Fee dispute stops HD1 and 6ter on Astra

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Canalsat and TNTSAT are refusing to carry the two new French DTT channels HD1 and 6ter in a dispute over carriage fees.

In Brief: BeIN Sport, Campagnes TV, Sky D

The French sports channels BeIn Sport are now available on the satellite DTH platform Fransat on Eutelsat. The two channels are available in both SD and HD.

Six new DTT HD channels launch on Fransat

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Eutelsat’s subscription-free Fransat platform will start to carry six new HD channels on December 12.

Samsung, Neotion unveil integrated Fransat TV

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Samsung is introducing an integrated satellite and DTT receiver for the French market together with Neotion and Fransat.

Fransat reports 1.2 million decoders

Eutelsat’s Fransat platform has announced it now has 1.2 million commercialised individual decoders and 400,000 community dwellings.

French switch off analogue satellite DTH

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The six analogue television channels that are broadcasting from the Eutelsat Atlantic Bird 3 (AB3) satellite will terminate analogue transmissions on November 29. On that date, all terrestrial analogue broadcasts in the country will also be switched off.

Arte+7 push-catch-up TV showcase

IBC 2011 – AMSTERDAM. At the Eutelsat stand there was a showcase of the Arte+7 catch-up TV services over satellite based on an Aston set top box.

Fransat ships 800,000 receivers

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Eutelsat’s Fransat subsidiary has announced that over 800,000 set-top-boxes have been shipped to receive digital terrestrial TV (DTT) channels by satellite via the Fransat platform.

Fransat adds all regional France 3 variations

The French free-to-view DTH platform Fransat has added all 24 regional variations of the public channel France 3 on its Atlantic Bird position at 5 degrees West.