DDishTV LLC
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DDISHTV is a Mongolian satellite TV and Internet provider company led by Ganbold Dendev (CEO).
A member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
(ABU), DDISHTV was established in January 2008 to carry out Mongolian government’s proposal to broadcast more television channels in the countryside in high quality. It has officially started broadcasting in June 2008.
Television channels that are currently being broadcast by DDishTV are:
On July, 2010, DDishTV began airing free FM radio channels. As of November 2010, there are three FM channels, including Mongolian National Radio Program 1, Mongolian National Radio Program 2 and DDISH Radio.
18 to broadcast its programmes. Telstar 18 was launched in June 2004 by Sea Launch
, as a replacement satellite for APSTAR-I. It has an estimated operational lifetime of over 15 years.
A member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union
The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union , formed in 1964, is a non-profit, professional association of broadcasting organisations. It currently has 200 members in 57 countries and regions, reaching a potential audience of about 3 billion people....
(ABU), DDISHTV was established in January 2008 to carry out Mongolian government’s proposal to broadcast more television channels in the countryside in high quality. It has officially started broadcasting in June 2008.
Background
Previously people outside of bigger cities in Mongolia were able to view only four national TV channels due to outdated C-Band system with analog technology which requires big antenna. DDishTV began to work as first and unique operator with more TV channels to the consumers across the country through latest Ku-Band technology which allows small dishes.Coverage area and channel list
As of November 2010, DDishTV broadcast across Mongolia for over 50,000 customers, though the reception is also available in over 25 different Asian countries, such as Russia, China, Korea, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Iran etc...Television channels that are currently being broadcast by DDishTV are:
- MNB (Mongolian National Broadcaster)
- C1 (Channel One Mongolia)
- Eagle TV (Mongolia)
- TV5 (Mongolia)
- Edutainment TV (Mongolia)
- Ekh Oron (Mongolia)
- TV8 (Mongolia)
- TV9 (Mongolia)
- NTV (Mongolia)
- SBN (Supervision Broadcasting Network, Mongolia)
- TMTV (Mongolia)
- UBS (Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System)
- BTV (Business TV Mongolia)
- Channel 25 (Mongolia)
- Mongol HD TV (Mongolia)
- BBC World News
- Russia Channel-1
- KidsCo TV
On July, 2010, DDishTV began airing free FM radio channels. As of November 2010, there are three FM channels, including Mongolian National Radio Program 1, Mongolian National Radio Program 2 and DDISH Radio.
Satellite link
DDishTV uses Apstar 5 a.k.a TelstarTelstar
Telstar is the name of various communications satellites, including the first such satellite to relay television signals.The first two Telstar satellites were experimental and nearly identical. Telstar 1 was launched on top of a Thor-Delta rocket on July 10, 1962...
18 to broadcast its programmes. Telstar 18 was launched in June 2004 by Sea Launch
Sea Launch
Sea Launch is a spacecraft launch service that uses a mobile sea platform for equatorial launches of commercial payloads on specialized Zenit 3SL rockets...
, as a replacement satellite for APSTAR-I. It has an estimated operational lifetime of over 15 years.