Installing French satellite tv in the Uk

Monthly Archives: August 2019

Fransat Satellite Replacement Launching 2019

The latest Eutelsat satellite, built by  Airbus Defence and Northrop Grumman,  has  been delivered on schedule  to the launch site at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 

This is to be the awaited replacement  Eutelsat 5 west  B for the current Fransat satellite (A) 

On top of providing France’s second national coverage of tv by satellite, besides Astra 1 with TNT and Canal+ , Eutelsat 5wB will be assisting sat-nav app performance with its EGNOS system – linked with GPS and Galileo.

Other TV on the Eutelsat satellite, includes the Italian channels, currently free to air , for users with multi-stream capable tuners.

The satellite is due to come into service in Jan 2020 and has 35 transponders, which will become active over several months

BIS Card Update for 2019

In order to make sure that any BIS subscriber can now get access to the service they paid for, it is now compulsory to provide, along with the smart card number, the brand and model of the receiver or CAM being used . The activation or renewal will be confirmed only with the compatible equipment listed below:

– For those using Fransat licenced products, refer to the list of Fransat payTV compliant products below

ALDEN SATMATIC HD ASTON XENA hd TWIN CONNECT ASTON MAYA CONNECT HD ASTON MAYA HD TWIN CONNECT ASTON MEOSAT HD CONNECT ASTRELL 013143 ASTRELL 013143.3 CAHORS TVS 7800 HD2 CAHORS VEOX HD CAHORS VEOX 2VA CGV E-SAT HD W3 CGV E-SAT HD W4 DIGIHOME DSF300 HD DIGITRONIC DF650 HD ENGEL RS1020 ESSENTIEL B SIMPLY HD CONNECT FREESAT TSF8600 HDU FUJIONKYO F8600 HD FUJIONKYO F8700 HD HUMAX FR1000 HD IDHD IDHD CONNECT LENSON LD2400 HD LENSON LD2500 HD LENSON LD2520 HD LISTO F-155 HD METRONIC TERBOX HD CONNECT 441666 METRONIC TERBOX HD 441667 METRONIC TERBOX 3 HD 441664 PHILIPS DSR 3031F PHILIPS DSR 3331 F CONNECt SEDEA SF4100 HD SEDEA SF4200 HD SERVIMAT SIRIUS HD SERVIMAT TSF8600 HDU SERVIMAT VIAGGIO HD STARCOM 9947 HD STARCOM 9985 HD CONNECT STRONG SRT 7405 HD TECHWOOD TK25FHD01B TECHWOOD TK30FHD02B TECSAT TFH9700 HD PVR TECSAT TFH9900 HD TELEFUNKEN TSF HD 2300 B TELEFUNKEN TSF HD 3000 B THOMSON THS805 HD TRIAX THC 1000 TRIAX THR 7500 HD TRIAX THR 7600 TRIAX THR 7610 WISI OR06 HD WISI OR07 HD

These Ci modules are fully compatible:

CGV E.MOD 1.3 ESSENTIEL B MINI-DECODEUR SIMPLY HD

NEOTION MODULE NOUVELLE GéNéRATION CI plus 1.3

METRONIC CAMSAT HD 441652

SEDEA MODULE CI plus 1.3

The White cards ( BOM) will no longer be available and have been replaced with prepaid cards, which can only be activated online, again please provide ALL necessary equipment details when activating these.