SATELLITE TELEVISION

-MAYANK RAJ
 INTRODUCTION
Satellite television is television programming
delivered by the means of satellite
communications and received by an outdoor
antenna, usually a parabolic reflector generally
referred to as a satellite dish. In many areas of
the world satellite television provides a wide
range of channels and services, often to areas
that are not serviced by terrestrial or
cable providers.
 HISTORY OF SATELLITE TV
 The first satellite television signal was relayed from Europe to the Telstar
satellite over North America in 1962.
 The first geosynchronous communication satellite, Syncom 2, was launched
in 1963.
 The world's first commercial communications satellite, called Intelsat I, was
launched into synchronous orbit on April 6, 1965. The first national network of
satellite television, called Orbita, was created in Soviet Union in 1967.
 The first commercial North American satellite to carry television transmissions
was Canada's geostationary Anik 1, which was launched in 1972.
 ATS-6, the world's first experimental educational and Direct Broadcast
Satellite, was launched in 1974.
 These are contributed to the development of satellite TV.
 ANIK 1 SATELLITE

TELESTAR SATELLITE
COMPONENTS OF SATELLITE TV

Programming sources
 The broadcast center
The satellites
 The viewer's dish
The receiver
 Technology of satellite TV

 Satellite television, like other communications relayed by

satellite, starts with a transmitting antenna located at an
uplink facility.
 Uplink satellite dishes are very large, as much as 9 to 12
meters (30 to 40 feet) in diameter
 The uplink dish is pointed toward a specific satellite and the
uplinked signals are transmitted within a specific frequency
range
 These signals received by one of the transponders tuned to
that frequency range. The transponder 're-transmits' the
signals back to Earth.
 The satellite receiver or set-top box de-modulates and
converts the signals to the desired form
 DIRECT TO HOME TELEVISION
 Many satellite television customers in developed television
markets get their programming through a direct broadcast
satellite (DBS) provider.
 The provider selects programs and broadcasts them to
subscribers as a set package.
 Basically, the provider’s goal is to bring dozens or even
hundreds of channels to the customer's television in a form
that approximates the competition from cable television.
 Unlike earlier programming, the provider’s broadcast is
completely digital, which means it has high picture and
stereo sound quality.
 COMMERCIAL DBS SERVICES
 The commercial DBS service, Sky was launched in
1989.
 Sky TV started as a four-channel free-to-air analogue
service on the Astra 1A satellite, serving both Ireland
and the United Kingdom.
 By 1991, Sky had changed to a conditional access
pay model, and launched a digital service, Sky
Digital, in 1998.
 Prime Star began transmitting an analog service to
North America in 1991, and was joined by DirecTV in
1994.
 At the time, DirecTV's introduction was the most
successful consumer electronics debut in American
history.
 COMMERCIAL DBS SERVICES IN INDIA
 As of 2013, India has the most competitive direct-
broadcast satellite market with seven operators (six
private DTH and one Government-owned DTH) vying for
more than 110 million television homes.
 Subscribers to India's six private direct-to home (DTH)
satellite television providers have now reached 56.5
million, according to the latest figures issued by the
Telecom Regulations Authority of India (TRAI) on 31st
March 2013.
 The six private DTH operating in India are Dish tv (Zee
network), Tatasky (tata group), Sun direct (sun network),
Digital tv (Airtel). D2H (Videocon), Reliance(digital tv)
FEATURES OF SATELLITE

High Definition
Simple User Interface
Internal Drive
 Remote Management and Playback
 Digital Video Recorder
 Detailed program information
 Keyword search Favorite lists
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