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TELE SATELLIT
EUROPE'S SATELLITE MAGAZINE
International Satellite News
Number 34, Week ending 15 January 1995
By Martyn Williams
News Desk : Internet martyn@euro.demon.co.uk  or CompuServe 100025,1637
(c) TELE Satellit Magazine


Astra 1D - Where's NBC Super Channel ?
Before the new Astra 1D was launched SES were keen to remind viewers that they 
shouldn't buy any new equipment or upgrade their existing set ups until they 
are sure of the new services transmitting. It seems that SES, in their 
enthusiasm, announced NBC Super Channel were launching on January 1st, before 
NBC actually signed for the transponder !
Despite the issuing of an Astra press release just before Christmas, NBC say 
that they have not yet signed the contract with Astra. This is the reason that 
Super is not broadcasting via Astra yet. TS News understands that there are 
still several small issues that need to be clarified before NBC sign on the 
dotted line. The channel are close to signing though and the service is still 
expected to begin within the next two weeks.


Teleclub on Astra 1D
Peter Klanowski, TS Bureau North Germany
Teleclub has moved to a new home on Astra 1D transponder 55. Taking it's place 
on Astra 1A, tranponder 9, is German station Kabel 1. Kabel 1 was previously 
available in encrypted D2-Mac on Eutlesat 2 F1. The Swiss radio stations have 
remaned on Astra 1A after a deal was arranged with Kabel 1. Swiss radio was 
anxious to keep the radios on the older satellite because they have not yet 
upgraded all their receiving stations to be Astra 1D compatible.


New Slovak channel begins this week
Sharon Fisher, OMRI, Inc.
On 16 January, a new private Slovak television station, Danubius Cable TV 
(DCTV), will begin broadcasts on cable and satellite TV. Regular programming 
is expected to start on 14 February. The station will broadcast to Slovakia 
and the Czech Republic through cable and a total of 60 countries through 
satellite, TASR reported on 10 January.
DCTV will be the first private Slovak station with the ability to reach a wide 
audience.


Another US customer for Russia
Satellite Dealers Association
Space Systems/Loral plans to use one of five Russian Proton launches to orbit 
the first DBS satellite for Tempo DBS.  The first FS 1300 is to leave the 
launch pad in the spring of 1996. If all goes according to plan, it will be 
followed by a second satellite in the fall.  The second bird will ride on a 
Martin Marietta Atlas rocket.  Tempo is a subsidiary of TCI and PrimeStar 
Partners intends to use the satellites to move into the true high-powered DBS 
world.  This will allow PrimeStar to provide service with an 18 inch antenna.


Russian TV balmed for Chechen Crisis
Julia Wishnevsky, OMRI, Inc
At a news conference on 10 January, Russian Television Chairman Oleg Poptsov 
said opposing factions within the Russian government are constantly trying to 
make RTV a propaganda organ. He added that the company would not give up its 
fight for unbiased reporting. Poptsov fell out of favor with Yeltsin because 
of the coverage of the Chechen crisis on RTV newscasts. Later on 10 January, 
Egorov, in a prime-time interview with Ostankino TV's "Vremya," said state 
television should not be allowed to allocate so much air time to opponents of 
the Russian intervention in Chechnya. Shortly after, Sergei Filatov, the head 
of Yeltsin's administration, said on Ostankino TV that "the Chechen 
developments demonstrate that the Russian state has no state media" and that 
measures should be taken to improve the situation. He suggested that Ostankino 
and RTV be merged into abody similar to the State Television and Radio 
Company--the former Soviet propaganda behemoth. The idea of merging the two 
companies was proposed by Yeltsin in November but quickly dropped amid a flood 
of protests.


Univision maintains analogue service
TS News London and Satellite Dealers Association
We reported last week that the Univision network were switching all of their 
analogue feeds onto MPEG digital feeds. This week we are pleased to announce 
that the network has recognised dish owners and plans to continue transmitting 
in analogue, albeit on a pay TV basis.
Univision evidentially realized that there was a significant market for their 
channel and now plan to provide it in the Videocipher RS format.  It can 
currently be seen in the clear on Spacenet 3 Channel 5.  It is being offered 
to the direct-to-home market for $107 dollars per year or $9.95 per month 
through Superstar Satellite Entertainment.
The Univision Network provides Univision and Galavision to 20 affiliated 
broadcast stations, more than 1,000 cable systems and 320 Galavision 
affiliates throughout the U.S.  They uplink their digital signal to Galaxy 1R 
from Miami.  It is carried on Transponder 2.  Univision indicated that they 
may consider offering Galavision in the future as well.


Transponder shortage !
Satellite Dealers Association
For the 100 or so new programming services that are planning to launch over 
the next few years, there is a new problem; the lack  of C-Band satellite 
space.  C-Band has gone from a transponder  glut a few years ago to a 
transponder famine.  In fact, the glut is partially blamed for the famine.  
Operators responded to the surplus of transponders by choosing not to replace 
some satellites.  Another cause, according to Walter Morgan of the 
Communications Center, is that "People got spooked by compression and 
overreacted.  They thought it would shrink the market more than it did."
A survey conducted by Arianespace concluded that while the technology is there 
for digital compression to increase effective bandwidth <quote> "a battle is 
looming over compression standards."<end of quote>
SpaceConnection's president Bob Patterson stated,"C-Band will continue to be 
in great demand for the rest of the decade.  The lack of capacity now 
indicates just how much demand there is."


New Products
Petra Huether, TS Bureau Munich
arcon Titan 199
Germany`s sky vision GmbH will introduce its new "Titan" in spring. Like all 
their other receivers, the Titan 199 is also made in Germany and it will only 
be available through authorized trade outlets. With 199 channels, three 
Scarts, Philips-Sound and 22 kHz switching the new model`s number of features 
is quite close to the Titan 228. An interface for a quick-programing unit is 
provided and also four switching modes for he IF line, which allows multifeed 
reception with eight single or four double LNBs. The receiver is not only 
available in classic black, but also in green, red and silver. With a customer 
card, an additional service guarantee is offered during the usual period. If 
the customer decides to purchase a "199" aerial for his receiver, this is also 
included in the card`s extended guarantee.

Personal Computers CATV Systems Design 
Not hours, but only minutes will be spent with designing CATV now. That is, if 
the technician uses "Network-Designer", a WINDOWS 3.X application from Swiss 
manufacturer Tonatronic Antennenbau. It runs on any system with a 386 
processor or higher, 4 MB of RAM and 3MB harddisk space. After entering the 
net topology and hardware restrictions, the program chooses the electronic 
componentes and calculates the sockets` level and de-emphasis parameters. The 
software not only handles standard components, but also the parameters of any 
amplifier you might use.


TELE Satellit Magazine
This news is from the English language news service of TELE Satellit, a 
monthly satellite magazine edited in Munich, Germany. It consists of 132 
pages, full colour with tables, charts and news with many off-screen photos of 
the satellite channels plus an informative technical section. Subscriptions 
are available for DM 120, Europe surface mail; DM 144, Europe airmail and DM 
192, ROW airmail. Orders for subscriptions and more information should be sent 
to : TELE-satellit Customer Service, Silheimer Str. 6a, D-89278 Nersingen, 
Germany, Fax +49-7308-919001

Where to find satellite news :
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NBC Super Channel - NBC Text page 171
alt.satellite.tv.europe newsgroup on Usenet
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Fidonet SAT.028
Fidonet SATELLITE.FR
Fidonet RU.SAT
Fidonet SATELLIT_R23.PUB
Maus Net : tv.grp
America On Line - from the "ham radio" area in the General file library.
Anonymous FTP to : ftp.funet.fi /pub/dx/text/satellite/telesatellit
CIX Skyguide/telesat conference
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Martyn Williams                    | Internet : martyn@euro.demon.co.uk
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                                   | The views above are, of course, my own

