ABS Free Dish
TypePrivate
IndustrySatellite television service
Founded14 May 2012
Headquarters
Area served
India and Saarc Country
OwnerAsia Broadcast Satellite
Websitewww.absatellite.com

ABS Free Dish was a Bermuda-based free-to-air digital direct-broadcast satellite television service owned and operated by ABS. Initially, ABS-2 satellite at 75° was used to broadcast 97 FTA MPEG-2 channels and one MPEG4 channel. In India, it was headed by Mr. Rajiv Khattar.[1] It closed down its service in India in 2018.[2]

History

ABS operates a fleet of five satellites; ABS-2, ABS-2A, ABS-3A, ABS-4/Mobisat-1 and ABS-6. The satellite fleet covers 93 per cent of the world’s population across the Americas, Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, CIS and Russia.

Headquartered in Bermuda, ABS has offices in the United States, UAE and Asia.

See also

References

  1. "Stocks". Bloomberg News.
  2. "ABS Free Dish shuts down; Will Reliance Big TV benefit?".
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