G Sat

G-Sat
	Direct-broadcast satellite television
Country	Philippines
Founded	2006; 18 years ago
Owner	Global Satellite Technology Services (First Global Conglomerates)
Picture format	DVB-S2 MPEG-4
Official website	gsat.asia

G-Sat (Global Satellite) is a subscription-based direct-to-home (DTH)

Mandarin

.

It is operated and managed by international and professional management groups engaged in the business of: satellite wireless transmission,

WIMAX transmission, landline transmission, satellite internet data transmission, satellite direct-to-home TV operation, terrestrial television operation, broadband data service, head end in the sky operation, content aggregation, production and distribution, consolidation of telecom and broadcasting management.^[1]

In August 2016, G-Sat was moved to SES-9 from their former satellite broadcaster NSS 11 due on its system upgrade.

Technical information

Satellite	Band	Position	Frequency	Polarity	SR	FEC	Encryption	System	Status	Coverage
SES-9	Ku Band	108.2° East	12341, 12401 and 12461 MHz	Horizontal (H)	45000	5/6	Conax	DVB-S2 MPEG-4	Commercial broadcast	Philippines
SES-9	Ku Band	108.2° East	12711 MHz	Horizontal (H)	45000	5/6	Conax	DVB-S2 MPEG-4	Commercial broadcast	Philippines

G Sat broadcasts in DVB-S (for standard definition channels and audio channels) and DVB-S2 (for HD channels) on SES-9 satellite at 108.2°E. Originally, prior to its system upgrade in August 2016, a loophole has been discovered that half of G Sat's channels were free-to-air, which can be received using an existing free-to-air satellite receiver, this allowed viewers to watch some half of the channels without any existing subscription (in a way to United Kingdom's Freesat service). However, as of August 2016, due to its system upgrade and migration to SES-9, all of the channels are now encrypted (except Golden Nation Network and BBC World Service), which now requires subscription.

In January 2017, G Sat announced to their subscribers to rescan their subscriber's receivers for the channel line-up's change.

Frame rates in some NTSC-relying TV channels, including GMA, Kapamilya Channel, A2Z, TAP Movies, EBC Foreign Movies (known as "ETTV Western" or "EBC Western"), and others have been dropped from 30/60 FPS to 25/50 FPS (which 25/50 frames per second is based on PAL).

Status of competition and controversy

SkyCable, a sister company of ABS-CBN, also filed a similar complaint against GBMI. It argued that GBMI's illegal entry into the industry will result in the unnecessary duplication of an existing service that existing cable TV and DTH-TV service providers already adequately provide.^[3]

On July 30, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11481, which extended the franchise of First United Broadcasting Corporation to 25 years.^[4]

In-house channels

Current

Currently, G Sat owns its in-house channels:

One Media Network - news, current affairs and lifestyle channel
Global Sports Network - sports channel
Golf Channel Philippines - Dedicated golf channel, in partnership with Comcast/NBCUniversal International Networks
Music Quest - Karaoke channel
GSAT News Channel - news and current affairs channel
Global Movies Channel - movie channel

Former channels

GKTV 3/PCTV 3
Global News Network
Global Pinoy Cinema - Filipino movie channel
Global Theater - Mandarin movie channel
One Media Network
Golden Nation Network
GCLTHP Movies Channel (GMC)

References

^ ^a ^b G-Sat About Us
^ Dream TV operator seeks regulator help over satellite TV dispute retrieved via abs-cbnnews.com Jan 19, 2009
^ https://casetext.com/case/sky-cable-2
^ "2 broadcast firms get 25-year franchise extension".

[About-1] G-Sat About Us

[2] Dream TV operator seeks regulator help over satellite TV dispute retrieved via abs-cbnnews.com Jan 19, 2009

[3] ttps://casetext.com/case/sky-cable-2

[4] "2 broadcast firms get 25-year franchise extension".

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