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DAARSAT to Utilize Amos-5 Capacity

By Rebecca Lincks | March 21, 2013

      [Satellite TODAY 03-21-13] DAAR Communications has launched its Nigerian Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite TV service DAARSAT on Spacecom’s Amos-5 satellite at 17 degrees East, Spacecom announced March 21.

      DAARSAT is the eighth Nigerian DTH service on the Amos-5, joining the Infinity and HiBand services among others, and is now available as a stand-alone digital TV service to all of Nigeria. The DAARSAT platform offers five consumer bouquets, with features such as messaging, subscriptions, fingerprinting and chipset pairing and includes 30 various channels.
      “We are proud to add another DTH platform to the Amos-5 at 17 degrees East neighborhood through our relationship with the leading communication group, DAAR Communications, Spacecom President and CEO David Pollack said in a statement “Delivery of high quality service on a powerful platform is what elevates Amos and helps our business grow.”