INSAT-4B Glitch and Satellite Change
On July 7, 2010 a power glitch in the INSAT 4B satellite turned down the DTH system partly and SUN Direct announced that the service will be free till whole services are restored.The partial service was restored on INSAT 4B with 193 channels and meantime SUN Direct is now transmitting 173 channels on MEASAT-3 for uninterrupted transition of its customers from INSAT 4B at 93.5°E. to MEASAT-3 at 91.5°E. Sun direct now using 4 Measat-3 Transponders(TP's) and 3 INSAT-4B TP's to provide DTH services, and additionally through exclusive agreement with BIG TV,a DTH arm of Reliance ADAG group, Sun Direct Shares 2 TP's of BigTV(BIG TV holds 12 TP's in Measat-3),i.e. BIG TV allows SunDirect to get signals of FTA channels to Sun direct. Sun Direct stopped its Standard Definition TV services from INSAT-4B and moved its High Definition TV Services to INSAT-4B, Sun Direct now its entire Standard Definition TV is from Measat-3. Sun Direct becomes the second DTH Provider to change satellite.
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