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Digital satellite dish users can only watch with a receiver compatible with the SAT HD Regional free-to-view system, which requires a decoding card. Depending on the region where the user registers, there is the distribution of the signal from the local affiliate that covers that location in the terrestrial signal.
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.
It was the first station to have all of its programming in color in 1972, [2] and it was also the first to broadcast via satellite, being the pioneer network in the use of exclusive satellite channels for its simulcasts throughout Brazil in 1982. [3] [4] In 1990, when it was called Bandeirantes, the station changed the name to simply "Band ...
[2] SCD-2A: Satellite: 2 November 1997 Alcântara Space Center: VLS-1 V1: N/A N/A N/A Destroyed at launch. [3] Second satellite developed by INPE. [3] SCD-2: Satellite: 23 October 1998 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station: Pegasus: 23 October 1998 Low Earth Orbit: N/A In operation. Third satellite developed by INPE. [4] CBERS-1: Satellite: 14 ...
Programming on GloboNews currently uses generic graphics (except for most repeats of Rede Globo programming) and was color-coded until March 2012, with red for newscasts, green for talk shows, purple for news features, gray for specials and archive programming and blue for repeats of Globo programming. Currently, all programs (except Rede Globo ...
[2] In order to subscribe to ZAP's television service a subscriber can use either one of the two available decoders. The "HD+" decodes the encrypted signal, provides an electronic programming guide, high definition image and 5.1 stereo sound. The "HD+DVR" decoder provides the additional functionality of digital video recorder.
The Geostationary Satellite for Defense and Strategic Communications (Portuguese: Satélite Geoestacionário de Defesa e Comunicações Estratégicas, or SGDC) is a Brazilian geostationary communication satellite that was built by Thales Alenia Space in France, it was placed in the orbital position of 75 degrees west longitude and will be operated by Telebrás.
European countries have a tradition of most television services being free-to-air. Germany, in particular, receives in excess of 100 digital satellite TV channels free-to-air. Approximately half of the television channels on SES Astra's 19.2° east and 28.2° east satellite positions, and Eutelsat's Hot Bird (13° east) are free-to-air.