This may be good or not so good news.....
Astra 1N has temporarily replaced Astra 2D until it's replacement Astra 2E is launched next year, then it will take up a new position at 19.2ºEast to service the German and the Spanish market.
The good news-----
ITV transponders, Channel 4 Transponders, Channel 5 transponders and the latest news is that
BBC transponders have migrated ( 24th Feb 2012) meaning that with it's Pan European beam viewers on the Costa Blanca will be able to receive all the migrated channels on a much smaller dish as Astra 1N here has a signal coverage measuring 50dBW as opposed to some of the recent poor reception channels being only an average of 10dBW
Well the not so good news.......
This could be short lived because Astra 1N has spot beam technology so it is fair to assume that
Astra 2E( to be launched in 2013) will supply all the ITV, BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 bouquet
of TV channels and this most likely will have spot beam technology and we could lose them as the coverage could be lightly focused on the UK.
Freesat is the main user of Astra 1N and could be of the new Astra 2E ( Freesat is jointly owned by BBC and ITV) and thy could use the BBC licence issue to prevent viewer's outside the UK being able to access this new satellite..
Enjoy it while it lasts?
