Our high-powered HOTBIRD satellites at 13° East form EMEA's prime broadcast neighbourhood for TV channels wanting to reach large audiences.
The HOTBIRD video neighbourhood delivers 900 TV channels to 156 million TV homes. In Europe alone, it reaches 130 million homes, including almost all cable networks. It is host to 7 premium platforms, over 600 pay-TV channels, 300 free-to-air channels, 500 HDTV channels and 12 UHD channels. In addition to broadcasting television services, the neighbourhood provides 500 radio stations and multimedia services.
Two new satellites, HOTBIRD 13F and HOTBIRD 13G have now entered service at 13° East, bringing advanced features to the orbital position, including in-orbit redundancy, uplink signal protection and resilience.