The results of one curious vote on the popularity of the Telesputnik magazine have been summed up. But before proceeding directly to the results of the voting we are considering, we recall that the Telesputnik magazine is the only (as far as is known) magazine on satellite television in Russia, and has been published since 1995. The magazine is published by structures close to Andrei Tkachenko (A. Tkachenko is the non-public owner of the Russian satellite platform Tricolor TV and the receiver manufacturer General Satellite; however, at the time the magazine Telesputnik began publishing, Tkachenko had not yet created Tricolor TV ", and the General Satellite company was involved in the sale of imported receivers for satellite TV and the installation of satellite dish antennas). The circulation of Telesputnik magazine in 2015 was announced at 12 thousand copies, in previous years it exceeded 20 thousand.

So, the mentioned voting was carried out among the readers of Obob.tv in the form of an open questionnaire on the website. Each of the participants could vote only once. Approximately a quarter of those who answered the questions are, by their admission, professionals in the satellite TV market (these are managers, installers, etc.), and the rest are satellite TV lovers. In total, about 600 people from Russia and the countries of the former USSR took part in the survey (in other words, the survey can be called quite representative). Moreover, these are people interested in the subject of satellite TV, tk. Obob.tv is not read by what is called casual readers. And, what is also important, all of the respondents, in one way or another, are familiar with the Telesputnik magazine (in other words, they have ever read it), because the very nature of the survey questions implied such familiarity.

Two main conclusions can be drawn from the analysis of the responses of this readers' vote:

1. Telesputnik magazine has “passed” strongly in terms of interest in it by its target readership - that is, amateurs and professionals of direct satellite TV.

  • 47% of those who voted, to one degree or another, expressed disinterest in the magazine, namely, answered the following:
  • I don’t read. I have read it before, but now I don’t want to - 20% of those who voted answered, or that is 118 votes cast in the poll;
  • I read it when it catches my eye. Everything is already on the Internet - answered 17%, or that is 98 votes cast;
  • I read it when it catches my eye. The magazine has become boring - 8% answered, or 48 votes cast;
  • I read on duty, because nothing else is published on satellite issues (2%, or which is 12 votes cast).

It is difficult for us, the editorial staff of Obob.tv, to answer the question about the reasons for the decline in interest in the magazine (and such a decline in interest, in our opinion, is observed). But two objective reasons (that is, reasons not related to the quality of the magazine's content) can be named: the spread of the Internet and, consequently, the spread of news even before they get “on paper”; loss of satellite TV status as something exotic.

Perhaps, in order to win the hearts of a wider audience, the magazine should now write less about hardware - receivers, etc., and more about what and where to see. But this can also be done not by printing satellite tuning tables (they are available on the Internet) - but by means of stories about individual satellite television and radio channels and the possibilities of their convenient reception. Write about the global, not just the national, satellite landscape, while showing how the channels compete with each other, revealing all the most interesting in this field. And, of course, continue to write about the economics of the satellite TV market in order to build a professional audience. 2668

Dear readers of NskTarelka.ru, the article will focus on special technical and information projects on which tables of satellite television frequencies are published.

Let's consider in detail one of the most popular - LyngSat, and mention other projects that publish satellite television frequency tables.

LyngSat - satellite TV frequency tables

I will describe this project as a short manual with pictures.
By clicking on the link to the home page LyngSat, at the top of the page we will see two tables.


I highlighted the positions of interest to us with yellow, green and red marker.
Consider the upper Lungsat table, we'll talk about the lower a little later.

So let's get started.

Satellites translates to satellites. 160 ° W-73 ° E or 73 ° E-0 ° E list of satellites from and to.
That is, if we are interested in the Yamal 300K at 90.0 ° E satellite, we accordingly click on the Asia link.
Required frequency table Eutelsat 36A / 36B at 36.0 ° E click on the link Europe.

After clicking, a window will open, announcing the entire list of satellites. We select the one we are interested in, and we get to the page of the frequency table of the selected satellite.
Take Yamal 300K at 90.0 ° E as an example.

We click on the picture, enlarge, look. I have outlined the parameters that are important for us with a red pencil.

Let's consider in more detail all the marked positions starting from the first column

Freq.
Tp

This column contains the transponder frequencies themselves and their polarization.

In satellite television, there are two main bands: C - band (3.5-4.2 GHz) and Ku-band (10.7-12.75 GHz).

Based on this, if your satellite dish operates in the C-band, the transponder frequencies are four-digit numbers from 35xx to 41xx MHz.

Transponder frequencies Ku-band are five-digit numbers from 107xx to 127xx MHz.

Provider Name
Channel Name

If you click on the name of the channel, we will go to a page with information on which other satellites it is broadcast on. A link to its website is often found under the channel's logo.

System
Encryption

Information about the broadcasting standard, encoding, video compression.

There are two satellite broadcasting standards available to users, DVB-S and DVB-S2

If your receiver only supports DVB-S TV channels transponders transmitting a signal in the DVB-S2 standard will not be available for viewing.

The channels of the DVB-S standard with the mark MPEG-4. There will be sound, but no image. This is due to the fact that the video signal is compressed using the MPEG-4 codec.

The presence of a receiver "reading" DVB-S2 (HD - receiver) makes it possible to view two standards.

Coded and free satellite TV channels

Satellite TV channels can be encrypted or freely available.

F - unencrypted TV channel, broadcasted in the public domain.

If T2-MI is written under the DVB-S2 broadcasting standard, FTA - the channels will not be available for viewing. T2-MI is a modulator interface for broadcasting in the DVB-T2 standard.

BISS is a simple encoding, TV channels in it can be opened using a receiver with a built-in encoding emulator.

In other cases, the name of the conditional access system in which it is encoded is written opposite the channel.

Russian operators use the following encodings for their TV projects:

Irdeto - Rainbow TV, Telekarta TV, Continent TV, Oriental Express.

Viaccess - NTV Plus.

CONAX - Telekarta TV, Continent TV, Oriental Express.

DRE-Crypt - Tricolor TV

HD sign means that this TV channel is broadcast in high definition format.

SR-FEC
SID-VPID
SR (Symbol Rate) - transponder broadcast stream rate, measured in MHz.
FEC (forward error correction) - error correction.
SID-VPID - service data.

When entering the transponder data into the receiver, we take the symbol rate (SR) and FEC data from here.

In many receivers, it is possible to set FEC to auto, that is, the receiver will independently determine the desired parameter.

Beam
EIRP (dBW)
C / N lock
Here the satellite beam in which the channels go and the minimum signal-to-noise ratio are indicated.

If the satellite beam does not shine on the area where you are, respectively, the channels for viewing will be unavailable. When you click on the name of the beam, you will go to the coverage map, where the signal strength is indicated in dBW.

C / N lock - the minimum level of the signal-to-noise ratio at which the picture will go without disruption.

Well, now let's look at the second table, where I marked the data in green and red marker.
Free TV and Free Radio translate as Free TV and Free Radio.

Looking at these tables, we can see on which satellites and which TV channels are broadcasted in the public domain.

In the picture, I circled in red pencil the place where the latest news is published, on which satellite and which FTA channel was added. Year, month, day. The name of the TV channel and the name of the satellite.

Other projects publishing transponder parameters

Besides Lungsat, I use the transponder information posted on Frocusat. This portal has a three-language interface (Russian, Romanian and English).
I practically don't use the satellite television frequency tables posted on other resources. But this does not mean that they are somehow worse. It just happened.
You can try Flysat, some people prefer it.
And at the end of the article, a video on how to use satellite TV frequency tables using the example of LyngSat.

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The Internet is gradually replacing other ways of distributing information, but television is still flourishing. Satellite TV is gradually becoming more popular than other methods of broadcasting, but in order to access free channels on a regular basis, you need to have an understanding of how satellites work.

Satellite operation

Television satellites orbit the planet at the equator and constantly rotate with it.

So, each satellite covers a certain territory of the Earth with its signal, which, in fact, determines which channels are on which satellite, because certain parts of the planet are inhabited by different nations.

Antenna operation

An antenna for a satellite is a "dish" that collects a signal from space in its center and amplifies it to a certain stability. To receive high-quality broadcasting from distant satellites, you need to install a large-diameter antenna. In the center of each "plate" a converter is installed, which captures the signals, further converting them into sounds and images, transmitting them to the receiver. The latter is installed directly next to the TV and plays the role of a receiver. It finally decodes the signal and transmits the resulting picture directly to the screen. To do this, special software is installed in it, which determines which channels from which satellites the device will receive (only free, paid or previously encoded thanks to the installation of new software).

Benefits of satellite broadcasting

Among the advantages are:

  • excellent quality of the transmitted image and sound;
  • unlimited choice of channels (almost all TV stations available today broadcast on satellite frequencies);
  • a large number of free channels;
  • the ability to record broadcasts;
  • wide availability (regardless of the region of residence);
  • low cost of equipment;
  • the ability to view the program guide directly in the system options.

If there were fewer items on this list, perhaps television would not have gained such popularity today.

disadvantages

The main disadvantage is that, regardless of which channels are broadcast on which satellite, the signal will disappear in bad weather. Meteorological dependence is especially manifested when the sky is heavily overcast, it is raining or snowing. The quality of the signal also depends on the directivity of the antenna; its converter must necessarily look to the south, since all satellites are located in the equatorial region.

If there is an obstacle in the space between the antenna and the satellite, the signal will disappear. A vivid example: braiding a converter with grapes, flowers, or the appearance of a new tree.

Also, the receiver periodically needs to be serviced, since the channels from time to time change the encoding and disappear from the screens.

Installation and broadcasting features

A detailed list of which channels and on which satellites are broadcasting will be presented below. The main feature in this matter is the choice: watch only free channels or purchase a specific package from a satellite TV provider.

If they want to watch their favorite programs and not pay monthly fees for this, consumers most often order a set of two antennas for installation. This allows you to expand the list of received channels to signals from satellites Eutelsat W4, Astra 4.9 (Sirius), ABS, Yamal and Hotbird.

Which satellite will show more Russian channels depends on the model of the receiver-receiver and its operating system. So, many channels are now switching to broadcasting in HD quality, while older models of receivers do not support this and even when receiving a signal will not be able to display the image on the TV screen.

Absolutely all television channels are broadcast in the C or Ku bands, which differ in frequency.

on ABS

This satellite operates in the Ku-band and covers almost the entire territory of Eurasia, therefore it is very popular among Russians. There is only one paid package on the satellite - "MTS-TV", the rest of the channels are freely available.

So, which satellite has more channels with Russian-language content? Let's count together. The ABS satellite offers the following channels for viewing:

  • RU TV;
  • "TNT4";
  • "Friday";
  • "Moscow Trust";
  • "Moscow 24";
  • "TV3 +4";
  • TV TOP SHOP;
  • RBC;
  • "Belarus 24";
  • "TV3 +2";
  • "Star";
  • "TPO";
  • Fashion TV;
  • "World 24";
  • "Peace";
  • "Point TV";
  • "World +4";
  • "TNT4 +2";
  • "Together RF";
  • "My world";
  • "TNT";
  • "Channel 8";
  • "TV Channel 360 (Moscow Region)";
  • "TNT" +4 and +7;
  • Shopping TV;
  • "Union";
  • "2X2" and "2X2 Ural";
  • "Equestrian World";
  • "Kaleidoscope";
  • "World HD".

Satellites "Astra"

It is impossible to answer which channels are broadcasting on which satellites, knowing only their names. Astra, for example, is represented by four satellites that spread their signal to different territories. Two of them do not have Russian-language channels at all, the third is broadcast by Peretz International, and the latter is popular in Ukraine, since it has most of the Ukrainian channels and is in the public domain. Pay Ukrainian television Viasat-Ukraine also spreads its signal there.

The Amos satellite also broadcasts mainly Ukrainian channels, but carries some Hungarian, Romanian and Israeli channels on its own frequencies.

Hotbird Channels

This source of information distributes the signals of many TV channels in Europe and our country. Its pay TV packages include only foreign offers, while Russian-language ones are freely available. Among them:

  • RBC;
  • "TNT";
  • "Vesti";
  • "RTR Planet";
  • "Chanson";
  • "Russia 24";
  • Euronews;
  • RU-TV;
  • MusicBox Russia;
  • TV RUS;
  • "STS";
  • "K +";
  • "ORT" ("1 channel");
  • "ORT" HD;
  • "New world";
  • "Ntv Mir";
  • "Russian Bestseller";
  • 8 TV RU;
  • "Present time";
  • "Union" and so on.

On what other satellite can you find a large number of Russian channels? Of course, this is Yamal.

on the Yamal satellite

This source of information is also available in space in several variations under the same name. Each of its varieties carries a wide range of commonly available varieties on board and distributes them in different ranges.

Among its information flows, citizens are most interested in:

  • "TNT";
  • REN-TV;
  • Disney;
  • "Home";
  • "Russia 24";
  • "Star";
  • "Russia 2";
  • "TV3";
  • "NTV";
  • "STS";
  • "NTV";
  • "Pepper";
  • "Yu" and others.

More satellites

On which satellites which channels will be preferred? It depends on the area of ​​residence. So, especially for residents of the Far East, the Urals and Siberia, the Express satellite broadcasts its frequencies. On board there are paid channel packages and free ones, but with a time offset from the Moscow one. Also, specialized broadcasting for Siberia is available on the Bonum satellite.

If you choose a satellite solely by the number of free channels, then from the remaining list you can select “Horizon”, “Express”, “AzerSpice” and “Intelsat”. The latter is also popular due to the large number of radio stations. Among the less common options, a small number of Russian-language channels can be found on the Aziasat satellite.

Paid popularity

On which satellites which channels are located? This is approximately understandable, now we need to deal with the popularity of such a source of information as Eutelsat W4, because it is not mentioned anywhere in the above list. The peculiarity of this satellite is that its broadcasting provides broadcasting of such paid packages of channels as Tricolor and NTV-Plus across the country. It is because of the maximum popularity of these operators among the population that this satellite has gained popularity in our country. Of course, almost all channels on it are encrypted and are only opened to subscribers after payment, but you can also find open frequencies of the Orthodox Union and Kazan TNV in its list.

Conclusion

So on which satellites are there more Russian channels? It all depends on the desire to watch free broadcasts or purchased channel packages from popular operators. In most cases, citizens prefer to save money and prefer the need to periodically change the settings of their receivers. In this case, it is best to direct your antennas to the Yamal, ABS or Hotbird satellites. At the same time, you should be prepared for the fact that from time to time you will have to lay out a certain amount of a specialist who can return the missing channels, and they will necessarily disappear over time. Also, free television (even on satellite broadcasting) rarely provides subscribers with good picture and sound quality. The dependence of the operation of such equipment on the weather is very high, and you will have to pay extra for each breakdown.

Paid operators offer their subscribers more favorable conditions, since the quality of their broadcasting is always at the highest level and, at the same time, the weather dependence is not so strongly felt. Also, operators offer customers a professional service for specialized equipment in the event of a breakdown. At the same time, the broadcasting of the channels also spreads equally well over the entire territory of the country, the main thing is that there is a sky above it. Maybe thanks to such qualitative advantages, most of the subscribers today are switching to pay satellite television operators and are ready to pay a fixed amount for the timely elimination of any problems.

Paid operators regularly offer new customers promotional offers to connect and purchase channel packages. Such ways to save money have always attracted people, and this case is no exception. There are more and more subscribers willing to pay to watch their favorite programs. Of course, there are also a lot of owners and those who want to put themselves a "plate" for free use.