Month: February 2014

  • Lost your signal? Satellite issues, your questions answered

    Satellite Astra 2E has now reached its final position with all UK channels making the change early last week. It’s taken a week for everything to settle properly, but we can now report on the following: The confirmed footprint for Astra 2E features below with the numbers 45 and 60 referring to the satellite dish […]

  • Loss of Freesat in France – latest update

    As of midday today, ASTRA 2E has reached its final position and all UK channels have been switched over, enabling ASTRA 1N to relocate to its new position.  There have been mixed reports of varied signal strength but for the most part, unless you live in North France or Belgium you will no longer be […]

  • Loss of BBC, ITV and Channel4 in Europe….permanent or temporary?

    On February 1st, ASTRA 2E, the replacement satellite for the soon to be recommissioned ASTRA 1N, reached its final destination in the orbital arc of 28.5/28.5 degrees East with the switchover occurring in the early hours of Thursday morning. Extensive in-orbit tests have confirmed that the satellite is now fully operational and performing to specifications, […]