- 18 March 2007
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French satellite operator CanalSat has started the operation of viewing card exchange today: 11.02.2008 and it will end on: 20.03.2008 when all the current subscribers will receive new cards.
The cards being exchanged are of series 76 and 80.
After 20.03.2008 old cards will become unusable and it is expected for TPS viaccess cards to start being exchanged then too.
According to unofficial sources new seca cards are of version 9.0 (old ones were 7.x), and new idents are: 3311 (Numericable), 3315 (Canal+) and 3317 (FT Cable).
Source: SatMag, ParabolaCZ, SateliTV
TPS viaccess cards will not be exchanged simply cause TPS will simply totally desapeared from Hotbird (during 2nd half of this year).
90 % of TPS subscribers which still had migrate to CANALSAT package on 19° East just changed their old TPS viaccess PC 2.3 card for a new viaccess PC2.6 CANALSAT card. (ex-TPS official receivers are only viaccess).
Only nearly 10% changed their TPS receiver for a seca official CANALSAT receiver ,and was delivered for a V7.1b CANALSAT cards (I saw some posts saying
The cards being exchanged are of series 76 and 80.
After 20.03.2008 old cards will become unusable and it is expected for TPS viaccess cards to start being exchanged then too.
According to unofficial sources new seca cards are of version 9.0 (old ones were 7.x), and new idents are: 3311 (Numericable), 3315 (Canal+) and 3317 (FT Cable).
Source: SatMag, ParabolaCZ, SateliTV
TPS viaccess cards will not be exchanged simply cause TPS will simply totally desapeared from Hotbird (during 2nd half of this year).
90 % of TPS subscribers which still had migrate to CANALSAT package on 19° East just changed their old TPS viaccess PC 2.3 card for a new viaccess PC2.6 CANALSAT card. (ex-TPS official receivers are only viaccess).
Only nearly 10% changed their TPS receiver for a seca official CANALSAT receiver ,and was delivered for a V7.1b CANALSAT cards (I saw some posts saying
