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Television is a telecommunication technology for broadcasting and receiving video and audio over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television programming and transmission as well, whether or not they are broadcast.

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SMATV or Single Master Antenna Television

This type of headend can be used for hotels, motels, dorms, hospitals and commercial properties with multiple tenants. Most often it is found in temporary lodging facilities.

A SMATV headend is used to receive and rebroadcast Satellite TV channels throughout a property from a single satellite feed.

There are several methods of distribution that is often used in a SMATV headend including:

In the United States the satellite carriers utilized to provide the satellite TV signal for SMATV headend systems are:

DIRECTV

Dish Network

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