What will Bell do with the new Nimiq 5 satellite?

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What kind of dish would be required to pick up 82\91\129. All I know is my dish would be pointing SE anymore..
 
There is no dish that isn't larger that 40inches that can hit a 40 degree arc. Hence, I do not expect for there to be a 1 Dish solution for 82-91-129, which will be fine because I do not expect that, outside of Expressvu making some sort of custome bracket, that there will be a dish for 72-91 either, so it will be a second dish solution.
 
129 lease is also coming up and it is a Canadian DBS slot. BEV could take that back as well, and have dupliate programing on 72.5 and 129, with 129 for the West and 72.5 for the east
 
So, how many transponders does Nimiq 5 plan to carry? Given the loss of a number of transponders on Bell's last launch; this may not be good news for us. It finally looked like us Canadians would have some extra capability in 2009, and now Bell are selling it off for access to cheaper (MPEG4?) receivers.
 
Telesat is a Canadian based company that sells to customers around the world.

If they could only sell to Canadian company's they wouldn't be in business!
 
Nimiq 5 won't mean anything to Bell for a while. I posted this in another thread, but Direct TV has extended their license for access to half of the 72.7 orbital slot until December 2010, so Bell won't have access to Nimiq 5 until at least then.

-Mike
 
So back to the drawing board,, wonder what orbital location Bell is thinking of if not 72.7. Nimiq 6 anyone?
 
So all customers in western Canada will require a 2 dish setup? 38 degress between 91 and 129.
 
I'd be surprised if they don't find a one dish solution for the East at least. Not many are going to be happy having to add a second dish.

-Mike
 
There's a rumor from Telesat switching to 17ghz Ka-band satellite in 2012. Directv has already begun using spaceway birds in the states. Perhaps BEV might follow the path too. For now, Nimiq 5 is the last 12ghz BSS bird for BEV. Next generation ka-band will takeover the skies soon. :cool:
 
You can be assured that BCE, under new ownership, will NOT be investing in an additional transponders (either leased or rented). As a matter of fact the opposite will happen - as you see that Expressvu has already got rid of 50% of the 72 degree bandwidth (The maximum that Industry Canada will allow to go to foreigners).

DBS/DTH is a mature business in Canada - and you won't see BCE or Shaw spend any new capital for infrastructure - except for that needed to handle new "Must Carries" mandated by the CRTC.

Ciel has no Canadian broadcast customers for C2 being launched to 129, and no Canadian customers for their approved 111 slot (for which no satellite has been ordered)
 
No switching, Telesat gave up their 115 ka slot to ViaSat. ViaSat 1 will be a broadband service satellite. Telesat will do telemetry/tracking + invest some $$$ for spotbeams covering Canada.

Zippo to do with Expressvu.
 
Probably the same two positions you already have just using the higher 17GHz frequency range.
 
There are going to be 32 TPs on Nimiq5, which is the standard for KU BSS.

While selling 16 of the TPs to Dish network does limit the bandwith, there are four things to note about it.

1. Right now at 72.5, DirecTV has 16 TPs but that agreement expires WHEN Nimiq 5 gets into position. This agreement brings in extra cash flow for Expressvu. By making this, Expressvu does get cheaper MPEG 4 recievers as well as some cash flow. Since MPEG4 is the wave of the future and there are serious costs associated with changing out customers MPEG 2 recievers and getting them MPEG 4, this will keep those costs down.

2. MPEG4 is a MUCH better way, especially with 8PSK, of compressing the stations. Dish Network has been playing with this in the USA and are able to get much more channels per transponder active at BETTER quality, both on the SD and HD side.

3. This MAY setup some services that Dish Network and Expressvu could join together in for an MPEG 4 service. There are a lot of channels that are available on both providers, and having them on one satellite that both the US and Canadian subs can use would be huge for cost cutting. Just off the top of my head, some of those channels include CNN, Fox News, CNBC, SpikeTV, Headline News as well as the NHL Center Ice package.

4. Dish already has an agreement with Ciel to use 16 TPs @ 129w. Expressvu is expected to get to use the other 16TPs when Ciel-2 is launched later this year. As a result, that means 16TPs on 72.5 - the east coast, and 16TPs on 129w - the west coast. Seems like both providers are setting it up for some mirroring...
 
Bell Expressvu owns no satellites and hold no Industry Canada licences for satellite slots. They own/lease transponders on Telesat satellites - just like Star Choice does.

The 129 slot is licenced to Ciel who will be launching C2 to that slot next year.
 
Are orbital slots assigned by nation? As in, was the 72.7W slot was reserved for Canadian use? If Canadian companies are selling Canadian slots to the US providers, it will drive up the cost of business for SD, Bell, and, if they ever get off the ground, FreeHD.
 
Yes but shouldn't Canadian customers come first? The Americans have it right with their Buy American policies. It is silly and even treasonous not to put your own country's needs first. Of course if you have any capacity left over then you can sell to rest of the the world. Right now we've got it backwards (Can. oil, electricity especially). Charity begins at home. CANADA FIRST!
 
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