For satellite viewers of digital cable offered by cable Germany on Astra 23.5 ° East, it would be bad news. Cable Germany has started to turn off the satellite feed of its niche channels on the orbital position 23.5 degrees East and sets in the future solely on the delivery of signals via fiber optic technology.
This reception possibility of cable Germany advertised never officially and certainly was not quite legal, but there was an audience, which a smart card subscription has a cable Germany-customer "concerned" and with a CI module (eg Alphacrypt) the transmitter could receive. Exactly these people are now looking into the tube.
With them are also affected several HDTV channels such as Syfy HD, TNT HD series or TNT HD movie. HDTV channels that the German pay-TV operator *** now offers not exist. Currently, only three are occupied by a total of 13 transponders on Astra Germany Cable 23.5 degrees East with transmitters. On the other hand, the 10 transponders broadcasting has already been set yesterday, it fell away more than 100 channels. What the future with the vacant capacity on Astra happened is not yet known.
Are still on the air, the transponder 4, 8 and 16 (11.515 GHz, 11.595 GHz and 12.565 GHz). From the HDTV programs are currently receiving only TNT series HD, TNT HD movie, Planet HD, 13th Street HD and ProSieben HD. The rest as SyFy HD, Fox HD, HD TV Romance knowledge, Spiegel TV HD, HD sports car engine and also the premium channels Sport1 + HD are no longer welcome.
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