List of satellite television companies

This is a list of satellite television providers, operating around the world.

Africa

Middle East and North Africa

  • beIN
  • My-HD
  • OSN
  • Orbit - merged into OSN in 2009.
  • Showtime - merged into OSN in 2009.

Ghana

  • Crystal TV[1] - Digital Terrestrial
  • Multichoice[1] - DSTV & GOTV
  • Multitv[2] - Multichannel free to air
  • RCS[3] - 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[4][5] Other networks like HiTV (out of operations) and StarTimes have increased the competitiveness of the cable TV market.[6][7]
  • GOtv[8]
  • KAFTAN TV
  • Kwese TV - discontinued its DTH operation in 2019[9]
  • Metro Digital
  • Montage Cable Network[10] Also commenced operations in 2014 but is no longer in operations.
  • Mytv[11]
  • OurTV[12]
  • 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[13]
  • TStv[14] was off air but back on air since October 2020

East Africa

  • azam TV
  • Canal+
  • DStv
  • StarTimes
  • Zuku TV
  • TPS - merged into Canalsat in 2008.

South Africa

  • DStv
  • OpenView HD
  • StarSat

Asia

Afghanistan

Bangladesh

  • https://akashdth.com/[17]

Cambodia

  • Cambodian DTV Network

India

Indonesia

  • Accola Play
  • K-Vision
  • MNC Vision
  • Nex Parabola
  • Transvision

Israel

  • yes

Japan

Malaysia

Mongolia

Myanmar

Nepal

Pakistan

  • MAG DTH
  • ShahzadSky DTH
  • Startime

Philippines

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Thailand

Vietnam

Oceania

Australia

  • Foxtel
  • VAST
  • SelecTV - files for bankruptcy in 2011.

New Zealand

  • Freeview
  • SKY

Europe

Albania

  • DigitAlb
  • Tring TV [sq]
  • SAT+ [sq] - files for bankruptcy in 2010.

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • TotalTV

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

  • Nova Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

  • Home3

Finland

France

  • Bis TV
  • Canal+
  • Fransat
  • AB Sat - sold to Bis TV in 2008.
  • TPS - merged into Canalsat in 2008.

Georgia

Germany

  • HD+
  • Sky
  • DF1 - merged into Premiere World in 1999.
  • Diveo - sold to M7 in 2019.

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

  • Home3

Lithuania

  • Home3

Luxembourg

Montenegro

Netherlands

North Macedonia

Norway

Poland

  • Canal+
  • Orange
  • Polsat Box
  • Wizja TV - merged into Cyfra+ in 2002.
  • n - merged into nc+ in 2013.
  • Telewizja na kartę - sold to Smart HD+ in 2016.

Portugal

  • MEO
  • NOS

Romania

  • Digi
  • Focus Sat
  • Freesat
  • Orange
  • Boom TV - brought by Dolce in 2012.
  • Dolce - files for bankruptcy in 2017.

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

  • TotalTV

Spain

  • Movistar Plus+
  • Canal+ - merged into Movistar+ in 2015.
  • Via Digital - merged into Digital+ in 2003.

Sweden

Switzerland

  • Canal+
  • Kabelio
  • Sky

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Americas

Argentina

Bolivia

  • Inter
  • Tuves [es]

Brazil

Canada

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Puerto Rico

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

  • CANTV
  • Inter
  • Movistar Venezuela
  • Simple TV (formerly called DirecTV Venezuela)

References

  1. ^ a b "Multichoice Ghana". Multichoice Ghana.
  2. ^ "Multitv". Multitvworld.com. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  3. ^ "RCS Ghana". RCS Ghana.
  4. ^ "Multichoice Increase DStv Subscription Prices". P.M. News. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Subscribers groan under high cost of pay TV in Nigeria". vanguardngr.com. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  6. ^ "GoTV, StarTimes in Battle for Consumer Loyalty". This Day. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  7. ^ "MultiChoice, HiTV Open War Chests for EPL Rights". nigeriacommunicationsweek.com.ng. 25 May 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  8. ^ "Why GOtv's catching on like wild fire". businessexpressng.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  9. ^ Olaoluwa, Joseph (11 August 2019). "Kwese TV finally shuts down".
  10. ^ "Montage Cable Network debuts with 36 channels". Daily Independent Lagos. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  11. ^ "My TV, strong contender in pay-tv market". Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  12. ^ Africa, Space in (25 May 2020). "OurTV Launches DTH Service On NigComSat 1R". Space in Africa. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Official website". Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  14. ^ "TStv Africa". Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  15. ^ "اچ دي پلس: فراهم کننده نشرات مستقیم به خانه در افغانستان". oqaab.af.
  16. ^ "Express AM6 at 53.0°E - LyngSat". www.lyngsat.com.
  17. ^ Akash Digital TV
  18. ^ "MONGOLSAT - Хиймэл дагуулаар ТВ, радиогийн сувгууд үнэгүй үзэх". www.mongolsat.mn.
  19. ^ "Mongolsat on Telstar 18 Vantage at 138.0°E - LyngSat". www.lyngsat.com.
  20. ^ "La mejor TV por satélite | DISH Puerto Rico". puertorico.dish.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  21. ^ "KIWISAT PR | Te hacemos una prioridad". www.kiwisatpr.com. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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