Africa and the Middle East. Eutelsat 5 supplies European African and western Asia coverage. SES-6 is located at 319.5º East, its tailored, high-powered hemispheric beam provides simultaneous coverage of both Europe and the Americas. The technology used makes it possible for end users to receive the data with regular off-the-shelf satellite TV equipment and a PC. Licensing The data policy distinguishes between essential and licensed data. Generally data may be used free of charge for scientific, educational or personal purposes, however for receiving licensed data registration is necessary and a hardware key (€ 40) has to be bought in order to decrypt the content. A License for the TelliCast client software must be obtained for € 60. From February 2019, for all country, these items are available from EUMETSAT at no charge . References External links EUMETCast homepage Video on how to set up a EUMETCast station (YouTube) European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites Information technology organizations based in Europe Satellite meteorology