I want to watch
programming in a particular language...
Which satellite is the best one for me?
You will find that channels in a particular language are often scattered across the the broadcast satellites. However, you may well find that many satellites only carry a couple of channels in your desired language - especially if you are looking for one of the more exotic languages.
Only free to air channels are considered on this page.
Language |
Satellite(s) |
| Albanian | Eutelsat W2 |
| Arabic | Hotbird / Astra 1 / Astra 2 / Atlantic Bird 2 / Eutelsat W1 / Eutelsat W2 |
| Azeri | Hotbird |
| Bangla | Hotbird / Astra 2 |
| Bosnian | Eutelsat W2 |
| Bulgarian | Hotbird / Eutelsat W2 |
| Catalan | Astra 1 |
| Chinese | Hotbird / Astra 2 / Thor |
| Croatian | Hotbird |
| Czech | Astra 1 / Astra 2 |
| Dutch | Astra 1 / Eutelsat W2 |
| English | Astra 2 / Astra 1 / Hotbird |
| Farsi | Hotbird / Atlantic Bird 3 |
| French | Astra 1 / Hotbird / Eutelsat W2 / Eutelsat W3A |
| Galician | Astra 1 / Hispasat |
| Georgian | Hotbird / Eutelsat W2 / Turksat |
| German | Astra 1 |
| Greek | Hotbird / HellasSat 2 |
| Hindi | Hotbird / Astra 2 |
| Hungarian | Hotbird / Astra 1 |
| Italian | Hotbird / HellasSat 2 / Eutelsat W2 |
| Japanese | Hotbird |
| Korean | Hotbird |
| Kurdish | Hotbird / Atlantic Bird 2 / Eutelsat W2 |
| Luxembourgish | Astra 1 |
| Macedonian | Hotbird / HellasSat 2 |
| Malayalam | Hotbird |
| Polish | Astra 1 / Eutelsat W2 / Eutelsat W3A |
| Portuguese | Hispasat / Astra 1 / Astra 2 (Brazilian Portuguese) |
| Romanian | Eutelsat W2 / Sirius 2 / Hotbird |
| Russian | Hotbird / Sirius 2 |
| Serbian | Hotbird / HellasSat 2 / Atlantic Bird 3 |
| Slovakian | Thor |
| Slovenian | Hotbird |
| Spanish | Hispasat / Astra 1 |
| Tamil | Hotbird / Astra 2 |
| Thai | Hotbird |
| Turkish | Turksat / Hotbird / Eutelsat W1 |
| Ukrainian | Sirius 2 |
| Urdu | Hotbird / Astra 2 / Turksat |
| Vietnamese | Hotbird |
| Welsh | Astra 2 |
Use these links to find exact details of the channels carried on each satellites:
Astra 1 / Astra 2 / Atlantic Bird 2 / Atlantic Bird 3 / Eutelsat W1 / Eutelsat W2 / Eutelsat W3A / HellasSat 2 / Hispasat / Hotbird / Sirius 2 / Thor / Turksat
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