Dish TV got another transponder

Paris-based satellite Communication Company has successfully co-positioned the SES-8 satellite with SES’s NSS-6 satellite at the orbital location of 95 degrees east and is now fully operational to serve the thriving markets in the Asia-Pacific region. Co-positioning of SES-8 satellite with SES’s NSS-6 satellite will benefit Dish TV which will soon be able to increase its capacity. As of now, Dish TV has nine transponders on NSS-6, each able to host about 15 channels. It is immediately looking at adding another transponder. 

Manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation, SES-8 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 3 December 2013. Since then, extensive in-orbit tests have confirmed the flawless functioning of the spacecraft. The satellite features up to 33 Ku-band transponders (36 MHz equivalent) and is equipped with high performance beams to support the rapidly growing markets in South Asia.

Dish TV CEO RC Venkateish while speaking with media said that the company would add five transponders from SES to beef up its existing capacity. He further added that we have got one transponder already allocated and this should cost us about $1.3 million as rental outgo per year.

Source: http://cablequest.org/news/dth-news/item/4223-dish-tv-got-another-transponder.html
Source: http://cablequest.org/news/dth-news/item/4223-dish-tv-got-another-transponder.html