TPS and CanalSat Merger = NEW CANALSAT

[MHaggarty]

I read an article in a recent issue of Télé 7 Jours about the merger of TPS and Canal Satellite, and it appears that it is now going to start having an effect on the subscriber.

It indicates that as of 21st March, the TPS brand name is no longer being marketed, and Canal Sat will become the sole provider of satellite television services in France.

It also indicates that all current TPS subscribers will eventually have to change to Canal Sat, which will mean that the satellite dishes will have to be realigned towards Astra, although there will be no need to replace the current receiver box. Operation dish realignment is due to begin in September 2007 in France and is expected to take up to 24 months.

I currently have a Humax decoder with a TPS card due for renewal in November, and am keen not to have any disruption to my viewing when the time comes for renewal.

I understand that I will have to buy a Canal Sat card to replace my old TPS subscription as according to Télé 7 jours, TPS subscriptions are no longer being marketed. I notice that you currently supply different receivers for TPS and Canal Sat; what exactly is the difference? The magazine article states that there will be no need to change receivers, so hopefully it will just be a case of remove old TPS card, inset new Canal Sat card, realign dish, and continue viewing?

[TotalSatTeam]

M Haggarty
We have now finally received the information pack.
So, here is what is happening officially:

Canal and TPS are merging the channels on ASTRA for all new subscribers. This means; all current subscribers will not be affected in anyway until their current subscription expires!
New TPS subscribers will have to chose from new CANALSAT packs, these channels include most current TPS channels and some new channels, but some current TPS channels will not be available for new subscriptions. The cards will change, current card holders will not have to change their cards or boxes (until the expiry date of current cards/contracts).
The satellite will stay the same for the meantime, BUT new subscribers will only be able to subscribe to CanalSat ASTRA.

In your particular case any change to do is at the end of your current contract, if by then CANAL dumps the Hotbird broadcast, you will then have to change the dish direction.

POST UPDATED: 30/03/2007

[NZamali]

Quoting: M Haggarty

I understand that I will have to buy a Canal Sat card to replace my old TPS subscription as according to Télé 7 jours, TPS subscriptions are no longer being marketed. I notice that you currently supply different receivers for TPS and Canal Sat; what exactly is the difference? The magazine article states that there will be no need to change receivers, so hopefully it will just be a case of remove old TPS card, inset new Canal Sat card, realign dish, and continue viewing?

From what we understand at the moment, it seems you will have to change the direction, card and possibly the box.

M Haggarty

Quoting: M Haggarty

I currently have a Humax decoder with a TPS card due for renewal in November, and am keen not to have any disruption to my viewing when the time comes for renewal.

Within the next few months CANAL will decide about what boxes will be in use next, if they are to keep current TPS viewers happy they will have to avoid the encryption change and accept the costs of running 2 broadcast encryptions on ASTRA so current TPS viewers can use current boxes.
Because currnetly TPS viewrs use Viaccess and CANAL viewrs use Seca2
and the money is on the Seca2 to survive!
Even if CANAL decides to move to Hotbird, they still have the dual encryption problem and current CANAL viewers will have to change boxes to cut the cost.
So CANAL decides in favour of... (they may already have: let TPS viewers take the hit; they change cards, redirect dishes and many will have to change boxes).


TS Team

[IanFergus]

I am sure that there must be a simple way to find this (other than looking at Satellite magazines) but what are the frequencies on Astra 19E for the Canal Sat channels please?

[TotalSatTeam]

just run autosearch or enter them manually from the following link:

http://www.lyngsat.com/astra19.html

[IanFergus]

OK thanks. I was hoping that there were specific known frequencies rather than either trawling through Lyngsat or King of Sat, or filling my box with channels I don't want. I'll check next month's "What Satellite".

[TotalSatTeam]

Quoting: Ian Fergus

OK thanks. I was hoping that there were specific known frequencies rather than either trawling through Lyngsat or King of Sat, or filling my box with channels I don't want. I'll check next month's "What Satellite".

They are very easy to enter, just enter the frequencies that says Canal Sat France

[IanFergus]

Everything seems fine with the new CAM and card, thanks.

[TotalSatTeam]

TPS et CANALSAT s’unissent pour donner naissance au nouveau CANALSAT, le plus beau choix de chaînes enfin regroupées pour vous.

Vous allez prochainement découvrir la nouvelle offre issue de l’union entre CANALSAT et TPS. Le nouveau CANALSAT sera pour vous l’assurance d’assouvir toutes vos passions grâce au plus grand choix de chaînes de qualité, sélectionnés par nos experts. Abonné(e) à TPS, vous pourrez progressivement bénéficier de cette nouvelle offre : à compter de la rentrée 2007, un dispositif spécifique sera mis en place pour faciliter la transition technique vers le nouveau CANALSAT. D’ici là, vous continuez à recevoir vos programmes actuels, enrichis de nouveautés comme Planète Thalassa, Sport+, les 7 chaînes de Cinecinema, Direct 8, Comédie ! le 1er avril et bien d’autres nouvelles chaînes très prochainement.

En quoi consiste le rapprochement entre TPS et CANALSAT ?

* Avec ce rapprochement, le Groupe CANAL+ crée le leader de la télévision payante en France au bénéfice des consommateurs. Avec plus de 10 millions d’abonnements à ses offres, il met toute son expertise au service de ses clients afin de leur offrir le meilleur de la télévision.

* Vous allez prochainement découvrir dans les média la nouvelle offre issue de ce rapprochement. Le nouveau CANALSAT sera pour les téléspectateurs l’assurance d’assouvir toutes leurs passions grâce au plus grand choix de chaînes de qualité et de programmes d’exception sélectionnés par des experts.

* En tant qu’abonné(e) TPS, vous serez personnellement informé(e), dans votre magazine mensuel, des nombreuses chaînes qui viendront progressivement enrichir votre abonnement actuel.

Qu’est ce que le nouveau CANALSAT ?

* Plus de richesse
- Près de 300 chaînes dont plus de 55 chaînes en exclusivité sur le satellite et l’ADSL.
- La plus grande sélection de chaînes dans chaque thématique : cinéma, sport, jeunesse, découverte, musique…

* Plus de nouveautés
- Une nouvelle offre cinéma pour tous les goûts et toute la famille. Les plus grands événements sportifs dont la Ligue 1, le championnat de football français accessible sur Canal+ Le Bouquet et Foot+.
La découverte de nombreuses nouvelles chaînes.

* Plus de liberté
- Avec la possibilité de composer vous-même votre abonnement puis d’en changer librement.

* Plus d’innovation
- Un bouquet exclusif de chaînes en Haute Définition.

Je suis abonné(e) à TPS ; que devient mon abonnement ?

Abonné(e) à TPS, rien ne change concernant votre abonnement :
- le prix de votre abonnement reste le même
- votre équipement continue de fonctionner
- vous bénéficiez des mêmes conditions de service
- vous conservez votre service clientèle et notamment, votre Espace Client sur le site www.tps.fr.

Vous continuez de recevoir vos programmes habituels, enrichis de nouvelles chaînes thématiques depuis le 1er février : Sport+, Planète Thalassa, une nouvelle offre cinéma sous le label " Cinecinema ", Direct 8 et Comédie!.

A partir de septembre 2007, vous serez personnellement informé(e) par courrier des modalités de transition vers le nouveau CANALSAT.

[IanFergus]

Problem.

According to Lyngsat, NASN is on Astra 1H, 12663H, 22000, 5/6. I have the Canal Sat Passions Package but I am getting "No Signal" when I try to add it to my channels. Any help would be appreciated.