Italian & Greek Channels on Optus D2

[nikola69]

Hi Guys,

Just wondering if anyone knows how long the Italian and Greek channels have been actively working free to air on Optus D2 and will they be remain Free. I have never seen them working before especially Rai and now they work but would like to know for how long? Thanks

[apsattv]

They are on Intelsat 19, and don't get excited they won't be FTA long, in fact they encrypted yesterday but I see they are back again.

[nikola69]

Thanks for the response you are correct Intelsat 19 is where they are not Optus d2,

[BShifty]

Both are still free on Intelsat 19 KU at the moment

[apsattv]

SIC Internacional and RTP Internacional have been added also

[PeterDS]

The Greek and Italian Channels are all provided by Panglobal not TVPlus so maybe they will not be encrypted?

[tristen]

My understanding is that PanGlobal TV is a joint-venture between PanAmSat Corporation and (in this case) GlobeCast Australia.

As such, PanGlobal provide transmission services to international broadcasters, i.e. they provide up-link services and satellite bandwidth only. They do not provide the programming.

As to whether the channels referred to will remain free-to-or or become encrypted, only time will tell, as this is a matter for the respective program providors.

[B52]

The Greek and Italian Channels are all provided by Panglobal not TVPlus so maybe they will not be encrypted?

Wrong... all the newly added channels on 12726 H TP are part of Mysat ... expected to be encrypted soon.

[elmagico]

are these still available fta?

[Thala Dan]

The following are still FTA on IS19:

Globo, Record TV, RCP Internacional, SIC Internacional.

RAI Italia is also there, but since it’s FTA on AS5, I guess it’s meant to be FTA here?

Also, on 12725, is “Antenna” – currently showing a soccer match – not sure what language – it all sounds like Greek to me

[ap5]

The following are still FTA on IS19:


RAI Italia is also there, but since it’s FTA on AS5, I guess it’s meant to be FTA here?

I doubt it will remain so. The critical difference between RAI on AS5 and IS 19 is that the latter carries 6-7 live Italian soccer matches each weekend. It's the most probable driver of subscriptions to this service

[tristen]

I doubt it will remain so. The critical difference between RAI on AS5 and IS 19 is that the latter carries 6-7 live Italian soccer matches each weekend. It's the most probable driver of subscriptions to this service

Agreed.