they talking a bout.

 

[SAT2]

Halloo

Which is the best beinsport decoder currently and at how much in dubai any one with info pliz.

 

[HIGHLANDS PATRON]

KENYAMUX video-clear on Eutelsat 10a @10e (c-band). Tp: 12019V10321.

GBS, NTV, KTN, K24, KBC, Sayare, Citizen.

 

[ilish]

KENYAMUX video-clear on Eutelsat 10a @10e (c-band). Tp: 12019V10321.

GBS, NTV, KTN, K24, KBC, Sayare, Citizen.

Is it Ku frequency?

 

[HIGHLANDS PATRON]

Is it Ku frequency?

Nay, its c-band as I've indicated above. For best results you will require a 240cm pf dish. Try 3729V10321.

 

[regiment jey]

Nay, its c-band as I've indicated above. For best results you will require a 240cm pf dish. Try 3729V10321.

Good afternoon patron

A friend told me that even with 2.4m pf Dish, that TP show red during the day but come to life in the evening. please confirm.

 

[HIGHLANDS PATRON]

Good afternoon patron

A friend told me that even with 2.4m pf Dish, that TP show red during the day but come to life in the evening. please confirm.

Hi Jey, at my end this tp is ever green 24/7. Currently Signal Quality @75 percent and above.

Depending on your location, generally 240cm ought to perform far better than your friend's.

 

[Kibukila]

KENYAMUX video-clear on Eutelsat 10a @10e (c-band). Tp: 12019V10321.

GBS, NTV, KTN, K24, KBC, Sayare, Citizen.

Is the sayare tp still active on the same bird ie 3956 V 1500 ?

 

[kungu1]

Eutelsat and Spacecom create unified neighbourhood at Africa’s leading Free-To-Air satellite TV position, 16-17° East Paris, Tel-Aviv, 19 November 2014 –

Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext: Paris) and Spacecom (TASE:SCC) today announced the signature of a partnership agreement that will drive expansion of digital entertainment services at one of Africa’s fastest-growing video neighbourhoods.

The two companies have established a framework for cross-commercialisation of Ku-band capacity connected to the high-power African service areas of Eutelsat’s EUTELSAT 16A satellite at 16° East and Spacecom’s AMOS-5 satellite at 17° East. The combined channel line-up of both satellites already comprises over 100 free-to-air African and international channels that can be received by standard 80cm dishes in a vast footprint covering over 30 million TV homes located notably in Francophone Africa and extending to Ghana and Nigeria.

 

[HIGHLANDS PATRON]

Is the sayare tp still active on the same bird ie 3956 V 1500 ?

Nay, according to flysat, SautiYaRehema(Sayare) left this transponder.

 

[kungu1]

Accra, Paris, 7 November 2014 — Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) announces it has sealed a ten-year contract with Crystal TV, Ghana's leading commercial broadcaster, for capacity connected to the African service area of the EUTELSAT 16A satellite. The capacity enables Crystal TV to benefit from countrywide coverage of Ghana for its digital platform of pay-TV and free-to-air channels.

Access to EUTELSAT 16A transforms Crystal TV into a nationwide provider of digital broadcast services. The company's current subscription-free premium television content, including its branded channels - Crystal TV Prime, Crystal TV Plus and Crystal TV Xtra - has until now been limited to terrestrial reception in Ghana’s main urban areas in Accra, the Ashanti Region and parts of the country’s Eastern and Central regions.

Crystal TV has selected the high-power Sub-Saharan African footprint of the EUTELSAT 16A satellite to extend access to homes beyond range of terrestrial reception. Channels uplinked by Crystal TV to EUTELSAT 16A are available to DTH homes equipped with a digital decoder and an access card for pay-TV content.

 

[kungu1]

Also available at astra 2F 28E 2geta with sunshine tv, Ebola tv with other 50channels which r on test!

Thanks for the update,

Seems Ghana is the leading African country with an array of FTA channel both on Asta 2f & Eutelsat 16.

https://twitter.com/yestvgh

Yes Communication Ghana is currently running test transmissions of its fta channels on Eutelsat 16.

Yes Tv bouquet will include Cinema Tv, 4syte Tv, Oil City Tv, Sunshine Tv, Jubilee Tv, Zongo Tv, Sports one and Adepa Tv.

 

[Pitawin]

To nab 7E you need to require dish size? I just try with 90cm with no vain using BBC Knowledge Tp10804V29900

 

[Martoxxb]

To nab 7E you need to require dish size? I just try with 90cm with no vain using BBC Knowledge Tp10804V29900

Depends on your location. Guys in northern Kenya say the get it with a 90cm offset while us in western Kenya manage it with a 120cm offset and larger. I prefer offset dishes over PFs.

 

[Pitawin]

Thanks buddy, what about Astra 2A/2F 28.2E dish size?

 

[Eliyakim]

assist me nabbing kenyan mux in 10'e.....am unable to nab that bird in voi.....using 2.4pf dish.....supermax c band lnb ...... and srt 4950h .....

 

[Arselona]

Hi pals. Can anyone out there come to my rescue? Want to know if Eritrea Tv2 broadcasts live matches (especially EPL and Uefa CL) in English. Want to substitute my irib for it.

 

[Solom]

TV3 on astra 2f is now free