English Club TV
English Club TV is a TV channel for those who study English. The channel’s content consists of documentaries, feature films, cartoons and music videos, which are adapted for learning English. English Club TV programmes are broadcast in a special order. They are divided into 6-hour blocks. Each 6-hour block consists of several mini-blocks that target different audiences with programmes on various topics. Each programme follows its own structure and delivery method. English Club TV creates its programmes following the main principles of the communicative approach. Each educational programme is a mini-lesson. It starts with presenting new material (vocabulary, grammar points) following by vivid examples, exercises and tests that enable the viewers to practise and make sure they understand the material. All programmes include some of the following learning activities: watching and listening, answering the questions, filling in the gaps, multiple choice, matching, reading followed by a self-check, and repetition after the speaker. All programming content is divided into different themes and language knowledge levels, from elementary to advanced.English Club TV HD is a high-definition simulcast version of English Club TV channel. Watching English Club TV and English Club TV HD 15 minutes a day during a year, viewers will learn 2000 new words and 100 grammar structures. The English Club TV channel is available via Astra4A and Measat3A satellites which cover the European, Asian and Africa continents. As of June, 2015, every day more than 16 000 000 subscribers of more than 400 operators watch English Club TV and English Club TV channels in 73 countries around the world. English Club TV content is available through OTT, VoD, DTH, IPTV and mobile platforms.
| English Club TV | |
|---|---|
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| Launched | August 2008 |
| Picture format | 16:9 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | Worldwide |
| Website | english-club |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Astra 4A (SD) | 12073 H |
| Astra 4A (HD) | 11747 H |
| MEASAT-3a (SD) | 3871 H |
| CANAL+ (Myanmar) | Channel 112 |
| IPTV | |
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History
In August 2008, British TV Channel English Club TV started broadcasting from the Astra4A satellite. By the beginning of 2015, the channel’s audience had reached about 16 million people.
Programmes
- This day
- Speak Up
- English 911
- City Grammar
- Grammar Wise
- Step by Step
- Worth Seeing
- Spot On the Map
- Labour of Love
- Perfect English
- English Up
- What did they say?
- Basic Lexis
- Art Land
- Word Party
- Crafty Hands
- My little world
- Kids in Action
- Yummy for Mummy
- A School Day in UK
- Words to grow
Broadcasting
English Club TV broadcasts from the Astra 4A and MEASAT 3A satellite.
English Club TV SD Astra 4A at 4.8E
- Transponder - B36
- Frequency - 12399 MHz
- Polarization - vertical (V)
- Symbol rate - 27.5 Msymb/s
- FEC - ¾
- DVB-S MPEG-4
- SID 7380
- VPID 7381
- APID 7383
- Encryption: Viaccess 4.0
MEASAT 3A at 91.4 degrees East transponder 11
- Satellite: HB 91.4 degrees East
- Transponder: 11
- Reception frequency: 4,120 MHz
- Reception polarity: H
- Symbol Rate: 30,000 MBaud
- FEC: 5/6
English Club TV HD
Astra 4A at 4.8E
- Transponder - B36
- Frequency - 12399 MHz
- Polarization - vertical (V)
- Symbol rate - 27.5 Msymb/s
- FEC - ¾
- DVB-S MPEG-4
- SID 7390
- VPID 7391
- APID 7393
- Encryption: Viaccess 4.0
Areas available
Albania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Benin, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia,Greece, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Sao Tome, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, South Sudan, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, The Republic of Belarus, Togo, Turkey, UAE, Uganda, Ukraine, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
As of June, 2015, English Club TV and English Club TV channels are broadcast by more than 400 cable operators all over the world.
The main ones are Turksat, TTNET (Turkey), Free, Numericable, Bouygues Telecom, Canalsat(France), Canal Overseas (Africa), Slovak Telecom, O2 (the Czech Republic), T-2 (Slovenia), Netia (Poland), Rostelecom, MTS (Russia), Du (UAE), Maroc Telecom, Telecom Italia, and Transvision (Indonesia).