New Business

 1.8m Satellite dish  with an Invacom Quattro LNB on the roof of an apartment block, Laguna Green
Vista Bella Jacarilla, feeds a 12 output Matrix Multi-switcher system for residents on the top floor of
the apartments.
Full system including facilities to receive SKY card system channels.

Movies 4Men have moved

Movies4 men have moved transponders

Freesat & Sky Digital: Movies4Men  has left 11223.67MHz, polarity Vertical to 11681.00 MHz.  Satellite Eutelsat 28A ( formerly known as Eurobird 1 ) Those communities that have our single cable TV system will now not be able to watch Movies4Men . Speak to your President or TV committee for a solution.

New Business

This installation is a well overdue upgrade to an original Analogue Community
system which supplied poor quality, noisy and audio sync problems, the maximum
channels that were available was 20. The urbanisation approached us with a view
to improving the system.

We completely re-designed the system to purely digital TV with an initial availability
of 61 Channels, imtegrated on the same cable is TDT community Spanish TV, the system is
expanadable to accept various feeds from multiple satellites.
The new system feeds over 100 properties.

Interesting news on illegal antennas on Torresat's building in La Zenia

 News item from  the Spanish newspaper Vega Baja Digital Orihuela. Friday, April 13, 2012
Five antennas/ Transmitters claimed to be of illegal activity in Orihuela Costa
The Town Planning, Antonio Zapata, said today that there has been identified five antennas activities that are illegal in Orihuela Costa, owned by Torresatélite.
Zapata recalled that a few weeks ago, denounced the illegal opening of a trench six miles long in Orihuela Costa and has linked this fact with the existence of these five antennas. It so happens that the owner of the company that owns the devices is councilor of the neighboring municipality of Pilar de la Horadada.
"The trouble is that these illegal activities who exercises a public office," said The mayor of Orihuela has indicated that it will require the withdrawal of these antennas and, if not done, will take other measures to restore legality.
As has been detailed, the antennas are located on buildings or plots belonging to persons other than the owners of the company that  installed them. Thus, the council has stated that the antennas, in addition to lacking licenses and environmental activity, nor has accredited the permission of the owners of the land on which it sits.
The above news item has been translated from Spanish to English and there may be possible errors in the accuracy of it's translation

Paramount Channel now on Spanish TV

Paramount Channel has just been launched on Spanish Digital television network (TDT)
For users  tuning info is
Murcia Transmitter (Carascoy) channel 38
Alicante Transmitter  (Aitana) channel 50
 This increases the lineup with the recent addition of Discovery Max on Channel 69
Don't forget to do regular auto scans of your Spanish TV channels as there are more and more channels being added, many have switchable  language facilities (English)

New Astra 1N satellite at 28.2ºeast is now in operation Astra 2D R.I.P

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?

Discovery Max

On Channel 69 of the Spanish Digital Terrestrial TV network, TDT, they have added "Discovery Max", which contains the original sountrack which is ( switchable from your remote control) generally in English, so those of you who are discovery fans, retune channel 69 (Spanish TDT only)

Channel 5 has moved

Channel 5 for some years has shared the same transponder as BBC1 London and BBC2 England, now it has moved to Astra 1N the new satellite on 28.2º East and shares with 5 USA and 5*, those  communities that have our single cable TV system will now not be able to watch channel 5. Speak to your President or TV committee for an upgrade to your system.

Possible interference from an adjacent satellite to Astra 28.2ºEast (on the Costa Blanca)

New added Frequencies to an adjacent satellite with power levels of 50 watts approx. that
may cause interuption to low power  transponders on Astra 28.2º East which are approximately 10 Watts ( the power level on the Costa Blanca).
Because of the difference in power levels the weaker frequencies could get swamped.

This satellite is only  2.2º  away from Astra.

(1) 26.0°E  Badr 4 10714.00 H, is approx. 50 watts
Occasional Feeds, data or inactive frequency
This is the same frequency  as Channel 4, Film 4 etc
The same applies to the following frequencies
(2) 26.0°E  Badr 5 10729.00 V 
Occasional Feeds, data or inactive frequency
This is the same frequency as Channel 4 +1, More 4, E4 etc.
(3) 26.0°E  Badr 4 10906.00 V
Occasional Feeds, data or inactive frequency 
This is the same frequency as ITV3, ITV 3+1, STV, UTV, ITV 1+1 etc

If this causes problems with the above TV channels there may be " picture pixilation" and tempoaray loss,  nothing can be done  to improve the problem.

Cable TV Decoders Set up instructions

Set up instructions for the Cable TV decoders we have supplied in the past 3 years.

Humax Fox CII Cable TV decoder

link       http://connectcom.tv/humax.pdf


CityCom CCR 582 Cable TV decoder

 link      http://connectcom.tv/CityComCCR582.pdf

IPOWNER WAV 1200-C Cable TV Decoder

 link      http://connectcom.tv/IpownerSetup.pdf

Delta Telecom Cable  TV Cable decoder

link      http://connectcom.tv/DeltaTelecomSetup.pdf

Kathrein UFC 662sw Cable TV HDMI/Upscaler decoder

link      http://connectcom.tv/Kathrein%20UFC%20662_%20Setup.pdf

New Cable TV Receiver with Upscaling to HD quality and HDMI output

New DVB-C receiver with Common Interface ( UFC 662 sw)

New HDMI  Cable TV Set top Box with upscaling to 576p, 720p and 1080p
This new box is suitable for the reception of digital cable TV and radio
programmes.
An HDMI interface enables the unit to be connected to an HD compitible flat-screen TV, while a built-in upscaler processes the picture for optimal viewing comfort.
Features include: EPG, guided first installation with national programme
lists, electrical audio output for Dolby Digital (AC 3), a video Cinch output and
videotext with an 800-page memory capacity.
The receiver is available in black.
We have reviewed this product and add that the picture quality is excellent with  HD quality, ideal for the discerning viewer

125.00€ incl IVA

loss of TV signal at around 11.30 am each day for approx 15- 30 minutes

Possible loss of TV signal at around 11.30 am each day reference TV signals on the Costa Blanca from Astra 28.2ºE

Possible cause Autumnal Equinox

We have tested the dishes and at 11.30 am the sun is directly behind the LNB  and causes a shadow to be projected to the "centre" of the dish, this will support the theory below as the LNB will amplify any electromagetic noise that is concentrated on the centre of the dish and cause the LNB to produce a signal that crash it's output, hence signal loss (outage). The LNBs used on the Costa Blanca are high gain, usually coupled to large high gain Satellite dishes  1.8m, 2.4m and 3.1m. Even then the average signal is only 10 watts as opposed to 50 watts in the UK, these signals are vulnerable to any interference.

An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the center of the Sun being in the same plane as the Earth's equator. These Satellite dishes (earth stations) at around noon every day will be in a straight line between the Sun and the Earth,  so  strong electromagnetic waves generated by the sun directly shine on the earth station (dish)antenna. 

 Scientific Quote
"The elevated temperature of the sun causes it to transmit a high-level electrical noise signal to receiving systems whenever it passes behind the satellite and comes within the beams of the receiver antennas. The increase in noise is so severe that a signal outage usually results. The length and number of the outages depends on the latitude of the earth station and the diameter of the antenna. A 3-metre antenna, the outages occur over 15 - 20 days, with a duration of  approx. 30 minutes."

BBC NEWS: BBC PARLIAMENT:BBC ALBA HAVE MOVED

BBC 24 Hour News has moved!
BBC News has moved to Astra 2D 10803.00 Horizontal Low  Symbol Rate 22000  FEC 5/6
BBC Parliament has moved to Astra 2D 10788.00 Vertical Low  Symbol Rate 22000  FEC 5/6
BBC Alba  has moved to Astra 2D 10818.00 Vertical Low  Symbol Rate 22000  FEC 5/6
BBC Radio Channels remain on Astra 2A 11954.00 Horizontal High  27500 2/3
For Clients on our Cable TV system if they have BBC 1 and 2 Scotland in their TV schedule list they will be  able  pickup BBC News, those who aren't will have to lose BBC News, BBC Parliament, and BBC Alba, if BBC move the radio channels from the transponder as well then we may look at a retune but at present the Radio channels remain on the existing channel

TDT ( Spanish version of Freeview) going HD

There are more and more HD Television channels being added to the already busy channel listings.
To receive TDT HD you will need either
(1) An HD ready TV that has combined TDT ( Spanish version of Freeview)
or
(2) A HD Set Top Box and a HD ready TV.
If you are on a Community TV system then check with your President to find out if your TDT community TV system will actually process and feed HD TV into the cable TV network.
We regulary check the TV programs for Spanish TDT and find that more and more TV channels have English language as their second Audio track, this is because the original soundtrack was English, Often there are between 5 and 8 with English soundtracks.
Spain is heavily committed to providing HD TV and these are becoming the norm.

Change now.... contact us.

Another successful community TV installation

 Another successful community TV installation, 2 satellite dishes, 1 receiving Dutch TV channels and the other feeding English TV channels, all down 2 cables only ( Dutch on 1 cable and English the other cable) supplying TV signals to 6 x Apartment blocks in Lomas de Campoamor, an added bonus is that Spanish digital TV is available on both cables. All the resident has to do is select which cable they need in their apartment and connect  to either English/Spanish or Dutch/Spanish TV.
Another brilliant idea by ConnectCom.TV

HDMI Cable TV receiver (Set Top Box)

Latest Cable TV Set Top Box for the new generation  LED TV's that have no Euro Connector (SCART) inputs
Specifications
HDMI Output
SCART Output ( Euro Connector RGB)
Video Out ( RCA)
PVR Function via USB ( Personal recording of TV programs)
HD Compatible
Compatible with all TV types CRT, LCD etc.

149.00€ inc. IVA

Additional channels for Spansih TDT Community Television.

Your system may or may not be able to receive and process the latest channels that are available on the Spanish Terrestrial system
If you want to check the channels for your area then follow this link below

www.televisiondigital.es/Terrestre/Cobertura/Paginas/Cobertura.aspx

and enter your Post Code ( Código Postal)
for residents who have a Post Code of 03319 the syems does not recognise it, the nearest is 03187 which is Los Montesinos)

These are the additional Tv channels now available (but check the above website first)

CARRASCOY Canal 55
Teledeporte
TVE HD

CARRASCOY Canal 42
La Sexta 2
La Sexta 3
La Sexta HD
Canal + Dos
Cuatro

CARRASCOY Canal 38
Boing
Telecinco HD
MTV
La 10

CARRASCOY Canal 44
Marca TV
13 TV
Nitro
Antena 3 HD

Most systems for Spanish Community Television use Head End processing equipment, this is capable of combining multiple antennas
balancing and adjusting variable input signal levels and launch the processed signals into the community TV cable network.
The basic system based on TV channels available in 2010 generally use the following multiplexed channels
58/61, 66, 67, 68, 69 this will usually get 25 - 30 realistic TV/Radio programs.
You will notice from the above list that now are available in some areas channels 38, 42, 44, 55, this will process 15 more realistic programs.
To get these the Head End will either need re-programming or more channel modules will need to be installed.
For those on community systems will need to contact their President who should then employ a qualified TV engineer.

Future TV via Broadband

TV by Broadband.... this Video streaming demo is being streamed to your PC via  media web servers, and  you should  see it without  pausing or stuttering. We are developing our own variable bitrate smooth streaming to satisfy the normally low Internet Speeds associated with the Costa Blanca, futher we intend to supply this media via a Internet connected Set Top Box or an internet connected TV.
Your favourite TV channels will be available, Live, Archived or VOD..... We will start trials soon

Spring ( March) and Autumn ( October) Equinox and Relationships with satellites (source Wikipedia)

An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the center of the Sun being in the same plane as the Earth's equator
One effect of equinoctial periods is the temporary disruption of communications satellites. For all geostationary satellites, there are a few days/weeks around the equinox when the sun goes directly behind the satellite relative to Earth (i.e. within the beam-width of the groundstation antenna) for a short period each day. The Sun's immense power and broad radiation spectrum overload the Earth station's reception circuits with noise and, depending on antenna size and other factors, temporarily disrupt or degrade the circuit. The duration of those effects varies but can range from a few minutes to over an hour.
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In Laymans terms,  The immense radiation from the sun since it is directly behind the satellites during these periods, it is focussed  on the centre of our receiving dishes, this radiation is not just light frequencies but a mass of others and a lot within the frequency range of the LNBs of the satellite dish and is seen as electrical noise. This causes the LNB's to overload, causing loss of amplificaation of the genuine Satellite frequencies, hence derterioration of the already low signals for your TV system.
Whilst we are on the subject another reason for loss of quality signals here on the Costa Blanca.
Your system looks at several satellites at 28.2 º East called Astra, some are northern beams and some are southern. Most of the  Free to Air TV channels are on Astra 2D which is a northern beam and  has a very weak and scattered coverage on the Costa Blanca, some signals are less than 10 watts (hence the dish szes) in the UK these signals average 50 watts.
To get these signals  especially for single cable community system we need a very large dish, a 2.4m dish has an average
gain of  47 dB and the LNB  a gain of 50 dB. We need this high gain to try to get the low level signals.
However, there is a problem and that is... at 28,5 º East we have a another satellite called Eurobird 1 and this is a European beam. It has an  average output power of  50 watts which is 5 x the signal power of Astra 2D ( Costa Blanca).
It is not difficult to see that whilst we are trying to get las "last drop" of signal from Astra 2D, the signal from Eurobird 1 is    " over the top" for our high gain equipment causing the LNB to be saturated  and subsequent deterioration of the alraedy weak signals.
We have to remember that English TV  from Astra 2 D is intended for UK use only, that is why it is broadly focussed to Northern Europe and not Spain, due to late 90's technology ( that's when the Satellite was constructed) the beam is not tightly focussed and some of it's footpring covers parts of Spain albeit  much weaker. Loss of signal quality is something we all have to accept.

New business

ConnectCom have just been commissioned by another urbanisation for a communal TV system for English  expats and to combine with Spanish TDT plus Dutch TV  for residents. The system is to feed 6 x high rise apartment blocks on Lomas de Campoamor Orihuela Costa.

Future of TV

ConnectCom are looking at the way you will watch TV in the future.  By Broadband! This technology has been around for sometime now, but quality TV from the Web is dependent on your broadband speed. Acceptable bandwidth is tolerant only if you have one device connected to your ISP. What happens if you have more. PC and TV, then this starts off a new story.

We have looked into all the very latest technolgies of providing the end user with a constant dynamic feed to satisfy their demands.
Soon we will be launching a service that provides Live TV, Catch up TV, VoD ( Movies) and Archive TV, NOT to your PC but direct to your Internet connected TV.
Keeping your armchair viewing in tact. Look at our promo at
http://connectcom.tv/StreamInfo.html

TV for Communities.


36+ TV channels and 8 Radio Channels fed into the communities TV cable system to feed mutiple homes in apartment blocks, communities homes up to 300  properties and more, Example:. 100 homes connected equals 29.95€ for each property.    One off payment no monthly bills.
All TV channels are Free to Air and as selected by majority of Expats on our systems as their favourites.
Channels include BBC1, BBC1 HD, BBC2, ITV1, ITV1 HD, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, CITV Channel 4 +1, E4, More 4, Movies4 Men, True Movies, and much more.

The future for suppling multiple TV channels to urbanisations

ConnectCom are looking to the future for suppling multiple TV channels to urbanisations either by coaxial cable or telecom cable....

The New B-Nova Compact & Modular Headend Platform for Cable TV and IPTV networks.
Features a Fully modular platform from a compact ”headend in a box” to a multisite, distributed headend solution using the latest stream processing technology.

Capable of multi-tasking with different mixable TV formats, from Satellite (DVB-S) to Terrestrial TDT ( DVB-T) to transport in IPTV ( ISA) (Internet Protocol) via telecom lines to QAM via Coaxial lines.

This compact system as a single unit can accommodate up to 12 multiplex receivers with descrambling capability all in one chassis. A fully loaded single unit without descrambling increases the multiplex receiver count up to 24 in the chassis. This inceases the number of viewing channels dramatically from a single unit.

Fully contollable via software on site or remotely.

A Thankyou

In this business, you generally are only contacted when there is a system problem, it is nice to see that some say thanks for a job well done, this is a copy of an email we received recently from Lomas de Campoamor. Orihuela Costa.
"An owner telephoned today (13thJan) as he is going home at the weekend, to thank us for restoring the signals in the Vallesols the day after my visit to him. Well done.

I know you have to follow up on this job as per your recent email but he was very appreciative of our speedy response. Cheers, Tony C"

Recent loss of BBC2/Five/BBC1 channels

Recent loss of BBC2/Five/BBC1 channels


There seems to be a loss of signal strength/quality on Astra 10773 MHz Horizontal 28.2º East, this is reported to be interference from 26º East BADR Arabsat,. In November 2010 they fired up a new transponder on 10770 MHz Horizontal, which is frighteningly close to the Astra Transponder frequency.

BADR transponder 10770 MHz is a very strong signal but the Astra Transponder on 10773 MHz is very weak ( less than 10 watts), and it is feared that interference from BADR is causing loss of signal strength/quality for the following channels.

If this is the case then it will not improve.

We have tested several dishes and adjacent transponders 10803 MHz Horizontal and 10744 MHz  Horizontal levels have not changed, this seems to indicate interference from BADR.

BBC One England
BBC Two England
CBBC
BBC Three
Five
BBC One West
BBC One Cambridge
BBC One Channel Islands

 We have tested the signal levels again  Feb 2011 and it has not changed, this frequency is still low in strength. Although the levels have been lowered in the UK, it does not affect their stronger signal and since UK TV is only intended for UK residents then we suspect nothing will be done to correct it by the operators in  northern Europe. We will have to wait and see the outcome.

SKY TV channels

SKY TV,

For all the urbanisations that have their TV via a single cable system either providing Spanish or English TV can now access some SKY TV channels.

We are supplying the infrastructure to enable these channels.

The user will need a SKY box and a suitable SKY subscription.

The channels basically are....

Sky Sports 1, 2, 3
SKY Sports HD 1, 2, 4
SKY Sporets News HD
British Eurosport
Living HD
TCM 2 UK
Most Discovery channels
National Geographic wild
TCM - Turner Classic Movies
Five group of channels. Five, Fiver, Five US etc
SKY one
Home + 1
Gold +1
Eden + 1
Dave Ja Vu
Yesterday +1

..... and many more depending on the signal strength from your dish.

The above channels are subject to availability.

Future of TV

The future of Live television on the Costa Blanca, Spain, France and Germany is under review by our technical department, we are preparing for available TV and we strongly believe that Broadband television is the way forward.. There will be no large dish, you will be able to access TV channels via your broadband connection.

Connect Communications are now in the process of developing such a system that will provide smooth Streamed TV for fast and slow Broadband speeds.
We will be able to provide 720p SD & 1080p HD,
SD at low speeds of 700kbit/s and HD at 1.2Mbit/s. Most users now have bandwidths of 2.5 - 4 Mbit/s, this will enable surfing and watching TV at the same time.
Technology has advanced tremendously and we are at the forefront to provide you with TV well into the future.

Our plan is to provide subscribers with Their favourite Live TV channels

Access to archive television programs, all the favourite soaps, sitcoms, reality shows past or present,

Movie rentals as well, to access 100`s of Movies, blockbusters,, modern and old movies.

We are developing a unique Set Top Box ( Decoder) to provide easy access to all these favourites and surf the net as well all from your armchair.

Moving into new areas

Connect Communications are now adding to their portfolio by installing IPTV systems to Hotel complexes and urnbanisations. The  future is TV on demand streaming, archive TV streaming and VOD movie rentals.

These systems are being developed as a joint package for transmission in HD quality 720p and above resolutions so on offer will be live TV, Video on demand, ArchiveTV programs all with smooth streaming through  broaband connection all to a uniquely developed  set to box (STB) via the subscribers router direct to the TV. Watch this space for further announcements, this system will beat all competition locally or internationally.

San Miguel TV Transmitter

San Miguel de Salinas new transmitter is now working properly according to the Valencian government Telecommunications dept. so in and around the area we have started to  change the polarity  of the antennas and retune some of the urbanisation's community Spanish digital TDT TV services to this new transmitter. We are experiencing good reception and quality-

Sports Channels

Anyone who is connected to the Albanian Supersports system may have have noticed the lack of Live matches, ( 3pm Kick-offs etc). If you have such a system and you have lost the above facility then contact us as there is and alternative with Tring Sports.

Change of BBC channels line up

19th October 2010
Satellite talk


Channel Movements

BBC 4, CBeebies and BBC Nothern Ireland have been moved from the Satellite Transponder ( 10773 H) in their place they have addedBBC One West BBC One Cambridge and BBC One Channel Islands

For  our Single cable Community TV systems the new line up will be......

BC1 London
BBC 2
BBC 3
CBBC
Channel 5
BBC One West
BBC One Cambridge
BBC One Channel Islands

A retune of your Set top box on this channel will be required
This is out of our control, however, if you would prefer to have BBC 4 then you will have to lose Movies 4 Men, Movies 4 men 2 (If these are on your system) and we will replace them with the following line up....

BBC Four
CBeebies
BBC One Scotland
BBC Two Scotland
BBC One North West
BBC One Yorkshire & North Midlands
BBC One South East
+

Radio Channels

BBC R5

If your are on our MultiSwitcher (SKY etc) system then you will have to refer to your SKY guide for the new channel numbers

IPTV Installation

IPTV comes to the Costa Blanca

Another quality Installation

After initial communication with the president of two apartment blocks in Cabo Roig we have installed two community Satellite dishes 1 x 2.4 m and 1 x 80cm dish for their non English speaking residents,
Individual connections for a one off payment of 260 Euros for each dwelling,
Using the latest technology IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) we delivered all the TV signals via the communities existing telephone cable system, each apartment block contained 90 apartments,

This sytem is for use with SKY, Skyplus, Sky HD or Freesat with or without PVR facilities.

Another quality Installation proving our technical background, many years in the trade, is essential for projects like these.

Smart MXO4 HDCI Satellite receiver DVB-S2

HDTV-CI-Receiver / DVB-S2 / Common Interface Digital satellite HDTV receiver for high-resolution television with Common-Interface.

HDTV-CI-Receiver / DVB-S2 / Common Interface

This device is designed to bring High Resolution TV pictures on your HD ready flat screen. Thanks to a variety of connectivity options, this unit can be connected via SCART, Y/Pb/Pr or HDMI cable with a suitable device.
USB connection included making it PVR ready

Only 135.00€

Moves to improve Spanish Digital television in local areas

The Balcones and surrounding areas area have serious problems to receive the TDT digital terrestrial television signal.
The regional secretary for Public Administrations, Rafael Peset, has announced an order has been given to duplicate power of the DTT repeater installed at the top of the Casilla de Torrevieja.
Since the analogue blackout, some ares on the costa have been suffering problems to receive the signal from the digital terrestrial television reception and a new board will be installed inside the repeater, which will extend the coverage area.
From the Generalitat they are considering to install a new TDT ( Digital Terrstrial Transmission) repeater in San Miguel de Salinas to improve the reception of this signal in the municipalities. This new location would also improve the DTT signal in the province of Alicante Pilar de la Horadada and Orihuela, especially on the coast, in areas of housing estates.

60 TV channels all down a single cable feeding 177 houses

60 quality digital UK TV channels, including 5 MBC TV channels and 4 Sports channels feeding 177 houses,  excellent picture quality and beleive it! all down a single coaxial cable.. it was not needed to install a 4 cable system as for SKY TV. All the required channels chosen are delivered to each property.
True Cable TV for the community, Oh and  25 Spanish TV  TDT digital channels as well... how about that!
Proving once again that Connect Communications are professional system designers and installers.

Channel 4+1 group of channels breaking up

If you are experiencing channel breakup on Channel 4 +1, E4, More 4, it is occuring all over the Costa Blanca, and apparently in the UK too. There does not seem to be an official explanation but it is definitely not your receiving equipment!

It could be that its a fault / persistant interference on the uplink from the service providers but is a broadcast issue, not a reception issue, it occurs before shot changes on these channels. Our guess is they are either using new video encoders, with poorer shot detection. Or possibly reducing the bitrate to fit in E4 HD or likely that they have just added another C4+1 channel (c4m) and overloaded the transponder

Set top Box ( STB) price increase

We have tried to keep the price of a new STB (set top box) for the cable TV receivers as low as possible, we have had a fixed price of €65.00 each since October 2008. However with increasing costs and a price increase from the manufacturer. As of the 1st of May 2010 a new STB ( cable receiver DVB-C) will be €80.00.including IVA

Sony TV en Veo Spanish TDT TV channel missing... Replaced by AXN

Spanish TV channel Sony SET has been replaced by AXN.( Pay TV channel)


Spain's version of film and action thematic channel AXN will replace Sony Entertainment Television en VEO (SET en VEO) on Spanish digital TDT. The channel is now distributed as a "Pay channel", adding a second pay-TDT channel for Spain, joining Mediapro's sports channel Gol TV.

The channel will use the TDT frequency that was used by SET en VEO.

AXN will be available to all Gol TV's subscribers.

Those encryption cards necessary to decode Gol TV will also be able to be used for AXN without any additional cost until August 31 as a promotion.

Another successful Satellite TV community installation

Another successful Satellite TV installation.. We have installed a system for 36 quad properties on the Costa Blanca, suitable for free to Air TV channels over 200 of them, plus facilities for the property owners to install SKY, SKY+ HD television if they wish.

Proving that Connect Communications are always at the forefront of TV technology, not for one resident, 4 or 8 but for hundreds... all from one centralised satellite dish...... it just gets better.

All new cables to satisfy the Satellite TV polarity issues, hidden in deep underground ducts, no cables at all visible in the streets, or to the properties.

All TV down 1 cable

We can supply a community or urbanisation with English Television Free to Air direct from the satellites at 28º East. Hundreds of houses can be connected.

All your favourite Free to Air English TV channels approx 50 of them

Plus.................

Sports channels (4 of them).
MBC Movie channels ( 5 of them).
German TV.
French TV.
Spanish Terrestrial TDT digital TV. ( 20 to 30) on average
Documentaries (3 of them).

And the best bit is... we can send them all down 1 cable.................... THAT'S AMAZING!!.

Connect Communications 25 years in the business, we are simply the BEST!

and that's not all.... Install security cameras and we can send the images down the same cable as well... it just gets better.

Upgrading Satellite dishes

Upgrading a 2.4m Satellite dish to a 3.1m using extension petals
Connect Communications offer the service to upgrade your system to be able to view weak satellite TV signals on the Costa Blanca

The channels we attempt to get are as follows... from the transponders

BBC 2
BBC1 London
BBC1 Northern Ireland
BBC 3
BBC 4
Cbeebies
CBBC
Channel 5

Channel 4
Film 4
Film 4 +1
More 4 +1

These transponders are extremely difficult to get and we cannot guarantee 24/7 reception, however we have been successful in getting the BBC and channel 5 transponder also Channel 4 series of channels from approx. 9 am in the summer and 10.00 am in the winter.
Channel 4 group of programs from about 10 .30am in the winter and 9.30am in the summer.

Each dish has it's own characteristics and are in different locations on the Costa Blanca and this affects the response to low level signals especially horizontal.

Upgrade cost 2,100.00€ including IVA

Add new TV channels to your ConnectCom TV system

If you have installed one of our single cable community TV systems you can add some exciting movie channels, global TV entertainment about 5 of them. All Free to Air so no subscription is required. These channels are in English (with Arabic subtitles) and mainly sourced from the USA... The movies are modern too. If you want to have a look then go to this website. www.mbc.net/english

MBC 2 The channel broadcasts mostly American Hollywood movies

MBC 4 Broadcasting popular American television series

MBC Action shows action movies on a daily basis.

MBC Max Non-stop Hollywood movies (and sometimes films from other countries)

MBC Persia Hollywood Movies

For community TV system this is good value as all your residents connected to our system will be able to view them. The cost of the upgrade including all the equipment needed from €1,450.00 including IVA . As an added bonus you can add more Free to Air channels as well from a FTA satellite transponder.
For an urbanisation with 50 subscribers will be only 29.00€ each and 100 subscribers a ridiculous amount of 14.50€ each. A single "one off" payment only!
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Loss or poor quality of Spanish TV programs (TDT)

Spanish TDT digital terrestrial TV.
It has been reported by several TV engineering companies that since the switch on of the new transmitter at Torrevieja there has been a problem with TV reception wihin the area.
Sudden spasmodic loss or poor quality (causing picture breakup) of the TV signal on channels that before the switch on of the new transmitter (March 2010) were OK.
This is due to "phasing" problems between the existing Aitana (Alicante) and the new Torrevieja transmissions.
We have tested several sites and report that there is a regular transistion between, very good to poor TV reception at the output of the receiving antennas.
At present we are in the hands of the TV companies responsible for transmissions for them to solve the problem.
If you are also in the catchment area for the Murcia (Carrascoy) transmitter then it may be possible to improve your reception by turning your antenna to this transmitter. However, you must remember that this is a "line of sight" system, so you must have a clear sight of the transmitter to obtain good reception.

Connect Communications (Engineering)

Torrevieja boost to TDT signal coverage

Announced in March was the "Switching on" of the new TDT digital free to Air Spanish
television transmitter to boost the coverage of the Torrevieja area.
People seem to think that this is an addition of new TV channels, this is not correct. At the time of publishing this post the channels are the same as those from the Aitana transmitter which is "weak" in the area.It is merely to boost the signal strength to help prevent loss or break up of the reception.
We understand that since it's switch on it's performance is not as expected and the installation engineers seem to be having difficulty maintaining a reliable and acceptable coverage.
Please do not rush out and re-align your antennas until the system is proven to be reliable.
Also, if you have a good coverage of Spanish TDT signals at your residence re-aligning will be pointless, it will not give you much if any more TV programs.

It should be pointed out that this is a terrestrial TV system similar to that in the UK, the main difference is that it is intended for the Spanish and English TV channels are very few.

share your dish with 7 neighbours

Share your satellite dish with 7 of your closely connected neighbours, share the cost, whether it is Free to Air or SKY TV.
Why don't you contact us at contact@connectcom.tv for more info.

Share your dish with your neighbours

We can supply and install a satellite dish and equipment to supply you and 3 closely connected neighbours with a satellite signal, whether it be Free to Air or SKY system.

email us at contact@connectcom.tv