Starting November 22, 2010, Deutsche Welle will provide its two channels DW-TV ASIA+ and DW-TV ASIA, as well as DW-RADIO, on the TP4H transponder from the AsiaSat3S satellite.

This change will also improve the quality of reception for listeners and viewers in Australia and New Zealand. DW-TV ASIA+ will remain available on the old transponder until December 19, 2010, at which time it will be transferred indefinitely.

Viewers with a set-top-box will have to do a program search using the following parameters to ensure the reception of all DW programming:

Frequency 3,760 GHz
Polarization horizontal
FEC 7/8
Symbolrate: 26,000 Msymbols/s

You can find a map of the reception area below.

Since January 1, 2010, Deutsche Welle is no longer available on ASTRA, but will remain on Hotbird 8 for European customers. This affects DW-TV Europe and the audio channels DW01 and DW04.

DW-TV
DW-TV will still be available on Hotbird 8 as well as online using services like live stream, podcasts and on demand.

DW-RADIO
The English and German radio services will still be available on Hotbird 8 as well as online using services like live streams, podcasts and on demand.

The same applies to the following radio services: Albanian, Arabic, Belarus, Bulgarian, Farsi, French, Greek, Croatian, Macedonian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, Ukrainian and World Music.

Reception via partner stations
It will still be possible to watch and listen to DW-TV and DW-RADIO in Europe through our partners (cable providers, FM stations, Internet platforms etc).

Please contact the DW customer service department if you have further questions: info@dw-world.de

Answers to these and more questions can be found here: