Transmission

One Signal, Three Continents

Broadcast-grade infrastructure with redundant uplinks and a global satellite footprint.

Technical Parameters

Downlink & Reception

Current parameters for direct satellite reception of M Network channels.

SatellitePakSat-MM1 (38.2°E)

TransponderC-Band

Downlink Frequency4020 MHz

PolarizationHorizontal (H)

Symbol Rate6800 ksps

FEC3/4

ModulationDVB-S2, 8PSK

Video FormatMPEG-4 / H.264, 1080i HD

EncryptionFTA

Global Footprint

Beam Coverage

Three distribution paths covering broadcast and digital delivery.

South Asia Beam

Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan

Middle East Beam

GCC states, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt

Europe Feed

UK & EU via IPTV and OTT distribution partners

FTA vs Encrypted

Domestic channels are free-to-air. The international M World feed is encrypted for licensed distribution partners — BISS keys issued under carriage agreement.

Reliability

Uplink Facility & Uptime

Purpose-built teleport with full redundancy at every stage of the chain.

99.95%

Uplink uptime SLA

Redundant uplink chains

24/7

MCR monitoring

<30s

Failover switchover

Primary uplink at our Karachi teleport with hot-standby antenna, dual HPAs, and automatic failover to the backup chain in under 30 seconds.

Generator-backed power, redundant fiber contribution links from all studios, and 24/7 master control monitoring with proactive operator alerts.