Satelio
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| Industry | Pay television |
|---|---|
| Founded | July 2013 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Sub-Saharan Africa (Africa excluding North Africa) |
| Products | Satellite television |
| Owner | Deutscher Televisionsklub Betriebs GmbH |
| Website | www |
Satelio is a pay-tv service for German-language television in Southern Africa (especially Namibia as well in South Africa (under the Deukom label), other African countries (Nigeria since October 1, 2015)[1] and the Middle East. Satelio is provided by Deutscher Televisionsklub Betriebs GmbH based in Ismaning, Germany.
Satelio broadcast its offer via the Amos-5 satellite (from 2 December 2013[2] to early June 2014 via Intelsat 20). Due to the failure of Amos-5 on November 21, 2015,[3] the move to the Astra 4A satellite at 5° east was announced on November 23, 2015[4] and completed on November 24, 2015.
In Namibia, the broadcast takes place via the general broadcasting license of Hitradio Namibia,[5] in Nigeria via ACTV.[1]
Channels
TV
- Das Erste (available in Namibia and South Africa only)
- ZDF (available in Namibia and South Africa only)
- 3sat (available in Namibia and South Africa only)
- arte (available in Namibia and South Africa only)
- DW-TV (DW Deutsch)
- RTL Television
- RTL II
- Sat.1
- ProSieben
- VOX
- n-tv
- kabel eins
- Puls 4
- Heimatkanal
- Romance TV
- Nitro
- Super RTL
- ProSieben Maxx
- sixx
- Jukebox
- auto motor und sport channel/N24 (time-sharing)
- Fix und Foxi TV
The five English-language sports channels (ST Sports Premium HD, ST World Football HD, ST Sports Arena, ST Sports Life and ST Sports Focus) are offered in cooperation with the South African pay-tv company StarSat since September 1, 2016 and are subject to a surcharge. Among other things, Satelio offers the transmission of live coverage of Bundesliga football matches with this sports package.[6]