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There is a long, very scientific answer to the question, how does satellite TV work. There is also a shorter version that is way more interesting. We’re going to go with the shorter version and apologize in advance to the scientific types who will cringe when they read this. As far as most people thinking that dishes are new, well they are not. The first satellite for TV was shot into space in’62.

Back then people who wanted satellite for their televisions had to use a nine foot dish that they put in their back yards. They were really big, ugly, and gave an incredible variety of channels from other countries that made them totally worth the effort. Some people still have those dishes in their back yards. When somebody wants to get channels from a different country they call the neighbors to help them move the dish a tad. There were remotes included with the dishes but those were lost years ago.

At that time, and for several years after, no one who owned the dishes really knew which satellites were plugged into which countries. So, you would move the dish until you picked up a country that looked good and watch it for a few days or months until you moved the dish again. Sometimes you landed on your own country, most times you didn’t. But, it was fun and all countries have unique television programs that aren’t seen in other countries.

The popularity of satellite television started to explode when people became aware of the channels and capabilities of the satellite systems. That’s when the providers of satellite television got busy. They sent up a bunch of geostationary satellites that orbit at the same speed as earth. So, they don’t move, well they move but not really. Anyway, the ability to pick up channels got lots easier and the reception got way better. Very cool stuff for people who had become addicted to satellite early on.

Next, the providers came up with a way for city dwellers who didn’t have nine extra feet in their back yard to use the dishes. The little’” dishes were introduced and as long as a person was pointing it south and it was unobstructed, they got the same great television that the big dish people got. The dish fit anywhere on the building and could be propped up in worse case scenario and still work.

Problem was that most city dwellers don’t have an unobstructed view of anything. So, the next advancement was found in spot beams. Spot beams provide the answer to many problems. The satellite shoots a signal to the spot beam. The spot beam shoots a signal to the dish. The dish shoots the signal to the receiver on the television.

The satellite guys made other advancements too. They learned that by encoding the signals digitally they could cram more channels into the same bandwidth. So there are over 500 channels being shot across the same bandwidth twenty-four hours a day in both HDTV and standard formats.

So there you have it. The very unscientific answer to the question how does satellite TV work.

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