DTH Direct-to-Home Distribution
Reaching all TV homes
No matter how developed or undeveloped a country’s infrastructure is, broadcasters often need to reach all viewers in even the most remote areas and offer a truly nationwide service. In addition to service reach, they are constantly searching for solutions to ensure they fulfil engagements of performance quality with their content distribution, whether SD, HD or UHD. Daily challenges include:
- Reaching wider audiences and providing universal coverage within a territory.
- Delivering a consistently high-quality viewing experience to all audiences independent of the available terrestrial network.
- Offering a sustainable solution that is energy efficient and minimises external impact.
A ready audience of over 1 billion viewers
Satellite remains the fastest way to access a stable subscriber base. Reach millions of homes immediately at our established, leading video neighbourhoods.
Leading TV neighbourhoods
With 15 key video neighbourhoods worldwide, we deliver hundreds of channels to millions of homes. Choosing us means you have well-established audiences ready and waiting to watch your channel.
Ground services
Full range of ground services for cost-effective access to our satellite fleet, to ensure channels deliver the highest standards of quality to audiences.
Experienced experts
Roll-out satellite television services smoothly with us. Our team of media supply chain and TV channel distribution experts will support you with their extensive market and technical expertise.
24/7 Support
With highly skilled teams online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – we’re always there to support you.
What is DTH satellite broadcasting and how does it work
DTH (Direct-to-Home) satellite broadcasting is a means of delivering television content directly to viewers’ homes via satellite. Bypassing traditional cable or terrestrial infrastructure, satellite technology plays a critical role in video distribution, particularly in regions with limited terrestrial infrastructure.
The TV signals are transmitted directly from the satellite to a small dish antenna installed at the viewer's location, reaching rural and remote areas where cable or fiber-optic networks are unavailable or cost-prohibitive. Satellite offers reliable, high-quality video delivery with the capacity to broadcast hundreds of channels, including HD and UHD content.
Satellite’s ability to deliver consistent quality service across vast geographic areas makes it an essential tool for broadcasters aiming to reach mass audiences efficiently and at scale.
How DTH Satellite Broadcasting Works:
- Broadcasters aggregate content (TV channels, video content, audio streams) at the broadcast center or uplink station.
- The content is encoded and compressed to optimize bandwidth use, and the processed signals transmitted from the uplink station to a geostationary communications satellite.
- The satellite receives the uplinked signal and retransmits it back to Earth over a wide coverage area. The signal is transmitted in a specific frequency band, often Ku-band or C-band, depending on the service and region.
- Viewers have a satellite dish antenna (usually 45–90 cm in diameter) installed on or near their home. The dish receives the signal and directs it to a Low Noise Block downconverter (LNB), which converts the satellite signal into a lower frequency that the set-top box can process.
The set-top box (STB) decrypts and decodes the signal. The TV can then display the content in consistent quality, including standard definition (SD), high definition (HD), or ultra HD (UHD).
