Satellite Television System Components

There are five main components in a DTH (direct to home) satellite system: the programming source, the broadcast center, the satellite, the satellite TV dish and the receiver.

1.Programming sources are the sources from which satellite providers get their content. Satellite television providers don't create the actual programming, they pay other companies for the right to broadcast their content via satellite. The satellite television providers are therefore simply brokers between you and the content provider.

2. The broadcast center is the place where satellite providers collect their broadcast content and beams the broadcast signals to satellites in orbit.

3. The satellites receive the signals from the broadcast stations and then send those signals to subscriber antennas on the ground.

4.The dish is the antenna of a subscriber. The dish picks up the satellite signal and passes it on to the receiver in the house.

5. The receiver is the device that decodes the satellite signal and passes it on to your television.

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