Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite (DVB-S) is the original DVB standard for

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and dates from 1995, in its first release, while development lasted from 1993 to 1997. The first commercial applications were by Canal+ in France and

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in Australia, enabling digitally broadcast, satellite-delivered

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to the public. According to ETSI, It is used via satellites serving every continent of the world. DVB-S is used in both multiple channel per carrier (MCPC) and single channel per carrier modes for

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feeds as well as for direct-broadcast satellite services like Sky UK and Ireland via Astra in Europe, Dish Network and Globecast in the U.S. and

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in Canada. While the actual DVB-S standard only specifies physical link characteristics and framing, the overlaid transport stream delivered by DVB-S is mandated as MPEG-2, known as MPEG transport stream (MPEG-TS). Some

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repeaters also use this mode in the 1.2 GHz amateur band.

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ETSI DVB-S/S2

DVB-S TR 101 198 V1.1.1 (09/97)
Implementation of Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) modulation in DVB satellite transmission systems
DVB-S EN 300 421 V1.1.2 (08/97)
Framing structure, channel coding and modulation for 11/12 GHz satellite services
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