Tuesday, February 15, 2022

How Zapping TV overcame 5G interferences

By the end of January, the virtual distributor suffered service interruptions caused by a communications operator's antenna. It had to make investments to generate redundancy in the reception of satellite signals, including the contract with United Teleports and a dedicated Lumen service. An experience that should be evaluated by the region's industry.

The weekend of February 12 and 13 was the litmus test for Zapping TV, the Chilean pay TV virtual operator whose transmission process suffered interference from a 5G antenna installed near its satellite signal receiving antennas. Zapping TV successfully passed the test.

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