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{{Infobox company<br />
|name = '''ABS Free Dish'''<br />
|logo = Logo of ABS Free Dish.jpg<br />
|type = Private<br />
|foundation = 14 May 2012<br />
|industry = Satellite television service<br />
|location_city = [[Hamilton, Bermuda|Hamilton]], [[Bermuda]]<br />
|area_served = [[India]] and [[SAARC|Saarc Country]]<br />
|owner = [[Asia Broadcast Satellite]]<br />
|homepage ={{URL|http://www.absatellite.com/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''ABS Free Dish''' is a [[Bermuda]]-based [[free-to-air]] digital [[Direct-broadcast satellite|direct-broadcast]] [[satellite television]] service owned and operated by the [[Asia Broadcast Satellite]]. It is the second free-to-air satellite television service in India. Initially, ABS2 satellite at 75° was used to broadcast 97 FTA MPEG-2 channels and one MPEG4 channel. In India, it is headed by Mr. Rajiv Khattar,<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=36872537&privcapId=29186241&previousCapId=29186241&previousTitle=Asia%2520Broadcast%2520Satellite%2520Limited</ref> the erstwhile President of Dish TV India having more than 25 years of cable and broadcasting industry experience.<br />
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== History ==<br />
ABS operates a fleet of six satellites; ABS-1A, ABS-2, ABS-3, ABS-4/Mobisat-1, ABS-6 and ABS-7. The satellite fleet covers 80 per cent of the world’s population across Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, CIS and Russia.<br />
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ABS has also procured two Boeing 702SP satellites (ABS-3A & ABS-2A) planned for early and late 2015 with the options to add more satellites over the next 2–3 years to its growing satellite fleet. Headquartered in Bermuda, ABS has offices in the United States, Dubai, South Africa, Germany, Philippines, Indonesia, New Delhi and Hong Kong.<br />
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It shut down its service in India in 2018.<ref>https://ultra.news/t-t/40059/abs-free-dish-shuts-down-will-reliance-big-tv-benefit</ref><br />
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==See also ==<br />
* [[Direct-to-home television in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.lyngsat.com/ABS-2.html Channel list of ABS2 Free Dish on Lyngsat website]<br />
*[http://www.flysat.com/abs2.php Channel list of ABS2 Free Dish on Flysat website]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180929223934/http://www.absfreedish.info/ ABS Freedish updates on blog]<br />
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[[Category:Direct broadcast satellite services]]<br />
[[Category:Television networks in India]]<br />
[[Category:Free-to-air]]<br />
[[Category:2012 establishments in Bermuda]]</div>>BrownHairedGirl