Astra 1B - 1C & 1E - 1H, 2C in November 2004 (19.2 E)
Due to the amount of space the news takes up, I have moved this section below the charts.
The current Astra 1 radio stations.
Want to know whats on the German channels? Check out www.tvtv.de
Last date channels checked as still active: 28 December 2006
The coloured bands represent which satellite each channel is broadcasting on. Please refer to the chart below this table for the key.
| Frequency | Channel |
Country | main language | on air graphic | audio frequency | notes |
| 10714 H | Kinder Kanal | Germany | Gm | Ki x Ka | 7.02/7.20 | (0500-1800) |
| Kika promo | Germany | Gm | Ki x Ka | 7.02/7.20 | (1800-0500) | |
| 10729 V | CNBC Europe | UK | En | CNBC | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 10744 H | TV Travel Shop Germany | Germany | Gm | TV Travel Shop | 7.02/7.20 | (0000-1955) |
| XXP | Germany | Gm | >XXP | 7.02/7.20 | (1955-0000) | |
| 10759 V | QVC Germany | Germany | Gm | QVC | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 10803 H | N24 | Germany | Gm | N 24 | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 10861 H | K1010 | Germay | Gm | K1010 | 7.02 / 7.20 | . |
| 10891 H | Sudwest Fernsehen (Rheinland Pfalz) | Germany | Gm | >>RP | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 10906 V | Home Shopping Europe Germany | Germany | Gm | 2 yellow rings | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 10936 V | Neun Live | Germany | Gm | 9 LIVE | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 10964 H | ZDF | Germany | Gm | ZDF | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 10994 H | Arte | Germany | Gm | arte | 7.02/7.20 | ... |
| 11009 V | Phoenix | Germany | Gm | Phoenix | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11023 H | B TV 4U | Germany | Gm | B TV 4 | 7.02/720 | 1 |
| 11053 H | WDR Fernsehen | Germany | Gm | WDR | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11068 V | Hessen Fernsehen | Germany | Gm | >hr | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11082 H | BR Alpha | Germany | Gm | BR a | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11112 H | MDR Fernsehen | Germany | Gm | mdr | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11127 V | Viva | Germany | Gm | viva | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11141 H | Bayerisches Fernsehen | Germany | Gm | BR | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11171 H | RBB Berlin | Germany | Gm | RBB BERLIN | 7.02/7.20 | (1800-0200) |
| 123.tv | Luxembourg | En | 123.tv | 7.02/7.20 | (0800-1800) | |
| Astro TV | Germany | Gm | Astro TV | 7.02/7.20 | (0600-0800 | |
| 11186 V | Sudwest Fernsehen (Batten-Wurttemburg) | Germany | Gm | >>BW | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11214 H | RTL 2 | Germany | Gm | I I RTL | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11229 V | RTL | Germany | Gm | RTL | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11244 H | RTL Shop | Germany | Gm | RTL Shop | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11259 V | Eurosport | Germany | Va | Eurosport | 6.50 orig 7.02 En 7.20 Gm |
3 |
| 11273 H | Vox | Germany | Gm | VOX | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11288 V | Sat 1 | Germany | Gm | SAT 1 | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11303 H | Viva Plus | Germany | Gm | blue logo | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11332 H | Kabel 1 | Germany | Gm | circular swirl | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11347 V | 3 Sat | Germany | Gm | 3 sat | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11362 H | Bloomberg TV Germany | Germany | Gm | Bloomberg | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11377 V | TV Shop Germany | Germany | Gm | TV SHOP | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11391 H | Super RTL | Germany | Gm | Super RTL | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11406 V | Pro Sieben | Germany | Gm | 7 | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11421 H | MTV 2 Pop | Germany | Gm | M 2 Pop | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11464 H | Sonnenklar TV | Germany | Gm | sonnenklar tv | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11494 H | ARD 1 | Germany | Gm | 1 | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11523 H | DSF | Germany | Gm | DSF | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11538 V | Astra test card | Luxembourg | - | ASTRA | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11553 H | Tele 5 | Germany | Gm | 5 | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11582 H | NDR Fernsehen Mecklenburg Vorpommern | Germany | Gm | NDR | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11612 H | MTV Germany | Germany | Gm | MTV | 7.02/7.20 | 4 |
| 11627 V | CNN International | USA | En | CNN | 6.50 | . |
| 11641 H | N TV | Germany | Gm | n-tv | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11656 V | RBB Brandenburg | Germany | Gm | RBB BRANDENBURG | 7.02/7.20 | . |
| 11671H | Astra test card | Luxembourg | - | ASTRA | 7.02/7.20 | . |
Want to know which channel is on which satellite? |
| Astra 1 B |
| Astra 1 C |
| Astra 1 E |
| Astra 1 F |
| Astra 2 C |
Astra's 1G and 1H do not seem to be transmitting any analogue services at the current time.
The following transponders have been inactive in recent weeks, although some of them are carrying test cards. It might be worth checking them occasionally to see if they are carrying anything interesting: (list updated 22nd August 2004).
| These are the currently inactive Astra 1 analogue frequencies: | |||
| - | 10921 H (test card) | 11479 V | 11538 V |
| These are above the traditional Astra 1 analogue frequencies and are unlikely to be used. | |||
| 11914 H | - | 12090 H | 12266 H |
| - | 12522 H | 12663 H | 12699 V |
Forget previously listed 10773H / 10788 V / 10818 V /
10832H / 10847 V / 10877V / 10979V / 11038V / 11097V / 11156V / 11318V / 11436V /
11568 V / 11597V / 11686V / 11876H / 11973 V / 12070H / 12168V / 12226H / 12246V / 12422 H
/ 12441 V / 12460H / 12545H / 12581V / 12604 H / 12640V - they are now carrying digital
services :-(
Notes
1 recently changed service from B.TV
2 -
3 carries various languages on the audio channels
4 see the other channels page for details of this one.
18th November 2004: Most services on Astra 1B transferred to 1E :-( However 11538V was briefly re-activated on 1B
The exact changes were:
Sonnenklar TV (11464H) / DSF(11523H) / Tele
5(11553H) / NDR Fernsehen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (11582H)/ MTV Germany(11612H) / CNN Int
Europe(11627V) / N-TV (11641H) / RBB Brandenburg(11656V) moved from Astra 1B to 1E.
Meanwhile, Kika(10714H) / Sudwest Fernsehen Rheinland Pfalz(10891H) were shifted off 1E and moved to 2C
13th November 2004: Astro TV started timesharing on 11171H 0600-0800cet. 10921H has lost its test card gone off air
11th November 2004: 11671H reactivated on 1E. Only carrying a test card at the moment - the digital signal didnt last very long :-)
17th September 2004:RBB Berlin is now carrying a test card for 123tv in its downtime. The inactive 11671H has been lost to digital
22nd August 2004: the Astra test card on 11671 H has been removed and the transponder is off air. Again
31st July 2004: New on 10861 H is the German quiz channel K1010.
29th May 2004: 10861H has been fired up again. Currently carrying an Astra test card.
16th April 2004: TV Travel Shop has ceased the dual illumination transmission on 10818V as expected.
29th February 2004: TV Travel Shop will discontinue dual illumination on 19E at the end of April. 10818V will be shut down, continuing on 10744H.
28th February 2004: TV Shop Germany has ceased off 10847V, it continues on 11377V. 11671H has been reactivated and is carrying an ASTRA test card.
3rd February 2004: XXP is now available from 2000-0000 CET timesharing with TV Travel Shop on 10744H
20th December 2003: 2 transponders activated. TV Travel Shop Germany has displaced the colour bars on 10744H. Meanwhile 11377V has been reactivated after over 2 years off air, and TV Shop Germany has appeared on it. This suggests new uses for the currently used 10818V and 10847 V.
5th October 2003: Bloomberg UK has left 11171H.
(10th August 2003): Telemall TV is gearing up for a launch on 19E. They hope to be launching in Autumn 2003, and is another shopping service. My guess is that either 10744H or 10921H will be used.
(1st June 2003): The German station XXP is rumoured to be joining 19.2E at some point.
(1st May 2003): SFB1 has been replaced by RBB Berlin. ORB has been replaced by RBB Brandenburg.
(20th April 2003): BTV 4U replaced BTV the first week of April.
(13th March 2003): BTV on 11023H will be replaced by BTV4 in the next few weeks.
(1st March 2003): Premiere Analogue has ceased on 11464H. The frequency has been taken over by German holiday shopping channel Sonnenklar TV. TV Puls seems to have ceased off 11671H.
(22nd February 2003): The Astra test card on 10979V has disappeared in the last few days.
(27th January 2003): Premiere will close off 11464H at the end of Feb. Sonnenklar will take over this frequency in March.
(1st January 2003): Arte has left 10714H as expected, although the programming made it into 2003. A Kika promo is currently running in the evening.
The news for 2002 can now be found on the 2002 news archive page.
All the news for 2001 can be found on the 2001 archive page.
Additional information about the satellites and programmes at 19.2E
If you want to use a very old analogue receiver with a modern LNB you need to do some maths for the frequency shift in the LNB. Or look at this page - frequency conversions for using very old analogue receivers with modern LNB's and you will find I have done them for you :-)
SES Astra press release 28th August 2003: ARD / ZDF sign long term carriage agreements for 19.2E
TV Shop uses an info card to identify its transponder when it's off air late at night.
News about the forthcoming Astra's 1KR and 1L. SES Astra press release 18th June 2003.
SES Astra press release from 16th April 2003 - MTV 2 Pop renews analogue & digital transmission agreement.
SES-Astra press release 28th February 2003 - Sonnenklar TV signs agreement to transmit in analogue from 19.2E
SES-Astra press release 14th January 2003 - Kika renews analogue transmission agreement.
Eutelsat & SES Press releases about their spacecraft and November 2002 Leonids meteor storm.
Press release for the launch of Astra 1K. (This bird would have replaced Astra 1B & 1C if the launch had been successful.)
Remember the old station TV logo's? Here is a selection of the logos used at 19.2šE.
The SES frequency band plan for 19.2E
Pictures of the SES test cards used on empty transponders.
The SES AstraVision caption card radiated from August 2002
If you are having reception problems, have a look at the SES-Astra footprint maps. They will give you an idea of the minimum dish size needed for reception of each satellite. (Link to SES site)
Want to know what the Sky Analogue channel line up was in 1997? Then have a look at Sky - Summer 1997. The full list of Sky Analogue subscription channels from the beginning of July 1997. Complete with all the channel logos.
Fox News Channel closed off 11436V at the end of January 2002. See the announcement card they ran during the American ad breaks.
UK Channel 5 closed their Astra 1 signal at the end of December 2001. See the caption they were running prior to closedown.
Some info about Astra 1A (now at 5.2E) can be found here.
JSTV ceased analogue transmissions on 31st October 2001. They carried this card on their tp for a few days after closedown.
Turner Classic Movies / Cartoon Network ceased on 30th June 2001. Here is the info card carried after closedown.
Sky Sports 2 changed frequencies on 30th June 2001, and ran an info card for a few days on their old channel.
The launch of Astra 2C 16th June 2001.
Have a look at the caption Sky channels used when they closed down their analogue services.
The details of when the Sky pay services closed are to be found on the closedown page.
Pictures from one of the Astra 1 UK uplink sites can be found here.
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