New Media Legend was founded in 2006. The company provides the services for satellite capacity lease and signal uplink to satellites, as well as related services (digital compression, signal monitoring, provision of terrestrial communication channels, insertion of age marks, equipment hosting, etc.)
Today New Media Legend uplinks a total of 20 transponders on the Eutelsat 36B and Eutelsat 36C satellites at orbital position 36°E
Historically 36°E is the first geostationary position which has been used for DTH broadcasting (Direct-to-Home, satellite broadcasting directly to the subscriber's antenna) in Russia since September 1, 1996.
Eutelsat 36B (former name – Eutelsat W7) and Eutelsat 36C (another name - Express AMU-1) coverage area accounts for approximately 80% of the country's population.
DTH households receive signals from Eutelsat 36B and Eutelsat 36C. satellites.
cable households watch TV channels delivered to cable operators' headends via Eutelsat 36C and Eutelsat 36B satellites.
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Eutelsat 36С
(Express-AMU1)
Eutelsat 36B
Eutelsat 36С
(Express-AMU1)
25.12.2015
Proton-M/Briz-M
Russian Satellite Communications Company
Airbus Defence and Space
Eurostar E3000
10.02.2016
5900 kg
15 years
70
2
Russia, Africa
20
33 MHz
Eutelsat 36B
24.11.2009
Proton-M/Briz-M
Eutelsat
Thales Alenia Space
Spacebus-4000
10.01.2010
5600 kg
15 years
70
5
Europe, Russia, Africa, Middle East and Cetral Asia
20
33 MHz
Eutelsat 36С
(Express-AMU1)
Eutelsat 36B
Launch date
25.12.2015
24.11.2009
Launch vehicle
Proton-M/Briz-M
Proton-M/Briz-M
Operator
Russian Satellite Communications Company
Eutelsat
Manufacturer
Airbus Defence and Space
Thales Alenia Space
Platform
Eurostar E3000
Spacebus-4000
Start of commercial operation
10.02.2016
10.01.2010
Mass of satellite
5900 kg
5600 kg
Projected lifetime
15 years
15 years
Ku-band transponders number
70
70
Number of beams
2
5
Coverage zones
Russia, Africa
Europe, Russia, Africa, Middle East and Cetral Asia
Number of transponders
in the Russian beam
20
20
Transponder bandwidth
in the Russian beam
33 MHz
33 MHz
Satellite retransmission is the most efficient way to provide access to non-limited TV service in remote regions where the construction of fiber-optic communication lines is not feasible.
Given geographical span of the Russian Federation and highly uneven distribution of its population, the satellite signal broadcasting is a vital necessity.
Russian DTH platforms
Satellite retransmission is the most efficient way to provide access to non-limited TV service in remote regions where the construction of fiber-optic communication lines is not feasible.
Given geographical span of the Russian Federation and highly uneven distribution of its population, the satellite signal broadcasting is a vital necessity.
Russian DTH platforms
New Media Legend’s proprietary Earth Station "Fabula" is located on the territory of the Skolkovo Space Communications Center. It comprises of 3 transceiver antenna systems: two - 9 meters in diameter and one - 7.6 meters in diameter.
The Earth Station is equipped with the most up-to-date hardware and technology produced by world leaders in the sphere of satellite communications (Andrew, Newtec, CPI, General Dynamics, Vertex, Harmonic) and has automatic redundancy of all basic systems.
The Earth Station is provided with an uninterruptible 1st category power supply as well as an auxiliary diesel generator set.
For signal delivery New Media Legend uses its own and partners’ fiber-optic communication lines.
Besides uplink service, the Earth Station provides reception and retransmission of television signals, digital compression, transport stream generation, monitoring of signals, etc.
Eutelsat 36С
(Express-AMU1)
Eutelsat 36B
