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Cutting costs. I guess that 99% of all German speaking Swiss satellite viewers can reveive Astra 19.2 next to the Hotbird. It amazes me that the German version of the Swiss public broadcaster isn's receivable via Astra.
Satellite direct-to-home is not very important in Switzerland, over 80% use cable tv. The transmissions via 13 E were mainly used as satellite feeds to cable head ends. Swiss public TV use 13°E because it is much cheaper than Astra 19.2°E . And for less than 20% of their viewers, they do not want to afford Astra. It is also directed to Swiss expats - Swiss TV allows the smart cards to be used in foreign countries as well, as long the card holder is Swiss.
What people watch from these channels over there?
the rtl swiss use cable and rtl 2
the problem we dont know if ard and zdf also will be move mid 2014