In Spain, the autonomous community of Cantabria announced it will use the Astra satellite at 23.5 degrees East to supplement the DTT service. All channels from the DTT platform will be made available for DTH viewing in areas not served by terrestrial transmitters. The channels will be encrypted for copyright reasons The regional government said it will subsidise the receivers.
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