2018 Free To Air - Latest frequencies for available FTA Channels on your Satellite Receiver

byPeter Odibo •March 24, 2018

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In these new article, I will be writing about (FTA) which stands for Free to Air. Unlike other television decoder services, such as DSTV and GOTV, FTA satellites don’t come with a subscription prices.

All you have to do is to pay once for the equipment and the installation, and that’s it! Another benefit of choosing to watch free-to-air channels is that they don’t require multiple decoders. With the right knowledge, you can watch numerous satellites with just one.

The type of FTA channels you will locate depends on the size of the dish you have and also in the direction it’s pointed at. If you want to receive a bigger number of channels, we recommend using a larger dish (at least 1.8 m) with a C-band.

Just keep in mind, that most channels you will get may not be particularly exciting. But if you take into account that you only pay once and have such a broad choice, it’s definitely worth it. Especially, if you factor in that the number of free to air channels increases by the month.

Requirements for FTA satellite tracking:

Money for the equipment; A
Satellite Dish;
KU Band LNBF;
A Decoder;

Radio Frequency cables and codes.

Installing the Satellite is easy and straightforward. These can be done using specifically the manual that comes with the equipment. Although getting all the channels you want requires practice or a professional installer.

As we mentioned above, if you live in Nigeria and you have either a 0.6-0.9 or a 1.8 m dish, and a proper decoder, you can gain access to top-quality television packages. Here’s a list of the latest free to air satellites that will broaden your choice of channels:

Mega Choice at 29/30° East TP: 11294 H: 45000 Dish: 1 m
Multi TV (Astra2F) at 28.2°, 28.5° and 26° East TP: 11595 H: 30000 Dish: 1 m
Hotbird at 13° East TP:11541 H:22000 Dish: 3m
AFN at 9° East TP: 11804 H: 27500 Dish: 1 m
Eutelsat at 36° East TP: 12245 H: 27500
Eutelsat at 7° East TP: 11599 H: 27500 Dish: 1 m
Eutelsat at 15° East Dish: 0.9 m
Sirius 4 at 5° East Dish: 0.9 m
Intelsat 20 at 68.5° East TP: 12633 H: 16166 Dish: 0.6 m
Intelsat 7 at 68.5° East TP: 12722 H: 26657 Dish: 0.6 m
Ses at 4.8° East TP: 12014 H: 30000 Dish: 0.6 m (0.9 m recommended)
NSS7 at 22° West TP: 10986 H: 30000 Dish: 0.6 m

Price for Strong Decoders Online;

How to Track NigcomSat 1R @42.5E FTA

Whether you are using Strong or any other variant of decoder, you can receive channels on NigcomSat 1R with a 60cm dish or a wider dish; like DSTV’s 90cm type, 1m or 1.8m dish and above. All boils down to your location in Sub-Sahara Africa.

Some Nigerian based channels have also started transmitting via NigcomSat 1R @42. 5 like TV News, Rayuwa TV, Peoples TV and a host of others. We also expect more channels in the long run. Since, the whole thing is still on a test phase, reception of TV stations may become unstable thereby making first time tracking difficult. Read on for more details on tracking, frequencies and channels.

Frequencies to Track NigcomSat 1R @42.5E FTA

12518H/29500 (Base Frequency)
12627H/29500
12612H/29500

NigcomSat 1R @42.5E FTA Channel List

1. TVC News Nigeria

2. TVC Entertainment

3. Kids Zone

4. Peoples TV

5. Movie African Television

6. MHQ

7. Rayuwa TV

8. AREWA 24

9. Beats Plus

10. Music 24

11. Brekete TV

12. Money Mart Tv

13. New World Cinema

14. TFM Senegal

15. Ole TFM

16. SilverBird

17. Wazobia

18. Trybe

19. Spice TV

20. DBS TV

21. Dieu TV

22. LoveWorld Plus

23. La Beninoise TV

24. La Chreteinne TV

25. Uniafrica TV

26. Untouchable Tv

27. Dbs Tv

28. Rov Tv

29. Cgtn

30. New World Sport 1

31. Dbs Tv

32. Amazing Discovery Tv

33. New Generation Tv

34. Qtv Senegal

35. Artv Kano

36. Cash Chrono Tv

37. Last Hour Tv

38. Preach TV

39. Tvt Togo

40. Gnf Tv

41. Rcg Tv

42. Acbn Tv

43. Ezekiel Tv

The most interesting and Entertaining channel and tracking codes are

The MultiTV (Astra2F) and Amos (Eutelsat16A) satellites.

The expanding CWG platform situated on the ASTRA 2F satellite can be found at 28.2° East. It already has an interesting collection of options, and by the end of the year, it will become the place to be for FTA TV.

Here are just some of the channels included on this satellite – Star TV, ITV, EATV, Channel Ten, Star Music, France 24 English, Emmanuel TV, Star Movies +, Sky Vision etc. Amos (ABS) includes some of the best TV programs available to date.

Channels that can be found here include Wap TV, TVC Entertainment, Channels TV, Starmovies, African Movie Net etc.

Eutelsat 7A mostly consists of Aftican channels and is mainly running Nolywood film strips. Intelsat7 satellite contains over a hundred Christian channels, and all of them are free.

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