Phoenix Chinese TV sending

Most of us have seen or heard about the Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment, a Hongkong based TV channel broadcasting in Chinese. Their programs like Yang Lan Studio, News Express, Male/Female Matching Show etc. are all familiar to us.

Since last August, Phoenix has signed co-operation agreement with a London based Chinese TV company, CNE to send Chinese program from Phoenix. For details about their programs, please visit their web page:

If you want to watch Phoenix Chinese news and entertainment, all you need to do is to buy a digital satellite dish antenna (> 60cm) plus LNB (Low Noise Block) and a digital receiver. There are many different kinds of digital receivers,quality varies from product to product. The most well-known brands like Nokia (9800S, mediamaster), Humax F1-VACI, Force (DuoMaster, analog/digital), Triax, Philips etc. A package price varies from NOK 4000 to 10’000. You need to check with local satellite dealer for details.

Some technical parameters for Phoenix TV sending is as follows:

Satellite name: ASTRA 2A

Orbital Position: East 28.2°

Frequency: 11.758 GHz

Polarity: H

Symbol Rate: 27.5 Mbaud

FEC: 2/3

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