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Satellite BG To Cease Operations

  • 31-05-2013 8:09am
    #1
    Premier
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    Bulgaria’s Satellite BG to close

    May 30, 2013

    Bulgarian DTH provider Satellite BG has said it will cease broadcasting as of June 1.
    In a statement on its website, the operator blamed the economic crisis for its closure.
    The owners of the platform have agreed with Bulgarian telco Vivacom a deal whereby Satellite BG subscribers will be given the option to sign up for Vivacom’s pay TV service. Subscribers that have prepaid for a period after the end of May have been advised to contact Satellite BG’s call centre for details on reimbursement.
    Satellite BG launched in February 2011 using capacity on the Astra position at 23.5° East, with an offering of about 70 channels, including HD services.


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  • #2
    snaps
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    Bit of a blow for that orbital position. Wonder what will replace those transponders service wise?


  • #3
    Premier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 261 ✭✭Premier


    I really dont know snaps TBH,

    Satellite BG Bulgarian DTH platform May 30, 2013 08.27 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul satellite-bgThe Bulgarian DTH platform Satellite BG has announced that it will cease broadcasting on June 1. In a statement on the company's website, it says that "as an expression of accountability to our subscribers", it has agreed that they will receive proposals from Vivacom, which operates the DTH platform Vivacom TV. Those that have pre-paid for the period after May 31 will have to contact Satellite BG to request a refund. Earlier this month it was reported that Satellite BG's subscriber total had fallen to only around 5,000 and that it was no longer accepting new customers. Satellite BG began life as ITV Partner before being renamed Total TV and more recently Satellite BG. It was at one stage owned by Mid Europa Partners (MEP), before being sold to the local entrepreneurs Ljubomir Pavlov and Rumen Atarski. Satellite BG was distributed from Astra's 23.5 degrees East orbital slot and completed in a market served by Vivacom TV and Bulsatcom. It will soon also include a new platform operated by Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) and its local partner Neterra.


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