Rutten Satellite

Rutten Satellite was a Kuboian analogue satellite television service owned by Rutten Television Ltd. and operated from 1995 until 2013. The service offered a variety of television channels for a budget price, which were transmitted through an Astra satellite.

History
Before the service's launch, Rutten Television Ltd. had launched a five-channel package that was broadcast through an analogue satellite. They included the following: The five-channel package, launched in 1992, was promoted as a "premium" service that supposedly aired programming that was higher quality compared to KBG and Vision Network, as well as imports of international programming that had never aired in the country at the time.
 * Gold; a general entertainment channel
 * Now; a news and sports channel
 * Juicebox; a children's channel
 * Travel; a factual and documentary channel
 * Station; a music channel

The Rutten Satellite service had its 'soft launch' on 1st September 1995, with the launch of The Learning Channel, The Walt Disney Network and a new Rutten-owned channels; the film-based channel Screen. Nickelodeon Kuboia and Paramount Select were also added to the package, having originally been broadcast on their own Astra satellite. All of the channels originally part of the Rutten package (barring Now) were eventually scrambled for non-subscribed viewers on the 4th of that month. The service officially commenced on 12th August 1996 with the launch of several new channels.