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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 - Digital Terrestrial

Nigeria

*African Cable Television - commenced operations on the 1st of December 2014. Operations were discontinued a few months later. *CTL *Daarsat * DStv Other networks like HiTV (out of operations) and StarTimes 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. * StarTimes - DTT and DTH operator *TrendTV *TStv was off air but back on air since October 2020

East Africa

*azam TV *

Canal+ Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flo ...

* DStv * StarTimes

South Africa

* DStv *

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

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 televisi ...

DD Free Dish DD Free Dish (previously known as DD Direct Plus) is an Indian free-to-air satellite television provider. DD Free Dish DTH service is owned and operated by Public Service Broadcaster Prasar Bharati. It was launched in December, 2004. In March 2 ...

Dish TV Dish, dishes or DISH may refer to: Culinary * Dish (food), something prepared to be eaten * Dishware, plates and bowls for eating, cutting boards, silverware Communications * Dish antenna a type of antenna * Dish Network, a satellite televisio ...

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; i ...

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 manufactu ...

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

Israel

* yes

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. SKY PerfecTV! is also a direct ...

* Wowow

Malaysia

* Astro *MYTV Broadcasting DTH *Sirius TV

Mongolia

* DDishTV *Mongolsat Networks

Myanmar

* Sky Net

Nepal

* DishHome * Net TV Nepal

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 A ...

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 Dialog TV (DTV) is a direct broadcast satellite pay TV service provider based in Sri Lanka. A fully owned subsidiary of Dialog Axiata PLC, Dialog TV was launched in July 2005 under the name "CBNsat". It was later renamed to Dialog TV in Februa ...

*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 ...

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 *

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 compan ...

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), ...

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 beg ...

*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 to ...

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 Nort ...

Bulgaria

* A1 * Bulsatcom *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

Czech Republic

*Fotelka TV * Skylink *Telly

Denmark

Allente Allente is a Nordic TV distributor that offers TV solutions via satellite TV and IPTV, to 1.2 million customers in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. In addition, the company offers streaming services, as well as IPTV solutions and fiber bro ...

Estonia

* Home3

Finland

France

*Bis TV *

*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 ...

Germany

* HD+ *

Greece

Cosmote TV Cosmote TV is the corporate name for two pay television services in Greece, owned by Greek telecommunication operator OTE. The two services are as follows: *Cosmote TV via OTT – Streaming platform *Cosmote TV via Satellite – Satellite tele ...

* Nova

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 new ...

Latvia

* Home3

Lithuania

* Home3

Luxembourg

* Télésat

Montenegro

* M Sat TV *

Netherlands

Canal Digitaal CanalDigitaal is a provider of digital television via satellite for the Netherlands, Dutch market, using the SES Astra, Astra satellites at Astra 23.5°E, 23.5° east. Initially customers were mainly Dutch citizens in the countryside who did ...

North Macedonia

* Mtel *

Norway

Poland

* 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 ...

*Freesat *

Russia

* MTS * NTV Plus *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'', ''Sunnmør ...

Slovakia

*Antik Sat *Fotelka TV * Magio Sat *

* Skylink

Slovenia

Spain

* Movistar Plus+ *

Canal+ (Spanish TV provider) Canal+ was a Spanish satellite broadcasting platform. It was previously known as Digital+ since its launch in 2003, and from 2011 it was known as Canal+, being named after its main premium channel. Formed on 23 July 2003 as a result of the equal ...

Sweden

Switzerland

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 ( ...

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 Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc and now owned by Digital UK. The service was formed as a memorandum in 2007 and has been marketed since 6 May 2008. Free ...

Americas

Argentina

*Antina * Vrio Corp.

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 form ...

Brazil

Claro TV Claro TV+ is a Latin American operator of Pay television. The service is supplied by Embratel and Claro companies and operates in Star One C4 satellite. Its transmission system is DTH (Direct to Home) in Ku Band, and the channels are encrypted ...

*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 Broa ...

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 Bell Satellite TV (french: Bell Télé; formerly known as Bell ExpressVu, Dish Network Canada and ExpressVu Dish Network and not to be confused with Bell's IPTV Fibe TV service) is the division of BCE Inc. that provides satellite television ser ...

Glorystar GloryStar Satellite Systems is a direct to home religious based satellite television service. The service offers viewers and churches a selection of Christian radio and television services. Glorystar broadcasts its channels via the Galaxy 19 sat ...

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 commu ...

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 ...

Chile

Entel The ''Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones'' (National Telecommunications Enterprise, or ENTel) was an Argentine state owned company which had the monopoly on public telecommunications in the country until its privatization in 1990. Overview It ...

* Movistar TV * * Vrio Corp.

Colombia

* Telefónica Colombia * Vrio Corp.

Costa Rica

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

Ecuador

* Vrio Corp.

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Mexico

* Dish México *

*Star TV

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

*Cable Mágico Satelital *

* * Vrio Corp.

Puerto Rico

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. I ...

* Dish Network *Kiwisat

United States

* Dish Network *

Uruguay

* Vrio Corp.

Venezuela

CANTV CANTV () is the state-run telephone and internet service provider in Venezuela. It was one of the first telephone service enterprises in the country, founded in 1930. The largest telecommunications provider in Venezuela, it was privatized in 19 ...

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

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