Duna TV (FTA)

PaphosAL · 04-04-2010, 06:16 PM

Help please, you sat gurus!

An old Hungarian friend of ours (yes, much older than me), has lost her beloved Duna TV digital channel on her freesat box.

I googled and found they'd shifted their service on April 1st to Thor 5 @ 1ºW - whereas it was on Hotbird @ 13ºE

The Duna TV website (English selectable) gives all the new details, and just says you need to retune your box. They're 'aving a larf, aren't they? Surely this needs a 14º westward realignment of the dish, doesn't it?

At the moment, her box is grabbing Astra and Hotbird, which I guess are a few inches away from each other in orbit. Cosy...

Cheers- AL

humforce · 04-04-2010, 06:30 PM

you need a 1mtr dish for stuff on 1w normaly.

PaphosAL · 04-04-2010, 06:52 PM

Thanks for that vital info, Humforce. She straight away decided she can live without this channel, and watch Euronews instead, LOL! Which is what I left her box tuned to, so she can at least see what the weather is doing in Hungary...

But hang on a minute, this seems a cock-eyed move for a state-owned TV broadcaster (equivalent of our BBC) 800 miles EAST of us to make? Move their sat service from Hotbird @ 13ºE (right above them in Hungary) to 1ºW ??

Doesn't this mean that all their own countrymen will now need 1.2M+ dishes to grab it in the source country?

Cheers- AL

humforce · 04-04-2010, 07:17 PM

just checked its in the digi tv pack on 1w and its not free to air

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