We remember that CanalSat from his beginning in the decade of the 90s (earlier Channel Satellite Numerique) has expressed his chains offer for the satellites Astra, while till not long ago his maximum rival and competitor in France, TPS, has done for his 13th East of Eutelsat.

Thus Channel + France will have to absorb the costs of transference of satellite dish of the subscribers of TPS, who therefore will have to change his orientation. Also it will have to finance the recipients of TPS, not suitable to receive the sign of Astra, in addition to the penalization for Eutelsat that has a contract signed with TPS until the year 2014.

TPS was representing an annual business volume for 20 million euros for Eutelsat, what there supposes 2,7 % of his entire business volume.

The Group Channel + France has announced that the TPS subscribers will keep on receiving the offer across the satellite Hot Bird and will be invited to migrate to the satellite Astra. This transference will be carried out of progressive form from the second semester of this year.

We remember that in Spain when the absorption of Digital Route was carried out on the part of Digital Satellite channel (now Digitalis +) also was speculated by the possibility of expressing the only offer across only one satellite, but the contracts signed by two companies and still current with Astra and Hispasat respectively were provoking a cost much more top than of be praising by only one orbital position, to part of the added costs of changing the recipients park and modifying the orientation of the satellite dishes


(19/01/07)