Openview HD test signal live on SES 5 satellite

Openview HD started its roadshow in Port Elizabeth to installers about the new satellite DTH Free To Air channels on SES 5 satellite at 5 degrees east, the same satellite TOP TV is broadcasting its pay tv service. The launch is anticipated to be in October 2013 and will be broadcast in DVB-S2 with minimum of 15 channels and 5 of them in High Definition. The set top box will be encrypted with NDS for control access and thus will require activation. The head-end and uplink station is situated at e-tv broadcast center in Cape Town. Some of the channels that will launch will be SABC 1-2-3, etv, e-kasi, e-africa, e-movies and setanta sport to name few. It is anticipated that the retail price value for set top box including installation with an 80cm dish will be R1899.00 once off with no monthly subscription. It is also anticipated that an enabled PVR set top box will be launched in second term of 2014 as access control is still in development.
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  1. Unknown25 July 2013 at 11:26

    who will install this dish and decoder, and if you buy it do you connect it where your dstv is connected?

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  2. viremiau25 July 2013 at 13:24

    i think this will be an additional decoder to your normal and just need to be setup as TOP TV, DSTV they normal do...
    its seems to be very intersting they just need to be serious about this...

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  3. Unknown25 July 2013 at 17:42

    Yes it will be on a separate decoder that is Openview HD approved because you will need to activate it for viewing, the activation will be once off. The same satellite Top TV is using will be Openview HD, if you already have Top TV installation done you just need a Twin LNB and extra cable installed if you want to still want Top TV, beside that if you do not want Top TV you just unplug Top TV decoder and plug on Openview HD decoder.

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  4. Unknown18 September 2013 at 12:52

    So if you have a TOPTV, you can just connect that decoder to your toptv satelite ?

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  5. Unknown18 September 2013 at 21:26

    Option 1 - If you want to keep Top TV, then you will need a twin LNB and extra cable to OVHD decoder on the same satellite dish.
    Option 2 - If you do not need Top TV anymore, then you buy OVHD decoder only and connect to existing Top TV installed satellite dish.

    Having said that I still feel that in future Top TV will be able to use OVHD as it`s decoders meets minimum requirement for SD channels, If I was Top TV I would allow access for OVHD on the existing decoder and leverage the business by concentrating on more paid premium contents channels and On Demand services.

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    1. Unknown24 September 2013 at 11:02

      so you saying the new decoder uses the same satellite direction as Top TV.

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    2. Unknown10 November 2013 at 18:40

      I already have a HDTV dvb S2 receiver box can I set it to pick up OVHD channels

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    3. Unknown12 November 2013 at 00:49

      Chimi you are correct

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    4. Unknown12 November 2013 at 00:52

      Raj does it meet minimum required standard for OVHD? Minimum requirement that is being Nagravision encryption and the decoder being registered against OVHD database in order for them to activate the decoder.

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  6. Unknown10 November 2013 at 18:43

    I already have a HDTV dvb S2 receiver box can I set it to pick up OVHD channels - how do I activate this set to box

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  7. Unknown15 November 2013 at 20:10

    What about if I already installed DSTV, can this new one works on Intelsat 68.5 east satellite, if not what should I do to use OVHD set box

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  8. Unknown15 November 2013 at 21:33

    The box can only work on Astra 4A at 5°East only.

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  9. Unknown26 June 2014 at 14:40

    If I reposition my DSTV dish, Do I still use the same DSTV LNB?

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  10. Unknown30 November 2015 at 13:33

    So a single dish can serve two decoders by using dual LNB and extra cable installed, meaning you can have OVHD and DSTV decoders on one TV or one house.

    Does this also mean a single dish can serve three decoders by using triple LNB.? if it exist.

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  11. Unknown4 December 2015 at 09:30

    Ali the LNB for Dstv are 10 700 GHz but for Starsat is 10 600 GHz.

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  12. Protabs5 December 2016 at 11:50

    How to i add fta channels on ovhd. please help. email prospersiw"gmail.com

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  13. Unknown10 April 2017 at 09:51

    90% junk

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  14. Unknown15 January 2018 at 16:26

    can somebody please assist me on how to add FTA channells to my OVHD setop box. hit me at burti.cape@gmail.com

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