Sun Direct’s 40 HD Channels as of 5/2/2017
Sun Direct, the DTH operator from the Sun TV group, has added several new High Definition channels over the last several days, and has now overtaken rivals Dish TV and Videocon D2h in terms of the number of English movie channels on its HD platform.
The move comes more than a year after ISRO launched the GSAT 15, which promised to make more capacity available at the location at which Sun Direct is broadcasting from.
GSAT-15, launched in late 2015, has 24 Ku band transponders, all of which can be used to beam DTH services into the country. A single transponder of 36 MHz is able to support around 8 full-HD channels.
The satellite was placed exactly where one of Sun Direct’s two existing satellites are placed. Like Dish TV, Sun Direct uses two satellites to ensure that it has enough capacity. For beaming standard-definition channels, it uses the satellite Measat-3, located at 91.5 degrees east.
Sun Direct overtakes Dish TV, Videocon D2h in HD movie channels in English | RTN
Sun Direct, the DTH operator from the Sun TV group, has added several new High Definition channels over the last several days, and has now overtaken rivals Dish TV and Videocon D2h in terms of the number of English movie channels on its HD platform.
The move comes more than a year after ISRO launched the GSAT 15, which promised to make more capacity available at the location at which Sun Direct is broadcasting from.
GSAT-15, launched in late 2015, has 24 Ku band transponders, all of which can be used to beam DTH services into the country. A single transponder of 36 MHz is able to support around 8 full-HD channels.
The satellite was placed exactly where one of Sun Direct’s two existing satellites are placed. Like Dish TV, Sun Direct uses two satellites to ensure that it has enough capacity. For beaming standard-definition channels, it uses the satellite Measat-3, located at 91.5 degrees east.
Sun Direct overtakes Dish TV, Videocon D2h in HD movie channels in English | RTN
