Satellite TV statistics

Global satellite TV statistics — top satellites by channel count, HD coverage, and free-to-air ratio across 106 orbital positions.

Global overview

106
Orbital positions
14,788
Total channels
4,588
Total transponders
4,278
HD channels
7,608
Free-to-air
7,180
Encrypted

Top satellites by channel count

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113.0°E
Hot Bird 13G / Hot Bird 13F / Eutelsat 16A
1,495
20.8°W
Intelsat 10-02 / Thor 6 / Thor 5 / Thor 7
1,032
319.2°E
Astra 1M / Astra 1P / Astra 1N
1,003
416.0°E
Eutelsat 16D
808
59.0°E
Eutelsat 9B
707
67.0°W
Eutelsat 7 West A / Nilesat 301 / Nilesat 201
702
723.5°E
Astra 3C / Astra 3B
659
826.0°E
Badr 8 / Es'hail 2 / Badr 7
651
942.0°E
Turksat 3A / Turksat 6A / Turksat 5B / Türksat 4A
611
1039.0°E
Hellas Sat 4 / Hellas Sat 3
602
1128.2°E
Astra 2E / Astra 2G / Astra 2F
596
125.0°W
Eutelsat 5 West B
561
1368.5°E
Intelsat 20 (IS-20)
454
148.0°W
Eutelsat 8 West B / Eutelsat 8 West D
399
1552.0°E
TurkmenÄlem / MonacoSat
326

Top satellites by HD channels

113.0°E
49933%
29.0°E
39956%
319.2°E
39039%
40.8°W
34533%
57.0°W
29141%
626.0°E
28744%
742.0°E
23338%
816.0°E
21627%
928.2°E
21135%
105.0°W
18633%

Highest FTA ratio

120.0°E
100%54/54
224.8°W
99%79/80
38.0°W
94%376/399
452.5°E
91%77/85
538.0°E
90%82/91
67.0°W
89%627/702
766.0°E
87%121/139
85.0°W
86%483/561
926.0°E
85%551/651
107.0°E
85%44/52

Top countries by channel count

1United Kingdom
978
2Italy
771
3Russia
625
4Turkey
566
5France
565
6Serbia
563
7Germany
460
8Bulgaria
442
9Poland
348
10India
322
11Romania
269
12Hungary
246
13Albania
232
14U.S.A.
229
15Spain
226

Top genres

1General
2,940
2Sport
1,160
3Various
1,108
4News
809
5Entertainment
796
6Movies
779
7Documentaries
587
8Children
461
9Regional
404
10Religious
397
11Music
329
12Series
279
13Adult
130
14Business
99
15Lifestyle
91

Top languages

1eng
2,710
2ara
1,209
3rus
929
4ita
839
5tur
698
6fra
691
7ger
662
8bul
542
9esp
527
10ser
368
11pol
356
12cze
329
13rom
297
14hun
296
15por
235