| Satelio | |
| Industry: | Pay television |
| Predecessors: | --> |
| Successors: | --> |
| Founders: | --> |
| Hq Location City: | Ismaning |
| Hq Location Country: | Germany |
| Area Served: | Sub-Saharan Africa (Africa excluding North Africa) |
| Products: | Satellite television |
| Owner: | Deutscher Televisionsklub Betriebs GmbH |
Satelio is a pay-tv service for German-language television in Southern Africa (especially Namibia as well in South Africa (unter the Deukom label), other African countries (Nigeria since October 1, 2015)[1] and the Middle East. Satelio is provided by Deutscher Televisionsklub Betriebs GmbH based in Ismaning, Germany.
Satelio broadcast its offer via the Amos-5 satellite (from 2 December 2013[2] to early June 2014 via Intelsat 20). Due to the failure of Amos-5 on November 21, 2015,[3] the move to the Astra 4A satellite at 5° east was announced on November 23, 2015[4] and completed on November 24, 2015.
In Namibia, the broadcast takes place via the general broadcasting license of Hitradio Namibia,[5] in Nigeria via ACTV.[1]
The five English-language sport channels ST Sports Premium HD, ST World Football HD, ST Sports Arena, ST Sports Life and ST Sports Focus are offered in cooperation with the South African pay-tv company StarSat since September 1, 2016 and are subject to a surcharge. Among other things, Satelio offers the transmission of live coverage of Bundesliga football matches with this sports package.[6]
Panaccess is used as conditional access system.