DDishTV LLC

DDishTV
Launched	2008
Owned by	GEM INTERNATIONAL
Slogan	Монголын бүх суваг орон даяар + Азийн 29 оронд - All Mongolian channels countrywide available as well as in many Asian countries
Country	Mongolia
Broadcast area	Mongolia
Headquarters	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Website	www.ddishtv.mn

DDISHTV (Mongolian: ДДэшТВ ХХК) is a Mongolian satellite TV and Internet provider company led by Ganbold Dendev (CEO).

A member of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), DDISHTV was established in January 2008 to carry out Mongolian government’s proposal to broadcast more television channels in the countryside in high quality. It has officially started broadcasting in June 2008.

Background

Previously people outside of bigger cities in Mongolia were able to view only four national TV channels due to outdated C-Band system with analog technology which requires big antenna. DDishTV began to work as first and unique operator with more TV channels to the consumers across the country through latest Ku-Band technology which allows small dishes.

Coverage area and channel list

As of November 2010, DDishTV broadcast across Mongolia for over 50,000 customers, though the reception is also available in over 25 different Asian countries, such as Russia, China, Korea, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Iran etc...

Television channels that are currently being broadcast by DDishTV are:

1. MNB (Mongolian National Broadcaster)
2. C1 (Channel One Mongolia)
3. Eagle TV (Mongolia)
4. TV5 (Mongolia)
5. Edutainment TV (Mongolia)
6. Ekh Oron (Mongolia)
7. TV8 (Mongolia)
8. TV9 (Mongolia)
9. NTV (Mongolia)
10. SBN (Supervision Broadcasting Network, Mongolia)
11. TMTV (Mongolia)
12. UBS (Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System)
13. BTV (Business TV Mongolia)
14. Channel 25 (Mongolia)
15. Mongol HD TV (Mongolia)
16. BBC World News
17. Russia Channel-1
18. KidsCo TV

On July, 2010, DDishTV began airing free FM radio channels. As of November 2010, there are three FM channels, including Mongolian National Radio Program 1, Mongolian National Radio Program 2 and DDISH Radio.

Satellite link

DDishTV uses Apstar 5 a.k.a Telstar 18 to broadcast its programmes. Telstar 18 was launched in June 2004 by Sea Launch, as a replacement satellite for APSTAR-I. It has an estimated operational lifetime of over 15 years.

External links

• Official Site [1]

References

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