This way, the business volume of the television of payment in functioning in France of the Group Channel + increased 5 % in the last year up to 971 million euros. According to the company, this performance owes principally to the growth in the portfolio of the subscriptions of Channel and CanalSat, up to the quantity of 180.000 compared to the previous year and for an increase in the income of the publicity.
Also it is necessary to add that till the end of March, 2008, almost half of the subscribers of TPS had already realized the migration to the platform CanalSat.
When the TPS absorption was formalized on the part of CanalSat, the last one already warned that the operation of 13th East of Eutelsat Hot Bird reoriented the antennas from to 19,2nd East of Astra would develop like minimum during a long period of 18 months. The operation, in particular, affects 1.300.000 subscribers and the cost of the technical service to reorient the antenna is free. Of these, more than 600.000 have already realized the migration to Astra.
For capacity reasons satelitaria limited on the satellite Eutelsat Hot Bird (13th East), the TPS subscribers have access to the offer of previous CanalSat migration towards the satellite Astra, posicionado in 19,2nd East. This migration started in September, 2007.
Until the finished migration is not carried out to the satellite Astra, the channels of the satellite Hot Bird remain codified under the system of conditional access Viaccess, while those of the position of 19,2nd East it are in Mediaguard and Viaccess.
(SatCesc, 16/05/08) |
The operation fond of 1.300.000 subscribers and the cost of the technical service to reorient the antenna is free. Of these, more than 600.000 have already realized the migration to 
