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By 1980, satellite television was well established in the US and Europe. On 26 April 1982, the first satellite channel in the UK, Satellite Television Ltd. (later Sky One), was launched. [74] Its signals were transmitted from the ESA's Orbital Test Satellites. [74] Between 1981 and 1985, TVRO systems' sales rates increased as prices fell.
Allocating frequencies to satellite services is a complicated process which requires international coordination and planning. This is carried out under the auspices of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). To facilitate frequency planning, the world is divided into three regions:
Ku-band satellite 123.0°W: Galaxy 18: LS-1300: United States Intelsat: Television and radio broadcasting North America: 21 May 2008, [[Zenit Hybrid C/K u-band satellite 2008-11-19 121.0°W: Galaxy-23: FS-1300: United States Intelsat: Direct Broadcasting North America: 7 August 2003: Hybrid C/K u /K a-band satellite; C band payload referred to ...
The following tables show the frequencies assigned to analog broadcast television channels in various regions of the world, along with the ITU letter designator for the system used. The frequencies shown are for the analog video and audio carriers. The channel itself occupies several megahertz of bandwidth. For example, North American channel 1 ...
The Pan-American television frequencies are different for terrestrial and cable television systems. Terrestrial television channels are divided into two bands: the VHF band which comprises channels 2 through 13 and occupies frequencies between 54 and 216 MHz, and the UHF band, which comprises channels 14 through 36 and occupies frequencies between 470 and 608 MHz.
The first digital television implementation in South Africa was a satellite-based system launched by pay-TV operator MultiChoice in 1995. On 22 February 2007 the South African government announced that the country's public TV operators would be broadcasting in digital by 1 November 2008, followed by a three-year dual-illumination period which ...
A satellite minidish This is a list of the free-to-air channels that are currently available via satellite from SES Astra satellites ( Astra 2E / 2F / 2G ) at orbital position 28.2 °E , serving Ireland and the United Kingdom.
The satellite communications portion of the C band is highly associated with television receive-only satellite reception systems, commonly called "big dish" systems, since small receiving antennas are not optimal for C band. Typical antenna sizes on C-band-capable systems range from 6 to 12 feet (1.8 to 3.5 meters) on consumer satellite dishes ...