Satellite TV Solutions For Apartments & Condominiums

Whether you wish to offer your residents a bulk or individual subscription TV service, satellite TV providers definitely have some advantages over cable. It’s really all about the flexibility. Satellite TV providers that serve multifamily properties have the ability to offer owners customized cable TV lineups. From the content to the total number of channels and pricing, owners are able to customize many of the packages to suit their needs.

Satellite TV service is hitting in a huge way with hundreds of channels and features, but not all residents are “digital” customers with plasma screens who wish to digest hundreds of high definition channels.

Many residents have grown accustomed to having some “no fuss-no frills” basic TV service that simply provides them with the basic necessities at an affordable price. Even though “over-the-air″ broadcasts of analog TV will cease in 2009, a satellite TV provider still has the capability of providing an analog cable TV service to a property through what’s known as a “headend system”. A headend system will receive digital signals from a few satellite dishes on the property and then output those signals on lower frequencies and channel assignments, thus delivering an analog “cable-ready″ product to the end user.

For those residents who wish to receive more upgraded programming (such as high definition, DVR, pay-per-view, premium channels or international programming) would have the ability to upgrade their TV service to a “digital satellite TV service″ and be billed on an individual basis. The beauty is that a digital upgrade would only require a set-top box (satellite receiver) to be installed at the customers TV. An independent satellite dish would not be required.

Solutions are out there. Take your time and perform some due-diligence to find the best solution that serves your needs.