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SAT-WORLD · 08-05-08, 10:17 AM

Multichoice Hellas, which operates the Nova platform over Greece and Cyprus, has taken extra capacity from Eutelsat. Nova will be adding HDTV channels.

Nova has renewed its overall capacity until 2020 from Eutelsat’s Hot bird spot, and in so doing has increased from four to five the number of transponders in use. Transponder five kicks in at the end of this year for HDTV and general expansion. The capacity was booked through Syned, the Greek satellite services provider.

Nova was launched in 1999 and now has more than 350,000 subscribers.

However, the local market is readying for some tough competition. Hellas-Sat has already applied for a licence to start a DTH service, while Nova itself has just been sold for $430m to a consortium with GO plc and Emirates International Telecoms Malta as partners.

Source:Rapid Tv News

Analoguesat · 08-05-08, 01:02 PM

I wonder if that fifth tp is one of the ones TPS will be giving up in the autumn?

08-05-08, 10:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
SAT-WORLD Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,664 Thanks: 19 Thanked 246 Times in 215 Posts	Eutelsat capacity for Nova HD Multichoice Hellas, which operates the Nova platform over Greece and Cyprus, has taken extra capacity from Eutelsat. Nova will be adding HDTV channels. Nova has renewed its overall capacity until 2020 from Eutelsat’s Hot bird spot, and in so doing has increased from four to five the number of transponders in use. Transponder five kicks in at the end of this year for HDTV and general expansion. The capacity was booked through Syned, the Greek satellite services provider. Nova was launched in 1999 and now has more than 350,000 subscribers. However, the local market is readying for some tough competition. Hellas-Sat has already applied for a licence to start a DTH service, while Nova itself has just been sold for $430m to a consortium with GO plc and Emirates International Telecoms Malta as partners. Source:Rapid Tv News

08-05-08, 01:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
Analoguesat manic midlander retired mod Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Scottish Borders Posts: 11,668 Thanks: 21 Thanked 1,339 Times in 990 Posts	Re: Eutelsat capacity for Nova HD I wonder if that fifth tp is one of the ones TPS will be giving up in the autumn? __________________ Basic forum rules for both satellite & cable: no keys no patches no offering or asking for card shares Anyone pm'ing me for details of card sharing or anything to do with hacking cable will be banned immediately Analogue forever!!

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