Thread: SD Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
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Old 30-01-2017, 21:47   #55
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Re: Sky Discovery (potential) switch-off (technical)
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu View Post
I am nt technically minded. But.

Where do VM get there signals from. Say Sky have there Dishes pointing skywards.

So where is the main Sat station for VM. And do VM dishes point directly to Astra. As l was under the impression that VM signal cam via Sky dishes. That why VM were always fighting with Sky over channels.

Or do VM have talks with various companies ie Discovery to sort out deals.
Some of us remember when cable first started & Discovery was recieved by the cable companies from Intelsat 27.5W. Eurosport was taken from Eutelsat Hotbird at 13E. There are still lower power distribution satellites up there, & it would actually be cheaper for broadcasters to uplink to these than general broadcast satellites like Astra. If you doubt VM's ability to still use them, take a look at post 7 of this thread.

VM only deal with Sky for the channels they own.
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