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satellite television Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location. The signals are received via an outdoor parabolic antenna comm ...

providers, operating around the world.

Africa

Middle East and North Africa

beIN Bein (German for ''leg'') is a German and Yiddish surname and may refer to: People * Alex Bein, Jewish scholar * Kazimierz Bein, Polish ophthalmologist, the founder and sometime director of the Warsaw Ophthalmic Institute * Uwe Bein, German footbal ...

*My-HD * OSN

Ghana

*Crystal TV - Digital Terrestrial *Multichoice - DSTV & GOTV *Multitv - Multichannel free to air *RCS - Multichannel free to air *

StarTimes StarTimes is a Chinese electronics and media company with strong presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. StarTimes offers digital terrestrial television and satellite television services to consumers, and provides technologies to countries and broadcas ...

- Digital Terrestrial

Nigeria

*African Cable Television - commenced operations on the 1st of December 2014. Operations were discontinued a few months later. *CTL *Daarsat *

DStv Digital Satellite Television, commonly abbreviated to DStv, is a Sub-Saharan African direct broadcast satellite service owned by MultiChoice and based in Randburg, South Africa. Launched on 6 October 1995, the service provides multiple audio, ...

Other networks like HiTV (out of operations) and

have increased the competitiveness of the cable TV market. *GOtv *

KAFTAN TV King Adebayo Film and Theatre Arts Network Television (KAFTAN TV) is a Nigerian independent 24-hour television channel. Established in December 2016, it is operated by KAFTAN TV Ventures, a trading and joint venture company headquartered in Ondo ...

*Kwese TV - discontinued her DTH operation in 2019 *Metro Digital *Montage Cable Network Also commenced operations in 2014 but is no longer in operations. *Mytv *OurTV *Play Consat *Sairtek is a top broadcast service provider in lagos Nigeria, sairtek provides free to air broadcasting, live streaming, satellite, OTT and IPTV, distribution and contribution services. *

- DTT and DTH operator *TrendTV *TStv was off air but back on air since October 2020

East Africa

*azam TV * Canal+ *

South Africa

OpenView HD OpenView is a free-to-view direct broadcast satellite television provider in South Africa which is run by Platco Digital (part of the eMedia Group which includes free-to-air channel e.tv). It launched on 15 October 2013. In addition to the "e" ...

StarSat StarSat (formerly TopTV until 31 October 2013) is a South African direct broadcast satellite television service that began broadcasting on 1 May 2010. StarSat is operated by On Digital Media, who were granted a pay-TV license by ICASA in Septembe ...

Asia

Afghanistan

Oqaab Oqaab ( fa, عقاب, meaning "eagle") is the national digital terrestrial television (DTT) service in Afghanistan, operated by the privately owned Afghanistan Broadcasting System (ABS). The service rolled out in April 2015 starting in Kabul and h ...

Bangladesh

*AKASH Digital TV

Cambodia

*Cambodian DTV Network

India

Airtel digital TV Bharti Telemedia Limited, doing business as Airtel Digital TV, is an Indian direct-broadcast satellite service provider owned and operated by Bharti Airtel. Its satellite service, launched in October 2008, transmits digital satellite televisio ...

* DD Free Dish * Dish TV *

Sun Direct Sun Direct is an Indian direct broadcast satellite service provider. Sun Direct was launched in December 2007. It transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in India. Sun Direct uses MPEG-4 digital compression, transmittin ...

Tata Play Tata Play (stylised as TΛTΛ PLΛY, formerly TΛTΛ , sky) is an Indian direct broadcast satellite (DTH) service provider using MPEG-4 digital compression technology, transmitting using INSAT-4A and GSAT-10 satellite. Incorporated in 2005; it ...

Videocon d2h Videocon Industries Limited is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai. The group had 17 manufacturing sites in India and plants in Mainland China, Poland, Italy and Mexico. It was the third largest picture tube manufact ...

Indonesia

*Kugosky *

MNC Vision MNC Vision (legally PT MNC Sky Vision Tbk, formerly Indovision) is an Indonesian subscription-based direct broadcast satellite (DBS) or ''direct-to-home'' satellite television and radio service initially in Indonesia. Currently owned by PT MNC Vi ...

* Nex Parabola *Skynindo *

Transvision Humanity+ (also Humanity Plus; formerly the World Transhumanist Association) is a non-profit international educational organization that advocates the ethical use of technologies and evidence-based science to improve the human condition. This cond ...

Israel

yes Yes or YES may refer to: * An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no Education * YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US * YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday), a learning program from the Minnesota Institute for Talente ...

Japan

SKY PerfecTV! is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that provides satellite television, audio programming and interactive television services to households in Japan, owned by parent company SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation The SKY Perfect JSAT Group is ...

* Wowow

Malaysia

Astro Astro may refer to: Entertainment and media * Astro (South Korean band), a South Korean boy band * Astro (UB40) (1957–2021), member of the British reggae band UB40 * Astro (Chilean band), a Chilean indie rock band * Astro (Japanese band), ...

*MYTV Broadcasting DTH *Sirius TV

Mongolia

DDishTV DDISHTV ( mn, ДДэшТВ ХХК) is a Mongolian Direct-to-home television service provider company led by Bars Ganbold ( CEO). A member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, DDISHTV was established in 2008 to carry out Mongolian government' ...

*Mongolsat Networks

Myanmar

* Canal+ *

Sky Net SKYNET Direct to Home (DTH) is a Satellite television pay TV operator provided nationwide in Myanmar by Shwe Than Lwin Media Co.,Ltd. It was launched in November 2010. Sky Net broadcasts a total 80 channels via Apstar 7 satellite. It also provi ...

Nepal

DishHome DishHome is a DTH service provider in Nepal, operated by Dish Media Network Ltd. It was formed in 2010 after a merger between two DTH providers, namely Home TV and Dish Nepal. In the year of 2011 Sandmartin International Holding (SMT) became ...

Net TV Nepal WorldLink Communications is an Internet service provider in Nepal. The nation's largest ISP, it has 700,000 active consumer accounts and 2,000 business accounts, along with approximately 25,000 subscribers to its NET TV IPTV service, and covers 6 ...

Pakistan

*MAG DTH *ShahzadSky DTH *Startime

Philippines

Cignal Cignal (pronounced as ''signal'') is a Philippine satellite television and IPTV provider, owned by Cignal TV Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the MediaQuest Holdings Inc. under the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund. Cignal's prepaid electronic ...

G Sat G-Sat (''Global Satellite'') is a subscription-based direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service commercially available in the Philippines. G-Sat is owned by Global Satellite Technology Services (GSTS), registered in the Philippines with t ...

Sky Direct Sky Direct was a direct-broadcast satellite subscription television service in the Philippines owned and operated by Sky, a subsidiary of ABS-CBN. Sky Cable had been eyeing for a DBS service and considered on acquiring Dream Satellite TV from Ant ...

South Korea

KT SkyLife KT SkyLife (Korean language, Korean: KT스카이라이프) is a Satellite television, satellite broadcasting provider in South Korea. It is a subsidiary of KT Corporation. Brief history * December 19, 2000 - The Government of South Korea, South ...

Sri Lanka

* Dialog TV * Dish TV *Freesat

Thailand

*DTV *Good TV *

GMM Z GMM Z is a Thai set-top box distributor and former satellite television operator owned by GMM Grammy. Launched on 1 November 2011 as 1-Sky, It was operating as a KU band and C band set-top box distributor and Pay TV operator. It changed its name ...

*IPM TV *PSI TV *

TrueVisions TrueVisions is a cable and satellite television operator in Thailand. TrueVisions is owned by the True Corporation. Until February 2007, it was called the United Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), or UBC-True. History International Broadcasting C ...

Vietnam

* An Viên Television (MobiTV) *K+ *

Vietnam Multimedia Corporation Vietnam Multimedia Corporation is a Vietnamese multimedia corporation, founded in February 1988 for the purpose of building television stations. In July 2003, the Vietnam Ministry of Post and Telematics purchased VTC. Origin In February 1988, ...

Oceania

Australia

Foxtel Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was establi ...

VAST Vast or VAST may refer to: * ''Vast'' (novel), a 1998 science fiction novel by Linda Nagata * ''Vast'' (2011 film), a Dutch film, winner of the 2011 Golden Calf for Best Television Drama * Vast Broadband, an American cable and internet company ...

New Zealand

Freeview Freeview may refer to: *Freeview (Australia), the marketing name for the digital terrestrial television platform in Australia *Freeview (New Zealand), a digital satellite and digital terrestrial television platform in New Zealand *Freeview (UK), a ...

SKY The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, ...

Europe

Albania

DigitAlb DigitAlb is an Albanian media, digital satellite and terrestrial TV platform based in Tirana, Albania. The TV platform began terrestrial broadcasts in July 2004, and satellite broadcasts by the end of that year. At the same time, DigitAlb bega ...

*Tring

Austria

* HD Austria *

Sky The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, ...

Belgium

* Télésat *

TV Vlaanderen TV Vlaanderen is a digital satellite television and terrestrial television service provider for the Flanders region in Belgium. TV Vlaanderen's customers are mostly people living in Flanders. However, as TV Vlaanderen is officially available t ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina

TotalTV Total TV is a satellite television provider owned by Serbian SBB. It broadcasts via Eutelsat 16A satellite (16.0E) and has over 1 million subscribers in Western Balkans countries: Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and North ...

Bulgaria

* A1 *

Bulsatcom Bulsatcom is Bulgarian satellite television, internet & mobile operator, founded in 2000 as the first DVB-S operator in the country. The company is operated from Sofia and Stara Zagora. Since 2009 it has entered the internet service provisioning m ...

*neosat *

Vivacom Vivacom ( bg, Виваком) is the largest telecommunications company in Bulgaria and a former state-owned incumbent operator. The company is headquartered in the capital city Sofia and employs around 5,900 people, owning a mature distribution ne ...

Croatia

* A1 * MAXtv *

Cyprus

Nova Cyprus Nova Telecommunications S.M.S.A. is a telecommunications company in Greece which provides broadband, television and fixed telephony. It also offers satellite services in Cyprus. It is traded on the Athens Exchange until its delisting in 2021. In ...

Czech Republic

*Fotelka TV * Skylink *Telly

Denmark

* Allente

Estonia

* Home3

Finland

* Allente

France

*Bis TV * Canal+ *Fransat *

Orange Orange most often refers to: *Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis'' ** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower *Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum * ...

Georgia

MagtiCom MagtiCom, Ltd (Georgian: მაგთიკომი) was founded on February 12, 1996 by Dr. George (Gia) Jokhtaberidze. On September 22, 1997 the Company made the first commercial call from its mobile network. The services offered by MagtiCom i ...

Germany

* HD+ *

Greece

* Cosmote TV *

Nova A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramati ...

Hungary

Digi Digi may refer to: * Short for "digital" as in digicam, digiscale, digiscrap, digibee *Digi Communications, a Romanian telecommunications company in Romania, Hungary, Spain and Italy *Digi International, an American electronics manufacturer *Digi-K ...

* Direct One * Telekom

Ireland

Italy

Tivùsat tivùsat is a free-to-air/free-to-view digital satellite television platform, launched by the joint venture between RAI, Mediaset and Telecom Italia Media, and serving Italy, Vatican City and San Marino. With the exception of international news ...

Latvia

* Home3

Lithuania

* Home3

Luxembourg

* Télésat

Montenegro

* M Sat TV *

Netherlands

* Canal Digitaal

North Macedonia

* Mtel *

Norway

* Allente

Poland

* Canal+ *

* Polsat Box

Portugal

* MEO * NOS

Romania

Focus Sat Focus Sat is a direct broadcast satellite television platform owned by M7 Group (Canal+ Luxembourg S.a.r.l.), a subsidiary of Canal+ Group, in Romania. At the beginning, Focus Sat Romania was owned by the majority shareholder Focus Sat Limited (B ...

*Freesat *

Russia

* MTS *

NTV Plus NTV Plus (russian: НТВ Плюс) is the brand name for the Russian digital satellite television service from NTV Russia, NTV, transmitted from Eutelsat's W series (satellites), W4 satellite at 36.0°E and from Bonum 1 at 56.0°E. Previously a ...

*Telekarta *

Tricolor TV Tricolor TV (russian: Триколор ТВ) is Russia's largest direct-to-home provider based in Saint-Petersburg and has broadcast two hundred TV channels in the European part of Russia and Siberia since 2005. As of October 2014, Tricolor TV ...

Serbia

* mts *

Polaris Media Polaris Media ASA is a media group which owns thirty newspapers in Norway. Based in Trondheim, the group was established in 2008. Major newspapers owned by the group include ''Adresseavisen'', ''Harstad Tidende'', ''Troms Folkeblad'', ''Sunnmørs ...

Slovakia

*Antik Sat *Fotelka TV * Magio Sat *

* Skylink

Slovenia

Spain

Movistar Plus+ Movistar Plus+ (formerly Movistar+) is the trade name of the subscription platform for digital television owned by Telefónica, which operates in Spain. The service is distributed via optical fiber and ADSL and as well as with satellites such as ...

* Canal+ (Spanish TV provider)

Sweden

* Allente

Switzerland

* Canal+

Turkey

D-Smart D-Smart is a Turkish satellite television provider launched in 2007. It launched high-definition television High-definition television (HD or HDTV) describes a television system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the pr ...

Digiturk Digiturk is a Turkish satellite television provider founded in 1999, with services starting in mid-2000. They provide both national television channels and their own channels, national radio, and music streams of different genres. Digiturk is als ...

*Tivibu

Ukraine

MYtv MyTV (or My TV) may refer to these television brands: Africa *MYtv, a South African TV channel Asia *Television Broadcasts Limited's online service in Hong Kong *My TV (Bangladeshi TV channel) *MYTV Broadcasting, a Malaysian broadcaster *myTV (In ...

Viasat Viasat may refer to: *Viasat (American company) (founded 1986) * Viasat (Nordic television service) (founded 1991) * Danish 1st Division, officially Viasat Divisionen, second-highest football league in Denmark * Viasat Cup, 2006 Danish football to ...

*Xtra TV

United Kingdom

* Freesat *

Americas

Argentina

*Antina *

Vrio Corp. Vrio Corp. (formerly DirecTV Latin America LLC; stylized as Vгio) is an American company that manages the commercial operations of the Latin American branch of DirecTV (mostly known as DirecTV Latin America). It is owned by Grupo Werthein. It ...

Bolivia

Inter Inter may refer to: Association football clubs * Inter Milan, an Italian club * SC Internacional, a Brazilian club * Inter Miami CF, an American club * FC Inter Sibiu, a Romanian club * FC Inter Turku, a Finnish club * FK Inter Bratislava, a forme ...

Brazil

* Claro TV *Oi TV *

SKY Brasil SKY Brasil is a company, owned by Vrio, which operates a subscription television service in Brazil. It produces TV content, and owns several TV channels. History SKY Mexico was founded on 25 July 1996, a joint venture between British Sky Broad ...

Vivo TV Vivo TV is a Brazilian pay television provider, owned by the Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica, through its subsidiary in the country, Vivo. It provides digital cable, satellite and IPTV services. Grupo Abril's TVA was founded in 19 ...

Canada

* Bell Satellite TV * Glorystar *

Shaw Direct Shaw Direct is a direct broadcast satellite television distributor in Canada and a subsidiary of the telecommunications company Shaw Communications. As of 2010, Shaw Direct had over 900,000 subscribers. It broadcasts on Ku band from two communic ...

Telus TV Telus Optik TV is a product of Telus Communications, a subsidiary of Telus Corporation, that provides IPTV service in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec. The service offers over 630 digital channels, including more t ...

Chile

* Claro TV * Entel *

Movistar TV Movistar TV is a subscription television service operated by Telefónica. Currently, the service is available in Chile, Perú, Colombia, El Salvador, Venezuela and Argentina. In Spain, this service merged with the satellite platform Canal+, re ...

* *

Colombia

* Claro TV * Telefónica Colombia *

Costa Rica

* Claro TV *

Sky México The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space. In the field of astronomy, ...

Dominican Republic

* Claro TV *

Ecuador

* Claro TV *

El Salvador

* Claro TV *

Guatemala

* Claro TV *

Honduras

* Claro TV *

Mexico

Dish México Dish México, S. de R. L. de C.V. is a Mexican-owned company that operates a subscription satellite television service in Mexico nationwide. S. de R. L. de C.V. stands for Sociedad de Responsabilidad Limitada de Capital Variable, a form of limit ...

*Star TV

Nicaragua

* Claro TV *

Panama

* Claro TV *

Paraguay

* Claro TV *

Peru

*Cable Mágico Satelital * Claro TV * *

Puerto Rico

* Claro TV *

DirecTV DirecTV (trademarked as DIRECTV) is an American multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital satellite service serving the United States. It ...

Dish Network DISH Network Corporation (DISH, an acronym for DIgital Sky Highway) is an American television provider and the owner of the direct-broadcast satellite provider Dish, commonly known as Dish Network, and the over-the-top IPTV service, Sling TV. A ...

*Kiwisat

United States

* Glorystar

Uruguay

Venezuela

* CANTV *

*Movistar Venezuela *Simple TV (formerly called ''DirecTV Venezuela'')

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