Today, January 16, it became known that 1+1 media, StarLightMedia, «Inter Media Group» and «Media Group Ukraine» have postponed the date of encoding their channels on the satellite from January 20 to January 28, 2020.
Olena Shramko, Director of Corporate Communications of «Media Group Ukraine», commented on the event to the magazine «Broadcast»: "The last week has been peak, people are calling, asking, the number of orders from our DTH operator Xtra TV has increased significantly. This demand is quite expected, in fact, we predicted it. The New Year holidays played their role, when people were distracted, and now they realized that they need to prepare and are actively connecting. And so, in order to make this transition more comfortable, it was decided to postpone the encoding of the satellite signal for a week. However, after January 28, one should not expect a decline in activity".
Mainly entertainment channels are being encoded. News channels, including the international version of «Ukraine 24», remain in the open on the satellite.