MUMBAI: The soon to be launched Manoranjan Aur Kya (Mak) Television Network officially started its test signal today at 3:46 pm (Indian time) with the uplink out of Singapore.
The six channels that will form the Mak bouquet once the network becomes fully operational are Mak Prime (Hindi entertainment), Mak Telugu, Mak Music Mak Bangla Movies, Mak Sindhi and Mak Style (fashion).
The channels will be broadcast as a digital FTA feed in the beginning before but will become encrypted in due course, Mak chairman and managing director Karan Saluja, has said.
The coordinates are:
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
NEW DELHI
MUMBAI
SATELLITE
APSTAR-2R (TELESTAR 10)
ORBITAL POSITION (DEG E)
76.5
TRANSPONDER NUMBER
12B
SATURATION EIRPS (DBW)
39.73
40.26
CENTRE FREQUENCY
6332.5 MHZ
DOWNLINK FREQUENCY (MHZ)
4107.5 MHZ
POLARISATION
VERTICAL
SYMBOL RATE
14.2 Mbsym
FEC RATE
3/4
CARRIER TYPE
DIGITAL
DIGITAL
MODULATION TECHNIQUE
QPSK
QPSK
ANTENNA DIAMETER (FT)
8-10 FEET
ANTENNA ELEVATION (deg)
56.60
67.41
ANTENNA AZIMUTH (deg)
181.50
191.12