28.2°E Reaching more than 10 million satellite homes in the UK and Ireland

This orbital slot has one of the fastest growing audiences in Europe - adding 500,000 digital homes in 2008 alone - and ensures optimum performance with the 45cm Sky minidish.

It hosts the most popular programmes, and transmits nearly 500 television, radio and interactive channels to 10 million DTH homes and more than 3 million cable households.

ASTRA carry every major pay-TV and free-to-air broadcaster, including Sky, UKTV, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five as well as international broadcasters like Discovery, MTV, Turner and Eurosport.

Continuous growth
As well as the hugely successful Sky platform, 28.2°E hosts the freesat digital service - a BBC and ITV joint venture providing over 140 free TV, HD and radio channels.

ASTRA reach more than 50% of all UK homes and the analogue switch-off will generate further growth.

Benefits

• only UK digital TV platform with full national coverage
• reliable and high-quality digital sound and picture quality
• most popular channels
• pay and free HDTV platforms
• strong audience growth prior to analogue switchover in 2012
• minidish is small and easy to conceal
• co-location for exceptional reliability
• constant monitoring and customer support

Services

• digital TV: standard & HDTV
• radio
• interactive TV
• cable distribution

For links to our full Satellite TV range and more information on the subject please go to our Mobile Satellite TV Systems Home Page.

ASTRA 2 Footprint Maps - 28.2 Degrees East

Key: 1 & 2: Oyster Caro, TracVision R4, TracVision R5, & Maxview B2554.

3 & 4: Oyster SamY64, SamY65, Maxview B2590, Semitronic B2555, & B2566.

5. Oyster 85 Digital and Oyster 85 Vision

Image above shows: Astra 2A-2B North footprint.
Sky movies (with subscription), Channel 4 London, etc.