European Broadcasting Solutions | Satellite TV

PREMIUM ORBITAL POSITIONS IN EUROPE

Eutelsat is Europe’s most long-standing satellite operator, with over 30 years’ broadcasting experience.

13º East, home to our high-powered HOTBIRD satellites, is the EMEA region’s prime broadcast neighbourhood, delivering over 900 TV channels and reaching a total of 162 million homes. In Europe alone, the neighbourhood reaches over 130 million homes and feeds almost all cable networks.

9º East offers regional beams for cost-effective broadcasting and dual reception with the HOTBIRD satellites.

16º East is Central and Eastern Europe’s leading neighbourhood reaching over 12 million homes.

28° East is the UK and Ireland’s leading broadcast position reaching almost 18 million homes.

13° EAST

HOTBIRD, EMEA’s leading DTH, cable, IP and DTT delivery

Enriched Viewing Experience (PDF, 3 MB)

Our high-powered HOTBIRD family of satellites at 13° East form EMEA's prime broadcast neighbourhood for TV channels wanting to reach large audiences.

The HOTBIRD video neighbourhood delivers over 900 TV channels to 162 million TV homes. In Europe alone, it reaches 130 million homes, including almost all cable networks. It is host to 7 premium platforms, over 600 pay-TV channels, 300 free-to-air channels, 500 HDTV channels and 14 UHD channels. In addition to broadcasting television services, the neighbourhood provides 500 radio stations and multimedia services.

Direct-To-Home reception in beam centre is possible with antennas smaller than 70 cm, and with slightly larger antennas throughout Europe, North Africa and as far East as Moscow and Dubai.

SATELLITE DETAILS TV CHANNELS New HOTBIRD satellites entering service mid-2023

NEIGHBOURHOOD

Three satellites co-located for exceptional reliability, home to 7 premium DTH platforms

AUDIENCE

Serving an audience of over 160 million homes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East

NETWORKS

Almost 90% cable, IPTV and DTT penetration in EMEA region, close to 100% in some countries

TV CHANNELS

Unrivalled line-up of 900 TV channels, in over 30 languages, 400 exclusively

HD

50% of channels broadcast in HD; more than 60% of DTH homes are HD-equipped

UHD

Already 14 UHD channels broadcast to a potential UHD-connected market of 5 million cable homes

FREE-TO-AIR

300 free-to-air TV channels. Innovative smart EPG to enhance the viewing experience

COVERAGE

Industry-leading widebeam coverage for audiences in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East

KEY CLIENTS

BBC, BIS, CNBC, CNN, Cyfrowy Polsat, Mediaset, Nova, Platforma Canal +, RAI, SKY Italia, SNRT, SRG SSR, TRT, RTVE, TV5

Why clients choose HOTBIRD

BBC

HOTBIRD's wide coverage and multi-cultural platform enables the BBC to reach audiences across EMEA

MYZEN TV & MUSEUM TV

MyZen TV and Museum TV explain why HOTBIRD was a strategic choice to reach 4K platforms across a wide geographic area

Tivùsat

Tivùsat chose HOTBIRD as it's the most prominent satellite position in Italy, delivers great quality and covers all the hard-to-reach areas - important for a service that must reach all the population

TVN Discovery

TVN Discovery reaches customers, both end-users and cable operators, all over Poland and also in the surrounding countries via HOTBIRD

9° EAST

EUTELSAT 9B, a fast growing DTH and cable hotspot

EUTELSAT 9B offers regional beams for cost-effective broadcasting and dual reception via HOTBIRD.

A pan-European footprint delivers a wide coverage for channels seeking maximum reach into satellite homes and to terrestrial headends.

Five regional footprints address high-growth digital TV markets in Germany, Greece, Italy, and the Nordics with the Baltics and Ukraine.

This regional footprint model enables pay-TV platforms and national DTT programmes to efficiently address linguistic markets and in parallel leverage reception from the HOTBIRD neighbourhood.

SATELLITE DETAILS TV CHANNELS