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  2. Free-to-air - Wikipedia

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    Free-to-air (FTA) services are television (TV) and radio services broadcast in unencrypted form, allowing any person with the appropriate receiving equipment to receive the signal and view or listen to the content without requiring a subscription, other ongoing cost, or one-off fee (e.g., pay-per-view).

  3. List of free-to-air channels at Astra 28.2°E (Ireland and the ...

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    Channel 4 HD Channel is broadcast in 1080i (Sky+HD, Freesat, Sky Q) or 1080p (Sky Q) HD. Channel 4 Channel is broadcast in 16:9 SD unless stated. Channel 4 +1 Channel is a 1-hour time shift of the main channel and is broadcast in 16:9 SD. Regions CI Channel Islands Eng England (including Channel Islands and Isle of Man unless stated) NI

  4. Satellite television - Wikipedia

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    Typical transponders each have a bandwidth between 27 and 50 MHz. Each geostationary C-band satellite needs to be spaced 2° longitude from the next satellite to avoid interference; for K u the spacing can be 1°. This means that there is an upper limit of 360/2 = 180 geostationary C-band satellites or 360/1 = 360 geostationary K u-band satellites.

  5. List of television channels in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Channel Name Subsidiary SD HD +1 Streaming Freeview [2] Freesat [3] Sky [4] Virgin TV [5] Premier Sports 1: SSBL Limited - Subscription - Premier Sports - Premium Premier Sports 2: LFC TV: Liverpool FC LFC TV: Racing TV: Racing UK Ltd. Subscription Racing TV: MUTV: Manchester United FC MUTV: GINX eSports TV: Ginx TV Ltd./Sky/ITV plc - - Sky ...

  6. List of free-to-air channels in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    state-owned English service: 4160 MHz @ 26.48 MBd C linear horizontal Iqraa: Arabic: 4.16 GHz @ 26.48 MBd C linear horizontal Intelsat 8: ABC Australia: state-owned English service: 4.1 GHz @ 26.48 MBd 180 cm dish or greater C linear horizontal MAC TV: Taiwanese service: 12504 MHz @ 3.073 MBd 90 cm dish or greater Ku linear vertical

  7. CCTV-4 - Wikipedia

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    Before the start of CCTV-4, its programming was sent abroad to areas with a sizable Chinese diaspora. In January 1992, CCTV delivered programs to the Americas using Ku- and C-band satellites, in English, for an hour a day. [1] CCTV-4 was officially launched on 1 October 1992 with broadcasts from 8:30 am to 12:10 am Beijing Time. In 1997 the ...

  8. PBS Satellite Service - Wikipedia

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    In this plan, PBS would continue to lease four C-band transponders starting in 1991, with the goal being to convert their satellite operations to Ku-band sometime in 1993 or 1994. [24] In 1991, PBS purchased C-band transponder space on the Spacenet 1 satellite, owned by GTE, at orbital position 120°W. [9] This move occurred on January 3, 1991.

  9. FTA receiver - Wikipedia

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    A Viewsat Xtreme FTA receiver. A free-to-air or FTA Receiver is a satellite television receiver designed to receive unencrypted broadcasts. Modern decoders are typically compliant with the MPEG-4/DVB-S2 standard and formerly the MPEG-2/DVB-S standard, while older FTA receivers relied on analog satellite transmissions which have declined rapidly in recent years.